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GONE FISHIN'
A quick guide to CHRISTONE "KINGFISH" INGRAM'S fiery blues lead style
LIMITLESS
Zepparella guitarist Gretchen Menn on balancing her classical chops with rock, the challenges of navigating the light and shade of Jimmy Page's playing - and winning the recent Martin Guitar/GW No Limits Challenge
EXODUS
With the crushing new Persona Non Grata, Gary Holt proves there's life after Slayer
APP ETITE FOR CONSTRUCTION
2022'S BEST GUITAR APPS TOP CHOICES FOR LEARNING, TUNING, RECORDING AND MORE
Touch and Go!
LAVA MUSIC BLUE LAVA
Ray of Light
GAMMA G25 AND G50 GUITAR COMBO AMPLIFIERS
Japanese Style Originator
FENDER JV MODIFIED '50S STRATOCASTER HSS AND JV MODIFIED '60S CUSTOM TELECASTER
Farewell Tour
As Primus prime movers Les Claypool and Larry Lalonde prepare to set off on a tour that pays tribute to Rush’s iconic 1977 album, A farewell to kings, they check in with GW and — of course — Rush’s Alex Lifeson.
Electro-harmonix Big Muff Pi
Category: Distortion/Fuzz Pedal
The Flower Kings
Roine Stolt leads the venerable Swedish prog-rockers into the future by mining their past
Crunch Time
Blackstar Dept. 10 Valve Pedals
Radical Roots
FENDER PLAYER PLUS METEORA HH
Original Gangster
PEAVEY HP 2
Orange Blossom
GRETSCH G5422TG ELECTROMATIC
The Real DL
Produced continuously for 23 years, the line 6 DL4 enjoys status as a classic of the digital modeling era.
30 Instrumental Guitarists With Something to Say
GW's guide to two-and-a-half dozen inspiring instrumental masters, plus — in many cases — their exclusive advice on how to keep your own instrumental music endlessly interesting.
Top Model
Martin SC-10E
Tones to Love, Love, Love
My Morning Jacket frontman/guitarist Jim James on dialing in some of the nastiest fuzz tones of his career — and what to expect from his new signature Gibson ES-335
FRUSCIANTE, UNLIMITED
IN THIS CANDID CONVERSATION, JOHN FRUSCIANTE EXPOUNDS ON THE BENEFITS OF KICKING YOUR EGO TO THE CURB, TRUSTING YOURSELF AS A PLAYER, RELIGIOUSLY MEMORIZING CHARLIE CHRISTIAN’S GUITAR SOLOS AND — OH, YEAH — HOW THE PIECES FELL INTO PLACE FOR HIS HIGHLY ANTICIPATED RETURN TO THE RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS
Shine a Light
ANDY TIMMONS FINDS OUT MORE ABOUT ANDY ALEDORT’S NEW DOUBLE ALBUM, LIGHT OF LOVE, FEATURING DOUBLE TROUBLE, STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN’S LEGENDARY RHYTHM SECTION
The Arc Angels Return ...
AND OTHER NEWS HIGHLIGHTS
The Rockfords
AFTER BEING OUT OF PRINT FOR AGES, THE LONE STUDIO ALBUM BY PEARL JAM SIXSTRINGER MIKE McCREADY’S Y2K POWERPOP SIDE PROJECT IS GETTING ITS FIRST DIGITAL RELEASE
Performance Notes
Ozzy Osbourne’s longtime guitarist Zakk Wylde on the making of their classic track “No More Tears”
Sylvaine
WHAT’S THE BEST WAY TO REALIZE YOUR UNIQUE, ATMOSPHERIC “BLACK GAZE” VISION? PLAY MOST OF THE INSTRUMENTS YOURSELF, OF COURSE!
Pattern-Seeking Animals
THE PROG-ROCK SUPERGROUP IS BACK WITH A LUSH NEW ALBUM, AND THIS TIME GUITARIST TED LEONARD DIDN’T FORGET TO PACK THE GUITAR SOLOS
Slanted and Enchanted
BIG THIEF’S ADRIANNE LENKER AND BUCK MEEK WALK US THROUGH THE TUNINGS, TECHNIQUES AND GEAR THAT SHAPE THEIR INDIE-ROCK SOUND
NEW WORLD MAN
RUSH LEGEND ALEX LIFESON REEMERGES WITH A NEW BAND, NEW MUSIC AND A NEW, SCALED-DOWN APPROACH TO SERVING THE SONG.
FIRESTORM “We never, ever, ever expected it to get that type of response.
BODY COUNT’S ICE-T AND ERNIE C LOOK BACK ON THE MAKING OF — AND REACTION TO — THEIR POLARIZING SELF-TITLED 1992 DEBUT ALBUM
Big Wreck, Version 7.1
IAN THORNLEY TALKS 7.1, THE FIRST OF A TRIO OF NEW EPs, PLUS SUHR GEAR, THE BAND’S NEW RHYTHM GUITARIST AND THE CONSTANT STRUGGLE TO KEEP STUFF SIMPLE
The Player You Get
FENDER ACOUSTASONIC PLAYER TELECASTER