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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The Jazz Age • The latest design from long-running British guitar makers hops on the offset bandwagon. But is the Gatsby great? We find out…

UNDER THE HOOD • We investigate what’s going on in that control cavity

GORDON SMITH GATSBY

Top Of The Class • Laney’s unique Class A tribute to vintage British tone blends classic styling with a wide range of tones. You need to hear this!

LANEY LIONHEART L20T-112

Junior High • Oh dear, cut up your credit cards. Patrick James Eggle has sent us his latest electric vision: a boutique Junior with not an ounce of flame maple or bling. Let’s rock!

UNDER THE HOOD • A boutique guitar deserves boutique wiring!

PATRICK JAMES EGGLE MACON JUNIOR DC

Manson DL-OR £9,999 & DL-OR Relic £12,999

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

JARGON CRUNCHING

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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

Top Pick • Adam Goldsmith quizzes some of the industry’s most active session musicians on what makes a great pro guitarist – spoiler: it’s rhythm

Across The ’Board • With his Helix seemingly throwing a wobbler, Neville Marten visited That Pedal Show to suss out a new ’board for theatre shows and beyond

GAS OF THE MONTH Send Her Victorious

Fret Started • This month Alex Bishop dons his perfectionist cap and contends with the tricky process of expertly fretting a hand-built guitar

TIP OF THE MONTH • Essential Tool Checklist

Amplifier Essentials • Simon Fraser-Clark of Laney tells Jamie Dickson everything you always wanted to know about amps (but were afraid to ask)

THREE TO GET READY • A trio of lovely Laney heads

Neither Major Nor Minor • Richard Barrett explores chords that break the major/minor mould and how distortion can be a worthy companion

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

BRITAIN’S BEST AMATEUR GUITAR BUILDER 2021 • It’s time to unveil the guitars – and their talented makers – that won our inaugural home-built guitar competition…

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Nigel Greening

KEY DETAILS

Richard Fletcher

K DOWNING • The former Judas Priest man is back from the wilderness with an album that flies the metal flag high. He told us about broken necks, Frankenstrats, the trouble with modelling gear, and the acrimonious split from his old band

CARMEN VANDENBERG • Retooling the blues, tearing up tradition, trading licks with Jeff Beck… Carmen Vandenberg is a musician in constant motion. We caught up with her in Los Angeles to hear about collaborating with the player’s player, kissing her guitars goodnight and beating the lockdown blues

THE NEW WAVE • Sometimes guitar design seems to evolve as slowly as a maple tree grows, little by little, with deep roots in tradition. But every now and then a storm comes along that uproots settled ways, and we are in the midst of such a time now. The good news is that players are getting better and more highly developed guitars than they’ve ever had before – regardless of genre. In the following feature, we examine why guitar design is undergoing a...