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Grand Design

We get the inside perspective on the Grand Pacific from its designer, Taylor master builder Andy Powers

Sam Kelly

THE FOLK SINGER-SONGWRITER TELLS TG WHAT IT’S LIKE BEING A YOUNG BUCK PLAYING THE OLDEST SCENE IN TOWN

Sweet Picking

TG and Jimmy Dunlop tip their hats to Jim Dunlop Snr

The Major Scale

Learn some easy lead guitar licks as we take a look at one of the most commonly used scales in music

Me And My Guitar - Dallas Thomas

The Pelican guitarist has a unique guitar with its own road stories

Hughes & Kettner Black Spirit 200

Solid-state never sounded so good: meet H&K’s latest ultra-versatile head

Gary Moore

The much-missed guitarist had more than a few ideas for electrifying blues and rock soloing up his sleeve. Read on as we take a look at the fiery playing of Gary Moore

David Crosby

THE FOLK-ROCK ICON FINDS REDEMPTION IN REFLECTION IN HIS CREATIVE, COLLABORATIVE NEW RECORD, HERE IF YOU LISTEN

Rockin' In The Three World

Are Busted The Most Misunderstood Band In Britain? As Guitars Continue To Disappear From The Charts, We Find An Older And Wiser Trio Whose New Album With Producer Gil Norton Is Fighting The Good Fight.

On The Up

Mary Timony should probably be knighted by now. The US guitarist has been a punk and indie mainstay since the 90s, pulling shifts of varying lengths in Helium, Wild Flag and numerous solo endeavours, yet Ex Hex, her band since 2013, might be the one to secure said sword-dubbing.

Five Minutes Alone Danny Jones

The McFly man reflects on misconceptions, Mike Oldfield and the teachings of Mayer

Soulfly

Armed with an ESP RPR, Washburn and Peavey 6505+ amp, ‘travel light and play hard’ is the ethos for Soulfly’s power duo Max Cavalera and Marc Rizzo

Complete Acoustic Workout

PREPARE YOURSELF TO WHIP OUT THE ACOUSTIC AT ANY OCCASION THIS SUMMER WITH OUR GUIDE TO GETTING THE MOST OUT OF YOUR HUMBLE STEEL STRING GUITAR

Even Steven

HE’S A ROCK ’N’ ROLL SAVANT, SPRINGSTEEN’S RIGHT-HAND MAN, THE SOPRANOS’ SILVIO AND CO-PRODUCER OF CLASSIC ALBUMS SUCH AS THE RIVER AND BORN IN THE USA. WE TALK CRAFT, CONDUCT AND LIBERATING GREATNESS WITH LITTLE STEVEN…

Old Crow Medicine Show

CAN THE GUITAR STAY RELEVANT IN THE ERA OF TRUMP AND TWITTER? YES, SAYS ROOTS MASTER KETCH SECOR, THOUGH IT’S NOT ABOUT WHAT YOU’RE PLAYING – IT’S WHAT YOU’RE SAYING THAT MATTERS...

Dowina Rustica Gace-DS

A European-built acoustic stakes its claim for your wooden heart

In Our Hands

Being angry is too easy, say idles Mark Bowen and Lee Kiernan, whose new album, Joy as an act of resistance, reveals a new way to protest

Vox Mini Superbeetle

The sound of the 60s in miniature

Martin DX1AE Macassar Burst

The X Factor?

Bigsby-Loaded Retro Rockers

The Bigsby True Vibrato is the ultimate in vintage cool. Meet four guitars playing host to the iconic whammy bar...

Getting Started With…Dadgad Tuning

Get some basics covered with TG’s lesson on this staple altered tuning

D'Angelico Premier Brighton

A solidbody double-cut that does things a little differently

Death Cab For Cutie

As the indie-rock heroes embrace a digital future, we find an analogue theme to their triple-pronged guitar attack

Lucy Spraggan

The Stockport-dwelling Songwriter and Career Contrarian Talks Story-telling, Stigmas and Sticking to Her Guns

Country Gentleman

Away from his Foo Fighters day job, Chris Shiflett bleeds country. Now on his third solo album, Chris has teamed up with alt-country linchpin, Dave Cobb to deliver his finest solo work yet. TG sat down with the guitarist to talk tones, Teles and writer’s block…

Stockholm Syndrome

Since their humble death metal beginnings in the early 90s, Swedish alt-metallers KATATONIA have emerged as one of the European scene’s valuable progressive gems. Guitarist Anders Nyström tells TG how he thinks differently as a player behind his synthetic wall of noise…

Brent Cobb

The Songwriter and Producer Team of Brent and His Cousin Dave Represent an Old School Revival in Country That We Want Get Onboard With.

IK Multimedia Irig Nano Amp

Portable practise tool that takes AmpliTube out of the cans.

Five Minutes Alone - Jonathan Jackson

The actor/musician behind Nashville’s Avery Barkley reveals how the TV show (and U2) shaped his playing

Iron & Wine

Sam Beam, Aka Iron & Wine, Returns to His Acoustic Roots, Tapping Into His Animal Self in the Process on His Sixth Record, Beast Epic