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The latest guitar gear from
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paNThERa around the world The Police’s phenomenal
guitarist gets the Tone Zone
lEgacy 14 RouNd-up: treatment – find out how
FlaNgER pEdalS to recreate those fantastic
Whether you seek subtle swirls or ‘Message in a Bottle’ tones
jet plane whoosh, you’re sure to with your own gear and just
find it here a little tweaking

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Four more handy accessories are Your comments and questions,
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Using the skills picked up in last The fantastic Real McCoy
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together your own guitar leads yesteryear made by boutique
from scratch pedal maker Geoffrey Tesse

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tHIs MONTH’S FEATURES
18 INTERVIEW
zakk WyldE
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Back with the first new Black
Label Society album in four years,
frontman and lead guitarist Zakk
Wylde talks to us in depth about
recording the new material, his
influences and his love of weird
and wonderful guitars
48 dEVo
The cult favourites’ lead guitarist
Bob Mothersbaugh chats about
his gear, the early days of Devo
and the band’s new album,
Something For Everybody, their
first in two decades
62 oN ThE REcoRd:
ThE guESS Who
‘aMERIcaN WoMaN’
Lead guitarist Randy Bachman
helps us get to the bottom
of how this rock classic came
into being and describes how
he went about creating that
incredible lead tone
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tHIs MONTH’S GEAR LINE-UP
GEAR REVIEWS
guITaRS
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aMplIFIERS
54 MESa TRaNSaTlaNTIc Ta-15
58 FENdER g-dEc 3 ThIRTy
78 BackSTagE paSS:
kENNy WayNE ShEphERd
US blues sensation Kenny Wayne
Shepherd’s guitar tech Aaron
Melling takes us on a tour of the
star’s stage rig and shows us his
mouthwatering collection of EFFEcTS & accESSoRIES
Fender Stratocasters
70 dIgITEch JaMMaN Solo & JaMMaN STEREo
88 VINTagE & collEcTaBlE: 72 pRo co lIMITEd EdITIoN ‘85 WhITEFacE RaT
BuRNS guITaRS 75 SToNE dEaF FX pdF-1 paRaMETRIc dISToRTIoN FIlTER
This month, we celebrate
Burns’ 50th anniversary with
a special look at the brand
through the years, with a little
help from an early prototype of
the legendary Marvin model
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The current Burns boss talks
to us about how he came
to resurrect the brand in the
early ‘90s, what he sees in the
company’s future and what’s sUBscRIPtIon OFFER
so special about Burns guitars Get YoUR FRee GIFt FRoM RotosoUnD! P16
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