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Tracing the History of Guitar Tab, From Seeger to Steve Vai
Pro-Advice

Tracing the History of Guitar Tab, From Seeger to Steve Vai

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A row of colorful electric bass guitars displayed on a wooden rack.
Esoterica Electrica

We Could All Stand to Learn More From the Bass

A man smiles as another signs an acoustic guitar in a backstage setting.
Pro-Advice

Willie Nelson and the Lost Art of Relentless Creation

A vintage guitar leans against a burlap sack labeled "Canadian Hand Picked Beans."
Pro-Advice

A Father’s Cherry Wood Becomes a One-of-a-Kind T-Style

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How a Four-Pickup Vintage Teisco Electric Continues to Inspire
Even after decades of playing, this vintage oddity keeps stoking the creative fires.
Pro-Advice

How a Four-Pickup Vintage Teisco Electric Continues to Inspire

Stompboxtober 2025: SoloDallas
Stompboxtober

Stompboxtober 2025: SoloDallas

Intimate music performance with a captivated audience in a cozy, instrument-filled space.
Pro-Advice

A Look Inside Montreal’s Guitar-Building Cooperative

Banjo builder May Shukla tells us about a luthier shop where everything from resources to rent are shared among members.

Black electric guitar in front of two Marshall amplifiers on a patterned rug.
Vintage Vault

Check Out This Pristine 1959 Les Paul Custom

Need we say more? Read on to see how Carter Vintage maintained the magic in this iconic instrument.

Striking a New Chord
Tuning Up

Striking a New Chord

An introduction from Premier Guitar's new Editorial Director.

Wah-Wah 101
State of the Stomp

Wah-Wah 101

The ongoing history of the band-pass filter effect that Hendrix, Clapton, and generations of musicians that followed made famous.

Close-up of a shiny gold electric guitar's bridge and strings.
Esoterica Electrica

Find Your Voice

When Breaking Into the Business of Guitars, Find Your Voice

Question of the Month: The Pedals of Our Dreams
Question & Obsession

Question of the Month: The Pedals of Our Dreams

For this month’s pedal issue, we brainstorm the stomps that would make our rigs complete, led by our guest picker Penelope Stevens of Halifax band Motherhood.

Red Light Fright
Last Call

Red Light Fright

Studio recording anxiety can be crippling, but try to make it liberating.

Close-up of a vibrant electric guitar with a yellow body and red marbled finish.
Reader Guitar of the Month

A Psychedelic Swirl S-style Honors a Lucky Black Cat

Reader Cary Cummings’ playful solidbody pays tribute to a mischievous and much-missed good friend.

Young man carefully shapes a wooden guitar body in a workshop.
Acoustic Soundboard

Hammer Time: How a New Tool Is Changing How Luthiers Understand Tonewood

The Acousonix Sonic Hammer is taking the science of acoustic sound to a new level.

A Low-Cost Gamma for the Gigging Guitarist
The Good Stuff

A Low-Cost Gamma for the Gigging Guitarist

Hard-working 6-stringer Skip Heller jumps between varied gigs with an inexpensive workhorse.