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!

Inventing The Future

Editor’s Highlights

Guitarist

Tennessee Honey • The working musician’s hollowbody designed to handle most popular styles but retaining that unmistakably cool Gretsch vibe

Reach For The Sky • Based in Slovenia and made in China, Jet Guitars’ impressively wide range of mainly lookalikes is now heading upmarket. The seat belt sign is on…

And Your Bird Can Sing… • We travel back to the future to bask in the glory of Gibson’s reincarnated 1960s rare classic, the Falcon combo

Smart Cookie • Lava is hellbent on revolutionising the acoustic guitar. Forget what you know about spruce and cedar – this one’s boasting about carbon fibre and onboard effects

Pitch Perfect • Updated and enhanced, this latest version of the POG expands its pitch-shifting and tone-shaping possibilities

Outer Limits • Walrus Audio revitalises its very first pedal, the Klonemulating Voyager, with some tasty additions

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 • Gillian Welch and David Rawlings tell the story of the return to their beloved Nashville studio and a remarkable record that bears its name

Plectrum Spectrum • Neville Marten recalls a plectrum incident with the great Alan Murphy, and ponders whether spending £30 on a pick might actually be worth it

On The Clock • This month Alex Bishop considers time management and the formidable task of preparing for an acoustic guitar build

Boutique Acoustique • Neville Marten asks, what exactly makes for a great acoustic guitar tone – materials, construction techniques or simply the luthier’s art?

More Altered Chords • Richard Barrett builds on last issue’s column to explore more about the practical uses of altered chords on the fretboard

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

VIC FLICK 1937–2024 • The veteran gun-for-hire played on sessions for The Beatles, Tom Jones and Dusty Springfield – but his chief legacy is the tough, wiry riff from the James Bond Theme

BILL PUPLETT 1946-2024 • The esteemed luthier and guitar expert cast his repairing magic over decades of dedicated practice

Larkin Poe • Seventh studio album, Bloom, sees Rebecca and Megan Lovell embrace family dynamics, take the spark from stage to studio, and serve up the guitars “neat”

BECK THE GUITAR AUCTION DIAMOND DUST • Jeff Beck had no equal for the joyous, headstrong energy and beguiling subtlety he brought to his playing. When he died suddenly in January of 2023, he left behind the lightning rods through which his electrifying talent passed – an eclectic collection of guitars, many of which are as heavily customised as the hot-rod cars that were Beck’s other ruling passion. Almost exactly two years after his passing, these legendary instruments are now set to go under the hammer in London. We join the experts from Christie’s auction house on the eve of the sale to take a closer look at ‘Oxblood’ and other historic instruments from Jeff’s career – and...