Five essential reads from the last week on Guitarist.co.uk…
1. Guitarist issue 330 on sale - Charles Shaar Murray looks back on the life and times of Bowie's still underrated guitar Star Man, the late Mick Ronson.
2. Featured lesson: Tapping frenzy! An advanced guitar lesson from BIMM's maestro Jamie Hunt, and one for all you shredders out there to pit your wits against…
3. How To Customise A Gretsch - Sandpaper at the ready, as Guitarist's resident rockabilly lick factory Simon Bradley presents the full story of how he transformed his Gretsch G5120 from a standard-issue twang machine into a fully-fledged relic'd beauty.
4. Suhr Guthrie Govan Signature un-boxed -We get our hands on Suhr's new Guthrie Govan signature model. She's built for speed, that's for Suhr…
5. Guitarist Extra - High On Fire's Matt Pike gives us the full, unexpurgated lowdown on new album Snakes For The Divine.
“He seems to access a different part of his vast library of music genre from the jukebox-in-his-head! This album is a round-the-world musical trip”: Joe Bonamassa announces new album, Breakthrough – listen to the title-track now
"There had to be some sort of telepathy going on because I've never seen spontaneous inspiration happen at that level”: The genius of Eric Clapton's controversial masterpiece, Layla
