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“I’m going to go home broke because I shipped everything over here... but at least I’ll have my sound”: Talking gear, tone and technique with the great Eric Johnson – and the “stigma” around modifying vintage Strats (opens the original)
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It’s been 13 years since Guitarist stood onstage with Eric Johnson for a tour of his rig. And we muse that it had probably seen some changes since that time. “Not as many as you’d think,” he says with a laugh, explaining that he actually ships his USA rig across to Europe, rather than hiring backline on this side of the Atlantic. “Yeah, it’s pretty extravagant,” he continues. “I’m going to go home broke because I shipped everything over here, so I’ll be eating bread and cheese for the next year
“I got back into classic jazz… exploring all those wonderful guitarists – Wes Montgomery, Pat Martino, Kenny Burrell and Grant Green”: Deirdre Cartwright on why she’s still flying the flag for jazz standards (opens the original)
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Many people will always associate Deirdre Cartwright with the BBC Two programme RockSchool, which ran from 1983 to 1987 and was hosted by top players and teachers of the day: Henry Thomas, Alastair Gavin and Geoff Nicholls. The show featured tutorials on various styles of popular music as well as pro tips on maintaining gear. Since then, Deirdre has become a well-known jazz player on the festival and club circuits and has released a string of albums under her own name, as well as been an ensembl
“Compares well with instruments costing at least twice as much”: Epiphone Marcus King Dorado review (opens the original)
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The Marcus King El Dorado easily hits the benchmark that Epiphone has set for itself over the last few years in that it’s a nicely built, well-equipped guitar with a set of very capable sounds that compares well with instruments costing at least twice as much. A well-made and nicely voiced dreadnought. It has an extra helping of collectability. A little weighty and not everyone’s a fan of larger dreads. You can trust Guitar World Our expert reviewers spend hours testing and comparing guitar prod
How Blind Guitars is redefining the traditional blues acoustic guitar: “A vision of roots burnished to a golden glow that transcend their humble origins” (opens the original)
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Blind Guitars hails from Anglet in France with luthier Virgile Pilon at the helm. Somewhat surprisingly, for such a modern-looking guitar, Virgile’s mission is to try to recreate the sound of the acoustic blues players from the 1920s and ’30s. But he will build each commission he receives in accordance with an individual musician’s needs. “I make each guitar according to the playing, the affinities and the taste of each musician,” he says, “with the goal of getting as close as possible to their
“He was one of the world’s top authorities on guitars. His depth of knowledge really was that astounding”: The life and times of game-changing guitar journalist Dave Burrluck (opens the original)
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Of all the obituaries relating to industry figures that we have published in past months, this one has been the hardest to write. When you lose a member of a tightly knit team suddenly and unexpectedly, it’s akin to grieving a family member. And the sense of loss is definitely on that kind of level among the magazine staff. After all, Dave was entrenched in guitar journalism well before any of us had even thought of doing what we do today. Despite being such a well-known music industry figure, D
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