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Guitar Player • Vol. 53 No. 10 OCTOBER 2019
OPENING NOTES
Interact! • JOIN THE GP COMMUNITY!
Hoosier Daddy • Sweetwater hosts Steve Vai, Eric Johnson and many others at its 18th annual GearFest in Indiana
My Life in Five Riffs • Chris Shiflett counts down a quintet of tunes that rock his world
King Cobra • George Thorogood and Epiphone create White Fang, his ultimate signature guitar
Technical Ecstasy • Lari Basilio packs technique and passion — along with guest-star appearances — into her new album, Far More
Swamp Music • Singer-songwriter Dylan LeBlanc plugs in for his rocking new album, Renegade
Knowhere Man • Musical wayfarer Guthrie Govan makes the journey his destination
1959 Gibson ES-175
Carolyn Wonderland
How to Sync to Tempo Without Tempo Sync
Andrés Segovia, Masters of the Guitar
1965 Hagstrom 1
THE WRITE STUFF • SLASH REVEALS THE METHOD BEHIND HIS RIFF - WRITING MADNESS THAT’S PRODUCED HITS SONGS FOR GUNS N’ ROSES AND THE CONSPIRATORS.
APPETITE FOR COLLECTING • FROM ANTIQUE MARTINS AND GOLDEN-ERA GIBSONS TO HIGH-SPEC CUSTOM BUILDS AND MODS — GUNS N’ ROSES’ RICHARD FORTUS HAS A DELECTABLE ASSORTMENT OF DESIRABLE GUITARS
’TOP TRACKS • THE EVER-ENTERTAINING BILLY F. GIBBONS ILLUMINATES THE WRITING PROCESS, SESSIONS AND GEAR BEHIND FIVE CLASSIC ZZ TOP RECORDINGS.
SOUND ADVICE • Billy testifies to the benefits of gear, Auto-Tune and turning it up loud.
THE ALCHEMIST • STEVE MILLER RECALLS THE SONGWRITING, GEAR, AND PRODUCTION THAT TURNED FIVE SONGS INTO SOLID GOLD.
GOTHIC REVIVAL • THE PIXIES RETURN TO THE DARKNESS OF THEIR PAST EFFORTS ON BENEATH THE EYRIE, THE THIRD ALBUM OF THEIR SECOND ERA.
GEAR BOX
ANOTHER GREEN WORLD • TAYLOR’S EBONY PROJECT HOPES TO ENSURE THE FUTURE OF AN ESSENTIAL TONEWOOD
Pentatonic Puzzle Pieces • How to soar along the neck using the minor pentatonic scale’s five adjacent, overlapping patterns
Jump Blues Guitar, Part 2 • We conclude our lesson on this uptempo style with extended musical examples inspired by Brian Setzer, Hollywood Fats and Jeff Beck
Technique Focus: Scale choices
SINGER-SONGWRITER TIPS • Use your guitar to find the best key for your voice
Supro 1697R GALAXY
Ernie Ball Music Man • CUTLASS ARTIST SERIES JASON RICHARDSON HH 7-STRING
Line 6 • SPIDER V 120 MK II
Eastman T484
KSR • CERES 3-CHANNEL PREAMP
Earthquaker Devices • PLUMES SMALL SIGNAL SHREDDER OVERDRIVE PEDAL
Celestion RUBY
Riversong • G2 SPECIAL EDITION
GUITAR SHOWCASE
Liona Boyd • Five Acts of a Legend