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Guitar Player • Vol. 54 No. 2 FEBRUARY 2020

Raid Our Stash!

Interact!

Heaven Can Wait • The Darkness crank up the Marshalls on their new biblical concept album. Just don’t call them rock and roll saviors.

Proof of Concept • Bassist Bryan Beller straps on a six-string and rallies star guitarists for Scenes from the Flood.

Space Man • On Ma, Devendra Banhart strives to find the essence of music between the notes.

Power Sharing • On their sophomore effort, the Seratones’ collaborative approach produces solid-gold soul.

My Career in Five—No, Six—Songs • “Rock and roll specialist” Waddy Wachtel tells the stories behind his greatest classic cuts.

1983 Zemaitis Custom De Luxe

Joanne Shaw Taylor

New Directions in Echo

Lee Konitz, Motion

Mid-Fi Electronics guitar pedals

The LATE ARRIVAL • IN 1966, WHILE THE BEATLES WERE GLOBAL SUPERSTARS, GEORGE HARRISON STOPPED PLAYING THE GUITAR. ROCK AND ROLL WOULD NEVER BE THE SAME AGAIN.

FAB FOUR • A quartet of guitars from Harrison’s late-’60s era.

BY GEORGE! • 10 of Harrison’s best tracks from 1968–1970

NASHVILLE CAT • BOB DYLAN! GEORGE HARRIS ON! RINGO STARR! CHARLIE DANIELS GOES BEHIND THE MUSIC OF NASHVILLE SKYLINE AND TELL SHOW ARE CORDING SESSION FOR THE LEGENDARY ALBUM HELPED LAUNCH HIS CAREER.

Hold the Line • TOTO CALL IT QUITS IN THE MIDDLE OF THEIR MOST SUCCESSFUL TOUR EVER. STEVE LUKATHER CALCULATES THE FALLOUT FROM THE LAWSUIT THAT BROKE UP THE 40-YEAR-OLD HITMAKERS.

“DON’T SIGN $#!% YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND” • Steve Lukather’s top-five tips for a successful music career

Score Some MOORE • THE LATEST AUCTION OF GARY MOORE’S GEAR PLACED ITEMS FROM THE LATE GUITARIST’S RIG WITHIN REACH OF COLLECTORS ON A MODEST BUDGET. GRAHAM LILLEY, THE NORTHERN IRISH LEGEND’S LONG-TIME FRIEND AND TECH, GIVES US A CLOSE LOOK AT SOME OF THE GUITARS, PEDALS AND AMPS THAT WENT UNDER THE HAMMER.

2001 GIBSON ES-335 DOT

EARLY ’60S BURNS SONIC

1995 GIBSON ES-135

GET ON ’BOARD • MOORE’S PEDALS, FROM BOX-FRESH TO ROAD-WORN.

BACKLINE BEAUTIES • EACH OF THESE TOOK A TURN ONSTAGE WITH MOORE.

MASTER TRACKING TIPS • Nashville session ace Jerry McPherson delivers deep acoustic insights.

Holdsworth for Mortals, Part 1 • An accessible guide to the brilliantly original and highly unusual scale-based chord voicings and single-note soloing style of Allan Holdsworth.

Technique Focus: The Major Family

Technique Focus: Scales

Riffs You Can Use • Learn these 22 riff ideas, suitable for everyday applications.

Dealing with the Darkness • Remedies and recommendations for acoustic guitar winter care

Fender • AMERICAN ULTRA JAZZMASTER AND STRATOCASTER

Echopark • CLARENCE 25

ElectroPhonic • MODEL ONE

Music Man • MARIPOSA

Seymour Duncan • DARK SUN DIGITAL DELAY + REVERB

Electro-Harmonix • MOD 11 MODULATOR MACHINE

Gibson • SHERYL CROW COUNTRY WESTERN SUPREME

Martin • DX JOHNNY CASH

{GUITAR SHOWCASE}

Beverly “Guitar” Watkins • Five Acts of a Legend