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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One For Your Money • Following last year’s release of the award-winning Dept. 10 valve pedals, Blackstar’s multi-function, paperback-sized new tone machine has arrived to cover any need

Team Player • Chapman is the latest brand to take advantage of York-based UK Guitar Builders’ manufacturing facility to produce its new flagship model. We plug in the first batch

Design For Life • This well-appointed single-cut from Vintage might just give the big boys a run for their money

Dish The Dirt • The famous DS-1 has been on sale since 1978, but now here’s a revamped version of Boss’s best-selling compact pedal

Gimme Five • Walrus Audio adds to its Five-State range of overdrive and distortion effects with this quintet of fuzzes in one box

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

Caveat Emptor (Buyer Beware) • Neville Marten recalls how playing thousands of good and bad instruments has gained him a degree from the ‘guitar university of life’

Under Pressure • This issue, Alex Bishop deals with the twin troubles of tension and playability that you may encounter when building a guitar

And Custom For All • Fender’s Mod Shop offers buyers the chance to custom-build a new guitar – and it’s cheaper than going the Custom Shop route. Our editors try it out

Voice Leading • Richard Barrett shares some useful gradual transitions between chords around the fretboard

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

WALTER TROUT • Now in his 70s, having survived rock ’n’ roll excess and a debilitating pandemic-induced depression, Walter Trout takes us on the emotional road he travelled to release his 30th solo album, Ride, a record that revisits the trials of his New Jersey childhood and affirms his place in the annals of blues-rock

GEAR OF THE YEAR • IT’S THAT TIME AGAIN – WE PRESENT OUR PICK OF 2022’S MOST OUTSTANDING GEAR

MAINSTREAM ELECTRICS • Class doesn’t always come with an inaccessible price tag as these four beauties prove

MAINSTREAM ELECTRICS • Forward-thinking design meets vintage style with a host of quality appointments

THERE’S A STORM A’COMING • Rising prices are everywhere, including on our cherished guitars. We discuss the background to the ongoing price hikes with the head of PRS Europe, Gavin Mortimer

MAINSTREAM ELECTRICS • Irresistible builds from both sides of the pond

PRESTIGE ELECTRICS • The flawless electrics that reside at the peak of guitar design in 2022

ACOUSTIC GUITARS • This selection has both pleased our ears and warmed our hearts over the past 12 months

THE ACOUSTIC PARADOX • Are there times when a top-of-the-range acoustic guitar is just too good to use for the job in hand?

AMPS • Portable power with vintage tone, modern features or both – you’re spoilt for choice

FLOOR AMPS & MULTI-EFFECTS • Compact tone from world-class amps-in-boxes and feature-packed multi-effects processors

DRIVE EFFECTS • Dirt in...