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Forgotten Heroes: Jimmy Wyble
Artist Features

Forgotten Heroes: Jimmy Wyble

An incredibly talented guitar player and teacher who created a family tree of musicians built on sincerity and patience.

Tuning Up: Pick a Platform—Any Platform (Plus! Ratings Revised)
Columns

Tuning Up: Pick a Platform—Any Platform (Plus! Ratings Revised)

When it comes to the types, quality, and depth of guitar-freak content on the market, we’re pretty confident no other media outlet matches Premier Guitar.

Album Review: Mark Lanegan Band - "Blues Funeral"
All Reviews

Album Review: Mark Lanegan Band - "Blues Funeral"

Lanegan continues a long line of meaningful collaboration, which includes half a decade with QOTSA and three albums with Belle & Sebastian’s Isobel Curtis.

Tone Tips from the Road: Covering the Tonal Bases Part 2—Amps
Gear

Tone Tips from the Road: Covering the Tonal Bases Part 2—Amps

Like most guitarists, I own several different amps. That way, depending on the style of music I’m playing on the road, I can achieve the different sounds I need.

Dad’s Old Guitar
Acoustic Soundboard

Dad’s Old Guitar

It had been his dad’s guitar since the age of 16, when his uncle bought it for him around 1940 at a pawnshop in Roanoke, Virginia.

More Primary Tele Tone Mods
Gear

More Primary Tele Tone Mods

Hardware has a huge influence on the primary tone of any guitar, and it’s here that different materials can really make a difference.

Godin 5th Avenue Uptown GT Electric Guitar Review
Gear

Godin 5th Avenue Uptown GT Electric Guitar Review

A dual humbucker model with Bigsby vibrato and several clever design decisions that give it an impressive modern feel and a wider array of sounds than you’ll find elsewhere in the 5th Avenue line.

1957 Gretsch 6022 Rancher
Vintage Vault

1957 Gretsch 6022 Rancher

The Rancher was a 17"-wide jumbo acoustic with a triangular soundhole based on Gretsch’s earlier 125F, but with Western-themed decorations similar to the Chet Atkins 6120, 6121, and the 6130 Round Up.

Album Review: Rodrigo Y Gabriela and C.U.B.A. - "Area 52"
Reviews

Album Review: Rodrigo Y Gabriela and C.U.B.A. - "Area 52"

The wildly talented Mexican guitar duo selected nine tracks from their last two albums, reworking them with the ace guidance of British jazz pianist Alex Wilson and the 13-piece C.U.B.A. orchestra.

Martin Style Types
Effects

Martin Style Types

Style numbers indicate the construction materials and appointments of the guitar, and this system allows for several combinations between body shapes and styles.