Australian Guitar

With a strong focus on the Australian music scene, Australian Guitar is a rich source of information on playing techniques, styles, the wide range of instruments available and all the technology that guitarists have to consider in the 21st Century.

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Australian Guitar

BUSH PSYCHEDELIA • William Crighton’s fourth studio album Colonial Drift is an eminently strange but compelling amalgam of hard country rock and more experimental elements. Crighton sits down with Australian Guitar to pull it apart.

Keith Urban • The country superstar shares his love for Dumbles, writing riffs on cheap guitars, and the Nocaster once owned by Cinderella’s Tom Keifer that’s “worth every cent”

The Sisters of Mercy • Guitarists Wayne Hussey and Gary Marx look back at the U.K. rockers’ darkly compelling 1985 debut, First and Last and Always

On the Faders • Legendary producer David Allen, who has also worked with the Cure, Depeche Mode, the Human League and Neneh Cherry, looks back on First and Last and Always

Tortoise • Douglas McCombs and Jeff Parker make long-awaited contact with their luxurious new album, Touch

The Collect Pond • A New Zealand jangle-pop-inspired Boston post-punk band that shares its name with a putrid body of water in 19th-century Lower Manhattan? What’s not to love!

Stone Free • One drops everything when offered an out-of-the-blue interview with Keith Richards. One also picks up pearls of wisdom about his new ES-355, “ornery” Chuck Berry and what can only be described as, um, guitar lust

Keith Richards: A Life in Guitars • Micawber, Malcolm, Sonny — in the world of Keith Richards, even his guitars are characters. But there’s more to his collection than these famous Teles. Thousands more…

CREAM RISES • 60 years ago history was made and the rulebook rewritten when Clapton, Bruce and Baker united to form one of the most influential supergroups in British music

FULL-FAT TONE • The history of Eric Clapton’s guitars during Cream’s brief but influential existence - from Fresh Cream to Goodbye - reveals an intriguing mix of instruments but also offers up a mystery or two

Take It to the Bridge • When it came to tracking their new album, Alter Bridge found themselves in a truly inspirational environment - L.A.’s 5150 Studios, the late Eddie Van Halen’s legendary creative space

KIM GORDON • Returning with solo album Play Me - a stinging broadside against the modern age - the alt-rock talisman remembers the “shitty guitars” and renegade tunings of her 80s breakout with Sonic Youth

CANDY APPLE RED FENDERS • Candy Apple Red was reputedly Leo’s favourite finish and, as this small selection from a very large collection proves, it looks fantastic on any Fender guitar

Orianthi • Martin Cooper checks out the style of a guitarist who has fans in high places, from Michael Jackson to Alice Cooper and beyond!

60 Years Of Legato • For this in-depth lesson Jamie Humphries offers five tracks that follow the evolution of legato guitar technique from the 70s to the present day.

HOT GEAR

On the Recording of John Lennon’s Ill-Fated Covers Album • Recorded under threat of a lawsuit, while in the midst of his infamous “Lost Weekend”, Rock ’n’ Roll was the craziest ride of the Beatle’s career – featuring top players and a gun-wielding Phil Spector.

Shure microphones sorted & explained • Our pick of the best recording mics from the biggest name in the game – and what you should do with them.

Fender Johnny Marr Signature Special Jaguar • It’s been 13 years since we saw the first Johnny Marr Jaguar, and with little fanfare his second signature landed at the end of 2025. What’s changed?

Cort G200SE • Once again, Cort closes the gap between quality and...