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He’s a titan of jazz guitar who crossed over into pop chart success without losing his kudos for pure jazz. We meet him on p72 The Alter Bridge frontman has delivered one of the most stonking rock guitar albums of the year with his latest. He tells a

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There’s always been a show-off element to Gretsch guitars and this new Pristine Jet is no exception. It comes in two blue metallics as well our rather classy top-edge bound White Gold, which looks like a 50s Cadillac cream. Look closely, however, or

It’s tough for brands like Gibson and Fender, who hit bullseye with models such as the Les Paul, ES-335, Stratocaster and Telecaster, to bring something new to the table. Witness Fender’s Coronado and Starcaster semis, which had neither the operation

Cream T Custom Shop WEB www.creamtcustomshop.com Earlier this year we introduced the Newman 5 String, a cracking version of a guitar that was designed in the late 70s by the late luthier and Stones tech Ted Newman Jones III to originally cater for th

CONTACT Gibson PHONE 00800 44427661 WEB www.gibson.com Ultra Modern weight relief Gibson’s Ultra Modern weight relief comprises a series of wedge-shaped holes carved out of the body to remove mass. In addition to this, Gibson places a V-shaped cut b

The prologue to this article is a sort of epilogue to my column from a couple of issues ago, where I shared my not falling for the ‘heavy strings are always best’ theory. And while I still adhere to the ethos that if you don’t have the power in your

AUDIO http://bit.ly/guitaristextra In theory, the name of a chord should describe its content, especially if it differs from the Root-3rd-5th of a standard major chord. In guitar circles, describing a chord as ‘G’ without any other information would

It couldn’t be any simpler – yet, in truth, it couldn’t be any better. The Les Paul Junior, which was launched in the same year as Fender’s Stratocaster, was in some ways the antithesis of Fender’s svelte three-pickup rocketship. Made for lowly stude

Until 1957, the P-90 was Gibson’s premium pickup, fitted to artist-endorsed jazz boxes and ‘student model’ solidbodies alike. Even those who couldn’t afford carved tops, fancy inlays or binding, weren’t expected to compromise on their tone. And when

When Irish blues-rock icon Rory Gallagher’s guitar collection went under the hammer at Bonhams of London on 17 October, all eyes were on the fate of his celebrated ’61 Strat – which sold for £889,400 including premium and, happily, is to return to Ir

If you’ve got vintage tastes on a garage-rock budget, look no further than the Epiphone Les Paul Junior: mahogany body, 50s neck profile, Epiphone P90 Pro pickup and CTS pots all come as standard. You’ll need to be open to your finish options, as it’

PJD’s Apprentice series sees a selection of its models lose even more off their already affordable price tags. So far, the company has given the Apprentice treatment to the single-cut Carey and offset St John, which share many of the same materials a

“I got this 1954 Junior some time ago and I think the original guitar’s owner must have been Suzanne. It’s spelled out in little letters right down the pickguard and they’re all perfectly placed as only a woman could do it. It has a maple body, which