Simon Bradley

After over two years off the road, top Scouse quintet The Zutons have announced a list of UK dates. What’s unusual about that is that the ‘venues’ are all forests up and down the country.

Launched at NAMM in a flurry of crushing chords, Guitarist has one of the first examples of the brand new Marshall 1959RR Randy Rhoads signature head in our hot little hands.

Yes, the esteemed pickup gurus also produce stompboxes, and what great units they are. The latest addition is the SFX-08 Power Grid, a proper, man’s distortion.