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Paul McCartney explains how Jimi Hendrix made him buy his favourite guitar
It all came down to feedback.Placebo to host virtual tour, replaying classic festival sets
Covering their whole gigging career.Blackstar announces the Unity Elite bass head and cab set
Offering huge headroom and lightweight construction.“There could quite possibly be another album. I’m pretty certain there will be”: AC/DC drummer Chris Slade
Slade offers his take on AC/DC's long rumoured album.
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“Things were going so well, and then we all just had to go home”: Lindsay Ell on guitars, technique and making an album during...
Lindsay Ell tells all about the challenges of recording her new album Heart Theory when the world shut down halfway through recording, and how legendary producer Dann Huff has become her new guitar coach.Brent Mason on his new Signature Telecaster
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Gerry Leonard’s career as a pioneer in both the sonic and the live-sphere continues to evolve – here, he discusses his original approach, seizing control of the guitar and being a trusted foil to icons of the music world.Gibson in the 1940s: Kalamazoo Gals and banner headstocks
We chat with the last surviving Kalamazoo Gal and hear a 1943 Southern Jumbo in action.
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Review: Fender Mustang GTX100
Fender has set out to raise its digital modelling game with this 100-watt evolution of the Mustang amp line – but does it have the tone to match its impressive line-up of emulations?Review: Eastman SB55DC/v
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Under-appreciated on its release in 1993, The Verve's debut is a transcendental space-rock masterwork, lit up by the sonic alchemy conjured by the band's introverted genius, guitarist Nick McCabe. Never has an album's title been more apt.Review: ThorpyFX Field Marshal & The Bunker
Two of the biggest brains in British pedal-building combine forces once again to create updated versions of a pair of legendary dirt machines.
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The best guitar amps to buy in 2020: Nine best tube amps under $500
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Our favourite new stompbox announcements, releases and rumours of the past month.Nine new electric and acoustic amplifiers: July 2020
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Strings breaking at the tuner end? Here’s how to fix it.
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How To Play Country Guitar Pt 4 – Adding that pedal steel touch
In our penultimate guide to the basics of country guitar playing, Nashville session man David Henricksson shows you to create pedal steel-style sounds to elevate your licks.How to play chords like Neil Young Pt 2
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In his third instalment of his beginner’s guide to country guitar, Nashville sessioneer David Henricksson gets to it on the double.
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Paul McCartney explains how Jimi Hendrix made him buy his favourite guitar
It all came down to feedback.Placebo to host virtual tour, replaying classic festival sets
Covering their whole gigging career.Blackstar announces the Unity Elite bass head and cab set
Offering huge headroom and lightweight construction.“There could quite possibly be another album. I’m pretty certain there will be”: AC/DC drummer Chris Slade
Slade offers his take on AC/DC's long rumoured album.
- Features
“Things were going so well, and then we all just had to go home”: Lindsay Ell on guitars, technique and making an album during...
Lindsay Ell tells all about the challenges of recording her new album Heart Theory when the world shut down halfway through recording, and how legendary producer Dann Huff has become her new guitar coach.Brent Mason on his new Signature Telecaster
The country guitar maestro on how his wonderfully unique Fender Telecaster made it onto Fender’s production line in the shape of his brand-new Fender Stories Collection Brent Mason Telecaster.Gerry Leonard on touring and recording with David Bowie, re-thinking the guitar and wrangling sound
Gerry Leonard’s career as a pioneer in both the sonic and the live-sphere continues to evolve – here, he discusses his original approach, seizing control of the guitar and being a trusted foil to icons of the music world.Gibson in the 1940s: Kalamazoo Gals and banner headstocks
We chat with the last surviving Kalamazoo Gal and hear a 1943 Southern Jumbo in action.
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