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Guitarist

Recasters! • Time has mellowed the wrath of the detractors and reinforced the joy of the believers in a range that divided opinion when first released in the early 70s

New Voices • JWJ Guitars is a relatively new name on the lutherie circuit, specialising in bespoke builds at off-the-peg prices. Interested? You probably should be…

Night Flight • Another example of 70s chic, this walnut-coloured Epiphone aims to clone the Gibson version for considerably less cash

Diode Diversity • Not sure what diodes sound best in a Klon-style pedal? J Rockett’s latest has you covered with its seven options

Shape Shifter • Tell your own sonic story by sampling and chopping your sound and manipulating the fragments into shifting soundscapes

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 • Graham Nash’s first studio LP in seven years takes a stern look at the world, but finds room for hope, heart and wonderful acoustic work

Epiphone Epiphany • After almost 60 years drooling over the three Beatles’ Casinos, Neville Marten has finally bagged a USA reissue. But there’s more…

Short Order • For Alex Bishop, short-scale guitars are among his best-sounding instruments. As he starts a new build, he considers their benefits

For The Record • Jamie Dickson sets to work on an album – a fingerstyle folk record – with help from some very experienced friends and characterful guitars

THREE TO GET READY • Coated strings to suit acoustic studio work

Altered Dominant Chords • Richard Barrett explains how these dissonant chords come into their own in progressions and how they resolve to regular major or minors

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

RIVAL SONS • As the Californian rockers release their “cinematic” seventh album, Scott Holiday invites us into his jaw-dropping guitar room to talk mad-scientist fuzz pedals, the merits of musical brainwashing, and why he’s no longer a modder

DARK GREEN • Metallica’s new album, 72 Seasons, is as brutal as any the behemoth metal band has made to date. But listen closer and you might pick out a richly familiar voice among the guitar tones. We join Kirk Hammett to hear how Peter Green’s famous ‘Greeny’ ’59 Les Paul, and the new USA reissues of the guitar, have changed his viewpoint on high-gain playing since the guitar has been in his care. We also learn Kirk’s candid views on the “end of the age of active pickups”, as well as the apparent disclosure of an Epiphone replica of Greeny in the pipeline…

SHAKE YOUR MONEYMAKER • Following a pair of five-figure Custom versions, here’s the everyman Greeny. But is it a valid introduction or simply a slightly pimped version of an existing Les Paul?

UNDER THE HOOD • What’s inside and what’s going on with those Greenybuckers?

LOVE THAT BURNS • The late blues hero Peter Green was not only one of the most influential guitarists in history but he had a wide-ranging taste in instruments....