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Going For A Song

Editor’s Highlights

Guitarist

Satin Stunner • Hot on the heels of the classic CE 24 launching in the SE line for 2024, this new satin Standard version loses the bling and drops the price. Yes, please!

Pocket Rocket • For its latest addition, Boss has crammed a full Katana amplifier into a tiny headphone-amp format – and its long list of features and tones makes it practically irresistible

Birds Of A Feather • Two of Gibson’s most controversial designs, reimagined and rebranded with Epiphone’s moniker. Do they promise the ‘Cream’ of the crop or a ‘Winter’ of discontent?

Flying Hi • Crazy Tube Circuits presents David Gilmour-favoured amp and drive flavours together in one pedal

Brazilian Buzz • It’s designed for Brazilian tropicália music, but this fuzzbox from Beetronics could create a buzz in any musical genre

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

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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 • Steve Hackett dishes out a rich helping of prog on The Circus And The Nightwhale. We look behind the scenes with the ringmaster himself…

He Ain’t Neck Heavy… • Neville Marten wonders why some manufacturers, who otherwise do sophisticated, musically wonderful things, sometimes fall at the final fence

Taking Shape • Alex Bishop attempts to charm some timber into shape with little more than heat, water and perseverance

It’s A Wrap • After his year-long project comes to a close, Jamie Dickson shares the tone lessons – and more – from completing his first acoustic album

Secondary Dominants • Richard Barrett embarks upon some jargon busting as he explains the mystery behind secondary dominants

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

JOHN SMITH • As singer-songwriter John Smith gears up to take his new album, The Living Kind, out on the road, he joins us to explain how a shift in his gear and writing process has had a profound effect on his music

RIVER DEEP • Mark Knopfler is at an interesting crossroads in his life and music. He’s just sold most of his guitar collection and he’s got a new album out that’s as deep in emotion and storycraft as its title suggests. As you’d expect, it’s also got some sublime guitar on it, though Knopfler himself believes his playing became “rusty” during the pandemic and is still in recovery. On the eve of the release of his new long-player, One Deep River, we join him to hear his perspectives on songcraft, gangland Britain in the 1960s, his enduring relationship with the Stratocaster, and the guitars that he couldn’t let go…

VINCE GILL • In the midst of the Eagles’ Long Goodbye tour, world-class guitarist and songwriter Vince Gill joins us to explain why “brevity and restraint” are all-important when playing for the song, how he was next in line for a reissue of Clapton’s ‘Beano’ guitar after EC himself, and why vintage guitars will always have his heart

Johnny ‘Guitar’ Watson • From urban blues maverick to...