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.

METALLICA UNVEIL CUSTOM ONE-OF-A-KIND ‘FLYING M’ GUITAR

DAVID CROSBY DIES AT 81

FALL OUT BOY’S JOE TROHMAN STEPS AWAY FROM BAND FOR MENTAL HEALTH REASONS

Australian Guitar

FRESH FRETS

SPOTLIGHT

GOOD THINGS FESTIVAL

PAUL KELLY’S “MAKING GRAVY”

THE KILLERS

ENTER SHIKARI

…WHERE THE HEART IS • KINGSWOOD OPEN UP ON THE CONCEPTUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THEIR NEW ALBUM, HOME, AND HOW IT TIES IN TO THEIR BIGGEST-EVER NATIONAL TOUR.

TYING THE KNOTS • KNOCKED LOOSE PREPARE TO MAKE LANDFALL AT THE FIRST-EVER KNOTFEST AUSTRALIA, AND HEAD INTO A NEW ERA WITH THEIR LONG-AWAITED THIRD ALBUM.

MUSTANGS AT MIDNIGHT • TEENAGE DADS RIFF ON THEIR GRIPPING NEW EP, MIDNIGHT DRIVING, AND THE INESCAPABLE ALLURE OF THE FENDER MUSTANG.

SHREDDING STAMPEDE • ANIMALS AS LEADERS’ JAVIER REYES DIVES DEEP ON THE FINE ART OF TRANSLATING TECHNICAL PROG-METAL TO THE STAGE

POE’S LAW • LARKIN POE SPILL THE BEANS ON HOW BLOOD HARMONY REINVENTED THEIR ALREADY-ONE-OF-A-KIND ARTISTRY.

KING OF THE BAY • MARCUS KING FILLS US IN ON WHAT TO EXPECT FROM HIS UPCOMING BLUESFEST SETS, COMING HOT ON THE HEELS OF HIS RIVETING NEW ALBUM YOUNG BLOOD.

FULL CIRCLE • ASH GRUNWALD GETS NOSTALGIC ABOUT HIS ROOTS IN MELBOURNE’S BLUES SCENE AS HE GEARS UP TO HELP LAUNCH THE CITY’S FIRST-EVER OFFICIAL BLUESFEST.

THE GOLDEN ‘TONE • CHRISTONE ‘KINGFISH’ INGRAM CHATS BLUESFEST, BUDDY GUY, BLAZING TRAILS AND BEAUTIFUL TELES.

HOWLING GALE(S) • AHEAD OF HIS MONUMENTAL RETURN TO AUSTRALIA, ERIC GALES REFLECTS ON THE MOST REWARDING CHAPTER OF HIS CAREER THUS FAR - AND WHY IT’S FAR, FAR FROM OVER.

RAITT ON TIME • BONNIE RAITT FUELS UP THE HYPE TRAIN FOR HER FAST-IMPENDING RETURN DOWN UNDER.

ROCK ‘N’ ROLL NEVER DIES • STEVE VAI REFLECTS ON THE LEGACY OF THE GREATEST ROCK ‘N’ ROLL FRONTMAN YOU’VE NEVER HEARD OF - THE TITULAR SECOND HALF OF HIS NEW ALBUM, VAI/GASH.

Jeff Beck 1944-2023 • UNIQUE, FEARLESS, PEERLESS. JEFF BECK, WHO DIED IN JANUARY, LEAVES BEHIND A DAZZLING MUSICAL LEGACY. HERE, THE GUITARISTS WHO KNEW HIM BEST SHARE THEIR MEMORIES OF A MASTER AND THE GUITARS HE LOVED

Life Of A Pioneer • FROM THE REBELLIOUS SQUARE PEG OF SWINGING LONDON TO THE STILL-QUESTING ELDER STATESMAN OF THE POST-MILLENNIUM, JEFF BECK REIMAGINED THE ELECTRIC GUITAR AS A MAGIC WAND IN A CAREER THAT COULD BE BOTH SPELLBINDING AND MADDENING

There’s No Other Me • THE GUITAR WORLD HAS BEEN SHAKEN TO THE CORE AT THE LOSS OF ONE OF ITS MOST ORIGINAL VOICES AND MANY PLAYERS WANTED TO SHARE A PERSONAL NOTE OF LOSS, AN ANECDOTE, OR A TRIBUTE TO A MAN WHO PLAYED SUCH AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THEIR MUSICAL LIVES

The Guitars • JEFF BECK WAS A STRAT MAN THROUGH AND THROUGH, BUT THIS WASN’T TO THE AVOIDANCE OF ALL OTHER MODELS. AUTHOR AND GUITAR HISTORIAN TONY BACON RECOUNTS HIS PAST CONVERSATIONS WITH BECK AS HE CHARTS THE VARIOUS SIX-STRINGS THAT WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN HIS CAREER

MY ASYMMETRICAL ROMANCE • 10 COOL AXES THAT VEER FROM THE TRADITIONAL TO THE CURVY AND OBLIQUE

“I’D NEVER HEARD ANYONE DO THIS BEFORE” • Inside the strange world of King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, the most eclectic and prolific rock band on Earth…

FIVE WAYS TO… MAKE YOUR POWER CHORDS ROCK! • From AC/DC to Zakk Wylde, it's the subtle details that let you riff harder

OPEN-MIC SONGBOOK OASIS HALF THE WORLD AWAY • Try out Noel Gallagher's cool arpeggios and Bonehead's strummed acoustic chords as AG looks at one of the band's best loved...