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.

Australian Guitar

NEWS

Great Advice • Courtney Barnett discusses how her pedalboard changes off stage, asking Waxahatchee to guest, and being inspired by Cobain, Hendrix, and McCartney.

Sydney Guitar Show ‘26 • This year’s show left Melbourne for the first time to mingle with its rival. Steve Henderson went to check it out.

When It Rains, It Tours • How session guitar legend Eddie Martinez wound up with Prince’s Purple Rain-era Mesa Boogie Coliseum 300 amp

Morello’s Got Game • How — with an out-of-nowhere, 36-hour deadline — Tom Morello contributed a ready-to-go track (with a fearsome riff) to the latest Final Fantasy XIV update

From Dusk Till Dawn • Kurt Ville’s 10th album, Philadelphia’s Been Good to Me, was written by night — but the prince of indie-psych tells us these songs chart his journey out of darkness

Jethro Tull • Martin Barre discusses the making of the U.K. prog-folk-rock legends’ transitional third album, 1970’s Benefit

SUITE DREAMS “ON A DARK DESERT HIGHWAY, COOL WIND IN MY HAIR…” • Mexican reggae! Gunslinger duels! Chainsaws! Fifty years after it was recorded and released, Don Henley and producer Bill Szymczyk revisit the making of the Eagles’ 1976 masterpiece, Hotel California

THE ULTIMATE ONE-TWO PUNCH • Hey, why release one multi-platinum album in 1976 when you can release two?

EAGER FOR ACTION • A guide to Joe Walsh and Don Felder’s Hotel California gear

A WEALTH OF RICHES • Former Eagles guitarist Don Felder throws open the vault to celebrate a 50-year anniversary of his own

DEVO • In the early 70s, when Devo touched down, they immediately weirded out their arena-rock contemporaries, bringing a new sound and message to the scene. Guitarist Bob Mothersbaugh joins us to explain why this “very misunderstood band” is still making waves today

the prodigal sunn • Washington-formed doom-metal duo Sunn O))) return with an album of crushingly low frequencies. We ask Stephen O’Malley and Greg Anderson to explain how they unleash their floorboard-loosening sounds

ULTIMATE TELECASTERS

TELE VISION • The Fender Telecaster remained a work in progress throughout the vintage era, and as part of our 75th anniversary celebration we chart the changes in construction, controls and electronics

BILL FRISELL ON TELECASTERS

GEAR THAT GOES WITH TELES

The Beatles rock out Play like the fab three! • This issue Jon Bishop examines this groundbreaking group’s heavier side, from early rockers up to their later, more experimental work. From moptops to rock gods!

Go global! Scales from around the world • John Wheatcroft shows how to expand your harmonic and melodic potential by exploring some of the exciting and unusual sounding scales that the world can show us.

HOT GEAR

The making of Sea Change • Beck’s surprising 2002 pivot was defined by its immaculately-recorded acoustics, and is often cited as a choice reference test by audio enthusiasts.

Shure SE215 Pro • Experience high-fidelity sound for less with a pair of Shure’s excellent SE215 in-ear monitors.

Fender 75th Anniversary American Professional Classic Cabronita Telecaster • The Tele’s “asshole cousin” trades traditional twang for a boutique growl that looks as sharp as it sounds

Fender 75th Anniversary American Ultra II Telecaster • This golden wonder is helping to commemorate the Tele’s birthday, but it’s confidently breaking from traditions.

Jackson Pro Plus Pure Metal KE1A Kelly • Because the...