Guitar Player - May 2017
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In a 50th Anniversary year nod to our 6-string sistren, GP celebrates powerhouse players from Sister Rosetta Tharpe to Susan Tedechi to Lita Ford to Nita Strauss to Maybelle Carter to Ani DiFranco, and the list goes on. Plus: Gary Clark Jr. on playing live; Bob Bain’s legendary studio sessions; LA legend Norman Harris talks about collecting guitars; how to play Led Zeppelin’s classic “Heartbreaker” riff; Jesse Gress shines the light on Los Lobos’ “Kiko and the Lavender Moon;” six 2017 Fender American Professional Series guitars reviewed; tips from the pros; gear reviews; lessons; interviews; classic GP columns; and more!
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Wham Bam Thank You, Ma'am!
“We had two weeks to make an album!” Engineer and producer Ken Scott recalls David Bowie’s ascent from one-hit boy wonder to the nazz of glam and the album that made it all happen: the rise and fall of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders from Mars.
Larry McCray – Better Days
A promising blues guitarist in the early 1990s, Larry McCray spent the past 20 years in the wilderness. Thanks to a restart and a new album, Blues Without You, his future looks brighter than ever.
Artful Selection
With the Telstar, Gene Baker’s b3 Guitars delivers the best of the Big F’s top two timeless models.
Ry Cooder – Back on Board
Ry Cooder reunites with Taj Mahal for an album that returns to both men’s roots: Get On Board: The Songs of Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee.
Aero Instrument
dBuz Cable and dBuzX Extender
TOP GUN
With fans that ranged from Pete Townshend to Eddie Van Halen and Yngwie Malmsteen, Leslie West inspired players across the genres with his singular playing style and a searing lead guitar tone that could belong to no other.
SHRED WHITE & BLUE JACK WHITE
HAS PUT HIS SIGNATURE STYLE ON GEAR — FROM ITS SOUND TO ITS LOOK. AS HE DROPS HIS LATEST ALBUM, FEAR OF THE DAWN, HE GIVES GUITAR PLAYER AN EXCLUSIVE LOOK AT THE GUITARS, PEDALS AND PASSION BEHIND HIS BLUE PERIOD.
MIAMI VICE
Nile Rodgers riffs on his famed Hitmaker Stratocaster as Fender releases a limited-edition replica.
SQUIER
40th Anniversary Telecaster, Gold Edition
MY CAREER IN FIVE SONGS
As The Police — Greatest Hits returns in a deluxe edition, Andy Summers reflects on five classic tracks from the band's timeless catalog.
