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  Our cover feature this month taps the craniums of some of the most knowledgeable and esteemed pedal builders in the industry to serve up the story and gory visual glory on rare, weird stompboxes that inspired them. For both recording newbies and tracking vets, we survey the market of new and upcoming studio gear that’s specifically well suited to helping guitarists capture stellar audio at a variety of price points—from interfaces to apps, mics, and more. Artist interviews this month include Baroness frontman John Baizley, Dweezil Zappa, Mutoid Man’s Stephen Brodsky, DJ Williams, Caspian’s Philip Jamieson and Calvin Joss. We also take you inside Les Paul’s Big Sound Experience, a travelling exhibit making stops around the country. Gear reviews this month include Reverend’s Descent RA Baritone, the Jackson SLATXMGQ 3-6 Soloist, Faith’s Neptune acoustic, the Nace Amps Pro-18, Analog Outfitters’ Scanner, the Jordan Fuzztite, Fulltone’s 2B, Malekko’s Scrutator, the Demeter Bass 400, the Danelectro Baby Sitar, Wampler’s Low Blow, the Red Witch Zeus, and the Soundtwirl iOS app.

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  2018 Digital Issue 02 February

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  Premier 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 03 March

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  Premier Guitar March 2018: Our annual Pro Pedalboards issue features an up-close and personal look at 10 boards from a range of players including the Fall of Troy’s Thomas Erak, Warpaint’s Emily Kokal and Theresa Wayman, Eric Gales, Nikki Monninger from Silversun Pickups, Mr. Big’s Billy Sheehan and Paul Gilbert, Larry LaLonde of Primus, and Dinosaur Jr.’s J Mascis. But that’s not all—we also take a look at a killer lineup of stomp stations from PG fans! On the interview front, this issue we chat with rockabilly legend Duane Eddy, blues-rock ripper Hannah Wicklund, and bass legend Lee Sklar. Gear-wise, we’ve got a cool DIY feature on simple guitar hacks that cost less than 12 bucks, and reviews of 13 guitar and bass gadgets, including Hagstrom’s new Fantomen 6-string, the Epiphone Embassy PRO bass, Electro-Harmonix’s Green Russian Big Muff, the Orange Fur Coat, Guild’s Jumbo Junior bass, the Fender Ed O’Brien Stratocaster, Nanolog Audio’s the WaveFunction, the Chellee Compy, Nolatone’s Club Master, the Lehle Mono Volume 90, Dunlop’s Geezer Butler Cry Baby wah, Seafoam Pedals’ Lighthouse, and Cloud Microphones’ Cloudlifter Zi DI. Lastly, we’ve also got transcriptions of three rad tunes (print edition only): Eric Johnson’s “Cliffs of Dover,” Deftones’ “My Own Summer (Shove It),” and jazz-great Jim Hall’s take on the classic Sonny Rollins tune “St. Thomas.”