Guitar Player Magazine - August 2023

In this issue

The Allman Brothers Band.

Gary Rossington.

Warren Haynes..

MESA'S GREATEST HITS

The company's Mark VII 1x12 combo puts the long-running amp maker's best-loved circuits in one compact rig.

8 mins

DUANE BETTS STEPS OUT SOLO

The guitarist makes his full-length debut with Wild & Precious Life, featuring guests Derek Trucks and Marcus King.

5 mins

AN AMERICANA SALUTE TO VETS AND LIFE BUDDIES

Nashville's Billy Dawson makes a musical tribute that supports soldiers and service dogs, with help from Billy Sheehan and others.

3 mins

TIP SHEET

\"Put the guitar down.\" On his solo recordings or with Jason Isbell, Sadler Vaden lives by these pointers.

5 mins

MY CAREER IN FIVE SONGS

Kansas founding guitarist Rich Williams picks his greatest cuts from the group's 50-year history.

10 mins

The Vintage Acoustic Maker No One Talks About Today

In the early 1920s, Lyon & Healy rivaled Martin with X-braced tops and plenty of bling.

4 mins

How Django Changed My Life

The gift of a Django Reinhardt album has kept on giving.

3 mins

Rhythm of Nations

How former West African star Peter One returned to music on his solo debut, Come Back to Me.

7 mins

BROTHERS AND SISTERS

Duane Allman's death might have been the end of the Allman Brothers Band. Instead, it marked the start of a remarkable era in the group's life — and rock history.

10+ mins

KEEPING THE PEACE

Recorded during the pandemic simultaneously with 2021's Heavy Load Blues, Gov't Mule's Peace... Like a River is an exercise in taking risks. It was also, says Warren Haynes, \"a way of not going crazy.\"

10 mins

THE LAST REBEL

When Gary Rossington died, Lynyrd Skynyrd lost its last link to the band's hell-raising origins. In this tribute, Johnny Van Zant and Rickey Medlocke recall his music, legacy and southern spirit.

10+ mins

FRESH LEFTOVERS

From slide to fingerstyle, Catfish Keith's modern technical virtuosity makes old-time country blues simmer with new flavors.

9 mins

Django Explained

Stephane Wrembel delivers insights on Django Reinhardt's style of gypsy jazz.

3 mins

PRS SE Zach Myers Signature

FOR ALL THE big-name players who have been drawn to Paul Reed Smith guitars, Zach Myers' dedication to the brand is hard to beat.

3 mins

COLE CLARK - True Hybrid TL2ECBLBL-HSS

HOLY HYBRID! WHAT an intriguing acoustic/electric premise, promising the best of both worlds.

6 mins

DANELECTRO -'59 Triple Divine

BACK IN 1959, Danelectro founder Nathan Daniel introduced the Deluxe model, an innovative and low-cost electric guitar that featured a \"shorthorn\" double-cutaway body made of pine and hardboard, a pair of single-coil pickups housed in lipstick tubes (originally sourced from cosmetics maker Max Factor), and a bolt-on neck with a distinctive Coke-bottle headstock.

3 mins

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Guitar Player educates, empowers, and inspires obsessed guitarists to sound better and play better. Through its comprehensive print, online, and social-networking media—as well as community-rousing events such as Guitar Superstar—Guitar Player feeds a player’s passion for mastering tone, technique, gear, technology, composition, and live performance. Revered for its insightful artist interviews, multi-faceted music lessons, and trusted product reviews since 1967, Guitar Player has influenced generations of players— including some world-renowned guitar stars—and continues to encourage and motivate serious guitarists of all ages, styles, and skill levels.