In this issue

Classic Track: Queen – Brighton Rock.

Rockschool: The White Stripes – Seven Nation Army.

Neural DSP Quad Cortex.

Epiphone Emily Wolfe Signature Sheraton..

NEW YORK GROOVE

Those who learned their first chords playing along to Last Nite might wince a little, but The Strokes’ debut album, Is This It, is now 20 years old. In the following years, there has been such an unstoppable tide of popular culture that it’s easy to forget the record’s impact. Is This It was typical of The Strokes’ Janus-faced sound. At once they were referencing the treble-forward jangle of classic American indie and garage rock, and yet they sounded so fresh – proving that it is hard to sound stale when you put so much treble in your guitar sound.

1 min

“WE CUT THIS RECORD IN A DAY”

THE BLACK KEYS’ DAN AUERBACH EXPLAINS HOW THE DUO’S NEW ALBUM OF BLUES STANDARDS WAS CREATED – WITH THE HELP OF ONE OF HIS GUITAR HEROES

5 mins

“I NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY NOTE COUNTS”

Armed with a new signature guitar and a monstrous pedalboard, Emily Wolfe is venturing beyond bluesrock on her experimental second album...

7 mins

ROYAL BLOOD

As architect of Royal Blood’s wall of noise and mighty riffs, Mike Kerr is a bassist inspired by the great guitarists. But the set-up of his rig has remained a closely guarded secret – until now. “This is a worldwide exclusive!” he tells TG as he reveals all about his gear – from signal-splitter to a bespoke baritone guitar that plays “like a giant bagpipe!”

10+ mins

START ME UP!

Five awesome new products to get your gear engine revving this month…

2 mins

NEURAL DSP QUAD CORTEX

One of the most hotly-anticipated floor modelling units is here to make you rethink your rig

6 mins

YAMAHA PACIFICA PAC612VIIFMX

Yamaha’s do-it-all workhorse range

3 mins

Epiphone Emily Wolfe Signature Sheraton

A Wolfe in stealth clothing

3 mins

DUNLOP CRY BABY JUNIOR

The world-famous wah finds some middle ground

2 mins

SCOTT MCKEON

Scott McKeon is a guitarist notable for many reasons. He was the child prodigy that became the face of a Fender campaign to recruit younger talent in the 90s, making his debut on British television at just seven years old.

2 mins

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