ARTISTS

64 Ike Turner

The man who arguably penned the first

rock and roll single is also a pioneering wild

man of the 6-string.

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Liona Boyd

The classical-guitar legend gets intp a Lati

thing on her new album, with guests ranging

from Strunz & Farah to AL

Morse.

?4 Strapping Young Lad

Devin Townsend and Jed Simon reveal what

makes SYL’s music so unrelentingly brutal.

COVER STORY

?8 Warren Haynes

The veteran blues-rocker reveals the secrets

behind his brass-knuckle tones, and details

how Gov't Mule recorded High & Mighty—the

band's most eclectic and inspired album yet.

92 Sonic Youth

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After nearly 25 years and 20 albums, Sonic

Youth has created its most accessible,

stripped-down record yet.

Kaki King

She took the world by storm with her inno-

vative acoustic guitar stylings. Now she's

all about electricity.

Helmet

Page Hamilton resurrects Helmet with a

punishingly heavy new album.

Lick Library: Wes Montgome

Dump your pick, throw away your distortion

pedal, and prepare to get schooled in the art. •

of cool with five of the baddest Wes

Montgomery themes ever!

RIFFS

36 Rocker Girl Lynda Kay Parker

3 ? Songwriting Andy Rinehart

38 Community MySpace Hordes

39 Afropop Banning Eyre

40 Contest* Readers' Choice Awards 200? Ballot

42 No Guitarist Left Behind Jim McCarty

44 Industry Insider Carvin at 60

48 Oeuvre Easy Steve Miller

50 Buzz Darker My Love

LESSONS

MASTER CLASS

114 Spank!

Get the upper hand on the emerging style

of spank guitar by applying the principles

of slap bass, smacked harmonics, and

other full-contact fretboard tactics.

120 Rock Guru John Petrucci

12 2 Woodshed Six Cool Ways to Dress

Up A Melody

124 EZ Street Blending Sus Colors

125 Reader’s Challenge Rollin* With

the Changes

RECORDING

126 Mic Cabinet Ribbon Mies

VINTAGE VAULT

130 Deke the Guitar Geek

Standel Custom

GEAR

• 132 Exclusive! Marshall Super

100JH Limited Edition

• 140 Fender Super-Sonic

145 Electro-Harmonix Flanger Hoax

• 148 Santa Cruz H 13

154 Nik Huber Redwood

156 TerraTec Axon AX 100 MKII

158 Dan Erlewine's Mod Squad

160 Accessory File Snake Oil Brand

Original Nickel and Rock Formula

Strings

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rDEPARTMENTS

Noize from the Editor

Feedback

Rants & Raves

62 Out Now!

184 Testimony Joe Bonamassa on the

Next Guitar Generation