- News
The July 2020 issue of Guitar Magazine is out now!
Inside the July 2020 issue of Guitar Magazine: the origins of the Gretsch White Penguin, Phoebe Bridgers talks her sophomore album and a guide on how to build your own Klone pedal.These guitar brands are releasing new gear to contribute to anti-racism causes
These brands are using their effects to raise money for racial justice charitiesMastodon, Yob, Emma Ruth Rundle and Old Man Gloom come together for Kate Bush Cover
An unlikely combination?Les Paul’s 105th birthday to be celebrated with an online concert
Organised by the Mahwah Museum.
- Features
Talkbox: Andy Martin on Led Zep, playing guitars his father built and why he loves 80s synth music
The Reverb.com demo guitarist extraordinaire has played through almost every pedal in existence and earned a broad online following along the way.Life Without Valves: Can the Boss Katana take on a boutique tube amp and win?
Watch as we put the Boss Katana-100 MKII through its paces in a direct recording scenario.Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs detail the five best guitar parts on savage new album Viscerals
We chat to the Geordie metalheads about boutique pedals, Japanese psych-rock tones, and how they’ve redefined their genre for album three.Introducing… Charlie Burg: Michigan’s own “blue wave boi”
The rising singer-songwriter on keeping the human element alive in music, his six-stringed piece of Syracuse history and his educational lockdown routine.
- Reviews
The Big Review: Taylor Builder’s Edition 652ce
With compact dimensions, softened edges and reverse stringing, this is no ordinary 12-string.The Genius Of… The National – High Violet
The National’s textured melancholia found a bigger audience in 2010 as their fourth album elevated the band to alt-rock’s top table. With an expanded 10th-anniversary reissue about to hit the shelves, we salute the slow-burn majesty of High Violet.Review: Walrus Audio Ages
Five stellar drive tones in one stompbox? Perhaps this new unit from Walrus Audio really is an overdrive for the ages.Vintage Bench Test: 1963 Fender Bass VI
The ultimate secret weapon in the recording studio?
- Guides
The best pedals to buy in 2020: 20 best overdrive pedals
Sing the blues, send your amp into raptures or unleash hell with these overdrive pedals that will find a home on any pedalboard.The best guitar amps to buy in 2020: 13 best tube amplifiers
Do you insist on having glowing glass tubes in your rig? Check out these tube amps that are the best in class for 2020.Tech Talk: How to shield your guitar
Is your single-coil electric plagued by noise? We can help.How to set up Filter’Tron pickups
To get the best from Filter’Trons, you need to set them up properly and ensure that the accompanying electronic components are present and correct.
- Learn
Chord Clinic: How to play chords like Bob Dylan Part 2
Rod Fogg -In the second part of our examination of Bob Dylan’s use of chords, we dive into the interesting twists that 'going electric' added to his repertoire.How to play blues like Stevie Ray Vaughan
The Texan bluesman’s style is as influential as it unique. Here’s how to incorporate some SRV into your playing.How to play country guitar (Part 1)
In the first of a new series for Guitar.com, Nashville session guitarist David Henriksson lays out the essential bedrock of learning how to play country electric guitar.Chord Clinic: How to play chords like Bob Dylan Part 1
Rod Fogg -The impact of Bob Dylan’s music still resonates more than 50 years after he became a household name, and the way he used chords in those early days remains as interesting and instructive today as it ever was.
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- News
The July 2020 issue of Guitar Magazine is out now!
Inside the July 2020 issue of Guitar Magazine: the origins of the Gretsch White Penguin, Phoebe Bridgers talks her sophomore album and a guide on how to build your own Klone pedal.These guitar brands are releasing new gear to contribute to anti-racism causes
These brands are using their effects to raise money for racial justice charitiesMastodon, Yob, Emma Ruth Rundle and Old Man Gloom come together for Kate Bush Cover
An unlikely combination?Les Paul’s 105th birthday to be celebrated with an online concert
Organised by the Mahwah Museum.
- Features
Talkbox: Andy Martin on Led Zep, playing guitars his father built and why he loves 80s synth music
The Reverb.com demo guitarist extraordinaire has played through almost every pedal in existence and earned a broad online following along the way.Life Without Valves: Can the Boss Katana take on a boutique tube amp and win?
Watch as we put the Boss Katana-100 MKII through its paces in a direct recording scenario.Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs detail the five best guitar parts on savage new album Viscerals
We chat to the Geordie metalheads about boutique pedals, Japanese psych-rock tones, and how they’ve redefined their genre for album three.Introducing… Charlie Burg: Michigan’s own “blue wave boi”
The rising singer-songwriter on keeping the human element alive in music, his six-stringed piece of Syracuse history and his educational lockdown routine.
- Reviews