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SOURCE AUDIO: Zio analog front-end + boost
SOURCE AUDIO IS best known for its forward-thinking digital effects pedals, like the C4 synthesizer and Ultrawave distortion, as well as the Nemesis delay and Ventris reverb. But a few years ago, the company began working with Christopher Venter of Shoe Pedals to combine the "under the hood" tweakability of its Neuro editing system with more traditional sounds.
2 min |
August 2022
Guitar Player
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.
10+ min |
June 2022
Guitar Player
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.
10+ min |
June 2022
Guitar Player
Artful Selection
With the Telstar, Gene Baker’s b3 Guitars delivers the best of the Big F’s top two timeless models.
5 min |
June 2022
Guitar Player
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.
8 min |
June 2022
Guitar Player
Aero Instrument
dBuz Cable and dBuzX Extender
3 min |
June 2022
Guitar Player
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.
10+ min |
July 2022
Guitar Player
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.
10+ min |
July 2022
Guitar Player
MIAMI VICE
Nile Rodgers riffs on his famed Hitmaker Stratocaster as Fender releases a limited-edition replica.
6 min |
July 2022
Guitar Player
SQUIER
40th Anniversary Telecaster, Gold Edition
4 min |
July 2022
Guitar Player
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.
10 min |
July 2022
Guitar Player
LINE 6
DL4 MkII Delay Modeler Pedal
5 min |
July 2022
Guitar Player
LAVA ME 3
SMART GUITARS
7 min |
July 2022
Guitar Player
How I Wrote... "Fantasy"
Aldo Nova reveals how some free studio time led to his breakthrough 1982 hit.
3 min |
July 2022
Guitar Player
ELECTRIC WARRIORS
Following a seven-year absence, Def Leppard return with the glam-inspired Diamond Star Halos. Phil Collen explains how they got it on like the old days.
9 min |
July 2022
Guitar Player
CRAZY TUBE CIRCUITS (Phi) Golden Ratio
EFFECTS PEDALS
3 min |
July 2022
Guitar Player
AUSTIN POWER
From chunk to chicha, Beto Martinez is the new king of Latin rock guitar.
7 min |
July 2022
Guitar Player
AMERICANA REDUX
In our second installment, Ry Cooder reveals the source of his authentic guitar tones on his new album with Taj Mahal, Get On Board: The Songs of Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee.
9 min |
July 2022
Guitar Player
A Good Year For The Rosewood
As Fender releases the George Harrison Rosewood Telecaster, we retrace the fascinating story of this iconic model with Fender historian Martin Kelly and a gorgeous 1969 original from its first, all-too-brief run.
10 min |
June 2022
Guitar Player
Lone Star State of Mind
Spoon's Britt Daniel reveals how ZZ Top and their native Austin, Texas inspired the group's 10th long-player, Lucifer on the Sofa.
5 min |
May 2022
Guitar Player
American Beauty
Armed with a vintage Martin, jamjazz cat Scott Metzger steps out with Too Close to Reason, an intimate solo debut that highlights the acoustic's unique charms.
8 min |
May 2022
Guitar Player
Necks & Religion
Between a pair of shoulder surgeries, Steve Vai delivers Inviolate. An album of artistic purity, armed with a gretsch and the Triple-necked Hydra.
9 min |
May 2022
Guitar Player
SMOOTH & SOULFUL
An in-depth look at the subtle artistic and technical elements behind Bonnie Raitt’s celebrated and highly emotive slide playing.
8 min |
June 2022
Guitar Player
SOUL LOVE
HOW RICK TEDESCO FOUND AND LOST HIS DREAM GUITAR: MICK RONSON’S Z IGGY STARDUST–ERA 1968 GIBSON LES PAUL CUSTOM.
5 min |
June 2022
Guitar Player
STARMAN
IN 1970, MICK RONSON CHANGED THE CAREER OF DAVID BOWIE AND WENT ON TO WORK WITH LOU REED, BOB DYLAN, JOHN MELLENCAMP, MORRISSEY AND MORE. WE CHART THE RISE AND FALL OF GLAM-ROCK’S GREATEST GUITARIST.
10+ min |
June 2022
Guitar Player
HARBINGER MLS1000 Portable
Line Array PA System
4 min |
June 2022
Guitar Player
GIBSON
Generation Collection
6 min |
June 2022
Guitar Player
PRS
S2 Custom 24-08
3 min |
June 2022
Guitar Player
RIVOLTA
Regata VII
5 min |
June 2022
Guitar Player
THE MAD AXE OF KING GEORGE
Finding Fretless author Paul Brett reveals how his relentless sleuthing uncovered the mysterious history of a most unusual Beatles guitar: George Harrison’s “mad” Bartell fretless.
6 min |