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Mercury Rising • IMAGINE DRAGONS GUITARIST WAYNE SERMON ADDRESSES THE RICK RUBIN-PRODUCED MERCURY – ACTS 1 AND 2, AND HOW HE STILL GETS HIS GUITAR-SLINGER KICKS WITHIN A TIGHT POP/ROCK SETTING
Eddie 9V • A BLUES TRAVELER GOES BACK TO 1969 AND RETURNS WITH A MODERN TAKE ON A CLASSIC SOUTHERN SOUND
John Primer • THIS SOUTH SIDE CHICAGO VETERAN — WHO HOLDS THE DISTINCTION OF BEING MUDDY WATERS’ LAST LEAD GUITARIST — STEPS OUT ON HARD TIMES
MY PEDALBOARD DOUG MARTSCH • WHAT THE BUILT TO SPILL MASTERMIND SEES WHEN HE LOOKS DOWN
Kamelot • THOMAS YOUNGBLOOD ON THE MAKING OF THE AWAKENING — AND THE JOY OF HAVING SOME EXTRA FRETS TO BITE INTO
Narrow Head • THE HOUSTON-BASED ALT-METAL/SHOEGAZING PEDAL PUSHERS PUT ON AN IMMERSIVE TONE CLINIC ON THEIR LATEST RELEASE,MOMENTS OF CLARITY
Hannah Murphy • GREEN DAY, WEEZER AND BLINK-182 ARE GREAT AND ALL, BUT THERE’S JUST SOMETHING ABOUT JOHANN KASPAR MERTZ, FREDERICO MORENO TORROBO AND MANUEL PONCE
TRAVELIN’ BAND • JOHN FOGERTY REFLECTS ON HIS CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL-ERA GEAR — AND THE LONG-AWAITED RELEASE OF THE BAND’S FAMED 1970 ROYAL ALBERT HALL SHOW
TRUTH BE TOLD • MEGADETH MAIN MAN DAVE MUSTAINE DISCUSSES HIS SIGNATURE GIBSON LES PAUL, HIS INFLUENCE ON METALLICA, THE LEGACY OF COUNTDOWN TO EXTINCTION — AND WHO GETS HIS VOTE FOR MEGADETH’S BEST-EVER GUITARIST
Farewell to the Guv’nor Jeff Beck 1944–2023
EMOTION & COMMOTION • A HORDE OF GUITAR STARS OFFER THEIR PERSONAL TRIBUTES TO A FALLEN HERO, JEFF BECK
Heart Full of Soul • IN THIS CANDID, TRUTHFUL AND PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED INTERVIEW, JEFF BECK REVEALS THE BLUES BEHIND HIS 1999 COMEBACK ALBUM, WHO ELSE!
Guitar Shop • A CLOSER LOOK AT 10 OF JEFF BECK’S MOST HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT AND PERSONAL FAVORITE GUITARS THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER
Deep Impact • A LOOK AT THE OFTEN-OVERLOOKED RECORDINGS THAT REVEAL JEFF BECK’S GENIUS AND VISION
Beck’s on Tap • JEFF BECK’S 12 GREATEST STUDIO COLLABORATIONS
Shapes of Things • Four guitar tricks you can learn from Jeff Beck’s blossoming late-Sixties-era style
Living Colors • HOLOGRAM MICROCOSM
Three Cheers • VICTORY AMPS V1 SERIES: V1 COPPER, V1 DUCHESS AND V1 SHERIFF
Maximum Overdrive • KERNOM RIDGE OVERDRIVE
Buzz Bin EarthQuaker Devices Sunn O))) Life Pedal V3
OBLIQUE WORKOUT, PART 2 • More fun with oblique bends
TOOLS OF THE TRADE, PART 1 • The 1954 Les Paul goldtop with P90s
DYNAMIC EXPRESSIONS • How to play “One Last Time,” part 1
DEEP POCKET • Laying solo lines into the groove of “Pusher”
“LOVE BITES (SO DO I)” • Halestorm As heard on THE STRANGE CASE OF…
“BREATH” • Breaking Benjamin As heard on PHOBIA
“PIECE OF MY HEART” • Janis Joplin As heard on JANIS JOPLIN’S GREATEST HITS
1975-PRESENT ROLAND JC-120 • CATEGORY: COMBO AMPLIFIER