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July 2017 Features

Flattop Finesse: Acoustic Steel-String Review Roundup
Three new acoustics from Guild, Cort, and Art & Lutherie.

Warren Haynes: Capture the Chemistry
The hard-working guitarist talks about reaching for new sounds and colors on Gov't Mule's 10th studio album, Revolution Come … Revolution Go.

Divine Obsession: 5 High-End Acoustic Guitar Builders
How respected builders Dana Bourgeois, Roger Bucknall, Isaac Jang, Kevin Ryan, and Kathy Wingert practice the high art of creating top-tier instruments.

Ani DiFranco: "The Job Is Total Honesty"
The acoustic warrior rocks out but sticks to the folksinger's creed with the honest, heartfelt performances on her new album, Binary. Her tools: smart lyrics, a fleet of worn acoustic guitars, a unique picking approach, and 50 open tunings.

Body Count: Ernie C & Juan Garcia's Riff Lust
Ice-T's guitar tag-team raps about the cold-steel riffs and slamming grooves on the controversial outfit's brutal new LP.

Earth to Bass: Halo Orbit's Juan Alderete
The ex-Mars Volta low-ender explores his instrument's sonic outer limits with short-scale axes, a huge array of pedals, and freewheeling playing on the debut album from his new band.

Rhys Chatham: Harmonic Convergence
Tele twang's the thang for the influential punk-minimalist composer, who builds shimmering towers of melody with basic chords, just intonation, and overlapping layers of delay. Sometimes with 400 guitars.
Listen to the July 2017 PG Spotify Playlist
This month's playlist features Juan Alderete and suGar Yoshinaga from Halo Orbit, Body Count, and Warren Haynes.




