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GETTING INTO GEAR

Guitar Player • Vol. 56 No. 4 APRIL 2022

TOP HONORS • With its non-contoured body, age-checked finish and ½ Blender wiring, the Fender Custom Shop Limited-Edition Double-Bound Stratocaster Journeyman Relic is in a class of its own.

R.I.P. HOWARD ALEXANDER DUMBLE • The famed amp maker passed away January 16, 2022, at age 77. Slide statesman Sonny Landreth recalls his friend.

THE ART OF SOUL • Browan Lollar of St. Paul and the Broken Bones calls on the wisdom of his heroes on the band’s latest, The Alien Coast.

HANDMADE TALES • The old world meets original design at Eastman Guitars, where every instrument has its own story.

MY CAREER IN FIVE SONGS • From Temple of the Dog to Pearl Jam, these are the cuts Mike McCready singles out from his long, successful run.

Chet on the Cheap • The “sports car” of the Gretsch line, this 1959 Model 6118 Double Anniversary is a budget ride to Atkins country.

Brothers in Charms • Sergio and Eduardo Abreu delight on this recording from their all-too-brief career.

CHANGING GEAR • FROM CHARLIE CHRISTIAN TO TOM MORELLO, THESE 25 GUITARISTS SHIFTED THE COURSE OF GUITARS, AMPS, EFFECTS AND TONE, TO BRING US WHERE WE ARE TODAY.

CHARLIE CHRISTIAN • HE BROUGHT THE ELECTRIC GUITAR TO THE FOREFRONT OF MUSIC

CHET ATKINS • APOSTLE OF THE HUMBUCKING PICKUP

LES PAUL • FATHER OF THE SOLIDBODY ELECTRIC

ALVINO REY • THE MAN WHO MADE GUITARS TALK

LONNIE MACK • HIS MAGNATONE VIBRATO INSPIRED JEFF BECK, SRV AND MANY OTHERS

SCOTTY MOORE • WITH AN ECHOSONIC AMP, HE PUT THE SLAPBACK IN THE ’BILLY

PETE TOWNSHEND • HE WANTED TONE AT EAR LEVEL. ENTER THE MARSHALL STACK

DICK DALE • HE PUSHED LEO FENDER TO BUILD THE FIRST BIG-STAGE RIG

GENE PARSONS & CLARENCE WHITE • THEY PUT A MAGIC TRICK IN A STRAP BUTTON, AND THE B-BENDER WAS BORN

KEITH RICHARDS • HE FOUND SATISFACTION IN MAESTRO’S FUZZ-TONE. EVERYONE ELSE FOLLOWED

ERIC CLAPTON • SLOWHAND TOOK VOLUME TO 11

JERRY GARCIA • PIONEERING PILGRIM OF CUSTOM GUITARS AND RACK AMPS AND EFFECTS

FRANK ZAPPA • USED ACTIVE CIRCUITS IN THE SERVICE OF PRECISION TONE AND CONTROLLABLE FEEDBACK

JIMI HENDRIX • HE OPENED THE DOOR TO A NEW WORLD OF TONE WITH ROGER MAYER’S OCTAVIA

KEVIN GODLEY & LOL CREME • MAD WIZARDS OF THE GIZMOTRON

ROBERT FRIPP • HE MADE LOOPING A THING…BACK IN 1972

CARLOS SANTANA • THE LATIN ROCKER BROUGHT RANDALL SMITH’S MESA/BOOGIE TO THE MASSES

REEVES GABRELS • HELPED THE PARKER FLY GET ITS BUZZ

ANDY SUMMERS • INSPIRED GUITARISTS TO GIVE CHORUS A SPIN

EDDIE VAN HALEN • TURNED US ON TO THE STRAT ’BUCKER AND FLOYD ROSE

STUART ADAMSON • THE LATE GREAT SCOT TOOK THE EBOW FROM OBSCURITY TO THE HIT PARADE

TOM SCHOLZ • HIS ROCKMAN WAS THE PRECURSOR TO AMP SIMS AND MULTIEFFECTS

STEVE VAI • HIS ENDORSEMENT GAVE FERNANDES’ SUSTAINER PICKUP STAYING POWER

JACK WHITE • MADE CHEAP GUITARS COOL (AND EXPENSIVE)

TOM MORELLO • WIZARD OF THE WHAMMY PEDAL

THE GHOST OF SKIP JAMES • Washed up at age 30, James was rediscovered in 1964, just five years before his death. His impact is felt stronger than ever today in Bentonia blues.

BETWEEN HEAVEN AND HELL • From Satan to Jesus, Skip played through shadow and light on these five essential tracks.

JAZZ ODYSSEY • Freedom has been on a lot...