Australian Guitar #169 is here and, as you've no doubt gathered from the cover above, we've gone around the Bowie bend this issue.
To commemorate ten years since the world-changing rockstar's death, we chat with an assembly of former Bowie collaborators to ask: what was it like playing with royalty? What was his philosophy towards the guitar? And critically: was he nice? Adrien Belew, Peter Frampton and Carlos Alomar all weigh in, among others.
We speak to a lot of other fellow string-slingers too: Local djent wizz Plini features, as does Little River Band's Graeham Goble. Masked buzz act Angine de Poitrine speaks up (via email: we've not seen 'em, unfortunately), as does Kim Thayil and Brian Setzer. We also look at the recording of INXS' timeless Never Tear Us Apart.
Technique wise, we cast our eyes over the full spectrum of 1980s guitar excess. We also look at the history of signature guitars, and review gear by the likes of Ibanez, Fender, Cort, JBL, KRK, PRS and more.
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