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BOSS celebrates its 50th Anniversary with a collectible supplement in the new issue of Guitarist magazine – plus a special interactive online timeline
Filled with iconic effects, amps and guitar synth innovations from BOSS's past and present
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Show Us Your Studio #14: "If I ever have to leave in a hurry, the Neumann U67 is getting packed instead of my Les Paul Gold Top!"
Ian Cohen's home studio features a custom-designed lighting set-up that transforms the space into a "sonic fantasy world"
See Marcus King demo Elixir® Strings by ripping on his three-pickup Les Paul Custom that's from 1958… and the 1970s!
Marcus is touring with a weathered '58 body paired with a '70s neck and it sounds glorious
"It's like the universe had this incredible power to affect my ear and make me stay in one place": How an ear infection birthed Licensed to Ill's groundbreaking production and drove the Beastie Boys and Rick Rubin apart
A look back at the Beastie Boys' rocky relationship with the bearded superproducer
Show Us Your Studio #13: "When I'm making music in the evenings, I feel like I'm at the helm of a starship"
Rob Gibbon picked up his first synth at age 40 - now he has a jam-packed home studio full of them
Show Us Your Studio #12: "Ableton Push’s pad layout is a bit like a guitar fretboard - I can play 10ths with one hand and have my second hand free"
Fingerstyle guitarist Julian Kleiss's minimal home studio set-up is simple but effective
Engineer Andy Johns on recording and mastering Led Zep IV: “I put the tape on and the first song goes by and sounds bloody awful. Then the second one comes along and that’s really horrid, too... Pagey should’ve fired me at that point"
"Pagey was going on about seeing ghosts on the stairs and we were like, ‘Oh yeah right, Jimmy!’"
SampleRadar: 473 free sub bass samples
Nothing adds weight to your productions like a well-placed sub. Here's a few hundred of them
20 studio recording tips for guitarists: "Red light fever is normal"
RECORDING WEEK 2023: We assembled a panel of experts to shed light on the dark art of recording guitars
SampleRadar: 510 free NUKG samples
Is it nu garage, or NUKG? Call it what you want, but one thing's clear: UK garage is back
From orchestras to Aphex Twin: the beginner's guide to Philip Glass
He might be the face of minimalist music, but Glass's kaleidoscopically diverse oeuvre is anything but sparse. Ahead of the release of a lavish new boxset of his piano etudes, we look back at his illustrious career
Show Us Your Studio #11: "Dream synth? I'd love a Yamaha CS-80 if anybody has a spare $50k lying around to help me live out my space-age Vangelis dreams"
Peter McCaughan's home studio is a cosy nook packed full of gear, curiosities and obscure Japanese synths
30 essential acoustic guitar chords, with charts
Massively expand your musical vocabulary and songwriting options with these beautiful acoustic guitar chords
Show Us Your Studio #10: "We're loving the Erica Synths Perkons drum synth at the moment - it sounds so huge"
Kassian produce acid-tinged electronica from a studio space that they also hire out on a non-profit basis to London-based music-makers
Show Us Your Studio #9: "I use Ableton and Maschine as glorified grooveboxes on steroids - it's endless fun and inspiration!"
Philip Fore's home studio is a haven for electronic improvisation
Harley Benton Fusion-T 25th review
The world’s top-budget guitar brand celebrates its silver anniversary with a special run of its most popular designs in Firemist gold – and this modern T-style is pick of the litter
SampleRadar: 435 free UK urban samples
Grime, drill and UK rap are more popular than ever. Get their sound with these free samples
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Speak your musical brains
When Derrick May sold Frankie Knuckles his 909, and house music was born: "This is a Roland 909 drum machine, and it's going to take us to the future. It'll be the foundation of music for the next 10 years"
"I've been in love with that drum machine ever since"
Show Us Your Studio #8: "I keep things as simple as possible. The studio only has four mono inputs - it's amazing how much you can do with just that!"
Tom Adams' stripped-back studio set-up deprioritizes the computer and keeps the hardware front and centre
