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Pickup Artist
We catch up with Fender’s pickup guru Tim Shaw in his Nashville lair to learn more about the process behind the American Performers
4 min |
February 2019
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Atkin Guitars
This month, we head to Canterbury and the workshops of one of the UK’s fastest growing acoustic guitar builders…
8 min |
February 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 |
February 2019
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Box Of Tricks
Supros Black Magick gets a spring-loaded upgrade. We check the shimmer
3 min |
October 2018
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Session Diary Life In The Slow Lane
Having had a break (and not in a good way) Adam Goldsmith decides to take it down a notch.
3 min |
October 2018
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Kee Marcello
Its the final countdown for the ex-Europe guitar man as he answers the 10 questions we ask everyone.
4 min |
October 2018
Guitarist
Rich Robinson
The Magpie Salutes main man on keeping it real on stage and remembering your reading glasses
4 min |
October 2018
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Silvertone 1423
Those who dont believe an instruments component and build quality have any impact on the sounds will often say: its all in yer fingers. But, if that was the case, we wouldnt need to spend vast sums of cash on our gear, would we?
3 min |
October 2018
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Grand Canyon
EHX’s latest goes deep to offer a comprehensive multi-function delay.
3 min |
March 2019
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Crystal Gazing
A reader wants to know whether it’s worth modding his Strat. Now, there’s a question…
2 min |
Summer 2019
Guitarist
Semi-Precious (Part 2)
Cleaned up and checked over, our already modded 80s ibanez as-50 is playing well – so it’s time to delve deeper and consider the electrics. Dave Burrluck has some words of caution…
4 min |
Summer 2019
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Session Diary - Better The DI You Know
When it comes to relying on a hired backline, Adam Goldsmtith learns a few lessons the hard way…
3 min |
Summer 2019
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George Benson
While the jazz legend’s latest album may’ve felt like a departure from his famed style, we discover how rock ’n’ roll is deeply rooted in his legacy – and that it’s really all about the audience
9 min |
Summer 2019
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Dark Sun
Delay and reverb ambience designed with Periphery’s Mark Holcomb
3 min |
Summer 2019
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Anna Calvi
As she prepares for the release of her third studio album Hunter, we tracked down the Tele-wielding, creative firebrand to Fender’s Artist Showroom in London
9 min |
September 2018
Guitarist
A Slice Of 70s Chic?
Guild’s second wave of electric solidbodies were little more than cynical copies of Gibson’s SG. Yet how do the originals compare with Guild 2018? Dave Burrluck investigates…
4 min |
September 2018
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Ampli-Firebox
A range of amp sims that fit in your hand luggage? Here’s a complete rig in a standard stompbox
3 min |
September 2018
Guitarist
Longtermers
A few months’ gigging, recording and everything that goes with it – welcome to Guitarist’s longterm test reports
4 min |
September 2018
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Doing The Splits Pt. I
Know your coil-splits from your coil-taps? No? Dave burrluck investigates the whys and wherefores of getting single-coil tone from your humbuckers
3 min |
September 2018
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Orchestral Manoeuvres
One of Martins most versatile models gets the Reimagined treatment, and comes out of it rather nicely.
4 min |
October 2018
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Doing The Splits - Part 2
In last issues Mod squad we looked at the basics of coil splitting here Dave Burrluck investigates some different concepts.
3 min |
October 2018
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Embracing The Future
As Taylor advances with its V-Class bracing, we talk to designer Andy Powers about what he sees as a work in progress.
4 min |
October 2018
Guitarist
The Stuff Of Legends
To add to the pressure of starting a guitar company in a country with little domestic market and the necessity to import all woods, B&G also wanted to create a classic
5 min |
October 2018
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Psycho Builders
How crazy expectations led to the development of Mansons offshoot hardware line, Psychopaf Pickups.
3 min |
October 2018
Guitarist
Naked Ambition
Taylor has tried it, Collings is very successful at it and now Lowden is having a go at crossing over to the electric side of guitar design. We take a look…
7 min |
August 2018
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Big Ideas
Acoustic giant Yamaha downsizes and gets travel-friendly with a new compact electro that has a surprisingly big heart.
4 min |
August 2018
Guitarist
Barrie Cadogan
Squeezing us in between tour dates and many other musical commitments, the Little Barrie frontman drops by the Guitarist studios for a catch-up and to deliver a video masterclass…
8 min |
March 2019
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All White Now !
Neville Marten Revisits A Past Life To Upgrade A Modest Strat To Custom Spec.
1 min |
March 2019
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Gas Supply
Our pick of the month’s most delectable, wallet-bothering new gear.
2 min |
March 2019
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Lenny Kravitz
Now 30 years into a multi-million-album-selling career, serial Grammy winner Lenny Kravitz credits his success with hits such as Are You Gonna Go My Way and Always On The Run to instinctive, from-the-gut riffing and a ‘first take’ recording philosophy. Here, he looks back on his lifelong love of guitar, the virtues of vintage Gibsons, being schoolmates with Slash and how his greatest riff was recorded with another band hammering on the studio door…
9 min |