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New Wave • Bored rigid with clones of past glories? Well, here’s something a little different in looks, style and sound to further showcase the talents of the small ’shop guitar maker
BUILDER PROFILE
UNDER THE HOOD • Inside the simple, spacious cavity
KITHARA HARLAND
A New Breed • A hand-built parlour-on-steroids from Breedlove’s Bend, Oregon, facility – and it’s full of surprises!
BREEDLOVE PREMIER CONCERTINA CE
All About That Guitar • British bass company Ashdown presents the Guitar Magnifier series, with proper valve tone at tempting prices
DESIGNER DETAILS • We catch up with Ashdown’s chief designer Dave Green as he takes a break from his soldering iron
ASHDOWN AGM-5C 1X12 COMBO
the Wishlist Dream gear to beg, borrow and steal for... • Atkin 25th Anniversary J43 £6,500
JARGON CRUNCHING
Gas Supply • Our pick of the month’s most delectable and wallet-bothering new gear
ALSO OUT NOW...
The Players • The latest news, views and happenings from the world of your favourite guitarists
ALSO THIS MONTH
Albums • The month’s best guitar music – a hand-picked selection of the finest fretwork on wax
START ME UP
Tones Behind The Tracks • Engineer Steve Orchard and tech manager Keith Smith take us behind the scenes of McCartney’s latest solo album, recorded during lockdown
Instant Access • Adam Goldsmith shares his experience of modelling processors to streamline his setup and get all his sounds on tap
Getting A Fix • Spurred on by the efforts of colleague David Mead, Neville Marten gets round to doing a long-awaited job or two on his own guitars
GAS OF THE MONTH Parlour Plaything
Tuning Up • Alex Bishop tackles the common misconceptions around intonation, and why trying to play the guitar ‘in tune’ is a fool’s errand anyway…
Townshend’s Tone • Jamie Dickson joins guitar detective Steve Clarke to explore Pete Townshend’s live rig
THREE TO GET READY • Three electrics that can do acoustic
Open D Tuning • Richard Barrett encourages you to explore alternative tunings and the challenges and surprises they present to your playing habits
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THE MOUNTAIN KING • On the 23 December last year the music world lost Leslie West, a guitar giant whose touch and tone went on to influence a generation of players. Here, his friend and fellow guitarist Martin Barre remembers their first meeting and subsequent friendship
RIVALS 1954-1960 • The 1950s battle between Fender and Gibson to design the perfect solidbody electric guitar created two contrasting icons: the Strat and the Les Paul. Here we retrace the history of that clash of titans
FIRST GEAR • With one of the earliest known Stratocasters and an original Holy Grail ’59-spec 1960 ’Burst to hand, Guitarist chats with three vintage guitar experts about the enduring allure of these iconic models
DECADE OF EVOLUTION • How the Fender Stratocaster and Gibson Les Paul Model/Standard evolved during their first 10 years in production
JOHNNY A. • The Gibson signature artist talks ’Bursts and reveals why he has recently fallen...