Australian Guitar

With a strong focus on the Australian music scene, Australian Guitar is a rich source of information on playing techniques, styles, the wide range of instruments available and all the technology that guitarists have to consider in the 21st Century.

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FRESHLY BAKED • RARELY WILL THEIR DEBUT ALBUM MARK A BAND’S REINVENTION. BUT IN BAKERS EDDY’S CASE, THAT WAS EXACTLY THE PLAN FOR LOVE BOREDOM BICYCLES.

ART IMITATING LIFE • THE WORLD IS MORE F***ED NOW THAN EVER, SO ON ALBUM #3, TOTALLY UNICORN ENTER A WHOLE NEW DIMENSION OF MATH-PUNK CALAMITY TO COUNTER IT.

THE POWER OF POP • HOW TIME, AMBITION AND TAYLOR SWIFT SHAPED CAMP COPE’S STRIKING NEW ALBUM, RUNNING WITH THE HURRICANE.

MARCHING ONWARDS • TWO DECADES ON FROM THEIR LAST ALBUM, MIDNIGHT OIL’S POIGNANCY HASN’T WAVERED ONE BIT. WE EXPLORE THE ORIGINS OF THEIR POWERFUL NEW EFFORT, RESIST.

LIVING IN THE MOMENT • ON HIS CAREER-DEFINING THIRD ALBUM, WILLIAM CRIGHTON CAPTURES THE HUMAN SPIRIT IN AN IMMENSELY POWERFUL WAY. WE LEARN HOW HE ENDEAVOURED TO DO SO.

SHINE ON • POND’S SHINY JOE RYAN ON THE BAND’S IMMINENT TOUR, THE DELUXE EDITION OF 9, AND WHY IT’S CRUCIAL TO KEEP SHAKING THINGS UP.

FAMILY FIRST • BUDJERAH FILLS US IN ON HIS STRIKING NEW EP CONVERSATIONS, AND THE STRONG TIES BETWEEN HIS ART AND HERITAGE.

THE REAL DEAL • GANG OF YOUTHS’ INSTRUMENTAL MASTERMIND JUNG KIM FILLS US IN ON THE LONDON-VIA-SYDNEY BAND’S LANDMARK THIRD ALBUM, ANGEL IN REALTIME: AN OPULENT EPIC, AMBITIOUS EVEN FOR THEM.

BACK TO THE GROVE • OCEAN GROVE’S SAM BASSAL PEELS BACK THE CURTAIN FOR AN INSIDE LOOK AT HOW THEIR ONE-OF-A-KIND ‘ODDWORLD’ OPERATES.

HEAVEN ON EARTH • SHORT STACK ARE BACK (YET AGAIN), AND THIS TIME AROUND, THEY’RE SHAKING THINGS UP BY GOING BACK TO THE CLASSICS.

AN EXPLOSIVE RETURN • MIKE CAMPBELL’S SECOND ALBUM WITH THE DIRTY KNOBS, EXTERNAL COMBUSTION, SHOWS HIM ROCKIN’ ’N’ ROLLIN’ LIKE NEVER BEFORE. HERE’S HOW HE BROUGHT IT TO LIFE.

BRAND NEW NOISE • IN THE EARLY ‘80S, ALTERNATIVE ROCK BROKE THROUGH THE MAINSTREAM FASTER THAN ANY OTHER GENRE, SURGING ITS WAY UP THE CHARTS EVERYWHERE FROM AUSTIN, TEXAS TO TAMWORTH, AUSTRALIA. HERE ARE 25 GUITARISTS WHO FORGED THE SHAPE AND SOUND OF ALT-ROCK, FROM ITS PROTEAN BEGINNINGS TO THE PRESENT.

2022 GUITAR WORKOUT • WELCOME TO OUR 2022 GUITAR WORKOUT, WHERE WE’VE MADE IT OUR MISSION TO HELP YOU BECOME A BETTER GUITARIST. HERE YOU’LL A HUGE TECHNIQUE WORKOUT, COVERING EVERYTHING FROM FUNK RHYTHMS AND FRETBOARD KNOWLEDGE TO PICKING ACCURACY AND PLAYING THE CHANGES. HOPEFULLY THERE’S SOMETHING HERE FOR EVERYONE.

WAIT, THAT’S AN EPIPHONE!? • IF ALL YOU KNOW ABOUT GIBSON AND EPIPHONE IS THAT ONE’S MADE IN THE USA WHILE THE OTHER’S MADE IN ASIA, WE’VE GOT A GUIDE THAT’LL BRING YOU RIGHT UP TO SPEED – AND HELP YOU FIND THE RIGHT ONE FOR YOU...

LIVE IT UP • NEED SOME HELP CREATING A SONIC STORM ONSTAGE? HERE ARE TEN EASY AND PRACTICAL TIPS FOR GETTING A GREAT LIVE GUITAR SOUND.

KNUCKLE UP • BARE KNUCKLE PICKUPS FOUNDER TIM MILLS DETAILS THE TONAL QUALITIES THAT HAVE PLAYERS TURNING TO THE CLASSIC SINGLE-COIL P-90 DESIGN ONCE AGAIN.

TONE TUTORS • IN THE DEBATE OVER WHETHER ONLINE GUITAR LESSONS COULD EVER TRULY TRUMP FACE-TO-FACE TUTORING, ONLY ONE QUESTION MATTERS: WHICH IS RIGHT FOR YOU? FROM COST AND CONVENIENCE TO COMMUNITY AND PROGRESS TRACKING, WE WEIGH UP THE PROS AND CONS OF BOTH APPROACHES TO LEARNING THE GUITAR.

ON AN ISLAND IN THE SUN • I DIDN’T TOUCH AN ACOUSTIC GUITAR DURING THE PANDEMIC. COULD A PRIVATE ISLAND RETREAT WITH ONE OF THE WORLD’S BIGGEST GUITAR TUTORS HELP ME RECONNECT?

THE NEW WAVE • Sometimes guitar design seems to evolve...