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Guitar Player • Vol. 58 No. 4 APRIL 2024

NEW & COOL PIECED OUT • With its marriage of metal and wood, the EBG-6 Jigsaw Crook solves a puzzle of post-modern guitar design.

ELECTRIC COMPANY • After recording a handful of acoustic albums, J Mascis brings his electric guitars back for a hang on What Do We Do Now.

WHY A DUCK? • As the Aristocrats return after a five-year break, Guthrie Govan explains why humor and guitar virtuosity remain essential to his craft.

TIP SHEET • After five decades with superstar Elton John, Davey Johnstone has valuable advice to help you reach the top of your game.

MY CAREER IN FIVE SONGS • He’s played with artists ranging from Robert Gordon to Bryan Ferry. But journeyman guitarist Chris Spedding admits, “I don’t really listen to anything that I’ve played on.”

Point System • In 1978, B.C. Rich scored big with the Mockingbird, the choice of many guitarists in the decade to come.

All You Need Is Less • Link Wray’s guitar playing embodies the dictum “less is more.”

Making Airwaves • Your music is always on the radio when you play a custom Crosley Radio Tone guitar.

SIMPLY RIVETING • Combining a jazz-infused guitar-meets-vocal vamping style with an indie-rock approach, Rosie Frater-Taylor is like no other guitarist today.

PURE LENNY • Since his first release, Lenny Kravitz has been the master of impeccable riffs, perfect guitar tone and genre-melding music. As he releases Blue Electric Light, he tells Guitar Player what drives his passion for tone and shares a look at some of his most prized vintage axes.

CLASSIC KRAVITZ • Lenny tells the guitar tales behind five timeless hits from his back catalog.

POWER PLAYER • He’s the Space Ace, but Ace Frehley has never had his head — or his guitar game — more together than on 10,000 Volts, his shockingly good new album.

BUDDY SYSTEM • Steve Brown explains the method behind his magical partnership with Ace Frehley.

GUITAR ACE • Ace talks Les Pauls, Epiphone Coronets and the ’59 ’Burst he still regrets selling.

THE GEAR BEHIND 10,000 VOLTS

‘WE ARE WHO WE ARE’ • As the Black Crowes fly again with their first new album in 15 years, Rich Robinson tells how music mended his relationship with brother Chris and kept the band true to its origins.

TONE CLONE • With Muswell Amplification, Rich Robinson remakes his beloved 1968 Marshall Bluesbreaker for any high roller who wants one.

STEEL-STRING SWING • Jazz virtuoso Julian Lage reveals what led him to meld acoustic and electric on his gorgeous new album, Speak to Me.

ADVENTURES IN FINGERSTYLE ROCK GUITAR, PART 1 • The first of a two-part lessson in letting go of the pick to discover new techniques and textures.

Master Pupil • Julian Lage shares lessons learned from touring with Leo Kottke.

UAFX • Lion ’68 Super Lead Amp

JACKSON • American Series Virtuoso

FRIEDMAN • JEL-20

CIRCA 74 • AV150-10 acoustic amplifier

TWO NOTES • Opus Amp Sim and IR Loader Unit

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How I Wrote… “The Eye of the Tiger” • Frankie Sullivan tells how Sylvester Stallone’s request for a Rocky III theme gave Survivor their signature hit.