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Guitar Player • Vol. 56 No. 6 JUNE 2022

ARTFUL SELECTION • With the Telstar, Gene Baker’s b3 Guitars delivers the best of the Big F’s top two timeless models.

FAST FUN • Rick Holmstrom reacts to the current crazy with Get It, a rapid release with a joyful noise.

PERFECT TEN • With his new album, Ten, Strat-slinger Albert Cummings is keeping the blues alive and well — and down to earth.

MY CAREER IN FIVE SONGS • Bangles co-founder Vicki Peterson picks five memorable cuts from more than four decades of playing, singing and songwriting.

Hidden Charms • This 1957 Gibson ES-225TD is a lovely example of an overlooked model in the thinline’s evolution.

When An Album Finds You • Discovering 22 Original Gospel Greats was an encounter with divine intervention.

UP THE FUNKTION • L.A.’s Eric Krasno has fretboard fire and a prolific pen, making him one of the most exciting R&B-vibed guitarists working today.

WHAM BAM THANK YOU, MA’AM! • ENGINEER AND PRODUCER KEN SCOTT RECALLS DAVID BOWIE’S ASCENT FROM ONE-HIT BOY WONDER TO THE NAZZ OF GLAM AND THE ALBUM THAT MADE IT ALL HAPPEN: THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS.

STARMAN • IN 1970, MICK RONSON CHANGED THE CAREER OF DAVID BOWIE AND WENT ON TO WORK WITH LOU REED, BOB DYLAN, JOHN MELLENCAMP, MORRISSEY AND MORE. WE CHART THE RISE AND FALL OF GLAM-ROCK’S GREATEST GUITARIST.

BOY COULD HE PLAY GUITAR • WE EXAMINE THE TECHNIQUE AND TONE OF THE LATE, GREAT MICK RONSON

SOUL LOVE • HOW RICK TEDESCO FOUND AND LOST HIS DREAM GUITAR: MICK RONSON’S ZIGGY STARDUST–ERA 1968 GIBSON LES PAUL CUSTOM.

BETTER DAYS • A promising blues guitarist in the early 1990s, Larry McCray spent the past 20 years in the wilderness. Thanks to a restart and a new album, Blues Without You, his future looks brighter than ever.

SMART MONEY • Inside Joe Bonamassa’s drive to keep the blues alive in school.

A GOOD YEAR for the ROSEWOOD • As Fender releases the George Harrison Rosewood Telecaster, we retrace the fascinating story of this iconic model with Fender historian Martin Kelly and a gorgeous 1969 original from its first, all-too-brief run.

THE MAD AXE OF KING GEORGE • Finding Fretless author Paul Brett reveals how his relentless sleuthing uncovered the mysterious history of a most unusual Beatles guitar: George Harrison’s “mad” Bartell fretless.

BACK ON BOARD • Ry Cooder reunites with Taj Mahal for an album that returns to both men’s roots: Get On Board: The Songs of Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee.

SMOOTH & SOULFUL • An in-depth look at the subtle artistic and technical elements behind Bonnie Raitt’s celebrated and highly emotive slide playing.

Writing and Recording Acoustic Rock, Pt. 1 • Spirit Hustler, “The Spirit of ’69”

GIBSON • Generation Collection

RIVOLTA • Regata VII

PRS • S2 Custom 24-08

HARBINGER • MLS1000 Portable Line Array PA System

AERO INSTRUMENT • dBuz Cable and dBuzX Extender

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How I Wrote… “Jessie’s Girl” • Rick Springfield bucks convention with his surprise 1981 chart-topper.