Jamie Dickson
Jamie Dickson is Editor-in-Chief of Guitarist magazine, Britain's best-selling and longest-running monthly for guitar players. He started his career at the Daily Telegraph in London, where his first assignment was interviewing blue-eyed soul legend Robert Palmer, going on to become a full-time author on music, writing for benchmark references such as 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die and Dorling Kindersley's How To Play Guitar Step By Step. He joined Guitarist in 2011 and since then it has been his privilege to interview everyone from B.B. King to St. Vincent for Guitarist's readers, while sharing insights into scores of historic guitars, from Rory Gallagher's '61 Strat to the first Martin D-28 ever made.
Latest articles by Jamie Dickson

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Compact, sweet-toned five-string, as quirky as its namesake

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A capable acoustic guitar that’s its own pedalboard and speaker, too

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Best of 2024: How Baker, Bruce and Clapton transcended their (and their management's) very different ambitions for Cream to track a '60s masterpiece

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Classic Interview: The rock 'n' roll icon on tone, hit-making and Hazelwood

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"When Jimi played with Cream... he walked offstage with this smirk; he knew exactly what he was doing" – we look back at the seismic impact of Clapton and Hendrix on the British guitar scene

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A 2017 Guitarist magazine interview with the late guitarist found him looking back on making history

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The don of bottleneck guitar gives his advice on how to do it right…

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In-depth on the birth of the first - and just maybe the greatest - solidbody electric guitar

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From volcanic lead tones to organic, expressive crunch, every guitarist needs a touch of overdrive from time to time

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We examine two intriguing early guitars from the big F

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The British songwriting legend on Crosby, Stills and Nash, writing and Woodstock

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Classic Interview: One of the world's most respected players on Down The Road Wherever, his love of cheap electrics and why he's thinking of taking guitar lessons

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Californian Howard Alden is one of the greatest jazz guitarists working today

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Interview: the Chic legend reveals that being upstaged by a ‘kid’ was the reason he first picked up a Fender Stratocaster

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One of the finest fingerstyle guitarists working todayon why a chance encounter with a vintage Martin D-28 changed his musical life, and more

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Everything you need to know about going pro

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The Lovell sisters have distilled their own brand of musical moonshine from the tangled roots of American blues

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Boutique feel at mid-range price?

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We take a tour around the Japanese guitar giant's US home

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Rory Gallagher's brother and manager on his blues roots and celebrity fans

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Justin and Dan Hawkins talk tone, mid-gig takeaways and their 12th fret border

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We take a look at two incredible early guitars from the big F
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