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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Rare Bird • The mythical Penguin, one of the rarest vintage guitars of all, gets reissued in an eye-catching Light Blue Pearl finish with plenty of bling and some exciting pickups – it can only be a Gretsch

Chocolate Box • For a brief period, Fender made amps that could roar with midrange-forward gain – and the brand’s taking us back to that fabled brown-panel era once again

Parlour Games • Can one of the largest manufacturers in the world turn out an instrument at this price that is actually worth buying? Let’s see…

Textural Toolkit • Taking its cues from previous Walrus soundscape pedals, the Lüm combines granular textures and atmospheric ambience

Central Perc • Electro-Harmonix not only revives a rare fuzz/distortion from the 1970s but expands its versatility, too

the Wishlist • Dream gear to beg, borrow and steal for...

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 • With his new project, Rival Sons’ Scott Holiday steers away from rock ’n’ roll towards a more improvisational approach – but the riffs remain

The Wrong Solo • Neville Marten argues that one of blues-rock’s most revered guitar breaks, in fact, overshadows the best solo in the song

Lap Of Honour • Alex Bishop delves into the history of lap steel guitars and the visionary work of one luthier 100 years ago

Living Legends • Last month, we gave ‘Holy Grail’ vintage guitars to two superb players to play loud live on stage – Jamie Dickson reports on what we learned

Chord Vocabulary (PART 2) • This issue Richard Barrett moves onto extended chords – experimenting with scale order for different effects

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

FAST FRIENDS • Nobody embodies instrumental guitar quite like Joe Satriani and Steve Vai. As the New York wizards release their first joint studio album, they tell us about the health of the shred scene, the web’s double-edge sword, and where the next gunslinger will come from

100 Years Of CHUCK BERRY • A walking contradiction with the smile of the Cheshire Cat, Chuck Berry was smooth and urbane in his vocal delivery, savage in his licks, and stood playing guitar at the crossroads between country and blues until everyone from The Beatles to The Who took their musical direction from him. A century on from his birth, we examine the imperfect genius and astonishing influence of St Louis’ most famous guitarist

FATHER TO SON • With Chuck Berry’s passing in 2017, it seemed the rock ’n’ roll trailblazer would forever remain an unknowable icon. Now, in this revealing interview with his son, Charles Berry Jr, we discover a husband, father, guitar collector and lifelong music lover

GET YOUR KICKS • Now synonymous with the godfather of rock ’n’ roll, the ES-350T may look like a traditional jazzbox, but its thinline body and shortened scale heralded a new direction for Gibson

DEAR DAD • Sheffield songsmith Richard Hawley developed an early love for Chuck Berry that endures to this day – not least because his father’s band backed...