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From the Editor

Guitar Player • Vol. 53 No. 11 NOVEMBER 2019

OPENING NOTES

Interact! • JOIN THE GP COMMUNITY!

Tangled Up in Blues • Samantha Fish gets the Memphis blues again on Kill or Be Kind.

Hill Country Homecoming • The North Mississippi Allstars bring it back home on Up and Rolling.

Long Time Gone • Unable to tour, Dickey Betts delivers a live film and album that bring his music to the fans.

Messin’ With the Kids • Tyler Bryant & the Shakedown bring riff-driven blues-rock to a new generation.

Double Player • Gibson unveils the Slash 1966 EDS-1275 Doubleneck.

The Soldano SLO 100

Nikki O’Neill

Sculpting Solos

Red Simpson, Roll Truck Roll

1957 Guyatone LG-40 “Hi-Tone”

BROTHER IN ARMS • WHETHER FRONTING GOV’T MULE OR PERFORMING WITH ACTS ACROSS THE GENRES, WARREN HAYNES IS THE HEART AND SOUL OF THE MUSIC.

ROAD WORN • With more than a dozen Gibsons and some choice amps and effects on hand, Haynes is loaded for bear.

JUKE JOINT HERO • AFTER A FIVE-YEAR BREAK, DAN AUERBACH REGROUPS THE BLACK KEYS FOR LET’S ROCK, THEIR HOMAGE TO GOOD ’N GREASY BLUES ROCK.

SECOND TIME’S A CHARM • RECORDED PIECEMEAL IN STUDIOS A CROSS THE U.S. AND U.K., LED ZEPPELIN’S SECOND ALBUM DEFINED BLUES-ROCK AT THE DAWN OF THE 1970s.

WHOLE LOTTA LOVE • (PAGE, PLANT, JONES, BONHAM, DIXON)

WHAT IS AND WHAT SHOULD NEVER BE • (PAGE, PLANT)

THE LEMON SONG • (PAGE, PLANT, JONE S, BONHAM, BURNE TT)

THANK YOU • (PAGE, PLANT)

HEARTBREAKER • (PAGE, PLANT, JONE S, BONHAM)

LIVING LOVING MAID (SHE’S JUST A WOMAN) • (PAGE, PLANT)

RAMBLE ON • (PAGE, PLANT)

MOBY DICK

BRING IT ON HOME • (DIXON)

50 YEARS AFTER • IN 1969, WOODSTOCK QUICKLY CATAPULTED ALVIN LEE AND TEN YEARS AFTER TO FAME AND MADE BIG RED, LEE’S ICONIC GIBSON ES-335, A LEGENDARY GUITAR.

INTO THE FIRE • BRUCE COCKBURN DELIVERS A BATCH OF 11 NEW, INSPIRED ACOUSTIC INSTRUMENTALS ON HIS LATEST ALBUM, CROWING IGNITES.

Cruise Control • A look at the smooth, Texas-sized melodic phrasing and signature fretboard navigation techniques of ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons.

Symmetrical Connections • How to relate the half-whole diminished scale’s recurring fretboard patterns to associated chord shapes in a musical way.

Pickup Lines • How to choose the right acoustic guitar pickup

Hotter Than July • Midsummer found us once again at the center of the hottest spot on the planet: Nashville’s Summer NAMM Show. Here’s some of our favorite new gear.

Martin • MODERN DELUXE OM-28 AND D-28

Kemper • PROFILER STAGE

Line 6 • POWERCAB 212 PLUS

Eastwood • BACKLUND ROCKERBOX

Fishman • TRIPLEPLAY CONNECT

Electro-Harmonix • ATTACK DECAY

PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT

Alan Wilson • Five Acts of a Legend