Australian Guitar Magazine

AUSTRALIAN Guitar is Australia's premier guitar magazine, and the only 100% locally-owned, locally-produced guitar publication in the country. It provides in-depth coverage of all elements of guitar playing in this country to a loyal readership made up of serious musicians, novices and recording professionals. With a strong focus on the Australian music scene, the magazine is a rich source of information on playing techniques, styles, the wide range of instruments available and all the technology that guitarists have to consider in the 21st Century. Australian Guitar features regular profiles of the best musicians from here and abroad, plus extensive reviews and technique advice. Each issue features an exclusive CD packed with original music tracks, reader demos and tutorials. Australian Guitar brings together the close-knit guitarist community in Australia and is a must-have for anyone strapping on an axe down under.

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F E A T U R E S :
TOMMY EMMANUEL: Inside the brilliant mind of Australia’s foremost international guitar hero.
JOE SATRIANI: The alien drops by to share his expertise and discuss his phenomenal ability to coax nothing short of magic from a six-stringed chunk of wood.
ZAKK WYLDE: Ozzy’s iconic axe fiend catches up with Australian Guitar at a Sydney hotel during his brief visit with Black Label Society.
RADIO BIRDMAN LESSON: Guitarists Deniz Tek and Chris Masuak step in for an interview and a lesson based on the classic Birdman tracks “Aloha Steve And Danno” and “Breaks My Heart” (live).
HARTLEY PEAVEY: A household name in amplification, guitars and pro audio drops by the Australian Guitar office during a whirlwind trip down under.
LOUIE SHELTON: As a session player, Louie Shelton has played on more #1 hits than perhaps any other guitarist. Now based on the Gold Coast, the musician, producer and composer talks to Michael Fix about his amazing career.
SUMMER FESTIVAL SPECIAL: Includes ‘The Doctor’s Who’s Who’, Lindsay ‘The Doctor’ McDougall’s (triple j, Frenzal Rhomb) entertaining, non-exhaustive guide to the guitar acts gracing festival stages around the country in the coming months. Plus interviews with Tool’s Adam Jones and Violent Femmes bassist Brian Ritchie.
GUITAR SET-UP 101: Luthier Perry Ormsby provides a comprehensive how-to guide for setting the action, intonation and neck relief to your own requirements.
O T H E R S T U F F :
STEVE VAI POSTER
GIBSON CUSTOM JIMI HENDRIX PSYCHEDELIC FLYING V: A review of the rare $25,000 “Inspired By…” axe, plus a beaut poster.
HUSH: Guitarist Les Gock takes us inside the making of Hush’s 1975 Aussie classic Rough, Tough ‘n’ Ready.
LAURA IMBRUGLIA: The Sydney songwriter on her recent shift to playing electric, recording her debut album and working with the likes of Blackie (The Hard-Ons) and Koool G Murder (The Eels).
KAKI KING: A rising star in the world of virtuosic guitar playing, NY-based King deftly mixes two-hand tapping, percussive harmonics, Hedges-esque fingerstyle, lap steel, and thumping the guitar body to create some of the most original guitar music you’ve heard in years.
DEL CASHER: An interview with one of two men who developed the original wah pedal for Vox, as well as the Fender Ecco-Fonic. He’s also played with Elvis Presley, Frank Zappa’s Mothers, and wrote the NBC news theme.
TECHNIQUE: Lead Work with Brett Garsed, Metal Fundamentals with Snake, Getting The Blues with Peter Gelling, and Bass Lines with Ben Norvill.
CLASSIC DVD PERFORMANCES: The debut appearance of the Jimi Hendrix Experience on US soil from Jimi Plays Monterey, the legendary performance in which he torched his Strat during “Wild Thing”.
P L U S :
Yngwie Malmsteen live, Jeff Martin, a look at a 1964 Gibson SG Custom, loads of giveaways, the latest news, gear reviews, CDs, and DVDs, not to mention a cover CD packed with material, including music from Zakk Wylde’s Black Label Society, Kaki King, Laura Imbruglia and Del Casher, audio lessons, 5 awesome wallpapers from AXL Guitars, and video demonstrations of the new Waves GTR 2.0 amp and FX modelling plug-in bundle.
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