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tHe ESSENTIALS
8 NEWS 82 tEch talk: BRokEN
All the very latest guitar gear from StRiNG BluES
SERiES 2 around the world How to identify and fix string
breakage issues
12 RouNd-up:
BESt of 2010 90 lEttERS
Your guide to the best gear from Your comments and questions,
the last 12 months with the best letter each month
winning a Boss pedal
66 MiNi tEStS
Four more handy accessories on 93 paWN StaRS
test, featuring the Vox Mini 3 and The story of one of the world’s
haGStRoM Way Huge Angry Troll best known overdrive designs
SWEdE SE & 78 toNE ZoNE:
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We reveal the secrets of the blues
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tHIs MONTH’S FEATurES
16 iNtERViEW
lESliE WESt
16 lESliE WESt
We catch up with the legendary
guitarist to talk about his
influences, upcoming album, and
his love for the guitar
20 GiNGER
The ever-charismatic Wildhearts
frontman chats about his
favourite gear, his career and
being underrated as a guitarist
28 SiMoN McBRidE
After winning the Young Guitarist
of the Year competition at
the age of 15, the Irish blues-
rock guitarist talks about his
journey from bedroom rocker to
supporting Joe Satriani
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kiNGSMEN ‘louiE louiE’
Mike Mitchell takes us through
the making of the band’s iconic
take on this three-chord standby
74 BackStaGE paSS:
toMMy ShaW
Jimmy Johnson offers us a sneak
peek at the Styx guitarist’s eclectic
collection of guitars
84 ViNtaGE & collEctaBlE:
fENdER paiSlEy
tElEcaStER BaSS
This month, we look back at
one of Fender’s most distinctive
basses, with this example
from 1968
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42 haGStRoM SWEdE SE & tREMaR p-90
46 yaMaha pacifica 212 VQM & VfM
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52 Budda aMpS SupERdRiVE VERSioN ii & V20
58 Zt luNchBoX acouStic
EffEctS & accESSoRiES
62 MXR 152 MicRo flaNGER,
cSp 202 cuStoM coMp & M148 MicRo choRuS
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