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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Guitarist

What’s On TV? • Dave Roberts’ latest Ancoats build references the long-gone Granada Television, another Mancunian enterprise, and creates a new spin on the T-style. Why not?

Little Wonder • This characterful all-mahogany Americana workhorse lands in Martin’s Road Series line-up at a sensible price – and with a vibey artist tie-in

Path Of Least Resistance • Premium amp company Bad Cat dives into the speaker-simulator market with an all-analogue plug-and-play solution

Wild Card • The latest from the UK-based pedal company gives you licence to rock with the choice of dirt or filth

Simply Swell • Walrus Audio gives the humble volume pedal a hi-tech makeover, making it customisable to every player’s needs

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 • Nine years on from tragedy, Barrie Cadogan shares the story of his trio’s new album, the joy of vintage fuzz and the genius of John Squire

The Size Of It • Neville Marten ponders the miniaturisation of equipment compared with the giant stacks of amps that guitarists of yore felt obliged to use

High Praise • This month, Alex Bishop goes in pursuit of setup perfection with an invasive classical-guitar repair

Sayce’s Strats • Stratocaster-slinger Philip Sayce shares his Fender tone secrets and best-loved amps with Charlie Wilkins

Songwriter’s Chords • A memorable chord voicing can be the key to a song’s impact. Richard Barrett suggests some more unlikely contenders to try

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

LYNDON LANEY 1948 – 2026 • The loved and respected founder of the Midlands amp company was behind the seismic sound of Black Sabbath and countless more

DAVE MASON 1946 – 2026 • The Traffic guitarist’s best work of the 60s and 70s was magical, but the stop/start nature of his career held him off household-name status

Eric Bibb • The country blues master recently paid a mid-tour visit to Guitarist to talk about the instruments he travels with and the foundation of his amazing fingerstyle technique

Slash • The permanently behatted icon is still delivering legendary, blistering licks with Guns N’ Roses on stages worldwide, but blues has always been at the core of his playing – and he says he has his grandmother to thank for that

FLAT OUT • Gibson didn’t want to make flat-top acoustic guitars at first, but guitars such as the J-200 and J-45 went on to become icons of the rock ’n’ roll era. We join Gibson’s Mat Koehler to find out how the brand reinvented its archtop roots to produce guitars that are still classics 100 years later…

SALE OF THE CENTURY • Period-correct in (almost) every detail, the Gibson Century Collection’s 12-fret format is addictively playable. And as senior product development manager, Robi Johns, tells us, it’s all down to the Brits

YESTERDAY ONCE MORE • A pair of historic acoustics from Gibson’s illustrious catalogue...