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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Playing To The Crowd • There’ll be rejoicing in the shires. Fender’s American Acoustasonic gets a Mexican makeover, meaning it’s much cheaper. But what do we lose along the way?

PLAYER TIME • We catch up with one of the Fender Acoustasonic Player’s key designers, Tim Shaw

UNDER THE HOOD • Take a look inside this Acoustasonic Player Telecaster and you might well see the future!

FENDER ACOUSTASONIC PLAYER TELECASTER

True Tube • Cort is becoming well known for its own-brand guitars, as well as those it makes for other brands, such as PRS’s SE line. But a valve amp? Let’s take a look…

CORT TUBE CRAFT CMV15 1X12 COMBO

Good Morning • The new signature model ES-335 from My Morning Jacket’s Jim James presents a working-player spec and 70s vibe

GIBSON JIM JAMES ES-335

the Wishlist • Dream gear to beg, borrow and steal for...

JARGON CRUNCHING

Gas Supply • Our pick of the month’s most delectable and wallet-bothering new gear

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Alexander Dumble c.1945-2022 • On 17 January 2022, the legendary amp designer Alexander Dumble died, leaving behind him a legacy of near-mythical classic amps revered by musicians worldwide

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

Tones Behind The Tracks • Eric Gales is reigning supreme with his powerful and timely new album, Crown, featuring the cream of Nashville’s session scene

Starting Line • How do you really get onto the rungs of the session-pro ladder? Adam Goldsmith shares tips from his past 20 years in the biz

Road To Damascus • After more decades’ playing than he’d like to remember, Neville Marten experienced a turning point with a hitherto ‘Kryptonite’ gear combo

GAS OF THE MONTH • Bebop Deluxe

Quirk Of Art • This issue, Alex Bishop dismantles a piece of 1960s American guitar history hoping to bring it back to its former glory

Lacquer Laws • Did you know your acoustic top’s lacquer can weigh more than the soundboard itself? Jamie Dickson explores finish and unplugged tone

THREE TO GET READY • Three acoustics with beautiful finishes

Extended Chords Explained • Adding notes to a chord to enrich harmony can be a confusing topic – and gymnastic for the fingers! Richard Barrett is here to help

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JOEY SANTIAGO • He’s the square-peg radical of alt-rock, whose angle-grinder guitar parts made the Pixies the biggest cult band of the late 80s. As the Boston band releases a deluxe boxset of its fabled 2004 reunion shows at Brixton Academy, Joey Santiago tells us about military coups, celebrity fans and refusing to turn down

“I HAVEN’T HEARD IT YET… BUT I WAS DEFINITELY THERE!” • Joey Santiago on the Pixies’ new Live In Brixton boxset

GOLD FINGERS • How do you get the enviable job of playing guitar on the Hans Zimmer score for the latest James Bond movie, No Time To Die? We went undercover to talk to flamenco guitarist El Amir, who did just that, to find out

STEVE VAI • With his new album, Inviolate, in the can, we entered the inner sanctum of Steve Vai’s studio to explore the guitars that...