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Guitar Player • Vol. 54 No. 8 AUGUST 2020

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Re-Enter the Sundragon • Jimmy Page’s Supro Coronado is remade in a more affordable Standard Edition.

Guitar Not Required • Wayne Krantz’s new music moves from his mind to the score.

New Shades of Blues • Australia’s Hamish Anderson finds freshness in the familiar.

Three’s Company • On Angular Blues, master improviser Wolfgang Muthspiel brings his conversational approach to a trio setting.

Fuzz Nuts • In the mid 1960s, British musicians and pedal makers went crazy for the Sola Sound Tone Bender.

Music From the Heart • Jazz guitarist Susan Weinert lived for music.

Slim Pickings • With its ultra-narrow neck, the 1968 Vox Sidewinder Bass IV puts the low end in easy reach for guitarists.

BLACK to the FUTURE • THE DE ATH OF AC/DC FRONTMAN BON SCOTT IN FEBRUARY 1980 MIGHT HAVE DEALT A FATAL BLOW TO THE BAND. INSTEAD, THEY CARRIED ON AND MADE THE BIGGEST-SELLING ROCK ALBUM OF ALL TIME: BACK IN BLACK.

Less Is More • Angus Young’s weapon of choice, the Gibson SG has been a favorite for players across the genres. This is how it came to be.

The First SGs • The Standard, Custom and Junior models

BACK on the CHAIN GANG • CHRISSIE HYNDE CELEBRATES HER BAND ON A STUDIO ALBUM THAT HEARKENS BACK TO THE PRETENDERS’ HEYDAY.

The REVELATIONS of JASON ISBELL • HE MAY BE HIS GENERATION’S ANSWER TO SONGWRITERS LIKE TOM PETTY AND JOHN PRINE. BUT ON REUNIONS, THE AMERICANA LINCHPIN SHOWS THAT HIS FRETBOARD SKILLS DESERVE AS MUCH RECOGNITION.

’BURST… OR BUST • What Jason Isbell did to own Ed King’s legendary “Red Eye” Les Paul.

The RAISING of LAZARUS • THE OLD GIBSON WAS UNRECOGNIZABLE AND UNPLAYABLE. BUT DETECTIVE WORK UNCOVERED THE TALE BEHIND ITS DEMISE AND INSPIRED ITS NEW OWNER TO BRING IT BACK FROM THE DEAD.

SALVATION SONGS • Alain Johannes turns illness and loss into acoustic beauty on Hum.

Blues Comping 101 • Standard, effective rhythm and chord playing approaches for blues.

Bending Steel • Learn how to mimic the sweetly weeping sounds of the pedal steel guitar.

Rules of Thumb • Five ways to make use of your fifth finger.

Fender • 70TH ANNIVERSARY BROADCASTER

Celestion • F12-X200 SPEAKER

Fishman • ACOUSTIC POWERTAP SERIES

PRS • TONARE PARLOR SE P20E

Pigtronix • INFINITY 2 DOUBLE LOOPER

Danelectro • 3699 FUZZ

“Race with Devil on Spanish Highway” • Al Di Meola recalls creating his 1977 “shred” masterpiece.