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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Start Me Up • Why don’t more makers just focus on simplicity, playability and sound? Well, here’s a boutique level Junior-style guitar that does exactly that. Fasten your seat belts, you’re in for a ride!

Small Wonder • From the cult Foxgear pedal brand comes Baroni’s latest innovation – a micro head that could just be the most portable amp out there

Treading The Boards • Classed by Córdoba as its “first nylon-string electric”, the Stage breaks all the rules but not your wallet. Does it sound as good as it looks?

Slide Show • A newly refreshed lap steel from Gretsch, with bags of style

Inside Story • Walrus Audio takes you on an ambient adventure with five programs that mix reverbs and delays

Saucerful Of Syd • One man’s quest for early Pink Floyd sound resulted in this stompbox emulation of a long-forgotten 1960s British amp

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

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

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

Tones Behind The Tracks • Julian Lage’s new album is full of his signature virtuoso-level guitar playing with splashes of colour provided by special guest Bill Frisell

Past Glories • Neville Marten casts his mind back to star products that have made an impression during his decades of writing about them

Wood For The Trees • This month Alex Bishop finally makes progress on his ‘50 trees’ passion project with a cedar of Lebanon guitar

Light Headed • This month, editor Jamie Dickson ponders the ultimate lightweight gigging setup…

Stackings & 6ths • This issue Richard Barrett experiments with note arrangements within chords for some diverse sounds

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

HALESTORM • As the Pennsylvania rockers return, Lzzy Hale tells us about cult guitars, her identity crisis, the darkness behind new album, Back From The Dead – and the drinking session that sparked her purist-baiting signature Gibson Explorerbird

HOLY GRAILS • In a low-key store on a quiet city street in Long Island, you will find some of the rarest custom-colour and prototype guitars from Fender and Gibson’s storied past. And each one has a fascinating tale to tell about guitar history. We ventured inside Well Strung Guitars, in company with owners David and Paige Davidson, to take a forensic look at the golden-era instruments that gave birth to legends. Here’s what we discovered there…

SIMON NICOL • This year sees the 55th anniversary of Fairport Convention, prime architects of the UK’s folk-rock movement and a band that has left an indelible mark on British music. Here, founder member and guitarist Simon Nicol traces the band’s origins from the perspective of his own musical journey

Gold Star • Another single-cut from one of the UK’s finest luthiers, but are dramatic timbers, classy hardware and thoughtful electrics enough to convince us there’s gold in them there hills?

Gold Rush • Taken by a goldtop finish? Here are some options…

A Game Of Two Halves • A pair of contrasting all-solid wood electro-acoustics from...