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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Guitarist

Hyper Drive • This UK-made MD introduces a new pickup set that piles on the beef. But, as we find out, it’s no one-trick pony

Modelling Moves • Blackstar’s latest digital modelling amps pack in a comprehensive feature set, with hands-on control, to suit many scenarios

Radio Ready • The Broadkaster is back on the air, this time with a number of modernised features to make this a contemporary, high-performance semi-hollow rocker

Double Take • Deliver a studio trick live on stage with Geminus, a thickener and widener that can deliver the feel of two guitars from just one

Rancho Raunch • The return of EarthQuaker Devices’ Dirt Transmitter fuzz sees it in a compact format with new desert studio-inspired artwork

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 • Two albums recorded 50 years apart – the gear might have stayed the same, but the recording experience is completely different

Price Of Fame • Neville Marten talks about how several very big names have, he’s sure of it, deliberately given him a ‘moment’ designed to be cherished forever

Talking ’Shop • This month, Alex Bishop tours the studio, and considers how to plan out the perfect lutherie workspace

Taming The Beast • Charlie Wilkins delves into the world of power attenuators, revealing how to push valve amps to their edge without the punishing volume

First Inversion Chords • This month, Richard Barrett explores how a chord can sound completely different when its basic note order is rearranged

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

AL JARDINE • The underappreciated rhythm guitarist joins Guitarist to recollect on Brian Wilson’s legacy and The Beach Boys’ impact on 60s surf and guitar culture

OZZY OSBOURNE 1948 – 2025 • The late heavy-metal icon did not, could not, play guitar. Yet his contribution to the scene – whether giving a platform to fledgling gunslingers or igniting their talents – was inestimable

THE WIZARDS OF OZ • AS THE WORLD MOURNS THE LOSS OF THE PRINCE OF DARKNESS, LONGTIME OZZY OSBOURNE GUITARIST ZAKK WYLDE SHARES SOME MOVING RECOLLECTIONS OF HIS TIME WITH THE MAN HE CALLED “THE BOSS” – AND JAKE E LEE AND GUS G PAY THEIR OWN TRIBUTES

WILD ROVERS • Greta Van Fleet’s Jake Kiszka is one of the most feted players in the world, but his new project, Mirador, with Ida Mae guitarist and vocalist Chris Turpin, is a lightning-strike among modern records, combining the raw spontaneity and unpredictability of 60s classics with a very modern, dark energy of its own. We meet Kiszka and Turpin to find out how British folk, microphonic SGs, high volume and intense time pressure yielded one of the most electrifying debut records of the past 10 years

BRENT MASON • Decorated with accolades from the Grammys to the Academy Of Country Music, the legendary Nashville sessioneer has played on over a thousand records. Here, he shares his go-to gear, why he surrendered to the...