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JIMMY EAT WORLD

For the tonally-adventurous punks, heavy-gauge strings and the super-practical Fractal Axe-Fx IIIs are heaven

FENDER MUSTANG LT25 £139

Modelling, effects and recording made easy

RELOAD

Sylosis are back! Singer/guitarist Josh Middleton explains why he felt the time was right...

BLUGUITAR AMP1 IRIDIUM EDITION £749

How good can a 100-watt four-channel amp at your feet be?

Renegade Master

BENEATH SONNY LANDRETH’S BOOKISH EXTERIOR BEATS THE HEART OF A RULE-BREAKING MAVERICK. THE SOUTH’S GREATEST SLIDE MAN TOLD US ABOUT THE THRILL OF IMPROVISATION, HIS BATTLE WITH TENDONITIS AND HIS ‘THREE-DAY LIMIT’...

Andy Shauf

CANADIAN MULTI-INSTRUMENTALIST ANDY SHAUF ON THE CRAFT OF SONGWRITING, VINTAGE GEAR, AND HIS NEW ALBUM, THE NEON SKYLINE

SINVERTEK DRIVE N5 £165

Need a dirty channel for your clean amp? Take 5

2020 GUITAR WORKOUT

New Year, new you? How about New Year, new groove! If one of your resolutions is to improve your playing, you’re in luck – TG’s new workout plan is here to help!

TAL Wilkenfeld

Australian musician Tal Wilkenfeld – known for her work with Jeff Beck, Prince and Herbie Hancock – sits down with TG for a run through her new album and an insight into her incredible journey so far...

EPIPHONE LIMITED EDITION JASON HOOK M-4 EXPLORER OUTFIT £599

Five Finger Death Punch’s guitar wizard unveils his debut Epiphone signature

The Reinvention Of Gary Clark Jr.

How the modern blues trailblazer has defied convention and broken the mould in order to find himself, pushing the genre in new directions along the way…

The Adults Are Talking

Indie icons The Strokes pledge their allegiance to Bernie and announce their sixth album

FIVE MINUTES ALONE ANNA CALVI

The London-born singer-songwriter on scoring Peaky Blinders and controlling the urge to play fast.

THE POWER OF THREE

In Code Orange, one of the heaviest bands on Earth, Reba Meyers is one of three guitarists. With an experimental new album released this month, she discusses the origins of her “unique, self-taught style”, the influence of hip-hop and music theory in her writing, and the “perfect” design of her first signature guitar. Plus: Reba’s studio gear breakdown.

HERO LOCAL

BRIAN FALLON’S THIRD SOLO ALBUM IS HIS STRONGEST STATEMENT YET – HE TELLS US HOW AN OPEN MIND AND OPEN HEART FOUND HIM RAISING HIS BAR AS A PLAYER AND SONGWRITER. BUT IT DIDN’T COME EASILY…

BLUES FOR GREENY

Legends of the music world came together last month for a tribute to the one and only Peter Green at the London Palladium...

FENDER LEAD III

Is this rebirth of a late-70s model getting the second chance it deserves?

BLACKSTAR SONNET 60 AND SUPER FLY

Crank your open-mic or busking set up to 11 with the latest acoustic amps from Blackstar...

Aussie Rules

BRINGING THE THUNDER FROM DOWN UNDER, THE CHATS ARE THE WORLD’S HOTTEST NEW PUNK BAND, LOVED BY IGGY POP AND DAVE GROHL. BUT AS GUITARIST JOSH ‘PRICEY’ PRICE ADMITS: “THERE ARE SONGS ON OUR RECORD THAT I DON’T EVEN KNOW HOW TO PLAY!”

VOX CAMBRIDGE50

TG gets hands-on with Vox’s hybrid of valve and digital tech

THE BEST NEW GEAR TO PLAY IN 2020!

Couldn’t get to the NAMM show in Anaheim, California? Well, no surprise there – LA is a bit of a long haul. However, here at TG we take our responsibility to keep you up to date with the latest guitar trends seriously... So we went on your behalf! Read on for our round-up of the 20 most essential bits of gear this year. Time to start saving the pennies...

CORT KX500MS

Seven strings, totally brutal tone, multi-scale... This is gonna be poplar

SEVENDUST

Sevendust pair John Connolly and Clint Lowery talk TG through the rigs on their Return To The Kingdom tour…

SCENE

YOUR NEWS IN GUITARS

Mark Morton

THE GUITARIST WITH THRASH METALLERS LAMB OF GOD CHANGES DIRECTION WITH A NEW ACOUSTIC EP. WE JUST HAD TO KNOW MORE…

A Kind of Magic

Joe Satriani, guitar hero to guitar heroes. To Brian May he's “a friend and an inspiration”. To legions of shredders, he's a master of the art. With new album, Shapeshifting, coming soon, Satch tells TG about his “emotional” and “fruity” music, the gear he’s using – new and old – and how he is still developing as a player. Plus: Satriani disciples pay tribute to their maestro...

HUGHES & KETTNER BLACK SPIRIT 200 FLOOR

The amp heavyweights unveil their ultimate floor-based device

'WE'RE NOT TRYING TO BE MODERN. WE STILL PLAY WOODEN INSTRUMENTS!'

So says Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong as he tells the inside story of the band’s new album, Father Of All Motherf*ckers, and discusses the art of the “anti-solo”. Also in TG’s 15-page Green Day special: easy lessons for five new riffs, secrets from the studio by producer Butch Walker, and a salute to Billie Joe’s guitars and guitar heroes.

'IF I ONLY HAD THIS PIECE OF GEAR, MY LIFE WOULD BE COMPLETE!'

NORWEGIAN BLACK METAL TRAILBLAZER IHSAHN ON WHY HE SPENDS TOO MUCH MONEY ON GEAR HE DOESN’T NEED, AND WHY PLAYING PROGRESSIVE MUSIC IS ABOUT THINKING BIG, NOT SHREDDING HARD...

SQUIER 2019 STARCASTERS

Famously used by bands like Depeche Mode and Radiohead, Fender’s answer to the Gibson semi-hollow ES series makes its return…