Australian Guitar

With a strong focus on the Australian music scene, Australian Guitar 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.

KEITH URBAN OFFERS FIRST LOOK AT HIS TELE-INSPIRED PRS SIGNATURE MODEL

A STOLEN ROLLING STONES ’59 LES PAUL THAT HAS BEEN MISSING SINCE 1972 HAS SURFACED – IN A MUSEUM

MOOER’S F15I LOOKS TO SET A NEW BENCHMARK FOR DESKTOP MODELING AMPS

Australian Guitar

Milky ways • MELBOURNE-BASED POP ARTIST MERPIRE HAS JUST RELEASED A LUXURIOUS SOPHOMORE RECORD IN THE FORM OF MILK POOL. LEAD SONGWRITER RHIANNON ATKINSON-HOWATT CHATS WITH AUSTRALIAN GUITAR ABOUT POP GUITAR TEXTURES, ‘90S STYLES, AND THE GROWING INCURSION OF AI-GENERATED SLOP.

The Fenech Connection • WE TAKE A DEEPER LOOK INTO THE HISTORY AND BUILDING PHILOSOPHY BEHIND AUSTRALIAN BRAND FENECH GUITARS BY TALKING TO THE LUTHIER AT ITS HELM

Alien nation • NEW ZEALAND METALLERS ALIEN WEAPONRY HAVE SUPPORTED KERRY KING, HAVE LAMB OF GOD GUESTING ON THEIR RECORD, AND A SOUND THAT CELEBRATES THEIR MĀORI HERITAGE THAT GUITARIST LEWIS DE JONG SAYS IS ALL ABOUT THE RIFF.

MY LIFE IN THREE GUITARS: ZAKK WYLDE • THE TRIO OF AXES THAT HAVE MEANT THE MOST TO THE OZZY, BLS AND ZAKK SABBATH GUITAR GOD

Different Strokes • WHY HAVE ONE COOL ROCK BAND WHEN YOU CAN HAVE TWO? MEET THE FLEET-FINGERED AX-SLINGERS FROM STROKES SINGER JULIAN CASABLANCAS’ INVENTIVE OTHER BAND, THE VOIDZ

AXOLOGY

Ally Venable • THE TEXAS TRIPLE-THREAT ON THE IMPORTANCE OF WOMEN’S RIGHTS, MAGENTA LES PAULS AND “FACING YOUR OWN BLUES”

BATTLE ROYAL • For 51 years, Queen’s self-titled debut album was the cult curio of their fabled catalogue. Now, as the new Queen I boxset drags these lost songs into the daylight, Brian May tells us about poverty, parental disapproval, the Red Special’s first run-out — and the perils of playing through Jimi’s stack

BOXING CLEVER • Brian May on the newly remastered and expanded Queen I boxset

THIN LIZZY PARTNERS IN CRIME • FOR A HALF-CENTURY AND COUNTING. THE THIN LIZZY SOUND HAS BEEN FORGED AND RECAST BY SCOTT GORHAM AND THE GREATS WHO PARTNERED HIM ON DUELLING LES PAULS, INCLUDING THE LATE JOHN SYKES. GORHAM LOOKS BACK ON THE HIGHS, LOWS, JOY AND PAIN OF HIS CLASSIC PARTNERSHIPS

ART ATTACK! • Scott showcases his latest artworks

JET SETTING • Midge Ure, the Live Aid orchestrator and Ultravox synth-pop pioneer, looks back at his trial by fire with Thin Lizzy — and why he told Phil Lynott: “I’m not the guy you should be asking”

SOUND AS A BELL • When the Irish band were a folksy blues three-piece, it was Eric Bell who defined Thin Lizzy on their 1971 self-titled debut and early 70s follow-ups, Shades Of A Blue Orphanage and Vagabonds Of The Western World

THEY ALSO SERVED • Scott Gorham on four more Lizzy guitar partners

Solid Gold • In 1965, Eric Clapton and Michael Bloomfield unwittingly saved the archetypal Les Paul Standard from total extinction. The market was the would-be killer, but the murder weapon was the guitar you see before you. Join us as we chart the rise — and rise — of the Gibson SG

The First SGs • The Standard, Custom and Junior models

Making the (Double) Cut • A handy guide to the 12 (or so) greatest players ever to make a Gibson SG sing

And let us not forget… • The legacy of the SG is intact in the hands of these three guitarists, who’ve risen to the top over the past decade

LAST OF THE INDEPENDENTS • Fierce, tender and defiantly independent, The Pretenders are rock’s rebels without a clause in the contract. Four decades and dozens of huge hits into their career, they still do exactly — and only — what they want. Chrissie Hynde’s...