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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Editor’s Highlights

Guitarist

Into The Valley • A new name on the UK’s vibrant guitar-making scene, West Valley comes to market with a vision inspired by the golden era of guitar design

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Singing Quality • This latest acoustic from JWJ aims to provide a better blend between a singer’s voice and the guitar, all via cunning lutherie. Let’s take a look

Fuzz Revelation • Manson Guitar Works’ first stompbox delivers a high degree of variation in your fuzz tone

Top Gear • Dan Coggins makes the drive section of his award-winning Cogmeister powerhouse available as a pedal of its own

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 • On latest record, Hard Road, Mississippi-born singer-guitarist Christone ‘Kingfish’ Ingram is sounding more soulful than ever

Change Of Heart • Neville Marten revisits the Essex guitar store where he’d spied his ‘Les Paul to die for’, only to come away with something else entirely

Action Plan • This month Alex Bishop gets forensic on lowering action, and explains how to get the best playability from your guitar

Under The Influence • Charlie Wilkins uncovers how early British blues shaped today’s scene, and hears from some of the guitarists carrying the torch forward

Chord Names: 13ths (PART 3) • Richard Barrett wraps up this short series on extended chords by taking a look at the often-mystifying world of 13th chords

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

STEVE CROPPER 1941 – 2025 • The departed soul man was the Stax band’s MVP, writing and driving the R&B classics that ruled the 60s

Leo Lyons • The Ten Years After bassist survived Hamburg’s Star-Club, sparked the blues boom, achieved immortality at Woodstock – and is still going strong at 82. “Music,” he says, “it’s a drug…”

TRIO POWER • 60 years ago, three young men were preparing to invent a new musical genre with virtuoso level musicianship at staggering volume levels…

CREAM RISES • 60 years ago history was made and the rulebook rewritten when Clapton, Bruce and Baker united to form one of the most influential supergroups in British music

FULL-FAT TONE • The history of Eric Clapton’s guitars during Cream’s brief but influential existence – from Fresh Cream to Goodbye – reveals an intriguing mix of instruments but also offers up a mystery or two

CREAM ON TOP • Have you ever wondered what happened behind the scenes when Cream took to the road in the 60s? Wonder no more as Ginger’s daughter Nettie Baker reveals all

STILL SUPERNATURAL • Six decades into his career, Carlos Santana remains excited by the very thought of having a guitar in his hands. Below, he looks back on the music and gear that’s soundtracked his one-of-a-kind life

CANDY APPLE RED FENDERS • Candy Apple Red was reputedly Leo’s favourite finish and, as this small selection from a very large collection proves, it looks fantastic on any Fender guitar

Double Takes • Hot on...