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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New Standard • PRS guitars are very expensive and loaded with bling, right? Not this one. The start-up PRS gets a 24-08 makeover that should interest any hard-working player

UNDER THE HOOD • What spaghetti and magic is lurking inside the 24-08? PRS’s COO, Jack Higginbotham, joins us to find out

PRS SE STANDARD 24-08

Double Duty • Lowden isn’t known for its nylon-string models, but the long-running Jazz Collection houses some fine ‘crossover’ instruments in typical high-class Lowden style

LOWDEN S-23J

Happy Jack • Victory’s latest addition is a highly portable all-valve preamp with a 180-watt power amp, digital reverb and built-in Two Notes Torpedo cab sim technology

VICTORY V4 THE JACK GUITAR AMP

Take The High Way • Walrus Audio’s new Mako M1 pedal is a destination for modulation, with multiple adjustable parameters to shape your tone

WALRUS AUDIO MAKO M1

Catch Some ZZ • J Rockett’s tribute to Billy Gibbons offers amp-like feel in a compact box – for that Texan sound and beyond

THE RIVALS

J ROCKETT EL HOMBRE

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

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Fretbuzz • A monthly look at must-hear artists from all corners of the guitar world, from the roots of their sound to the tracks that matter most

ANOTHER DIMENSION • Yasmin talks us through her Timberline harp guitar

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

Tones Behind The Tracks • Possibly the last thing we expected was a John Scofield album that finds the seasoned jazzer playing alone with only a looper for company

Royal Flush • Adam Goldsmith takes us behind the scenes of the BBC’s recent Platinum Party At The Palace, from his seat in the house band

Offloading The Offset • Neville Marten’s delve into the world of offset Fenders was brief. And now he’s casting the net for a more mellifluous-sounding catch

GAS OF THE MONTH Home James

View From The Top • This issue Alex Bishop attempts to come to grips with the dark art of ‘voicing’ a guitar top

Finding The Right One • Editor-in-chief Jamie Dickson goes on the hunt for a ‘just right’ acoustic in the leafy suburbs of London

THREE TO GET READY • A trio of fingerstyle-friendly acoustics

Inversions And More • Richard Barrett explains how chords can literally be turned on their heads to produce interesting new harmonic effects in songwriting

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

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CHARLIE PARR • The Minnesota blues legend joins us, with a beautiful Mule Resophonic guitar in hand, to talk about the ritualistic nature of playing, the cathartic power of improvisation, and how slowing down can really help you hear the music

MEETING MAVIS • Charlie’s Mule Resophonic is a versatile platform for various tunings

JEFF ‘SKUNK’ BAXTER • The Steely Dan and Doobie Brothers legend on recutting classics, mad-scientist modding and vandalising Guitar Center in the 70s

40 YEARS OF SQUIER • Four decades on, the budget brand Fender created to beat Japanese copyists at their own game has acquired its own identity...