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Guitar Player • Vol. 53 No. 12 DECEMBER 2019

OPENING NOTES

Interact! • JOIN THE GP COMMUNITY!

Moving On • Scott Henderson keeps the fun in fusion with his latest musical chapter.

Recording Angels • Lillie Mae perfects dreamy Americana on Other Girls.

Main Squeeze • Currently on the road with their Songbook tour, Squeeze co-founders Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook talk 45 years of writing hits.

PHOENIX RISING • A REVITALIZED GIBSON COMES BACK STRONG WITH INSPIRING ARTIST MODELS AND A NEW SPIRIT OF COLLABORATION.

MEET YOUR MAKER

1976 Boss CE-1 Chorus Ensemble

Marian Hall

Taking Orders

Buddy Emmons, Emmons Guitar Inc.

1967 Kent Model 834

FABLES OF THE DECONSTRUCTION • JEFF TWEEDY AND NELS CLINE TELL HOW CHEAPO GUITARS, RUBBER BRIDGES AND SONIC OBLITERATION HELPED THEM FIND HAPPINESS ON ODE TO JOY.

END of the LINE • STREAMING MADE ALBUMS IRRELEVANT. SO SHERYL CROW DECIDED TO MAKE THIS ONE HER LAST.

BONNIE RAITT • “Live Wire”

LUKAS NELSON • “Cross Creek Road”

LARGER THAN LIFE • ADRIAN BELEW PUSHES THE LIMITS OF SONG AND SOUND ON POP SIDED, HIS NEW ALBUM OF ANYTHING-BUT-CONVENTIONAL POP MUSIC.

The CONJURER • COAXING NEW SOUNDS FROM OLD EFFECTS, ROBBIE ROBERTSON RAISES THE GHOSTS OF HIS YOUTH ON SINEMATIC.

DANCING with DESTINY • ROBBIE ROBERTSON TELLS THE HISTORY BEHIND THE BRONZE FENDER STRATOCASTER THAT BECAME THE GUITAR STAR OF THE LAST WALTZ.

ACOUSTIC TRAILS • Country Music documentarist Ken Burns and Vince Gill explore the acoustic’s lineage, from Mother Maybelle Carter to Johnny Cash.

The Art of Voice Leading • How to emphasize and economize the movement of each individual note in a chord progression.

Koto-Graphic • How to mimic the exotic, melancholy sound of the Japanese koto

Body and Soul • What guitar body size will bring out the best in you?

Supro • 1296 SILVERWOOD

Revv Amplification • D20

Ross Audibles • COMPRESSOR AND DISTORTION PEDALS

Tex Amplifiers • MINI EF86 COMBO

Lollar • MINIBROLIER PICKUPS

Gibson • G-45 STANDARD

PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT

Ric Ocasek • Five Acts of a Legend