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8 NEWSThe latest guitar gear from around the world

16 RouNd-up: bluES ovERdRivESWe help you to keep the blues at bay with one of these soulful overdrive stompboxes

82 MiNi TESTSFour more handy accessories are put through their paces, including products from Electro-Harmonix and Fender

88 ToNE zoNE: JoE SATRiANiThe tone of one of the finest rock guitarists of our time gets the full examination this month

93 TECH TAlK: HuM pRoblEMSWe help a reader solve one humdinger of a noise problem

100 lETTERSYour comments and questions, with the best letter each month winning a Boss pedal

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20 dAvE dAviES: Top TENThe Kinks’ lead guitarist discusses ten hand-picked musical highlights from an incredible career spanning almost 50 years, including Kinks hits such as ‘You Really Got Me’, ‘Waterloo Sunset’ and ‘David Watts’

46 JoE boNAMASSAThe blues rock superstar chats to us about his infl uences, his new band Black Country Communion and his ever-expanding collection of cool guitars

60 iAN SiEGAlOne of the UK blues scene’s most exciting players, Siegal talks about about his passion for Harmony guitars and clinching MOJO’s converted Blues Album Of The Year award for his latest long-player, Broadside

72 oN THE RECoRd: CHiC ‘lE FREAK’Chic guitarist, co-writer and co-producer Nile Rodgers gives us the inside story on one this landmark funk-disco classic

84 bACKSTAGE pASS: bRiAN MAYPete Malandrone, longtime guitar tech to one of rock guitar’s most iconic heroes, gives us an in-depth look at the stage rig of Queen guitarist Brian May

94 viNTAGE & CollECTAblE: THE EpipHoNE CASiNoPerhaps Epiphone’s most famous original design, we delve into the backstory of the Gibson-built, Beatles-approved Casino model and take a close look at a rare and highly desirable natural-fi nished example from 1965

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