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Putting On The Style • The most affordable guitar yet from PJD Guitars plus the company’s take on the classic offset: two new shapes from a new maker, proudly crafted in the UK

UNDER THE HOOD • Clean on the outside, but what’s inside? We find out

PJD WOODFORD STANDARD

PJD ST JOHN STANDARD

Need For Tweed • This 15-watt all-valve combo from tweed specialists Juketone offers vintage vibes with onboard effects on a budget

JUKETONE RIVAL SON 1X12 COMBO

Moody Blue • Faith extends its Venus range to include this OM/Auditorium style electro-acoustic made from glorious figured mango

FAITH BLUE MOON VENUS

Get On ’Board • Spanish pedal wizard Thermion has cooked up a compact stereo power amp that lets you enjoy your pedals anywhere

Turnstone TD Acoustic £8,600

JARGON CRUNCHING

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

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The Players • The latest news, views and happenings from the world of your favourite guitarists

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

Tones Behind The Tracks • Joachim Cooder, son of slide-guitar legend Ry Cooder, has a new album that reimagines the folk-blues of 1920s banjo king Uncle Dave Macon

Roger Newell 1948 – 2021 • Neville Marten remembers a dear friend and bandmate of over 30 years who played bass with a number of A-list artists during his career and shared his expertise with our magazine readers the world over

Sights & Sounds • Fresh from the studio and the stage for different assignments, Adam Goldsmith discusses the importance of sight-reading

Come Together • As Alex Bishop begins the restoration of an iconic piece of bass guitar history, getting to the root of the problem is as important as the repair

Saddle Up • Paul Reed Smith tells Jamie Dickson why even the most carefully built electrics benefit from the ability to adjust intonation at the bridge

THREE TO GET READY • A trio of interesting string sets

Jazz Made Easy • Inspired by Django Reinhardt’s ingenuity, Richard Barrett explores three-note chords that produce authentic Gypsy jazz voicings

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CARLOS SANTANA • As the guitar god returns with a new all-star collaboration album, Blessings And Miracles, he joins us to talk about Strats, snakes, improv and acid…

JIMMIE VAUGHAN • He’s the Texas tornado who braved the honky tonks, traded gear with Hendrix and cut heads with his blues heroes. As Jimmie Vaughan releases a new career-spanning boxset, we take a walk with the 70-year-old through first guitars, broken bones and the agony of losing his kid brother

WILD THINGS IN SEARCH OF JIMI’S STRATS • Over five decades since his untimely death, Jimi Hendrix remains synonymous with the Fender Stratocaster, a guitar that he would set alight – both figuratively and literally – on stages across the world throughout the 60s. But what became of those fated instruments? And will we ever find out since so many were reduced to splinters in his onstage histrionics? We set out to track down the Strats that accompanied the legendary musician on his musical journey

THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY

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