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!

The Arc Of History

Editor’s Highlights

Guitarist

Pearly Kings • Epiphone’s collaborations with the Gibson Custom Shop continue unabated, this time with two of the latter’s most prized top-end models but built in Qingdao, China

Bolt-On Beauty • This new SE-exclusive NF3 uses a similar bolt-on platform to John Mayer’s Silver Sky model – but is a very different guitar. How so? Let’s find out

Learning To Fly • There’s no shortage of great-quality UK-made guitars, but at £899 PJD’s new Apprentice model is leading the charge in terms of quality and cost

Buck’s Fizz • Thorpy creates a valve-powered drive and boost pedal for Welsh powerhouse Chris Buck

Twin Stinger • Beetronics moves away from its usual original circuit designs and delivers double drive with Klon and Bluesbreaker flavours

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 • Freshly off the road after a long tour, Joanne Shaw Taylor joins us from her Nashville home to talk about her brand-new album

‘Big Col’ • Neville Marten recalls the Tele Custom he should have bought, only for it to be snapped up by Colin Pincott, who passed away in May

Making The Cut ... • Can Alex Bishop build an electric guitar with all the sensibilities of an acoustic guitar? Let’s find out…

Some Neck • Editor Jamie Dickson gets a latter-day Alnico V staple pickup fitted to his Telecaster, with a little help from his friends

Alternative Voicings (Part 1) • Richard Barrett demonstrates the depth and interest you can generate from making changes to standard chord shapes

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

DUANE EDDY 1938-2024 • The good-humoured architect of twang died on 30 April, but his legacy is a guitar tone for the ages, forever evoking greasers, flick knives and hot-rods

JUNIOR MARVIN • Junior Marvin’s time with Bob Marley & The Wailers helped shape his career. Here, he tells us how Hendrix gave him his direction, about his near miss with Jeff Beck, why he turned down Stevie Wonder, and what working with the reggae icon was really like

CURVED AIR

MAKING HISTORY • From its mandolin-making origins to today’s status as one of the most iconic guitar brands in the world, Gibson has seen its fair share of brave new shapes, sounds and technologies, alongside the rise and fall of its fortunes, over the past 130 years. Here, we highlight 20 of the company’s most defining moments

MANDOLIN WIND • Gibson, perhaps more than any other guitar maker, has a history full of interesting nooks and corners – and unanswered questions. We join two of Gibson’s top experts on the company’s history to try to shine a light on some of the more interesting ‘what ifs?’ and behind-the-scenes moves that gave us the Gibson we know today

SCOTT GORHAM • Few bands harnessed the might of the Les Paul as powerfully as Thin Lizzy. Scott Gorham was the backbone of the band’s sound, but, as he recently revealed, he secretly sketched artworks to stay sane on tour. From chaotic auditions to the Les Paul that...