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Guitar Player • Vol. 57 No. 10 OCTOBER 2023

A TELE TRIBUTE WITH A TWIST • To build his hollowbody Tribute, Tim Bram turned to a vintage Fender from his youth. The result is a remarkably versatile jazz box.

A RULE-BREAKER BREAKS THROUGH • On the heels of her 2021 number-two album, blues phenom Ally Venable steps up to the big leagues with Real Gone.

THE DRAGON TAMER • Simon McBride’s fire-breathing tube tones power a new era of Deep Purple.

TIP SHEET • From breathing to talking — Eddie 9V reveals the advice that made him blues-rock’s new guitar star.

MY CAREER IN FIVE SONGS • There’s only one electric instrument worth discussing, says James Burton, the veteran guitarist behind Elvis, Ricky Nelson, Roy Orbison and Emmylou Harris.

Mail-Order Pride • Launched as a post-WWII startup, Carvin Guitars grew into a guitar gear giant, one catalog sale at a time.

A Love Supreme • Julian Priester Pepo Mtoto’s Love, Love defines a moment with deeply spiritual power.

PAST PLEASURES FUTURE SHOCKS • As he releases his expanded Star Fleet Project box set, Brian May expounds on Eddie Van Halen’s role in it, the future of Queen and the dangers AI poses for music in the coming year.

RISING FORCE • As she drops The Call of the Void, her unapologetically shred sophomore album, Nita Strauss riffs on stress, solos and the importance of heeding Yngwie.

AXE MASTER • When it comes to choosing guitarists, Alice Cooper has shockingly good instincts.

SEVEN STRINGS TO SWING • As he drops Stage & Screen, John Pizzarelli celebrates his 40th year of recording and reflects on the lessons he learned from his father, Bucky.

A DEEP DIVE • As Yes release their second album in two years, Steve Howe reflects on the 50th anniversary of Tales From Topographic Oceans and his newly reconceptualized take on the debut album from his 1960s band Tomorrow.

ON FIRE • Van Halen might not have been the same group without Ted Templeman, the producer who discovered and signed them, then produced their greatest albums. He tells Guitar Player how it all began with a friendly tip: “Ted, these guys are hot!”

SURPRISE MOVE • ‘That sucks. That’s horrible.’ Ted Templeman recalls his first impressions of “Jump.”

BREWER’S CHOICE • To cut House of Axes, bluegrass ambassador Gary Brewer picked a half-dozen vintage Martins from his collection of more than 100 — including a 19th century model among the rarest of the rare.

ARMED AND READY • A tribute to Michael Schenker’s elegantly melodic metal riffing

Thick and Thin • Pick pointers with bluegrass master Gary Brewer of the Kentucky Ramblers

EPIPHONE • 1958 Korina Flying V and Explorer

FISHMAN • AFX Mini Acoustic Pro EQ Mini, Broken Record, AcoustiVerb and Pocket Blender effects pedals

PEAVEY • 6505 1992 Original

DOD • Overdrive Preamp 250, Envelope Filter 440 and Meatbox Subsynth

EARTHQUAKER DEVICES • Ledges Tri-Dimensional Reverberation Machine

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How I wrote… “Seventeen” • Reb Beach tells how Winger’s 1989 hit saved them from obscurity… and became a mark of hair-metal infamy.