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Guitar Player Magazine - August 2023

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In this issue

The Allman Brothers Band.

Gary Rossington.

Warren Haynes..

MESA'S GREATEST HITS

The company's Mark VII 1x12 combo puts the long-running amp maker's best-loved circuits in one compact rig.

8 mins

DUANE BETTS STEPS OUT SOLO

The guitarist makes his full-length debut with Wild & Precious Life, featuring guests Derek Trucks and Marcus King.

5 mins

AN AMERICANA SALUTE TO VETS AND LIFE BUDDIES

Nashville's Billy Dawson makes a musical tribute that supports soldiers and service dogs, with help from Billy Sheehan and others.

3 mins

TIP SHEET

\"Put the guitar down.\" On his solo recordings or with Jason Isbell, Sadler Vaden lives by these pointers.

5 mins

MY CAREER IN FIVE SONGS

Kansas founding guitarist Rich Williams picks his greatest cuts from the group's 50-year history.

10+ mins

The Vintage Acoustic Maker No One Talks About Today

In the early 1920s, Lyon & Healy rivaled Martin with X-braced tops and plenty of bling.

4 mins

How Django Changed My Life

The gift of a Django Reinhardt album has kept on giving.

3 mins

Rhythm of Nations

How former West African star Peter One returned to music on his solo debut, Come Back to Me.

7 mins

BROTHERS AND SISTERS

Duane Allman's death might have been the end of the Allman Brothers Band. Instead, it marked the start of a remarkable era in the group's life — and rock history.

10+ mins

KEEPING THE PEACE

Recorded during the pandemic simultaneously with 2021's Heavy Load Blues, Gov't Mule's Peace... Like a River is an exercise in taking risks. It was also, says Warren Haynes, \"a way of not going crazy.\"

10+ mins

THE LAST REBEL

When Gary Rossington died, Lynyrd Skynyrd lost its last link to the band's hell-raising origins. In this tribute, Johnny Van Zant and Rickey Medlocke recall his music, legacy and southern spirit.

10+ mins

FRESH LEFTOVERS

From slide to fingerstyle, Catfish Keith's modern technical virtuosity makes old-time country blues simmer with new flavors.

9 mins

Django Explained

Stephane Wrembel delivers insights on Django Reinhardt's style of gypsy jazz.

3 mins

PRS SE Zach Myers Signature

FOR ALL THE big-name players who have been drawn to Paul Reed Smith guitars, Zach Myers' dedication to the brand is hard to beat.

3 mins

COLE CLARK - True Hybrid TL2ECBLBL-HSS

HOLY HYBRID! WHAT an intriguing acoustic/electric premise, promising the best of both worlds.

6 mins

DANELECTRO -'59 Triple Divine

BACK IN 1959, Danelectro founder Nathan Daniel introduced the Deluxe model, an innovative and low-cost electric guitar that featured a \"shorthorn\" double-cutaway body made of pine and hardboard, a pair of single-coil pickups housed in lipstick tubes (originally sourced from cosmetics maker Max Factor), and a bolt-on neck with a distinctive Coke-bottle headstock.

3 mins

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Guitar Player Magazine Description:

Publisher: Future

Category: Music

Language: English

Frequency: Monthly

Guitar Player educates, empowers, and inspires obsessed guitarists to sound better and play better. Through its comprehensive print, online, and social-networking media—as well as community-rousing events such as Guitar Superstar—Guitar Player feeds a player’s passion for mastering tone, technique, gear, technology, composition, and live performance. Revered for its insightful artist interviews, multi-faceted music lessons, and trusted product reviews since 1967, Guitar Player has influenced generations of players— including some world-renowned guitar stars—and continues to encourage and motivate serious guitarists of all ages, styles, and skill levels.