Music
Guitar Player
Acoustic Blues Musings, Pt. 1
How to choose a blues box and strings.
3 min |
November 2021
Guitar Player
Boulevard of Broken-In Dreams
Billy Rowe’s Rock N Roll Relics look, play and sound like much-loved and well-traveled treasures.
6 min |
November 2021
Guitar Player
Broad Strokes
Robben Ford goes bold with Pure, the new instrumental outing he calls “the most complete expression of a musical life.”
10+ min |
November 2021
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FAME – Live Forever
With a history that includes the Allman Brothers, Aretha Franklin and Jason Isbell, FAME Studios makes plans for a bright and very long future.
10+ min |
October 2021
Guitar Player
Dawner Prince – Pulse
Editor's Pick
3 min |
October 2021
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David Crosby – Wooden Ships
As he sets off on new acoustic adventures with For Free, David Crosby delivers insights into the guitars and tunings of his classic period.
10+ min |
October 2021
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Brother To Brother
From Duane’s earliest sessions to Gregg’s last, FAME remains hallowed ground for Allman Brothers history.
9 min |
October 2021
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MY CAREER IN FIVE SONGS
Hammond B-3s and cowbells! Mark Farner reveals the genesis of classic tracks from Grand Funk Railroad.
9 min |
October 2021
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How I Wrote…“Keith Don't Go”
Nils Lofgren reveals the roots of his 1975 ode to Keef.
4 min |
October 2021
Guitar Player
Live Wires
In 1971, a band of unknown southern rockers found fame — and lost their leader. This is the story of the Allman Brothers Band’s landmark album, At Fillmore East, Duane Allman’s last and greatest musical statement.
10+ min |
October 2021
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THE ROBINSONS' AFFAIR
Rich and Chris Robinson put aside their ongoing feud for a Black Crowes tour, only to be sidelined by the pandemic. At long last, they’re shaking their money maker once again.
10+ min |
October 2021
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TEMPLE OF TONE
John Hiatt and the Jerry Douglas Band record Leftover Feelings at Nashville’s country music shrine.
10 min |
October 2021
Guitar Player
Stageworthy Strategies, Pt. 5
Understanding acoustic amps.
3 min |
October 2021
Guitar Player
Cordoba – Fusion 5 Jet Black
Its full body features a cutaway and a solid spruce top with laminated mahogany back and sides. It’s also available in Gloss Natural as well as Gloss Sonata Burst with flamed mahogany back and sides.
4 min |
October 2021
Guitar Player
More Paul
Jon Sullivan’s ’71 Trella takes the classic single-cutaway set-neck design to new lengths.
5 min |
September 2021
Guitar Player
Let It Be – Guitar by Guitar
As the Beatles’ Get Back documentary prepares to head for screens, we look back at the guitars that defined the group’s long cold lonely winter of 1969.
5 min |
September 2021
Guitar Player
The Concert for Bangladesh – With a Little Help
In the summer of 1971, George Harrison corralled a who’s who of his musical friends to answer the call for humanitarian aid to Bangladesh. Two of his closest companions nearly left him hanging.
10+ min |
September 2021
Guitar Player
HONOR ROLE
Fingerstyle guru Andy McKee’s first new studio effort in nearly a decade pays homage to Prince and Michael Hedges.
9 min |
November 2021
Guitar Player
MORE is MORE
Yngwie Malmsteen takes his neoclassical shred to new extremes on Parabellum.
10+ min |
November 2021
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DRIVE LIKE A DEMON
As he returns with Fist Full of Devils, his first solo album in 20 years, Earl Slick shares tales of his fast times with David Bowie and John Lennon.
10+ min |
November 2021
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ESP
LTD MH-1000 Deluxe EverTune
3 min |
November 2021
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VICTORY
The Duchess V4 Guitar Amp
5 min |
November 2021
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D. KOWALSKI
Dark Gene Micro Amplifier
4 min |
November 2021
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GODIN
Montreal Premiere LTD
3 min |
October 2021
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HARMONY
Comet
3 min |
October 2021
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SUPRO
Delta King 12
4 min |
October 2021
Guitar Player
REBEL ROUSERS
In 1977, Robert Gordon launched a rockabilly revival that would team him up with Link Wray, Chris Spedding and Danny Gatton. Here’s the full story in his own words and those of his closest collaborators.
10+ min |
September 2021
Guitar Player
COUNTRY JAZZ, PART 2
This month, we present the conclusion of our look at John Scofield’s sophisticated reinvention of a country classic.
10+ min |
September 2021
Guitar Player
Rick and Roll Music
John Lennon’s discovery of the Rickenbacker 325 launched the guitar maker’s Invasion-era success.
5 min |
September 2021
Guitar Player
THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO TAJ
Chapter Two: From North America to Hawaii
10 min |