Digital Back Issues

Premier Guitar May 2019: DIY projects to turn three entry-level axes into secret weapons. Interviews: Clementine Creevy, Gary Clark, Jr., Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks, and Joe Morris. Reviews: Carvin, EHX, EarthQuaker Devices, Gretsch, Strymon, Orange, Reverend, HeadRush, Wampler, and more.

Premier Guitar April 2019: NAMM 2019 gear-show recap. Interviews with Sarah Longfield, Steve Gunn and Kurt Vile, Dream Theater’s John Petrucci and John Myung, Charlie Sexton, and Rush’s Geddy Lee. Thirteen gear reviews: Friedman, EHX, One Control, Adventure Audio, MXR, Schecter, IK Multimedia, Source Audio, Fender, Jext Telez, 3 Leaf, and Aguilar.

Premier GuitarJanuary 2019: Our cover story this issue is an interview with Adam “Nergal” Darski, frontman for influential extreme-metal outfit Behemoth, whose new albumI Loved You at Your Darkestis making waves for building on the band’s legacy of brutal music while also bucking trends held perhaps a bit too dear by the genre’s more hardcore adherents. In addition, we’ve also got in-depth talks with heavy-hitters such as Chan Marshall (aka Cat Power), MC5 legend Wayne Kramer, Slash and Myles Kennedy, and Larkin Poe’s Megan and Rebecca Lovell. On the gear front, we’ve got an in-depth look at the history of the mighty Tone Bender fuzz, as well as 13 guitar and bass reviews: Seymour Duncan’s Fooz Analog Fuzz Synth, MXR’s 5150 Chorus, the Carr Telstar, the Squier Contemporary Jazz HH, Ananashead’s Meteorite, Sadowsky’s MetroExpress, the Boss TU-03, Hotone’s Binary Eko, the Dophix Nettuno, Eastman’s V64 semi-hollowbody, Dunable’s SplatterBlaster, the Tone King Sky King, and the Mattoverse Electronics Inflection Point. In the print edition (only), we’ve also got full transcriptions of The Sword’s “Winter’s Wolves,” Joe Bonamassa’s “Love Is a Gamble,” Tommy Emmanuel’s rendition of “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.”

Premier Guitar October 2018: It’s baaaaack! Our annual Pedal Issue—always the most anticipated of the year—is here again to blow both your mind and bank account with a trove of expert reviews on tone treasures for every taste. In all, it’s 31 stomps ranging from overdrives and decadent fuzzes to modulation marvels, delays, ’verbs, weird stuff, and even a few bass stomps. We’ve got mainstream brands like Electro-Harmonix, Fender, MXR, Boss, Ernie Ball, Aguilar, Ampeg, ZVEX, Line 6, and Way Huge, as well as up-and-coming outfits like Southampton, Terry Audio, OnkartGromt, Stacks FX, Escape Plan, Wilson Effects, and Tsakalis Audioworks. We’ve also got reviews of Milkman Sound’s The Amp, the Cort CJ Retro Jumbo, and Eastwood’s Airline Pocket Bass. Meanwhile, our feature section serves up chats with Alice in Chains’ Jerry Cantrell and William DuVall, Neko Case, Peter Buck and Joseph Arthur, and Grammy-winner Fantastic Negrito.  We’ve also got complete song tabs (print edition only) for Julian Lage’s “Splendor Riot,” Ace Frehley’s “New York Groove,” and the Killers’ “Mr. Brightside.”

Premier Guitar September 2018: Our cover story this month is a chat with influential former Smiths guitarist (and now rather prolific solo artist and sideman) Johnny Marr, who talks to us about his latest album, Call the Comet, as well as his favorite gear—including his signature Fender Jaguars. We also talk to T.J. and John from blazing country/rock duo Brothers Osborne, drone-doom guitarist Dylan Carlson of Earth, experimental shredder Emil Werstler, and avant-garde guitar andworld explorer Henry Kaiser. On the gear front, we’ve got a best-of wrap of our 25 favorite pieces of new gear from the annual Summer NAMM show in Nashville, as well as a primer on what to look for in acoustic DI boxes. Meanwhile, our reviews section has 13 guitar and bass deep-dives on EarthQuaker Devices’ Westwood, the Guild Jetstar, Friedman’s BE-50, the Line 6 Powercab 112 Plus, Ibanez’s TCB1006 ALM Stephen “Thundercat” Bruner signature bass, the Origin Effects RevivalDRIVE, Fender’s Player Series Jaguar, the TC Electronic SpectraDrive, Wren and Cuff’s Two-Five, Nunomo’s the Grain, JAM Pedals’ Ripply Fall, the Crazy Tube Circuits Locomotive, and more. In our print edition (only), we’ve also got three full tablature transcriptions of Megadeth’s “Guns, Drugs, & Money,” John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers’ “Steppin’ Out,” and Ben Harper’s “The Woman in You.”