Contents

egulars 003..........Editor’s Welcome 028..........TheWishlist 033..........The Lineup 036..........The Mod Squad 038..........Opinion 042..........Substitute 044..........Perfect 11 046..........Feedback 050..........New Music 052..........One For The Road 054..........Backtracking 110..........Subscribe 120.......... Board Games 128..........Longterm Test 133..........Gear Q&A 136..........Classic Gear 140..........Old Gold 152..........Reader Ads 154..........Next Month

& Anomalies 119 .......... Brantone Woodstock 121 .......... Earthquaker Westwood TECHNIQUES 142 .......... Left-hand single notes with Phil Hilborne 147 .......... Blues Headlines with Richard Barrett ISSUE 431 APRIL 2018

Cover FEATURE 082 .......... Fender American Originals We get our

hands on a new 60s Strat, 50s Tele and 60s Jaguar

FEATURES 058.......... Michael Landau 064.......... Josh Smith interview & masterclass 092..........NAMM: The best gear from this year’s show 118.......... Tone Makers: Tim Webster 122.......... Workshop: Gordon Smith Guitars

New Gear 010 .......... D’Angelico Premier Bob Weir & Premier DC 016 .......... Orange Terror Rocker 15 Head & Brent

Hinds Terror Head 022 .......... Yamaha FG-TA & FS-TA 112 .......... Drybell Vibe Machine V2 114 .......... Boss RV-500 and MD-500 116 .......... Fuzzrocious Cat Tail, lunaReclipse

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