October 2011 Issue Highlights
Dream Theater
Dream Theater’s twin shred deities—guitarist John Petrucci and bassist John Myung—discuss the hoopla over founding drummer Mike Portnoy’s departure, their tendon-thrashing hand workouts, and the recording of their latest epic, A Dramatic Turn of Events.
Avant Guitar 101: Alternate Attacks
Five of the freakiest, most out-there experimental guitar pioneers talk about wielding bizarre implements—everything from chopsticks to electric fans—in a tireless quest to discover new modes of 6-string expression.
Primus
Primus’ Les Claypool and Ler LaLonde reveal how friendship and new tone toys helped them resurrect the most bizarre power trio of the last 25 years.
B.C. Rich
How a small retail shop in L.A. morphed into becoming a builder of the most radical designs of the 1970s and ’80s —and then managed to redefine Reagan-era metal guitar.
Matt Palmer
Jaw-dropping classical guitarist Matt Palmer reveals how his love of ’80s shredders like Yngwie Malmsteen and an unwanted gift from his mother inspired him to turbocharge the “Classical Gas” mentality of yore and create his own mind-bogglingly fast nylon-string picking technique.
Builder Profile: Gene Baker and Premier Builders Guild
Master builder and chief engineer Gene Baker has been around and then some—from studying at GIT to working for Gibson and the Fender Custom Shop to having his own prestigious shop torpedoed by unscrupulous lenders to heading up one of the guitar industry’s most intriguing gear consortiums
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