Guitarist

Guitarist is the longest established UK guitar magazine. You'll find authoritative gear reviews, artist interviews, technique lessons and advice. Plus, Guitarist's digital edition now includes all of the same audio and video content as the print edition; available to download from a special area of the Guitarist website!

Gearing Up

Editor’s Highlights

Guitarist

Vibrato Vibes • Announced much earlier in 2023, this new Surfliner Deluxe has been a long time coming. Worth the wait or has it gone off the boil? Let’s take a look…

Universal Tone Machine • Fender’s big entry into the digital modelling floorboard arena offers stunning amp and effects models and double the processing power of its nearest rivals

Full Power • Fender’s new FRFR powered cabinets – which can partner with the new Tone Master Pro – pack a big punch

Green Machine • First we had Gibson’s Murphy Lab replicas, then the USA production version. And now, for half that money, Epiphone does its own ‘Greeny’

Over The Moon • It’s the sound of The Police – so take a small step (or giant leap) and hit the footswitch of this Andy Summers signature flanger

Prehistoric Powerhouse • The Skeleton Key from UK-based company Funny Little Boxes aims to unlock that Queens Of The Stone Age guitar tone

Gas Supply • Our pick of the month’s most delectable and wallet-bothering new gear

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

Albums • The month’s best guitar music – a hand-picked selection of the finest fretwork on wax

Tones Behind The Tracks • Malcolm Bruce speaks about a new album of Cream songs with a band that included Bernie Marsden, Ginger Baker and Paul Rodgers

Strad-O-Caster • Despite years working with guitars, Neville Marten reveals how he was shamefully brought down by his ignorance of other stringed instruments…

The Final Stop • This month Alex Bishop helps two of his longterm student projects reach the end of their ambitious guitar builds

For The Record • Jamie Dickson enters the studio to record his fingerstyle album – and finds plenty of careful tone choices need to be made

Finding Triads (PART 1) • Richard Barrett encourages you away from your stock patterns and phrases with some familiar groups of notes

Feedback • Your letters to the Guitarist editor. Drop us a line at guitarist@futurenet.com

WIN A BOSS SDE-3000EVH & KATANA-AIR EX AMP! • Your chance to win this fabulous rig from Boss

MIKE McCREADY • As he returns with a beat-to-hell new incarnation of his signature Strat, the Pearl Jam co-founder tells us about flipping burgers for first guitars, learning Van Halen’s Eruption in his 50s, and his Townshend-worthy talent for auto-destruction

GEAR OF THE YEAR • We’ve rated the rest – now here are the best guitars, amps & effects we’ve tried in 2023

MAINSTREAM ELECTRICS • Character abounds from these sub-£500 electrics

MAINSTREAM ELECTRICS • A milestone year for some industry big-hitters brings even more stylish designs

ONCE UPON A BUILD • Our industry is dominated by the large heritage brands, but are they giving us what we really want? Should we start looking elsewhere?

MAINSTREAM ELECTRICS • Past and present collide in this enviable display of modern guitar-making

PRESTIGE ELECTRICS • The epitome of craft and style, these superlative electrics can’t be beaten

ACOUSTIC GUITARS • The instruments that shone bright for us in the acoustic world during the past year

LUTHERIE WITHOUT BORDERS • In recent times, a few makers have had stellar results combining...