August 2012 Vol 23 No 11

BLUES DRIVER

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COVERSTORY

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Goodw

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Interviews

Sonny Landreth

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Landreth is joined by two other guitar greats on his ambitious new instrumental album Elemental Journey – Julian Piper gets involved

Geddy Lee

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The mighty Rush return to the fray with an assured new concept album. Pete Langman meets bassist and frontman Geddy Lee

Workshops

DIY PCB Tutorial

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Huw Price opens the doors to the world of pedal-building with a step-by-step guide to making your own Printed Circuit Board

Play Like James Williamson 112 Huw Price examines James Williamson’s characteristic guitar work on The Stooges’ classic Raw Power album

Play Like Paul Simonon 120 This month’s bass tutorial takes on Paul Simonon’s mighty bass skills on The Clash’s seminal punk record London Calling

Joe Bonamassa is at the top of the blues-rock tree and with his new album of classic British blues lighting up the charts, it seems the only way is up

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PAUL KOSSOFF LES PAUL A perfect match?

Regulars READERS LETTERS 8 NEWS 10 TALES FROM THE ROAD 16 ALBUM REVIEWS 18

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FENDER STRATS

Dapper duo

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Cover photo: Chrissie Goodwin

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Gear

Fender American Standard Strat & FSR American Deluxe Strat 42 We take a look at Fender’s latest electric offerings – two shiny new versions of a classic Tokai Brio 46 Novel looks and all-round sensibilities make Tokai’s new six-string well worth investigation Kustom Defender V15 Combo 50 Small in stature, large in tone – Kustom’s new 1X10 offers a solid range of low-end options Shere Sound RIF Firefly 54 Amp-builder Dave Petersen takes on the might of the valve amp with his classy new solid state Tung-Sol Valve Roundup 58 Mike Matthews-owned Tung-Sol are masters of the valve – we put five through their paces Jim Dunlop Eric Johnson Fuzz Face & Zakk Wylde Rotovibe 64 When two legendary guitarists put their names to two Jim Dunlop classics we take note Hohner EP-1 SF & EP-1 S0CE 70 One’s a tone-perfect bedroom strummer and the other one is just asking for an amp Tanglewood TW-15 OP 74 It may be a simple affair with a lot of competition but its a worthy new dread Fender American Standard Precision & Pawn Shop Reverse Jaguar Basses 80 Two new four strings: a P-bass that gets a subtle step up and a unique Pawn Shop newbie Darkglass Overdrive & 3Leaf Audio GR2 Envelope Filter 84 Gareth Morgan plugs in to two hand-made boutique stomp boxes and discovers the hefty price tag is well worth saving up for

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JIM DUNLOP

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HOHNER

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SHERE SOUND

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TOKAI

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Vintage

Private Collection

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Lars Mullen meets Jools Hollands’ bassist Dave Swift and salivates at a simply sensational hoard of four strings

Hooked On Classics

Phil Harris waxes lyrical over some of his all-time favourite vintage amp heads

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The Bishop of Denmark Street 88 Sid Bishop has played just about every vintage guitar known to man - here’s his top ten

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