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Radical Roots

FENDER PLAYER PLUS METEORA HH

Original Gangster

PEAVEY HP 2

Orange Blossom

GRETSCH G5422TG ELECTROMATIC

The Real DL

Produced continuously for 23 years, the line 6 DL4 enjoys status as a classic of the digital modeling era.

30 Instrumental Guitarists With Something to Say

GW's guide to two-and-a-half dozen inspiring instrumental masters, plus — in many cases — their exclusive advice on how to keep your own instrumental music endlessly interesting.

Top Model

Martin SC-10E

Tones to Love, Love, Love

My Morning Jacket frontman/guitarist Jim James on dialing in some of the nastiest fuzz tones of his career — and what to expect from his new signature Gibson ES-335

FRUSCIANTE, UNLIMITED

IN THIS CANDID CONVERSATION, JOHN FRUSCIANTE EXPOUNDS ON THE BENEFITS OF KICKING YOUR EGO TO THE CURB, TRUSTING YOURSELF AS A PLAYER, RELIGIOUSLY MEMORIZING CHARLIE CHRISTIAN’S GUITAR SOLOS AND — OH, YEAH — HOW THE PIECES FELL INTO PLACE FOR HIS HIGHLY ANTICIPATED RETURN TO THE RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS

Shine a Light

ANDY TIMMONS FINDS OUT MORE ABOUT ANDY ALEDORT’S NEW DOUBLE ALBUM, LIGHT OF LOVE, FEATURING DOUBLE TROUBLE, STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN’S LEGENDARY RHYTHM SECTION

The Arc Angels Return ...

AND OTHER NEWS HIGHLIGHTS

The Rockfords

AFTER BEING OUT OF PRINT FOR AGES, THE LONE STUDIO ALBUM BY PEARL JAM SIXSTRINGER MIKE McCREADY’S Y2K POWERPOP SIDE PROJECT IS GETTING ITS FIRST DIGITAL RELEASE

Performance Notes

Ozzy Osbourne’s longtime guitarist Zakk Wylde on the making of their classic track “No More Tears”

Sylvaine

WHAT’S THE BEST WAY TO REALIZE YOUR UNIQUE, ATMOSPHERIC “BLACK GAZE” VISION? PLAY MOST OF THE INSTRUMENTS YOURSELF, OF COURSE!

Pattern-Seeking Animals

THE PROG-ROCK SUPERGROUP IS BACK WITH A LUSH NEW ALBUM, AND THIS TIME GUITARIST TED LEONARD DIDN’T FORGET TO PACK THE GUITAR SOLOS

Slanted and Enchanted

BIG THIEF’S ADRIANNE LENKER AND BUCK MEEK WALK US THROUGH THE TUNINGS, TECHNIQUES AND GEAR THAT SHAPE THEIR INDIE-ROCK SOUND

NEW WORLD MAN

RUSH LEGEND ALEX LIFESON REEMERGES WITH A NEW BAND, NEW MUSIC AND A NEW, SCALED-DOWN APPROACH TO SERVING THE SONG.

FIRESTORM “We never, ever, ever expected it to get that type of response.

BODY COUNT’S ICE-T AND ERNIE C LOOK BACK ON THE MAKING OF — AND REACTION TO — THEIR POLARIZING SELF-TITLED 1992 DEBUT ALBUM

Big Wreck, Version 7.1

IAN THORNLEY TALKS 7.1, THE FIRST OF A TRIO OF NEW EPs, PLUS SUHR GEAR, THE BAND’S NEW RHYTHM GUITARIST AND THE CONSTANT STRUGGLE TO KEEP STUFF SIMPLE

The Player You Get

FENDER ACOUSTASONIC PLAYER TELECASTER

Going Through Phases

STRYMON ZELZAH MULTIDIMENSIONAL PHASER

A Green New DL

LINE 6 DL4 MKII DELAY AND LOOPER

The Sky's the Limit

PRS Guitars SE Silver Sky

Unleashed

Glenn tipton looks back at 50 years of Triumph and Tragedy in Judas Priest

All This and War of the Worlds, Pt. II

For his latest solo album, Symphony x Shredder Michael Romeo returns to the H.G. Wells of inspiration

Cobra Kai: Settling the Score

How Leo Birenberg and Zach Robinson — composers on Netflix’s blockbuster series, Cobra Kai — craft the perfect (not to mention badass!) eighties-style score

Playing Those Mind Games

VOLBEAT’S MICHAEL POULSEN AND ROB CAGGIANO ON THE PENT-UP ENERGY AND FALSE STARTS THAT LED TO THEIR BACK-TO-BASICS NEW ALBUM, SERVANT OF THE MIND

INTERGALACTIC SATCH

SUPREME SHREDDER JOE SATRIANI CHALLENGED HIMSELF TO CREATE A “NEW STANDARD” FOR INSTRUMENTAL GUITAR ALBUMS TO BE MEASURED AGAINST. THE RESULT? THE ELEPHANTS OF MARS, AN UNDENIABLY CINEMATIC NEW ALBUM RECORDED WITHOUT CREATIVE BARRIERS — OR PHYSICAL AMPLIFIERS

THE BOWMAN COMETH

AN ODE TO EDDIE PHILLIPS OF THE CREATION.

EASTMAN NEW TRADITIONAL STYLE

EASTMAN CELEBRATES 30 YEARS OF BRINGING TRUE HANDCRAFTED STRINGED INSTRUMENTS TO THE MASSES

FREE FOR ALL

JAZZ/FUSION GREAT JOHN McLAUGHLIN on his liberating new album, his recent run-in with the law and his spiritual connection to pretty much everything and everyone