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.

FENDER TEAMS UP WITH FORNITE TO BRING ITS STRATOCASTER AND PRECISION BASS TO THE DIGITAL REALM

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IS ENYA'S CARBON FIBER NOVA GO SONIC THE ALL-IN-ONE ELECTRIC GUITAR OF THE FUTURE?

A TREASURE TROVE OF JIMI HENDRIX MUSIC AND DOCUMENTS HAS REPORTEDLY BEEN FOUND AND IS GOING UP FOR SALE

Australian Guitar

ACCELERATED TRANSMISSION • INFLUENTIAL ‘70S ROCKERS RADIO BIRDMAN ARE EMBARKING ON AN AUSTRALIA-WIDE FAREWELL TOUR IN JUNE. NOW AN ELDER STATESMAN OF ROCK ‘N’ ROLL, FOUNDER AND FRONTMAN DENIZ TEK HAD AN INSIGHTFUL CHAT WITH AUSTRALIAN GUITAR.

INTERCHANGED AND ARRANGED • FIVE YEARS SINCE HER LAST RECORD, AND AFTER A PERIOD SPENT ADRIFT IN COVID-19 LOCKDOWNS, GENRE-HOPPING MELBOURNE SONGWRITER JESS RIBEIRO IS BACK WITH HER THIRD SOLO ALBUM SUMMER OF LOVE. RIBEIRO CAUGHT UP WITH AUSTRALIAN GUITAR.

ELECTRONIC EVOLUTION • FROM REALMS OF THE ELECTRIC TO THE ELECTRONIC, SYDNEY-BASED PSYCHEDELIC POP DUO VELVET TRIP ARRIVED AT THE RELEASE OF THEIR DEBUT ALBUM HARMONY BLOOMS BEFORE A THREE MONTH- LONG EAST COAST TOUR THAT INCLUDED SHOWS WITH JOHN BUTLER TRIO AND OCEAN ALLEY. CORE DUO ZEPPELIN HAMILTON AND CLAYTON ALLEN JOINED AUSTRALIAN GUITAR FOR AN ILLUMINATING DISCUSSION.

CARNIVAL OF THRILLS • AFTER BARRELLING THROUGH A KALEIDOSCOPIC BLEND OF MUSICAL STYLES IN A WHIRLWIND 15 YEARS OF EXPERIMENTAL CREATIVITY, MR. BUNGLE HAS BEEN REBORN IN THEIR INITIAL THRASH METAL FORMAT AFTER A 19 YEAR HIATUS. AUSTRALIAN GUITAR EXPLORED THESE OUTER REACHES WITH BASSIST TREVOR DUNN.

RADICALS OF RESOURCEFULNESS • ON THEIR NEWEST LP PLAYING DEAD, EXPERIMENTAL INDIEROCKERS OBSCURA HAIL DISH UP RICHLY TEXTURED ODDITIES WITH REAL POP SMARTS. THE MELBOURNE TRIO CHATS WITH AUSTRALIAN GUITAR TO EXPLAIN HOW IT ALL CAME ABOUT.

AFTER A SPELL • MORE THAN 50 YEARS AFTER BEING CREDITED AS ‘THE WITCH (UNDEAD)’ ON THE LABEL OF THEIR DEBUT ALBUM, INTRODUCTION, ZAMBIAN ‘ZAMROCK’ GROUP WITCH ARE CURRENTLY ENJOYING A NEW LEASE ON LIFE AS A MULTICULTURAL NINE-PIECE. AUSTRALIAN GUITAR RODE OUR BROOMS TO THE SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE TO TALK WITH WITCH IN PERSON.

INFERNAL RIFFAGE • SYDNEY METAL HEAVYWEIGHTS FLAMING WREKAGE HAVE BEEN BLAZING A TRAIL WITH SPINE-CRACKING THRASH SINCE 2009, AIDED BY THE DEATH METAL VOCALS OF FRONTMAN AND RHYTHM GUITARIST DAVE LUPTON. AUSTRALIAN GUITAR ENTERED THE DARKNESS TO CHAT THEIR NEW LP TERRA INFERNA.

SKYWARD BOUND • DISTANT DESCENDANT OF LEGENDARY FRONTIERSMAN DAVY CROCKETT, COUNTRY SINGER-SONGWRITER, ARIES - CHARLEY CROCKETT WEARS MANY HATS. AUSTRALIAN GUITAR HIGHTAILED IT TO SYDNEY TO CHAT WITH HIM ABOUT HIS NEW LP $10 COWBOY.

SUPER FRIENDS UNITE • A LONG TIME AGO … TWO LONG ISLAND TEENAGERS NAMED JOE SATRIANI AND STEVE VAI RECORDED A DEMO CALLED “REFLECTIONS ON A YEAR AND A HALF.” NOW — MORE THAN 50 AND A HALF YEARS LATER — THESE GUITAR SUPERSTARS ARE FINALLY RETURNING TO THE CONCEPT OF RECORDING ORIGINAL MUSIC TOGETHER, AND THEY'VE EVEN LINED UP A CO-HEADLINING, JUST-THE-TWO-OF-'EM TOUR

SATCH&VAI • JOE SATRIANI and STEVE VAI discuss the guitars they're holding in six vintage Guitar World covers from the past. Along the way, we learn about some guitar thefts, loud photoshoots, hair, pants and flexi-discs…

“WE LIKE HEAVY SOUNDS ON GUITAR!” • Alt-rock trailblazers Sleater-Kinney were making bassless records long before The White Stripes and The Black Keys came along. As co-leader Carrie Brownstein says: “The power comes from the conversation that the two guitars are having with each other…”

REALITY BITES • Packed with hits like “Spoonman,” “Fell on Black...