
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

ToneWoodAmp seeks backers
By Jamie Dickson last updated
Kickstarter project offers acoustic players onboard reverb - with no need for an amp

Epiphone launches Pro-1 acoustics
By Jamie Dickson last updated
Pro-player designed acoustics aim to make learning guitar easier

PRS unveils entry-level SE Standard guitars
By Jamie Dickson last updated
Boutique US guitar maker expands its Korean-built SE range with cheapest electrics yet

Eastwood reveal Link Wray tribute guitar
By Jamie Dickson last updated
Link Wray, godfather of surf and rockabilly guitar, has been honoured with a new twin-pickup guitar from Eastwood featuring a unique retro-style illustrated finish

Line 6 reveals Sonic Port VX
By Jamie Dickson last updated
Line 6 launch new recording interface with built-in mics for capturing unplugged sessions

Jim Campilongo on his Fender Custom Shop Telecaster and Princeton tone
By Jamie Dickson last updated
New York Telecaster maestro explains how he gets his sound

VIDEO: Guthrie Govan demos his new Charvel prototype guitar
By Jamie Dickson last updated
Virtuoso guitar star in conversation with Guitarist magazine

Interview: Portishead guitarist Adrian Utley
By Jamie Dickson last updated
Why guitars are capable of so much more than riffs

Interview: J Mascis on Fender Jazzmasters, fuzz pedals and I Bet On Sky
By Jamie Dickson last updated
The alt-rock guitar hero discusses his passion for Sonic Youth, refinished gear and sparkly Jazzmasters

New David Grissom PRS is 'more focused in midrange'
By Jamie Dickson last updated
Revered Texan guitarist on the new, all-mahogany DGT Standard model

Opeth frontman guests on album of Genesis tracks
By Guitarist, Jamie Dickson last updated
Prog guitar legend Steve Hackett to release double album of re-recorded Genesis classics with metal pioneer Mikael Akerfeldt

Billy Gibbons hails innovative 'wooden' pickup
By Guitarist, Jamie Dickson last updated
The ZZ Top guitar legend says unusual new Scandinavian-made pickup is just his cup of T…

Kemper Profiling Amp 'inspiring' for metal
By Guitarist, Jamie Dickson last updated
Veteran metal producer Andy Sneap on how he uses it

Kemper update offers 50 new amp profiles
By Jamie Dickson last updated
Gritty new FX and amp tones in a 1.1 firmware update for the impressive Profiling Amp

Interview: Mike Matthews (Electro-Harmonix founder)
By Guitarist, Jamie Dickson last updated
The brains (and heart) behind the fuzz

Hudson Electronics Broadcast
By Jamie Dickson last updated
The battleship-blue enclosure of the Broadcast lends it the aura of serious audio gear from the era when studio engineers wore brown overalls and ties to work...

Airline Tux Deluxe
By Jamie Dickson last updated
Serious heat beneath a suave retro exterior

JTR Linda LN10
By Jamie Dickson last updated
This gutsy guitar has a custom shop vibe and a bargain price

Free The Tone Tri Avatar TA-1H
By Jamie Dickson last updated
Blue is the internationally recognised colour of chorus, of course – it's in the Geneva Convention – but in other ways, playing the Tri-Avatar defies expectations.

Exclusive: Eric Clapton's 'Beano' Les Paul is "in US collection", claims Joe Bonamassa
By Jamie Dickson last updated
Holy Grail of missing guitars is alleged to be with collector

Thorpyfx Gunshot Overdrive
By Jamie Dickson last updated
First in a small range of belligerently named effects, the Gunshot is hand-built by Adrian Thorpe, an explosives expert serving in the British Army.

One for the road: Wolf People
By Jamie Dickson last updated
Wolf People guitarist Joe Hollick tells us about Polish practical jokes, and why Firebirds rule his rig...
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