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Guitar Player

Feb 01 2022
Magazine

The only magazine committed to the most experienced and serious guitar players. Get Guitar Player digital magazine subscription today for the finest lessons and master classes, interviews with top artists, recording tips, and extensive product reviews.

CHIMES OF FREEDOM

Guitar Player

ALTERNATIVE NOTION • AVA puts an elegant spin on carbon-fiber luthiery with its One First Edition electric guitars.

DEEP CUTS • Joanne Shaw Taylor digs up rare and forgotten gems from the classic era on The Blues Album.

MY CAREER IN FIVE SONGS • Andrew Watt picks the tracks that have defined his role as guitarist and producer to stars old and new.

Spin Art • More than 50 years on, the 1969 Uni-Vibe remains the epitome of rotary pedals.

Young Man Blues • Slowhand reinvents electric blues with a flamethrower.

BRAND-NEW NOISE • IN THE EARLY 1980S, ALTERNATIVE ROCK BROKE THROUGH THE MAINSTREAM IN THE U.S. AND U.K. HERE ARE 25 GUITARISTS WHO FORGED ITS SHAPE AND SOUND, FROM ITS PROTEAN BEGINNINGS TO THE PRESENT DAY.

LOU REED & STERLING MORRISON (THE VELVET UNDERGROUND) • THE PROTOTYPE FOR ALT-ROCK GUITAR TANDEMS.

THURSTON MOORE & LEE RANALDO (SONIC YOUTH) • THE GODFATHERS OF ALT-ROCK.

RICHARD LLOYD & TOM VERLAINE (TELEVISION) • SIGNS OF INTELLIGENT LIFE.

NEW ADVENTURES IN HI-FI • Armed with a Rickenbacker and a Fender Twin, Peter Buck helped R.E.M. put alternative rock on the map. Producer Mitch Easter reveals the genius behind the jangle pop.

THESE THINGS TAKE TIME • Rejecting traditional rock guitar stylings, Johnny Marr created a new ethos that defined alternative rock and placed it at the forefront of the U.K.’s 1980s music scene.

THIS CHARMING MAN • Johnny Marr on the making of the Smiths’ classic, and the dark “clang” of his beloved ’64 Fender Telecaster.

25 GREATEST GUITARISTS

JOHN FRUSCIANTE • HE SAVED THE RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS. BUT FIRST HE HAD TO SAVE HIMSELF.

FIRE DOWN BELOW • Armed with just his phone and extensive network of musical cohorts, Tom Morello takes the electric guitar into uncharted territory on The Atlas Underground Fire.

ST. VINCENT • RESHAPING GUITAR IN FORM AND FUNCTION.

JACK WHITE • FROM BLUES CRUSADER TO ALT-ROCK OBSESSIVE.

ALBERT HAMMOND JR. AND NICK VALENSI (THE STROKES) • A POTENT PAIRING THAT LAUNCHED A THOUSAND COPYCAT BANDS.

KURT VILE • LUSCIOUSLY LAID-BACK AND LO-FI.

TIME IS ON HER SIDE • Stripping away the heavy rock guitars of her previous albums, Courtney Barnett makes a fresh start with Things Take Time, Take Time.

LEO RISING • After 50 years, Leo Nocentelli’s long-lost solo debut reveals a softer side to the hard-nosed electric funk legend.

EMBRACING AN ANOMALY • How to make the unique relationship between the G and B strings work for you.

Acoustic Blues Musings, Pt. 5 • Slide material matters with Sonny Landreth, Leo Kottke and Roy Rogers.

ELECTRO-HARMONIX • Ripped Speaker and Nano Deluxe Memory Man

HUGHES & KETTNER • AmpMan Classic Amplifier Pedal

SHURE • MV7 Podcast Microphone

EARTHQUAKER DEVICES • Hizumitas Fuzz Sustainer

SUBSCRIBE & SAVE

How I Wrote… “Runaway Train” • Dave Pirner reveals the roots of Soul Asylum’s unstoppable hit.


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Frequency: Monthly Pages: 100 Publisher: Future Publishing Ltd Edition: Feb 01 2022

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The only magazine committed to the most experienced and serious guitar players. Get Guitar Player digital magazine subscription today for the finest lessons and master classes, interviews with top artists, recording tips, and extensive product reviews.

CHIMES OF FREEDOM

Guitar Player

ALTERNATIVE NOTION • AVA puts an elegant spin on carbon-fiber luthiery with its One First Edition electric guitars.

DEEP CUTS • Joanne Shaw Taylor digs up rare and forgotten gems from the classic era on The Blues Album.

MY CAREER IN FIVE SONGS • Andrew Watt picks the tracks that have defined his role as guitarist and producer to stars old and new.

Spin Art • More than 50 years on, the 1969 Uni-Vibe remains the epitome of rotary pedals.

Young Man Blues • Slowhand reinvents electric blues with a flamethrower.

BRAND-NEW NOISE • IN THE EARLY 1980S, ALTERNATIVE ROCK BROKE THROUGH THE MAINSTREAM IN THE U.S. AND U.K. HERE ARE 25 GUITARISTS WHO FORGED ITS SHAPE AND SOUND, FROM ITS PROTEAN BEGINNINGS TO THE PRESENT DAY.

LOU REED & STERLING MORRISON (THE VELVET UNDERGROUND) • THE PROTOTYPE FOR ALT-ROCK GUITAR TANDEMS.

THURSTON MOORE & LEE RANALDO (SONIC YOUTH) • THE GODFATHERS OF ALT-ROCK.

RICHARD LLOYD & TOM VERLAINE (TELEVISION) • SIGNS OF INTELLIGENT LIFE.

NEW ADVENTURES IN HI-FI • Armed with a Rickenbacker and a Fender Twin, Peter Buck helped R.E.M. put alternative rock on the map. Producer Mitch Easter reveals the genius behind the jangle pop.

THESE THINGS TAKE TIME • Rejecting traditional rock guitar stylings, Johnny Marr created a new ethos that defined alternative rock and placed it at the forefront of the U.K.’s 1980s music scene.

THIS CHARMING MAN • Johnny Marr on the making of the Smiths’ classic, and the dark “clang” of his beloved ’64 Fender Telecaster.

25 GREATEST GUITARISTS

JOHN FRUSCIANTE • HE SAVED THE RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS. BUT FIRST HE HAD TO SAVE HIMSELF.

FIRE DOWN BELOW • Armed with just his phone and extensive network of musical cohorts, Tom Morello takes the electric guitar into uncharted territory on The Atlas Underground Fire.

ST. VINCENT • RESHAPING GUITAR IN FORM AND FUNCTION.

JACK WHITE • FROM BLUES CRUSADER TO ALT-ROCK OBSESSIVE.

ALBERT HAMMOND JR. AND NICK VALENSI (THE STROKES) • A POTENT PAIRING THAT LAUNCHED A THOUSAND COPYCAT BANDS.

KURT VILE • LUSCIOUSLY LAID-BACK AND LO-FI.

TIME IS ON HER SIDE • Stripping away the heavy rock guitars of her previous albums, Courtney Barnett makes a fresh start with Things Take Time, Take Time.

LEO RISING • After 50 years, Leo Nocentelli’s long-lost solo debut reveals a softer side to the hard-nosed electric funk legend.

EMBRACING AN ANOMALY • How to make the unique relationship between the G and B strings work for you.

Acoustic Blues Musings, Pt. 5 • Slide material matters with Sonny Landreth, Leo Kottke and Roy Rogers.

ELECTRO-HARMONIX • Ripped Speaker and Nano Deluxe Memory Man

HUGHES & KETTNER • AmpMan Classic Amplifier Pedal

SHURE • MV7 Podcast Microphone

EARTHQUAKER DEVICES • Hizumitas Fuzz Sustainer

SUBSCRIBE & SAVE

How I Wrote… “Runaway Train” • Dave Pirner reveals the roots of Soul Asylum’s unstoppable hit.


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