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!

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Editor’s Highlights

Guitarist

Stage Struck • With experience at both Lowden and Atkin, Ciaran McNally now has his own name on the headstock. Designed with Shane Hennessy, this handmade electro is a thoroughbred for pro-grade gigs

MCNALLY SHANE HENNESSY OM SIGNATURE

Go Pro • Classic Fender style and tone from one of the all-time great guitar amp circuits are revisited and refined in a more contemporary, portable package

FENDER ’68 CUSTOM PRO REVERB 1X12” COMBO

Golden Hynde • If you’ve given up hope of owning a vintage-spec Tele, here’s an affordable nitro-clad ’65-style pretender that’s set to be talk of the town

FENDER CHRISSIE HYNDE TELECASTER

the Wishlist • Dream gear to beg, borrow and steal for...

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 • Shred legend Marty Friedman spills the beans on the third in his Tokyo Jukebox series, which celebrates his love for Japan

Ready, Steady… • As musicians gear up to get #BackToLive, Adam Goldsmith explains how he’s honing his practice regime and sight-reading in preparation

Call Of Duty • Neville Marten returns to his days working on guitars and recalls a fishy incident involving a repair that had hitherto gone particularly well…

GAS OF THE MONTH • Signature licks

On The Mend • Alex Bishop attempts a tricky repair job on an unusual handmade guitar, and tries to preserve its character at the same time, warts and all

Making Small Sound Big • Forget what you think you know about how small acoustic guitars sound, urges Taylor’s Andy Powers. Jamie Dickson listens up…

THREE TO GET READY • A trio of small guitars with a big heart

Alex Lifeson’s Open Chords • This issue, Richard Barrett explores the Rush legend’s pioneering approach to achieve wider, fuller sounds

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

REQUESTS…

PIERRE BENSUSAN • When the world turned upside down last year, the French-Algerian DADGAD maestro was forced to abandon a mammoth North American tour. And yet his feeling of connectedness has only grown since – and so maybe, he reflects, his latest album “could have not come at a better time…”

PERFECTLY FRANK • Towards the end of last year, a new documentary on the life and times of Frank Zappa was premiered in the United States and now, after a few months’ wait, Zappa is available for fans to stream in the UK. We go behind the scenes and speak about the man and his music with the film’s director, Alex Winter, and producer Ahmet Zappa, as well as former Zappa band guitarists Steve Vai and Mike Keneally

THE CENTRAL SCRUTINIZERS

MISSION IMPOSSIBLE

SPIRIT OF ’88

SHUT UP ’N PLAY YER GUITAR • Where do you begin when you try to put together a listening guide to Zappa’s vast repertoire? Well, you can ask a bunch of known ‘Frankophiles’ to pick their favourite track or era of the man’s music, for starters…

THE MOTHERLODE

STEVE LUKATHER • Growing up in Los Angeles with school friends Steve, Jeff and Mike...