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

Stunning Simplicity • A new model from Lowden is something of an event, and when that instrument involves a reimagined neck joint, we’re instantly intrigued

Tangerine Dream • What’s loud, light and orange? The latest solid-state and affordable combo from Orange

Far From Standard • Once upon a time, Cream T just made pickups. Not any more. We welcome guitar number four… but haven’t we seen it before?

Hot Shot • A one-box recreation of Angus Young’s AC/DC guitar sound for those about to rock

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 • Richie Kotzen and Adrian Smith dig into the intention, tones and gear that define Smith/Kotzen’s sophomore record

In A Jam • Neville Marten recalls being invited to jam with one of the world’s greatest musicians. He wasn’t a guitarist, but you’ll know his name!

Tuning In • Alex Bishop imagines being stranded on a desert island with nothing but lutherie tools and one big tuning problem…

Voicings/Inversions • Richard Barrett explores various voicings of the Bmaj7 chord in the search for different characters

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

JOHN SYKES 1959 – 2024 • The journeyman virtuoso made his mark on both Thin Lizzy and Whitesnake, but cruel timing and clashes with David Coverdale kept him from rock’s super-league

MUIREANN BRADLEY • At the age of only 18, Muireann Bradley and her interpretations of original country blues songs are causing quite a stir among players and devotees of the style. We met up with her on tour to find out what attracts her to a form of music that’s nearly a century old

MADE IN JAPAN • We dig into the Japanese guitar industry of the 1960s and 70s and find notable brands, mischievous copies, diligent makers and original designs that led to the electric guitar’s renaissance in the 1980s and beyond

CLONE WARS • The 60s might have given birth to the Japanese guitar industry, but things got really interesting in the 80s when ever-more accurate and high-quality copies of classic US electrics emerged and even received official sanction from some US guitar brands. Keith Anderson of Japanese specialist Gas Station Guitars picks up the story

MISSION CRITICAL • Manic Street Preachers’ new album, Critical Thinking, is by turns vitriolic and graceful, its sense of drama and unflinching portraits of modern life powered in no small part by the superb playing of guitarist James Dean Bradfield. We join him in the band’s studio to hear how they crafted their sweeping sound the old-fashioned way in an era of throwaway content

HIGH RIDER • As pop idol, hit-making solo artist, and with the most star-studded CV of any sideman, the affable Welshman offers up his latest release, The Invisible Bluesman

Different Strokes • Few, if any, major guitar manufacturers offer Godin’s extensive range of guitar styles. We catch up with a couple of new additions that couldn’t be more different

Strutting In Style • Different by design might well...