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A MATTER OF TIMING

SOUNDING BOARD

READER ART OF THE MONTH

DEFENDERS of the Faith

Different Shades of Blue • BLUES ACE KIRK FLETCHER TAKES US DEEP INTO THE HEART OF HIS NEWEST RELEASE, THE APTLY TITLED MY BLUES PATHWAY

ROMAN IBRAMKHALILOV OF JINJER

The Struts • THE U.K. OUTFIT HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD WITH THE TITLE OF THEIR LATEST RELEASE — STRANGE DAYS, INDEED

Allman Betts Band • THE PROUD INHERITORS OF THE ALLMAN BROTHERS’ GREGG ALLMAN, DICKEY BETTS AND BERRY OAKLEY PROVE TO BE MORE THAN CHIPS OFF THE OLD BLOCK

Guitar Gabby • MEET THE TWO (EQUALLY ROCKING) SIDES OF THE TXLIPS BAND'S GABRIELLA LOGAN

LONDON TEA PARTY • HOW JOE BONAMASSA DECAMPED TO ABBEY ROAD STUDIOS WITH BERNIE MARSDEN AND FORMER CREAM LYRICIST PETE BROWN TO WRITE AND RECORD ROYAL TEA, AN ALBUM THAT’S BURSTING WITH THAT BRITISH BLUES BOOM

A FAREWELL TO THE KING • CHRIS GILL, WHO INTERVIEWED EDDIE VAN HALEN 15 TIMES BETWEEN 1995 AND 2016, OFFERS A HEARTFELT TRIBUTE TO ONE OF THE GREATEST GUITARISTS THE WORLD HAS EVER KNOWN

EDWARD VAN HALEN IS GONE.

TALKIN’ ’BOUT LOVE • AN AWESOME ASSEMBLAGE OF EDDIE VAN HALEN’S FRIENDS, CONTEMPORARIES AND ADMIRERS PEN THEIR OWN HEARTFELT TRIBUTES AND PICK THEIR FAVORITE “EDDIE MOMENTS”

THE INNOCENCE OF GENIUS

BLACK AND WHITE AND ED ALL OVER • EDDIE VAN HALEN WAS DOWN-TO-EARTH AND AS COOL AS F*@K — BUT HE WAS ALSO A GENIUS. THIS IS WHY.

EDDIE VAN HALEN IN HISOWN WORDS • IN THIS COLLECTION OF QUOTES — STARTING IN 1981 AND ENDING WITH A 2016 INTERVIEW MAKING ITS FIRST-EVER APPEARANCE IN GUITAR WORLD — EDDIE VAN HALEN DISCUSSES EVERYTHING FROM DEBUSSY TO DAVID LEE ROTH’S FIRST SOLO OUTING, FROM “ERUPTION” TO “SPANKED,” FROM COLLEGE TO CLAPTON, FROM HIS “BLACK SABBATH FUNK” TO HIS BELOVED EVH GUITARS AND AMPS

THE PURSUIT OF TAPPINESS • ASSOCIATE EDITOR ANDY ALEDORT DEMONSTRATES HOW TO TAP EVH STYLE IN THIS COMPLETE, HANDS-ON LESSON

BOTTOMS UP! 25 RIGHTEOUS EDDIE VAN HALEN DEEP CUTS

TOP 50 FROM 5150

PUT OUT THE LIGHTS • A CLOSER LOOK AT THE GEAR EDWARD VAN HALEN USED FOR HIS FINAL PERFORMANCES ON VAN HALEN’S 2015 TOUR

Everybody Wants One • EVH STRIPED SERIES FRANKIE

CHEAT SHEET

Lost in Space • EVENTIDE BLACKHOLE

CHEAT SHEET

New EQ • WHAT'S NEW AND COOL

Boss Acoustic Singer Live LT

Sweet Dreams • TAYLOR AD17 BLACKTOP

CHEAT SHEET

STRING THEORY

IN DEEP

MOORE POWER

ACOUSTIC JOURNEY

PERFORMANCE NOTES • • • • HOW TO PLAY THIS MONTH’S SONGS• • •

“FALL TO PIECES” Velvet Revolver • As heard on CONTRABAND Music by SCOTT WEILAND, DUFF MCKAGAN, MATT SORUM, DAVE KUSHNER and SLASH •

“I’D LOVE TO CHANGE THE WORLD” Ten Years After • As heard on A SPACE IN TIME Words and Music by ALVIN LEE •

“TATTOO” • VAN HALEN | A DIFFERENT KIND OF TRUTH, 2012 | GUITARIST: EDWARD VAN HALEN | STORY BY CHRIS GILL

ORIGINAL GEAR

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