2019 Digital Issue 04 April
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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.
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2018 Digital Issue 02 February
$3.99$0.99Premier Guitar February 2018: Our cover story this month tackles the gargantuan task of highlighting the guitars, amps, and effects—and associated players—that epitomize the movements in rock ’n’ roll during each decade, going back to its birth in the 1950s. New artist interviews include chats with Joe Satriani, Dhani Harrison, Chelsea Wolfe, Bruce Cockburn, Victor Wooten, and Pat Martino. We also take a look at what everyday guitarists and bassists can do to be more mindful of the environment in their day-to-day habits as players. Gear reviews this issue include the Epiphone Les Paul SL, MXR’s Booster Mini, Epigaze Audio’s Civic Crown, the SoundBrut DrVa, Vox’s Adio Air BS, the Catalinbread Belle Epoch Deluxe, Warwick’s RockBass Corvette Basic 8, EarthQuaker Devices’ Data Corrupter, Martin’s 2017 D-28, the Boss MD-500, G&L’s Doheny, the API TranZformer LX, and ValveTrain’s Thunder/Train. We’ve also got three song tabs (print edition only): Maren Morris & Vince Gill’s “Dear Hate,” Mahavishnu Orchestra’s “Birds of Fire,” and Stevie Wonder’s “Superstition.”
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2018 Digital Issue 05 May
$3.99$0.99Premier Guitar May 2018: Our annual DIY issue serves up a massive feature detailing our recommended mods for four famously affordable instruments—three 6-strings and a bass—that serve as excellent platforms for getting a “custom” axe at a price way lower than a luthier-built alternative. Meanwhile, our interview lineup sees us chatting with Aerosmith legend Joe Perry, Bones guitarist (and Jeff Beck collaborator) Carmen Vandenberg, avant-jazz vet Bill Frisell, Corrosion of Conformity’s Pepper Keenan and Woody Weatherman, and acoustic trooper John Prine. Gear reviews this month include comprehensive looks at Dr. Z’s Z-PLUS combo, Tech 21’s GED-2112 Geddy Lee SansAmp, the Pigtronix Mothership 2, Universal Audio’s OX, the Modulus Graphite Funk Unlimited RevOLite 4, Magnetic Effects’ Midphoria, Darkglass Electronics’ Alpha•Omicron, the Koll Super Cub, Massive Effects’ G.O.A.F., Schuyler Dean’s Jazzmaster Gold Foil pickups, the Gamechanger Audio Plus pedal, Subdecay’s Vector, and the Fender CN-60S nylon-string.
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2017 Digital Issue 03 March
$3.99$0.99This year’s annual Pro Pedalboards issue features up-close-and-personal picks of the stomp stations used by Chris Robinson and Neal Casal, Prophets of Rage and RATM bassist Tim Commerford, Band of Skulls’ Emma Richardson and Russell Marsden, Teppei Teranishi and Dustin Kensrue of Thrice, Modest Mouse’s Jim Fairchild, Brad Whitford, Bloc Party’s Russell Lissack and Justin Harris, and Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Flea and Josh Klinghoffer. (We also spotlight a handful of sweet-looking reader boards!) At the other end of the signal chain, we’ve got an insightful feature on the far-reaching history of the plectrum. Meanwhile, our artist interviews section this month includes chats with Kristin Hersh (of Throwing Muses and 50FootWave), Dean Ween, Harvey Mandel, Luke Temple, AZIZA’s Dave Holland and Lionel Loueke, and Oozing Wound’s Zack Weil and Kevin Cribbin. Our gear-review section includes in-depth looks at IK Multimedia’s Fender Collection 2, Rock Stock’s Skyline Reverb, the BAE Hot Fuzz, Amptweaker’s Bass TightMetal Jr., the Paul Reed Smith Sonzera 50 combo, Supro’s Westbury, G&L’s Kiloton 4-string, the DigiTech Whammy Ricochet, Bullhead Amplification’s Matador half-stack, Joe Gore’s Gross, the Epifani Piccolo 999, Daredevil Pedals’ Red Light District, and D’Angelico’s Premier SS.