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ANGEL MAKER • Martin’s Rich Robinson Custom Signature Edition D-28 is a heavenly re-creation of the guitarist’s celebrated 1954 dreadnought.

FLYING LESSONS • Stone Temple Pilots’ Robert De Leo takes his first solo journey on the lush acoustic Lessons Learned.

TIP SHEET • He steals from the best, but Certified Guitar Player Tommy Emmanuel lives by six guiding principles all his own.

MY CAREER IN FIVE SONGS • Killers’ axeman Dave Keuning discusses five memorable hits and deep cuts from his extensive rap sheet.

Old Glory • This 1959 Epiphone Sheraton bears hallmarks of the company’s earlier life as a premier American guitar maker.

Music to Feed the Soul • This might be the album I’ve listened to most in my life.

Atlas Strummed • This restored and modified ’62 National Westwood “Map” puts a world of tone at your fingertips.

SHOW & TELL • Using open tunings and intimate observations, Madison Cunningham takes her own path to musical expression on Revealer, her new, third full-length release.

BEING JOHN FRUSCIANTE • IN HIS MOST REVEALING INTERVIEW YET, the Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist comes clean about his love of Eddie Van Halen, his attraction to clean tones and the importance of staying vulnerable.

THE JOHN FRUSCIANTE WORKOUT • Get your fingers and brain in sync with the exercises John uses before every gig.

RED-HOT GUITARS • Guitar Player tags along to the Chili Peppers’ October 9 gig in Austin for a first-hand dive into seven guitars behind the group’s hits. John Frusciante’s tech, Henry Trejo, and former tech Dave Lee fill in the details.

THE FIXER • After Peter Frampton abruptly quit Humble Pie, Clem Clempson reignited the group and helped light up one of the 1970s’ hottest rock albums: Smokin’

FULL CIRCLE • After a six-year absence, the Cult are back with Under the Midnight Sun, an album that finds them returning to the sound of their first two albums. Says Billy Duffy, “We’re looking backward, and it feels good.”

Until Everybody Knows Who You Are • Rory Block gives blues women their due on Ain’t Nobody Worried, with acoustic covers of Bonnie Raitt, Tracy Chapman, Elizabeth Cotten and many others.

TIME REMEMBERED • As 2022 makes its exit, we pay a 50th anniversary tribute to 1972’s essential guitar moments.

Recording Organic Rhythms • How to make your grooves sound more lively and less metronomic.

TAYLOR • 514ce Urban Ironbark Grand Auditorium

PRS • HDRX 20

WARM AUDIO • Centavo and Warmdrive

EARTHQUAKER DEVICES • Sunn Life Pedal V3

SWOPE GUITARS • Descendant Offset Vibrato and Companion Bridge

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How I Wrote… “The One I Love” • Peter Buck opens up about R.E.M.’s 1987 breakthrough hit.