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Rock Of Ages

Editor’s Highlights

Guitarist

Diamonds & Pearls • An anniversary model celebrating 75 years since Clarence Leonidas Fender launched the company that would change popular music forever

FENDER 75TH ANNIVERSARY TELECASTER

Practically Packed • Blackstar’s upgraded entry-level practice amp delivers great tone and much more for what, in anyone’s book, is a serious steal

BLACKSTAR ID:CORE V3 STEREO 40 COMBO

Modern World • Aside from making guitars for a host of brands including PRS, Cort’s own electrics and acoustics are making serious waves. This new G300 Pro throws down the gauntlet

CORT G300 PRO

the Wishlist Dream gear to beg, borrow and steal for... • Hammett Guitar Company H620 Nazaré £2,400

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 • Recorded at Real World studios last September, the worst of times has produced an album that John Smith cites as his best to date

In The Loop • Recording sample packs is not only physically demanding, it requires mental stamina, too, as Adam Goldsmith explains

Up To Speed • Neville Marten stresses the importance of playing slow before you play fast, and offers a way to hone your skills once lockdown is lifted

GAS OF THE MONTH • Fly like a ’bird

Small Talk • Alex Bishop reflects on the experience of building his first tenor guitars, and considers whether four strings might even be better than six…

Tone Transplant • Using a preamp pedal in the effects loop Return of your amp can transform its sound. Jamie Dickson explores further with Dan Steinhardt

THREE TO GET READY • Preamps and compressors to try in your effects loop

Taking The 5th • This issue Richard Barrett explores how omitting the 5th in chords can affect their sound and open doors to a much wider vocabulary

STAR LETTER • ALL THAT JAZZ…

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

REQUESTS…

POWER PLAY • Regardless of what fate throws at ’em, you just can’t keep a great band down. Here, AC/DC six-string legend Angus Young discusses life after Malcolm and the band’s positively charged latest album, Power Up

ANGUS LOOKS BACK (In Black)

THE BLACK CROWES SHAKE YOUR MONEY MAKER • Three decades since they crashed the hair-metal party with 1990’s Shake Your Money Maker, Chris and Rich Robinson still have faith in the redemptive power of rock ’n’ roll. We spoke to the Southern brothers about tracking that classic debut, their notorious sibling rivalry, the barbs of the rock press, and why fame is best left to David Hasselhoff…

SMITH/ KOTZEN • Recorded days before Covid bit, the debut album from Iron Maiden’s Adrian Smith and journeyman virtuoso Richie Kotzen fuses guitar heroics with stellar songwriting. The pair told us about swapping rigs, moonlighting on bass and why analysing guitar technique is “creepy”

ROCK TILL YOU DROP • RICHARD BARRETT TURNS UP THE VOLUME TO GIVE YOU A PRACTICAL LESSON IN HOW BLUES GUITAR EVOLVED INTO MODERN...