Guitarist
Inside Story
Walrus Audio takes you on an ambient adventure with five programs that mix reverbs and delays
2 min |
September 2022
Guitarist
Tones Behind The Tracks
Julian Lage's new album is full of his signature virtuoso-level guitar playing with splashes of colour provided by special guest Bill Frisell
5 min |
September 2022
Guitarist
METEORIC SUCCESS
When we tested Fender's radically offset Player Plus Meteora HH recently, we were impressed by its biting yet expressive Fireball humbuckers - an instant favourite at Guitarist. Intrigued, we caught up with Fender's Allen Abbassi to talk pickups...
7 min |
September 2022
Guitarist
THE WISHLIST
Dream gear to beg, borrow and steal for...
2 min |
September 2022
Guitarist
Slide Show
A newly refreshed lap steel from Gretsch, with bags of style
2 min |
September 2022
Guitarist
HALESTORM
As the Pennsylvania rockers return, Lzzy Hale tells us about cult guitars, her identity crisis, the darkness behind new album, Back From The Dead – and the drinking session that sparked her purist-baiting signature Gibson Explorerbird
8 min |
September 2022
Guitarist
HOLY GRAILS
In a low-key store on a quiet city street in Long Island, you will find some of the rarest custom-colour and prototype guitars from Fender and Gibson's storied past. And each one has a fascinating tale to tell about guitar history. We ventured inside Well Strung Guitars, in company with owners David and Paige Davidson, to take a forensic look at the golden-era instruments that gave birth to legends. Here's what we discovered there...
10+ min |
September 2022
Guitarist
SIMON NICOL
This year sees the 55th anniversary of Fairport Convention, prime architects of the UK's folk-rock movement and a band that has left an indelible mark on British music. Here, founder member and guitarist Simon Nicol traces the band's origins from the perspective of his own musical journey
7 min |
September 2022
Guitarist
Treading The Boards
Classed by Córdoba as its "first nylon-string electric", the Stage breaks all the rules but not your wallet. Does it sound as good as it looks?
4 min |
September 2022
Guitarist
Start Me Up
Why don't more makers just focus on simplicity, playability and sound? Well, here's a boutique level Junior-style guitar that does exactly that. Fasten your seat belts, you're in for a ride!
4 min |
September 2022
Guitarist
Small Wonder
From the cult Foxgear pedal brand comes Baroni's latest innovation - a micro head that could just be the most portable amp out there
5 min |
September 2022
Guitarist
Light Headed
This month, editor Jamie Dickson ponders the ultimate lightweight gigging setup.....
5 min |
September 2022
Guitarist
Fretbuzz
A monthly look at must-hear artists from all corners of the guitar world, from the roots of their sound to the tracks that matter most
3 min |
September 2022
BBC Music Magazine
30 Glorious Years!
In celebration of BBC Music Magazine's 30th birthday, we present 30 unmissable albums of the past three decades
10+ min |
September 2022
Record Collector
Two-fisted tales from the vault
A Sid Griffin archive revamp is in the offing, and RC asked him and Cherry Red archivist Steve Hammonds to tell us what's in store
4 min |
September 2022
Record Collector
UNDER THE RADAR
Artists, labels, and magazines meriting more attention
4 min |
September 2022
Rock Sound
BUCKET LIST: EMMYN CALLEIRO GAMES WE PLAY
EMMYN WALKS US THROUGH HIS CAREER CHECKLIST.
2 min |
September 2022
Rock Sound
THE CALLOUS DAOBOYS
BOTTLING CHAOS AND BREAKING THE CYCLE, ALL IN A DAY'S WORK
2 min |
September 2022
Rock Sound
THE HARD WAY
IT'S BEEN A STOP-START ROAD TO GET HERE, BUT PALE WAVES ARE BACK WITH A PERFECT SUMMER POP ROCK RECORD. HERE, THE BAND TELL THE STORY OF UNWANTED'.
5 min |
September 2022
Rock Sound
THE FIRST... DE'WAYNE
DE'WAYNE WALKS US THROUGH THE MOMENTS THAT SHAPED HIS LIFE AND CAREER SO FAR.
3 min |
September 2022
Rock Sound
GREG PUCIATO
FROM THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN THROUGH HIS EXCEPTIONAL, EXPERIMENTAL CAREER SINCE, GREG PAINTS A PICTURE OF AN INCREDIBLY CREATIVE LIFE TO DATE.
10+ min |
September 2022
Rock Sound
REBIRTH
EIGHT ALBUMS IN, HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD ARE READY TO BE BORN AGAIN. THIS IS THE STORY OF HOW THEY WENT BACK TO THEIR ROOTS, AND CREATED 'HOTEL KALIFORNIA'.
4 min |
September 2022
Rock Sound
OUT OF THE SHADOWS
MOTHICA IS A NAME YOU'LL HAVE SEEN BY NOW, BUT WITH NEW ALBUM 'NOCTURNAL' UNDER HER BELT, IT'S TIME TO GET FAMILIAR WITH ONE OF ROCK'S NEXT SUPERSTARS...
4 min |
September 2022
Rock Sound
WORLDS AWAY
WITH THEIR HUGE NEW ALBUM, 'REMEMBER THAT YOU WILL DIE', POLYPHIA ARE ON COURSE TO TRANSCEND THE INCREDIBLE HEIGHTS THEY HAVE ALREADY REACHED. HERE, THEY TELL THE STORY OF HOW THEY TORE UP THE RULE BOOK AND BECAME ONE OF ROCK'S MOST UNIQUE AND FASCINATING BANDS...
10+ min |
September 2022
Record Collector
ROCK'N'ROLL RIDE No 4
We've visited three rock'n'roll London locales before. This time, Tim Jones got on his bike for an eco-friendly lap around Richmond & Twickenham
6 min |
September 2022
Record Collector
GIMME DANGER
Andy Ellison's commitment to extreme performance has been lifelong, as has his enthusiasm for music of various stripes, from mod R&B and proto-freakbeat with The Silence and John's Children, to glam with Jet and onto punk with Radio Stars. He could have been a contender, though he was perhaps stymied by a penchant for perilous stunts. "I could've been killed any night," he tells some-time Radio Star, Rich Davenport.
6 min |
September 2022
Record Collector
Sparks and Re-Creation
It may be the best part of five decades since the brothers of reinvention first made a generation of UK pop-pickers choke on their Angel Delight with their startling first appearances on TV, but Sparks have been enjoying a revival in their fortunes – celebrated on celluloid, endorsed by Hollywood, collaborating with the cream of UK indie-pop and back in the Top 10. As Ron and Russell Mael’s 21st-century studio albums are reissued, they look back on those LPs and three other creative diversions since 2000 and vow to continue confounding expectations. “That muse won’t accept a divorce,” they tell Jeremy Allen.
10+ min |
September 2022
Record Collector
STONES IMMACULATE
The first Rolling Stones shows in the capital sans Charlie provide the epitaph he deserves. Good tonight: Kris Needs
6 min |
September 2022
Record Collector
UNDER THE RADAR
Artists, labels, and magazines meriting more attention
4 min |
September 2022
Record Collector
Two-fisted tales from the vault
A Sid Griffin archive revamp is in the offing, and RC asked him and Cherry Red archivist Steve Hammonds to tell us what’s in store
4 min |