Tools of the trade, part 7

1960 Gibson ES-335

The month’s best guitar music – a hand-picked selection of the finest fretwork on wax

When the Irish band were a folksy blues three-piece, it was Eric Bell who defined Thin Lizzy on their 1971 self-titled debut and early 70s follow-ups, Shades Of A Blue Orphanage and Vagabonds Of The Western World

Blackberry Smoke’s guitarist reveals his greatest guitar triumphs, the pitfalls and blessings of his Les Paul Junior addiction, and his outright disdain of “bad amps”

With a raft of recent high-spec reissue launches, is Epiphone now the home of affordable ‘vintage’ Gibsons? On paper, yes. But what about in the flesh?

GEORGE HARRISON’S 1974 North American tour was the former Beatle’s first tour following his former band’s 1970 breakup. The 45-show trek — which included November and December dates throughout the U.S