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Guitar Player • Vol. 55 No. 1 JANUARY 2021

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Atlantic Crossing • Amplified Nation’s Ampliphonix & Gain 50-watt head delivers inspired tones from both sides of the pond.

Ultimate Pedal Porn • Eilon Paz traveled the globe to assemble these definitive collections of stompbox photos and stories.

From Pop to Bop • Nir Felder ignores genre on two new discs that draw freely from blues-rock and jazz.

My Career in Five Songs • From rockabilly to big-band, Brian Setzer picks the tunes that have defined his genre-shifting catalog.

Rauncho Deluxe • Silvertone’s mid-’60s 1482 combo is crude, rude and full of attitude.

Deep Groove • Kenny Burrell and his band work the power of nuance on Midnight Blue.

HOW I SURVIVED 2020 • Lockdown be damned! Steve Vai has been busy planning for 2021 and beyond. Here are the albums and gear he has coming our way.

BEST OFF 2020 Artists’ Picks

The GEAR in REVIEW • WHAT IN THE WORLD OF GUITAR GOT US EXCITED IN 2020? GUITAR PLAYER’S EDITORS AND RE VIEWERS PICK THEIR 25 FAVORITE THINGS.

RESPECT • Jazz fingerstylist Lionel Loueke gives a musical fist bump to his mentor Herbie Hancock on HH.

Funk Brother • Oz Noy talks technique, tip jars and continuing down his last record’s path.

Instrumental Voices • On Share the Wealth, the expanded Nels Cline Singers mix notes and noise to great effect.

MESSAGE of LOVE • Desperate for a successful follow-up to his group’s 1969 breakthrough debut, Carlos Santana took his band closer to its Latin roots and the music they cherished. The result was their definitive record, and a number-one hit: Abraxas.

BLACK MAGIC WOMAN TONE • This refinished 1968 Gibson Les Paul Custom defined Carlos Santana’s supernatural sound on Abraxas and beyond.

SONIC VISIONS • Kaki King’s compositional curiosity and theatrical endeavors led her to an acoustic invention and an evocative new album: Modern Yesterdays.

Subdivide and Conquer • A methodical approach to mastering 16th-note rhythms.

Shot of ‘Love’ • George Harrison through the lens of the Avett Brothers.

Fender • STORIES COLLECTION BRENT MASON TELECASTER

Death by Audio • ROOMS REVERB

Radial Engineering • PZ-PRO TWO-CHANNEL ACOUSTIC PREAMP

Boss • OC-5 OCTAVE

Red Panda • CONTEXT 2 STEREO REVERB

“Feelin’ Alright?” • Dave Mason shares good memories of a song about feeling bad.