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JIMMIE VAUGHAN CHOOSES HIS TOP 12 TEXAS BLUES GUITARISTS
SOUL ΤΟ SOUL
IN THE STUDIO, NO ONE WAS CLOSER TO STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN THAN HIS HANDPICKED PRODUCER/ENGINEER, RICHARD MULLEN. IN THIS EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW FROM 2003, MULLEN DETAILS HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH SRV AND HOW HE CAPTURED THE OTHERWORLDLY GUITAR SOUNDS ON TEXAS FLOOD AND COULDN'T STAND THE WEATHER
A DIME A HALF DOZEN
EMULATE DIMEBAG DARRELL'S BLISTERING RIFF-WRITING STYLE AND LEAD-PLAYING TECHNIQUES WITH THIS SIX PACK OF DIMEINSPIRED RIFFS AND LICKS
T FOR TEXAS
LONG BEFORE HE FLEW LIKE AN EAGLE, STEVE MILLER LEARNED HIS FIRST BLUES LICKS - LITERALLY AT THE FOOT OF THE MASTER, T-BONE WALKER
TEXAS, FLOOD! THE 30 GREATEST TEXAS GUITARISTS OF ALL TIME
IN TERMS OFactual geography pretty much a pipsqueak compared to, say, Alaska. (For those keeping score, Alaska accounts for 665,384 square miles versus Texas' total area of 268,596 square miles.) But if we're measuring Texas' mark on American culture, specifically through music, it's hard to make an argument that any other territory comes close to the Lone Star State's impact. From cowboy prairie songs to Tejano and conjunto music, from Western swing to the blues, from early rock 'n' roll to hip-hop, and dozens of genres and sub-genres along the way, the sounds of Texas have enthralled and inspired listeners in ways that are almost incalculable.
JOHN PETRUCCI
FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, JOHN PETRUCCI HITS THE ROAD — SOLO
BEGGIN' FOR MORE
ITALY'S MANESKIN ARE AN UNLIKELY WORLDWIDE SENSATION. IN THIS EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW, GW TRACKS DOWN GUITARIST THOMAS RAGGI AND BASSIST VICTORIA DE ANGELIS TO FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT MAKES THIS STEAMROLLER ROCK (AND ROLL)
Madison Cunningham
THE SINGER-SONGWRITER EXPLORES MIND-BENDING TONES AND RHYTHMS ON HER LATEST ALBUM, REVEALER
Fallujah
SCOTT CARSTAIRS AMPS UP THE AGGRESSION FOR EMPYREAN, WHICH TAPS INTO THE SPIRIT OF AN EXCITED 17-YEAR-OLD WHO KNOWS HOW TO PLAY GUITAR”
Candlemass
AFTER DECADES OF TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS, THE FIRE BENEATH THESE SWEDISH DEATH METAL GODS BURNS BRIGHTER THAN EVER
INQUIRER PHIL MANZANERA
THE LONGTIME ROXY MUSIC GUITARIST TALKS OBSCURE GEAR, EARLY GIGS AND EMBARRASSING ON-STAGE MOMENTS
Dead Cross
MICHAEL CRAIN AND JUSTIN PEARSON TAKE YOU DEEP INSIDE THE HARDCORE PUNK SUPERGROUP’S LATEST RABID EFFORT, II
Crobot
THE PENNSYLVANIA HARD ROCKERS’ LATEST RECORD IS A CELEBRATION OF STRAIGHT-UP, FAT-FREE RIFFERY
Soccer Mommy
HOP INTO SOPHIE ALLISON’S HONDA ODYSSEY AND LET HER CART YOU OFF TO A BETTER PLACE
Got Their Mojo Working
HOW GA-20’S MATTHEW STUBBS AND PAT FAHERTY CRACK DOWN ON THE SLICK, OVERPRODUCED SOUNDS OF MODERN COMMERCIAL BLUES
C. 1981-1990 MARSHALL JCM800 2203
CATEGORY: AMPLIFIER HEAD
Buzz Bin Fender Paramount PD-220E Dreadnought
WHEN IT COMES to mid-priced acoustics, your choices are boundless. And to make matters more complicated, once you've set your sights on a particular brand or model, along comes one of your trusted guitar-playing buddies to make a strong case for another. Well, let me be that friend for a moment.
The Cort of Public Opinion
CORT G290 FAT II
Rockin’ Role Model
EVH 5150 ICONIC SERIES 40W 1X12 COMBO
Royal Flash
ERNIE BALL MUSIC MAN MAJESTY 8-STRING
Thunders Lightning
THE LIFE AND TIMES OF Johnny Thunders, THE NEW YORK DOLLS AND HEARTBREAKERS GUITARIST WHO CRYSTALLIZED THE ESSENCE OF STREET-COOL ROCK 'N' ROLL
Poly Vai
Want Steve Vai to play on your album? Polyphia’s Tim Henson and Scott LePage (and Steve Vai!) tell you how it’s done. Behold the epic saga of “Ego Death”
Poly Sci
On Remember That You Will Die, instrumental prog-rock's resident devils achieve startling new levels of intricacy and wow-factor mayhem. Below, Polyphia's Tim Henson and Scott LePage talk gear, practicing, their Steve Vai collab - and the album with the feel-good title of the year
WHEN JIMI MET SPOCK
IN 1968, JIMI HENDRIX BROUGHT THE HOUSE DOWN — ALMOST BURNED IT DOWN, IN FACT — IN CLEVELAND. BUT THE STARS WERE IN ALIGNMENT THAT DAY FOR A MIND-MELD WITH ANOTHER COSMIC AVATAR, LEONARD “MR. SPOCK” NIMOY
Pup
STEFAN BABCOCK AND STEVE SLADKOWSKI REVEL IN THE UNRAVELING OF PUP (THE BAND)
Alexisonfire
DALLAS GREEN AND WADE McNEIL EXPLAIN WHAT’S CHANGED SINCE THE BAND’S LAST ALBUM — FROM 13 YEARS AGO! — INCLUDING THEIR GUITAR DYNAMIC
A Gigaton of Charm
JOSH KLINGHOFFER WAS A RED HOT CHILI PEPPER — AND NOW HE RECORDS WITH EDDIE VEDDER AND PERFORMS WITH PEARL JAM. WHAT IS IT ABOUT HIM THAT ALL THESE (HUGELY SUCCESSFUL) ACTS WANT?
El Perro
WITH THIS NEW PROJECT, LONGTIME RADIO MOSCOW GUITARIST PARKER GRIGGS DOGGEDLY PURSUES HIS GROOVY, PSYCHEDELIC DREAM
Molly Tuttle
EXPERIENCING A CREATIVE RUT? IT MIGHT BE A SIMPLE CASE
Light Reading
GW CATCHES UP WITH DEVIN TOWNSEND, WHOSE PREDICTABLY UNPREDICTABLE 21ST SOLO ALBUM, LIGHTWORK, WILL SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY LATER THIS MONTH