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Uber Axe
If your jaw drops when you see and hear Guthrie Govan play then prepare for your wallet to open for his latest guitar
6 min |
October 2017
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Semie's Semi
The legends of affordable retro venture once again into Mosrite territory for a new take on an obscure Semie Moseley classic...
3 min |
October 2017
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Mansons Guitar Show 2017
Exeter Corn Exchange, 11 November
2 min |
October 2017
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No Logo
Too many of us ‘listen’ with our eyes. We hear what we see. What, wonders Dave burrluck, would we do if we based our judgements solely on what we heard and what we felt with our hands?
3 min |
October 2017
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Session Diary - Offline Presence
Session guitarist Adam Goldsmith discovers why social media and studio work don’t have to mix
3 min |
October 2017
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Glen Campbell 1936 - 2017
Just as we were going to press with the last issue of Guitarist we heard the sad news that country giant, TV star and brilliant guitar player Glen Campbell had died. We look back on his life and career…
4 min |
October 2017
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Spare Fare
So you’ve tweaked your axe, wired in some super-duper new pickups and set off for your gig, only to find your guitar doesn’t work. Dave Burrluck hopes you’ve brought a spare...
3 min |
April 2018
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Earthquaker Devices Westwood
EarthQuaker Devices revisits the age-old question of transparent overdrive and delivers an eloquent answer to articulate tone shaping…
2 min |
April 2018
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1958 Gibson Les Paul Custom
Vintage guitar veteran David Davidson of Well Strung Guitars and the Songbirds vintage guitar museum retraces the history of the Les Paul Custom as we take a close look at this stunning 1958 Black Beauty…
9 min |
April 2019
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Careful With That Axe
Preparing David Gilmour’s Guitar Collection For Auction Is A Daunting Task, Not Just Because Of The Iconic Nature Of The Instruments – But Because Some Are Incredibly Rare Vintage Pieces In Their Own Right. How Do You Put A Value On All That? We Join Christie’s Guitar Expert, Kerry Keane, To Find Out
5 min |
April 2019
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On The Turning Away
It Is, Undoubtedly, The Guitar Sale Of The Century. On 20 June, David Gilmour’s Most Prized Guitars, Including The Celebrated Black Strat, Go Under The Hammer In New York. We Join Gilmour To Hear Why He’s Letting Go Of So Many Of His Most Cherished Guitars – And Examine Some Of The Icons On Sale
6 min |
April 2019
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Radioshop Pickups
Six years ago, two ex-schoolteachers with a mutual love for great guitar tone went into business building pickups with a few twists that are uniquely their own…
8 min |
April 2019
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Sea Change
Guitarist gets the inside perspective on the Grand Pacific in Nashville with master luthier Andy Powers, who reveals “it’s like an entirely different thing than what we’re known for”
5 min |
April 2019
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The Bright Side
‘My strat is too bright,’ said a forumite. But compared to what? Dave Burrluck offers some basic advice about listening before you mod
6 min |
April 2019
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Guitar Man
On the eve of JJ Cale’s first posthumous album, his widow and former bandmate, Christine Lakeland, gave us a tour of his guitar collection. This is the truth behind the legend’s one-off models, his refusal to release a signature guitar – and the gig that meant he never trusted a tech again…
9 min |
July 2019
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Ariel Posen
With his long-awaited debut album, How Long, now out in the wild, the Canadian songwriter joins us for his second Guitarist masterclass, sharing the tricks of his well-stocked pedalboard and his go-to guitar tunings
8 min |
July 2019
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ESP USA
What happens when you take exacting Japanese guitar design and craft it in California, the spiritual home of the electric guitar? We meet the elite luthiers of the ESP USA workshop to find out…
9 min |
July 2019
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Labour Of Lovetone
25 years after Lovetone’s first pedals launched, designer Dan Coggins explains how this tiny British brand’s effects ended up on U2 and Radiohead hits and acquired legendary status among tone heads...
9 min |
July 2019
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SE: The Affordable PRS
It’s been 18 years since the first ‘offshore’ SE was introduced to the PRS range. Making guitars in Asia, however, hasn’t always been as straightforward as it might seem…
5 min |
July 2019
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Longtermers
A few months’ gigging, recording and everything that goes with it – welcome to Guitarist’s longterm test report
3 min |
July 2019
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Tal Wilkenfeld
Top bassist on the reviving qualities of tea and a ghastly experience at 35,000ft
5 min |
July 2019
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70 Years Of The Telecaster From Prototype To Present
FEW DESIGNS EVOLVE FROM PROTOTYPE TO SHOWROOM FLOOR IN JUST A COUPLE OF YEARS AND THEN GO ON TO REMAIN RELEVANT – AND, IN THEIR ESSENCE, UNCHANGED – FOR THE NEXT 70 YEARS. SEVEN DECADES ON, WE PAY TRIBUTE TO THE FIRST, AND JUST MAYBE THE GREATEST, SOLID BODY ELECTRIC GUITAR: THE FENDER TELECASTER. JOIN US AS WE TRACE ITS EVOLUTION FROM SINGLE-PICKUP ESQUIRE ANCESTRY TO THE LATEST ACOUSTASONIC INCARNATION OF THIS AGELESS ELECTRIC
10+ min |
May 2019
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Longtermers - Fender American Professional Deluxe Shawbucker
A few months’ gigging, recording and everything that goes with it – welcome to Guitarist ’s longterm test report
3 min |
May 2019
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Remembering Renbourn
John Renbourn’s death sent shock waves throughout the acoustic guitar world when he passed away in 2015. We asked Clive Carroll, who toured with John extensively, for his reminiscences about the man and his music
9 min |
May 2019
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Origin Effects
This issue, we venture to the leafy outreaches of Buckinghamshire to discover more about an effects manufacturer whose pedals are turning up on the ’boards of top players all around the world
8 min |
May 2019
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Tailoring Your Tone
In the fourth part of our PAF focus, Mark Stow of OX4 Pickups explains how customised PAF repros can help you achieve the ultimate tone
3 min |
May 2019
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Telebration!
Dave Burrluck celebrates the first, and still the best, modding platform: the Fender telecaster
5 min |
May 2019
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The Darkness
15 years ago, Justin and Dan Hawkins of The Darkness swept the board at the BRIT awards. Catapulted onto the world stage, they arced high then crashed back to earth in flames when the band split in 2006. With the band now firmly back together and making joyous, hard-edged rock once again, we join the brothers to hear their advice on how to squeeze top performance from Marshall amps – and learn why they “didn’t come here to ride the teacups…”
9 min |
May 2019
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True Colours
From the whites of early prototypes and 50s hot-rod colours, through the many shades of Fiesta Red and beyond, we take a look at Fender’s colourful history with David Davidson of Songbirds Guitar Museum
8 min |
May 2019
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Riding With the King
Gordon Giltrap gets a second signature model from the ‘affordable boutique’ guys at Fret-King. We take the production prototype for a spin…
5 min |