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.

Australian Guitar

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Plini THE YOUNGER • The Australian virtuoso on dream collabs with John Mayer, high-BPM workouts, and what happened when he imagined “a cello player in a huge, empty concert hall playing this difficult arpeggio”.

That Seventies Song • The Little River Band’s Reminiscing took no more than half an hour to write, says guitarist Graeham Goble. It remains a popular favourite nearly 40 years later.

Ace of Hearts • Mike Campbell — the late Tom Petty’s right-hand man and a former Fleetwood Mac hired gun — tells us about channeling the Beach Boys, snatching songs from his dreams and chasing joy over dollars

Young Man Blues • Raiding the Foos’ gear vault and jamming with the ghost of Gary Moore, roots master Jared James Nichols presents the rip-it-up new record that “I never had the guts to do before”

The Pretenders • Shattered by drugs and reeling from loss, 1984’s Learning to Crawl saw the Pretenders come back swinging. Robbie McIntosh reflects on a modern classic that saw him cast as “the guy who ruined the band”

Man of Steel • Rescued from the vaults, this lost interview with Elliott Randall sheds new light on the “craziness” of Steely Dan’s first sessions — and the disaster behind his classic “Reelin’ In the Years” solo

Joyce Manor • Killing the gain made the emo-punks’ new album kick harder than ever; now they’re hijacking the Billboard charts on their own terms

ZIGGY PLAYED GUITAR • He also got a lot of amazing guitarists to play alongside him. Ten years after David Bowie left us, we ask Adrian Belew, Peter Frampton, Carlos Alomar, Eric Schermerhorn and other guitar-slinging comrades-in-arms to recall their high times alongside the master

MODERN LOVE MACHINES • IN 2016, THE STARS TOLD GUITAR PLAYER MAGAZINE’S MIKE MOLENDA ABOUT THE GEAR THEY USED WITH MR. B.

DR. ROBERT • When David Bowie needed a unique guitar voice for “Heroes,” he called Robert Fripp. Below, the King Crimson founder recalls those heady days “by the Wall”

ZIGS & ZAGS • Nine not entirely obvious - yet definitely essential - David Bowie guitar tracks

STARMEN • “It’s not a David Bowie tribute” — Earl Slick and Rob Fleming talk KillerStar, a killer band of (mostly) Bowie veterans who are most definitely doing their own thing

THE RISE AND FALL OF MICK RONSON • In 1970, Mick Ronson changed the career of David Bowie and went on to work with Lou Reed, Bob Dylan, John Mellencamp, Morrissey and more. Meet rock ’n’ roll’s most quietly spoken guitar hero

arrival • THEY ARE THE BUZZ BAND OF 2026 — A PERFECT STORM OF WACKY AND WEIRD, WITH A CREATIVE AND TECHNICAL FLAIR THAT NEEDS TO BE SEEN TO BE BELIEVED. IT’S ANGINE DE POITRINE’S WORLD; WE’RE JUST LIVING IN IT.

MAKING A NAME • Some signature models are little more than a cash-in, but surprising amounts of R&D are invested in the best ones -making them truly advanced guitars

SCREAMING LIFE • From Soundgarden’s chaotic birth to the shattering loss of Chris Cornell, Kim Thayil’s new autobiography burns with conflicting emotions. The guitarist opens up to reflect on riffs, rifts — and the soon-to-be-released sessions with his late frontman

NINE LIVES • Brian Setzer feared he might never play again after a crippling autoimmune disease. Now, the restored Stray Cats frontman tells us about trading his Gretsch for a Flying V, the abuse of supporting SRV — and why shredders need the blues

ROCK THE 80s! • In this feature Jon Bishop looks at the wonderful world of ’80s...