Guitar & Bass magazine provides in-depth and essential reading for the serious guitarist, with dozens of guitar tests, playing techniques, an exclusive bass section and in-depth features on guitar heroes past, present and future. Each issue is packed full of reviews of the latest guitars, amps, effects and basses. Guitar & Bass magazine also delivers the informed verdict on home recording equipment and regularly offers tips on buying second hand and vintage gear. When you occasionally put down that guitar, it is also packed full of interviews with the great and good of guitardom!

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FRETBUZZ • Your letters and observations on the world of guitar

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PANIC SHACK • With Radio 1, BBC Introducing and NME all excited about the Cardiff band, we meet Panic Shack guitar player Romi Lawrence to talk rejecting labels, borrowed gear and synchronised swimming

BLACK STONE CHERRY THE HUMAN CONDITION • The Kentucky band on their guttural riffery, triple-tracked guitars, embracing ‘English’ chord work and tackling the human condition

THE PLAYLIST • This month’s essential tracks for guitar lovers

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EDWARD VAN HALEN 1955-2020 • HE CAME HE SAW HE REINVENTED ELECTRIC GUITAR PLAYING

GEAR INNOVATOR • EVH’s playing was pushed boundaries but his unique approach to gear was equally revolutionary in the 1970s and beyond. His endless pursuit of perfection saw him refining for the next 40 years – and changing the industry along with it

EDDIE VAN HALEN’S 20 GREATEST GUITAR MOMENTS RANKED • He tapped, he tinkered, he thrilled and he turned the guitar world upside down. But Eddie Van Halen’s feel and musicality were his most outstanding gifts as a guitar player. Here’s our pick of 20 of the most awe-inspiring moments from the career of one of the instrument’s true legends

IDLES • Since bursting on to the scene in 2017 IDLES have become the standard bearers for a new kind of rock ’n’ roll masculinity. Now as they unleash third album Ultra Mono on the world, we caught up with guitarists Mark Bowen and Lee Kiernan to find out how on earth we got here…

London Calling • When Joe Bonamassa decided he wanted to make an album that wasn’t just inspired by his love of British blues-rock but felt authentically like a British record, there was only one thing to do. He holed up in Abbey Road Studios with Bernie Marsden and an all-star band, picked up a load of vintage British gear and emerged five weeks later with Royal Tea. We take a sip and sit down with the 43-year-old to discuss Bursts, playing under pressure, cheese toasties and the 20th anniversary of his solo recording career

Bonamassa & THE BEAST • Bernie Marsden’s main squeeze is one of the most famous of all the fabled 1959 Les Paul Standards and its role in Whitesnake mega-hits is well documented. But what’s it really like to get up close and personal with The Beast? And how does it stack up compared to other Bursts? We ask a man who has played a few…

QUIET STORM • Bernie Marsden’s love of molten electric blues is well documented but over the past couple of decades he’s added some spectacular vintage acoustics to his guitar collection. We check out the highlights and find out how he was bitten by the unplugged bug

FANO OMNIS GF6 & MG6 • One of the biggest names on the US boutique guitar scene launches its most affordable instruments to date

GTE URBAN ASH • If travel guitars sound too small but you find full-size acoustics unwieldy, Taylor’s new Grand Theater might be the highly evolved solution you’ve been waiting for

GRAND DESIGNS • Andy Powers explains the thinking behind the Taylor GT’s scale length and new C-Class bracing pattern

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