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Electric Dreams

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Top Thirty • With a reputation for finely honed, modern and progressive guitars, Vigier is hardly a new maker. And with his Excalibur design celebrating a significant birthday, we take the start-up model out for a spin

UNDER THE HOOD • Vigier’s relentless pursuit of perfection continues inside the guitar

VIGIER EXCALIBUR INDUS

Torpedos Away • In collaboration with Rabea Massaad, this compact guitar amp from Victory combines versatile high-gain overdrive with world-class cabinet simulations. Stand back!

VICTORY V4 THE KRAKEN AMP HEAD

Tear It Up • A bolt-on addition to the solidbody range? Like us, you might be surprised after hitching a ride with this low-priced Junior Jet Club…

UNDER THE HOOD • What’s going on inside this rockabilly rebel?

GRETSCH G2215-P90 STREAMLINER JUNIOR JET CLUB

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 • The latest LP from famed comedic TV actor and multi-instrumentalist Matt Berry is a complex Ricky-infused affair in psychedelic colour

Double’s No Trouble • As Adam Goldsmith returns to Abbey Road Studios, a two-session day necessitates some welcome gear experimentation

Curtain Up • With the end of lockdown in sight and after more than a year of no gigs, Neville Marten refreshes his memory on what it takes to play a show

GAS OF THE MONTH • Off the leash!

Art Of The Inlay • This issue Alex Bishop gets the chisels out to create acoustic guitar rosettes from some extra-special pieces of wood

How Acoustics Are Born • Taylor’s master luthier Andy Powers takes Jamie Dickson on the journey from prototype to production

THREE TO GET READY • A trio of forward-thinking designs

Variations On A Theme • Richard Barrett highlights the breadth of tonal possibilities offered by the guitar, with characterful variations on a single chord

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STEVE CROPPER • He infallibly appears on ‘greatest guitarists of all time’ lists, was part of the house band at Stax Records where he backed and wrote for soul legends such as Otis Redding, Sam And Dave and Wilson Pickett, and had huge hits with Green Onions, Time Is Tight and Soul Limbo with his band Booker T & The MG’s. He now has a new solo album, Fire It Up, his first for a decade…

New Album: Fire It Up

90 YEARS Of The Electric Guitar • What began with Rickenbacker’s ungainly ‘Frying Pan’ electric of 1931 led to some of the most elegant yet supremely functional pieces of industrial design ever made, including the iconic Stratocaster, Telecaster, Les Paul and everything else that followed. Even more importantly, the advent of the electric guitar ushered in a new era of musical progress – an incredible period of relentless innovation and creativity that saw music evolve from Stormy Monday to Passion And Warfare injust four decades. In the following pages, we celebrate and trace the extraordinary history of the modern electric...