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May 2017 Features

DIY: How to Set up Jazzmasters & Jaguars
Offset addict Michael Adams reveals setup secrets for making Fender's ingenious, sorely misunderstood axes sing.

The One Album That Changed Everything
Twenty-six guitar and bass greats—including Ben Harper, Kaki King, Megadeth's Dave Mustaine and David Ellefson, J Mascis, and Savages' Gemma Thompson—discuss the record that altered their musical universe forever.

Valerie June: In Full Bloom
The roots-soul siren embraces her idiosyncratic muse, builds a band of kindred musical spirits, and blossoms bright on her sophomore album, The Order of Time.

Boz Boorer: Triple Agent
The workaholic guitarist blends roots rock with sonic majesty as Morrissey's sparring partner, as a rockabilly guitar hero, and on his new solo album, Age of Boom.

Forgotten Heroes: R.L. Burnside
How a cotton-chopping farmer and guitar-slamming badass brought the Mississippi hill country sound to the world.

Norman Blake: Still Keepin' It Real
Even at 79, the folk and bluegrass legend feels compelled to make his flattop ring and write songs that speak truth to power.

Once Human's Logan Mader and Max Karon
Two-thirds of a triple-7-string lineup reveal their formula for sonic domination and how the band's new album truly is an Evolution.




