1997 April Guitar School - Vintage Magazine - Santana, Stevie Ray Vaughan

69 SOUNDGARDEN: Blow Up the Outside

Psychedelia, Seattie-style. Bass line included!

79 DEFTONES: Bored

Tool and Korn fans will surely dig this vicious Deftones grinder

Bass line included!

85 SANTANA: Europa

The haunting, heartfelt Santana classic. Bass line included!

96 THE PRESIDENTS OF USA: Mach 5

You will survive if you learn "Mach 5!" You will surviiiiive!

Yeah! Yeah!

106 ERIC JOHNSON: Cliffs of Dover

The master's finest hour. Bass line included!

118 RUSH:

2112: a) Overture b) The Temples of Syrinx

The first part of Rush's 2112 magnum opus. Bass line included!

16 CARLOS SANTANA

Inside the mind of the Latin guitar king.

26 STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN

A musical appreciation of SRV's most memorable guitar moment

Plus: A tribute to the late, great SRV.

38 DEFTONES:

Chi Cheng, Stephen Carpenter and Chino Morer

The inside story behind the Deftones, America's hottest

underground sensation.

44 EQUIPMENT REVIEWS

Analog Delay Pedals: Morley Emerald Echo, Ibanez AD 99, Rocktek

Super Delay, Arion Stereo Delay; Marshall JTM 600 amp head;

Ibanez RG 550 guitar; Morley Sapphire Flanger and Crystal Chorus

DOD FX 7 Effects unit/Pre-amp

58 In Deep With...AC/DC

A thorough examination of the ball-breaking

rhythmic crunch of AC/DC.

6 PASSING NOTES

Reader feedback.

8 FUZZ BOX

News & notes from the world of guitar.

SPOTLIGHTS

Fluffy, Downset, Cake

52 FUTURE SHOCKERS

Grip Inc., Sick of it All, Failure

134 FULL SHRED

Unusual rhythms.

W GUITAR 101

Diatonic Triads.

146 R1fFS

Hot guitar gear.

AS MUCH AS musicians might like to talk technique, prattling

on about the finer points of pick attack or fingering can be like

staring at the inner workings of a clock without ever checking

to see what time it is.

That's particularly true of Carlos Santana. There's no doubt

the man knows how to play, and, if asked for specifics, will

happily provide them. But he makes it clear that mechanics is

just a part of it: the hands and fingers do the work but the

heart and soul play an equally critical role.

"Playing guitar is both a physical and a metaphysical experi-

ence," he wrote in the liner notes to Dance of the

Rainbow Serpent. "When you're a kid, you grab

yourself. Even when you're in church, you still

touch and feel yourself because you're discov-

ering certain things and how they feel. Certain

things that are physical and more than physical

at the same time—things that come from inside

your mind and heart.

"That, to me, is what playing the guitar is

about. Because when you can play from your

heart, you are being open and honest. And

when that is the case, the instrument

becomes the vehicle by which you can reach

others with the music.

"So my goal is always to play the guitar, or

any instrument, really, from the heart. When

I'm able to do that, I don't feel like I'm playing,

I feel like I'm transmitting. And I welcome this

spirit. This is the spirit that takes music beyond

earthly tones. And so to play the guitar is learn-

ing to transmit, actually to both receive and

transmit something beyond all of this."

And much more!

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