With a strong focus on the Australian music scene, Australian Guitar is a rich source of information on playing techniques, styles, the wide range of instruments available and all the technology that guitarists have to consider in the 21st Century.
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Emmanuel on Chet • Tommy Emmanuel was just 11 when he found solace in Chet Atkins’ albums. Years later, the guitarist appeared in a dream and taught him the technique he couldn’t figure out in walking life
Cashier • How an Electro-Harmonix Big Muff fuzz — and a killer boost from rapper/singer Frank Ocean — are changing the trajectory of these Louisiana shoegaze/post-hardcore grungers
The gear that shaped me
From Big Things, Small Things • Stu Mackenzie and Jam Pedals team up to bring you the secret behind his King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard tone.
HEAD(LESS)STRONG • The Pearson Omega is a bold, metal-bodied headless guitar that blends Stratocasters, Les Pauls and Strandbergs - and its 24-year-old creator thinks he’ll be outselling his biggest rivals in just five years. Words
Funkadelic • From raiding Aerosmith’s backline to guest solos by stray smackheads, “Kidd Funkadelic” — aka Michael Hampton — recalls the inspired chaos behind 1975’s Let’s Take It to the Stage
Within You, Without You • Protest the Hero’s Luke Hoskin and Tim MacMillar on the strange — yet oddly endearing — “It takes a village” approach to recording, touring and covering each other’s blazing guitar parts
McCartney on Six Strings • He’s one of the most celebrated bassists in rock history. But throughout the Beatles years, the guitar remained Paul McCartney’s secret obsession.
Take This Pair of Strings and Learn to Fly • Examining Paul McCartney’s “two-finger” magic as heard in the Beatles’ “Blackbird”
Earning Your Wings • Need a crash course in guitar badassery? Welcome to McCartney University. Behold the best and brightest six-string performances from Sir Paul’s entire postBeatles studio catalog (starring a McCartney, a McCullough, a McCulloch and a McIntosh).
Paul Is Gear • The guitars that have shaped McCartney’s sound — yesterday and today
Wings Over Easy • Laurence Juber — the last remaining Wings lead guitarist (a weird thing to say, but it’s true) — revisits the making of the band’s final album, 1979’s Back to the Egg
Play Mates • Bowie favorite Carlos Alomar on how to bond with ex-Beatles — and the making of Paul McCartney’s 1986 album, Press to Play
Live by the Sword • Greta Van Fleet’s detractors are loud as ever — but on new album Palace for the People, Jake Kiszka and his Gibson “Excalibur” come out swinging: “If you’re not pissing someone off, you’re probably not making great art”
HIGHWAY TONE • Jake Kiszka’s top five tone tips
THE LONG GOODBYE • Cursum Perficio - the first new Anthrax album in 10 years - is Latin for “I complete my journey.” Could this be the NYC-spawned thrash titans’ final voyage? Anthrax lifers Scott Ian and Charlie Benante weigh in on returning to sub-four-minute thrash songs and going out “on top like George Costanza”
FIST FULL OF METAL • An album-by-album guide to Anthrax’s studio output
EDGE OF PERFECTION • Jonathan Donais - Anthrax’s lead specialist since 2013 - talks about his role within the group and having to channel his inner Angus Young
GRETSCH SYNCHROMATIC MODEL 160 • Wielded by George Michael in the music video for 1987 single Faith, this Gretsch Synchromatic is an icon of 1980s pop culture
FAITH HEALING • Huw Price recalls restoring this model for Sworders in 2024
THE ROOTS OF EVH! Van Halen’s Influences • Phil Short uses six immersive studies to dive deeply into the work of the rock guitar master and ask, “Who were the musicians that...