Future Music
Wajatta
Unlikely electronic duo Reggie Watts and John Tejada deliver more urban dance kinetics on their second album, Don’t Let Get You Down. Danny Turner discovers how they’ve become more than the sum of their parts
10+ min |
April 2020
Future Music
Universal Audio Apollo x4 £1,500
Universal Audio’s Apollo range of interfaces gains a new member. Jono Buchanan looks for signs of sibling rivalry
3 min |
April 2020
Future Music
The Presets Apocalypso
Modular Recordings, 2008
9 min |
April 2020
Future Music
The Emperor Machine
Former Bizarre Inc hit maker Andy Meecham, aka The Emperor Machine, chats to Danny Turner about the mindboggling arsenal of gear behind his latest album Music Not Safari
10+ min |
April 2020
Future Music
PreSonus E8XT £422 per pair
An update for this very popular PreSonus monitor range has landed. Jon Musgrave finds out what’s new
3 min |
April 2020
Future Music
Niklas Paschburg
“The Polyend Perc is my ‘robot arm’. It brought me new live possibilities”
3 min |
April 2020
Guitar Techniques
John Mayer
This month Phil Short checks out the bluesy side of a super-successful songwriter, singer, popstar, and bona fide guitar legend.
2 min |
Spring 2020
Future Music
Lia Mice
Which Memories Will Make It? Optimo Music, 2018
4 min |
April 2020
Guitar Techniques
Using the tritone
Got your accidentals covered? John Wheatcroft sorts out your flat 5ths from your raised 4ths, as he looks at ways to apply the tritone interval in jazz.
2 min |
Spring 2020
Future Music
Arturia MicroLab £69
Compact keyboard controllers can feel like a compromise. What does Jon Musgrave make of Arturia’s latest offering?
3 min |
April 2020
Guitar Techniques
The Stone Roses
In the first of this new series focusing on ’80s and ’90s Britrock, Simon Barnard goes mad for it with some true Manchester legends.
2 min |
Spring 2020
Guitar Techniques
SIXTY SECONDS with...
A minute’s all it takes to find out what makes a great guitarist tick. Before he jumped into his limo for the airport we grabbed a quick chat with acoustic blues master, Keb’ Mo’.
3 min |
Spring 2020
Guitar Techniques
Rocco Zifarelli Video Masterclass pt6
As we come to the end of our exclusive six-part video feature, guitar wizard Rocco unleashes the Melodic Minor scale for our final track entitled The Return Of Johnny F, with Jon Bishop as your guide.
2 min |
Spring 2020
Guitar Techniques
Rival Sons
Martin Cooper checks out a modern day but classic rock flavoured Californian band and their guitarist Scott Holiday.
2 min |
Spring 2020
Guitar Techniques
J S Bach Violin Sonata 2, Andante
This issue Bridget Mermikides arranges and transcribes a delightful piece, originally written for four strings by one of music’s irrefutable geniuses.
2 min |
Spring 2020
Guitar Techniques
Fingerstyle blues
Joseph Alexander of Fundamental Changes continues his bluesy fingerpicking series with a look at combining alternating bass and melody.
1 min |
Spring 2020
Guitar Techniques
David Gilmour Full style study
Jon Bishop looks at the rhythm and lead styles of this great prog, rock and blues guitarist. David is one of the UK’s most influential and best-loved guitar players, and this feature aims to unlock his secrets.
2 min |
Spring 2020
Total Guitar
The Reinvention Of Gary Clark Jr.
How the modern blues trailblazer has defied convention and broken the mould in order to find himself, pushing the genre in new directions along the way…
4 min |
April 2020
Guitarist
ALIVE & KICKING
Peter Frampton’s diagnosis with a degenerative disease means May’s UK tour is likely to be his last. The guitar icon looks back at the triumphs and knocks of his career, into the eyes of his illness, and onto the music still to come…
10+ min |
April 2020
Guitarist
Bursting With Pride
As the new Gibson Slash Collection is unveiled at this year’s NAMM show, we grab a moment away from the crowds with the man himself to chat about his latest collaboration with Gibson…
4 min |
April 2020
Guitarist
GIBSON ES-330s
We take an in-depth look at the background development and evolution of Gibson’s ES-330 models with George Gruhn, co-author of vintage guitar bible Gruhn’s Guide to Vintage Guitars and proprietor of Gruhn Guitars in Nashville, Tennessee…
8 min |
April 2020
Guitarist
Mods & Rockers
The Stray Cat struts in once again with a litter of killer new signature guitars to sink your claws into. Just don’t expect them to bat like 50s throwbacks...
8 min |
April 2020
Guitarist
ED WYNNE
We touch down on planet Earth with the captain of Ozric Tentacles’ space rock craft, Ed Wynne, following the release of his debut solo album, last year’s Shimmer Into Nature
9 min |
April 2020
Guitarist
Lose Your Illusion
Hot on the heels of its reimagined ’59 and ’60 Les Paul reissues come four new LP models built to the specs of the Guns N’ Roses legend
6 min |
April 2020
Guitarist
Roaring Forties
One of the oldest ‘classic’ pickup designs makes a return to the Guild range. But is everything quite what it seems?
4 min |
April 2020
Guitarist
RICHARD SMITH
We caught up with the nylon-string maestro during one of his all-too-rare visits to the UK for a lively conversation about all things acoustic and a very special video masterclass…
8 min |
April 2020
Guitarist
Slim Pickin'
Two contrasting models from Takamine’s new Thinline range tell tales of superb player comfort and excellent onstage performance. Let’s see how they measure up…
5 min |
April 2020
Guitarist
Thrill Seeker
The latest amp from legendary British amp builder Dennis Cornell packs quite a punch in a small package. Your journey into the analogue zone starts here…
4 min |
April 2020
Guitarist
SE Uprising
They may be a lot more affordable than PRS’s USA guitars, but the SE range is on a roll, epitomised by the new Hollowbody models. We track down the man behind the mark: Jack Higginbotham
7 min |
March 2020
Guitarist
SWITCHTASTIC
If you’re after more sounds, look no further than the Brit-designed and manufactured Free-Way, reckons Dave Burrluck
4 min |