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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Editor’s Highlights

Guitarist

Paranormal Activity • Leave your preconceptions at the door because some of the most interesting guitars to come out of the Fender stable in 2023 could well say Squier on the headstock

Miniature Metal • Laney adds a pair of compact solid-state heads to its popular Ironheart Foundry range with switchable power and all the connectivity you need for stage, recording and practice

Satellite Of Love • It’s been a while since we’ve heard from Shergold, but now the brand is back with a smartly dressed solidbody that also introduces a new, more affordable range. Let’s go!

BUSINESS MATTERS • Just what is involved in bringing a boutique guitar design to market at a bargain price? Let’s find out

Revival Time • Warm Audio brings some pedalboard favourites back to life with a new overdrive and phaser

Take Flight • Over five decades since Jimi Hendrix famously used one at Woodstock, ThorpyFX creates its dream Uni-Vibe

theWishlist • 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 • Ex-Yes multi-instrumentalist and film composer Trevor Rabin releases his first vocal-based solo album in 30 years

Pickup The Pieces • Like most of us, Neville Marten is a sucker for upgrades to his equipment. But he would never put new pickups on a Custom Shop Strat, would he?

Screen Time • Alex Bishop discovers the joys of starting a YouTube channel – while simultaneously trying to run a guitar-making business

Alive & Unplugged • To get your acoustic sounding its best, stringing up properly and identifying saddle and pin problems can work wonders, says Huw Price

Shapes & Inversions • Richard Barrettexplores alternative chord shapes to help bring fresh interest to your solos

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

MARTIN SIMPSON • Folk guitar maestro Martin Simpson’s latest record, Nothing But Green Willow, is a stunningly beautiful collection of folk songs passed down by the people of America’s Appalachian Mountains. We join Martin to discover how he and some of the world’s best folk musicians brought the songs to life once again

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THAT GREAT GRETSCH SOUND! • Georgia Southern University in Savannah is home to an exciting project, in association with Fred and Dinah Gretsch, to preserve the Gretsch company’s rich heritage in the form of a very special museum… We join the museum’s experts to find out more

GOLDEN YEARS • The 1950s and 60s were decades of innovation and rapid technical development at Gretsch – spearheaded by guitarist, demonstrator and designer Jimmie Webster – that resulted in the design aesthetic and sonic character that continue to define the brand…

GRETSCH: A PERSONAL HISTORY • Fred W Gretsch started out in the business as the jazz years of the 1950s erupted into rock ’n’ roll uproar in the 60s. Much later, he guided the company back to prosperity after the difficult Baldwinowned years. Who better, then, to tell the inside story of how the company...