Mick Taylor
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Come on, GET YOUR TRIVIUM QUESTIONS IN!
By Mick Taylor last updated
We're meeting up with Trivium's Matt Heafy and Corey Beaulieu for an upcoming interview in Guitarist.
ASK TRIVIUM'S MATT & COREY
By Mick Taylor last updated
Your chance to ASK TRIVIUM ANYTHING & WIN A PRIZE!*
Nev & Rog on GMTV!
By Mick Taylor last updated
Okay then, so who spotted Blues Headlines head honcho and ex-Guitarist editor Neville Marten, and Guitarist contributor Roger Newell on TV this morning?
Help – my guitar is being eaten!
By Mick Taylor last updated
Problems with nitro-cellulose finishes?
ACM Summer School 20 to 24 August
By Mick Taylor last updated
Guildford’s Academy Of Contemporary Music will open its doors once again in August for the annual Summer School.
![The classic Vox hallmarks are mingled with extra headroom and power.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/e85f4373d5e8bbd64e0897d70af0ccf7-320-80.jpg)
Vox Night Train NT50H & V212NT
By Mick Taylor last updated
The lunchbox amp evolves into a full picnic hamper
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Providence FDR-1F Flame Drive
By Mick Taylor last updated
Even more refinement, if you want it
![Smith's style is a mix of Western swing and jazz.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4adcec6d3e23bf2022effda9e5c94b66-320-80.jpg)
Interview: Hot Club of Cowtown's Whit Smith
By Mick Taylor last updated
Guitar virtuoso provides an insight into the world of Western swing
![The Tubemeister 18 has two channels, plus a boosted third mode.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/7bcfbe88a7504c7e5827933e8b58ea3e-320-80.jpg)
Hughes & Kettner TubeMeister 18
By Mick Taylor last updated
Quiet, loud, clean, dirty, with speaker or without. Is there nothing this new valve mini-head can't do?
![The MoFo 55 has more grunt than the original MoFo.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/573f8abbc55f428f4fbc7d62e4d494b0-320-80.jpg)
Hayden MoFo 55 combo review
By Mick Taylor last updated
We all know what MoFo really means. Here's a feature-packed combo to underline the sentiment
![The Royal Atlantic is impeccably finished.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/e1a6a08a095e280107579d1fc7abe564-320-80.jpg)
Mesa Boogie Royal Atlantic RA-100
By Mick Taylor last updated
Rectifiers and Stilettos have been top of the class at Mesa's School Of Rock for a good while now. But now there's a new boy, and he has a British accent…
![This pedal provides classic delay for classic guitar tones.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/a694a4256280e5785f76b87d36c5a0c9-320-80.jpg)
T-Rex Reptile 2
By Mick Taylor last updated
Classic tape-echo delay tones in a compact box
![Colin embraces technology and is a big fan of ProTools.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/89e0900113e3a45154e50e4cde2cdabd-320-80.jpg)
INTERVIEW: Metal production guru Colin Richardson
By Mick Taylor last updated
We meet one of metal's most successful record producers during his latest project
![The TA-30 is the bigger brother of the Mesa/Boogie's TA-15.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ee4519beb90020c3631eaf4fc9aabdb5-320-80.jpg)
Mesa/Boogie TransAtlantic TA-30 combo
By Mick Taylor last updated
Twice the power as the TA-15 - is it twice the fun?
![The compact-yet-potent Mini Rectifier is ideal for real-world playing situations.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/9b377880e4c3ba3f6c3e57c0aff3f624-320-80.jpg)
Mesa/Boogie Mini Rectifier Twenty-Five
By Mick Taylor last updated
The genre-defining Rectifier Series gets its own Mini-Me. Enfant terrible or chip off the old block?
![The gear switch opens up three modes that take you from fuzz to overdrive boost](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/f3d4667ff66cd422787230e69834b82c-320-80.jpg)
Moonphase Moondriver
By Mick Taylor last updated
Walking on the moon is fine, but this pedal would rather go for a drive...
![The CS 50 celebrates Orange's 'pics only' amps with graphic symbols to represent the knob functions](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/6fceb8b64e8b08c65a61fc8fd0f9aa67-320-80.jpg)
Orange Custom Shop 50
By Mick Taylor last updated
Brit amp legend ups the ante with predominantly point-to-point wiring and the full CS treatment
![The Blue Spark Digital has both USB and Apple-friendly 30-pin connections](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/0da2fdaebe123a433564e35aa432dddb-320-80.jpg)
Blue Spark Digital
By Mick Taylor last updated
A smart-looking mic to record direct to your computer or Apple iOS device
![Yes, it's ludicrously expensive, but the Heat Blaster is certainly a unique distortion pedal](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/aa832e90c89c96cc4c733190ce3238a3-320-80.jpg)
Free The Tone HB-2 Heat Blaster
By Mick Taylor last updated
A unique distortion stompbox with a sizzling rockin' heart
![The metal body and casing feels of very high quality](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/428d92bc8d8b0a9f5658ca9c3d863078-320-80.jpg)
Rode iXY
By Mick Taylor last updated
Rode brings studio quality microphones to iOS devices
![The pink binding and ray gun-etched Bare Knuckle pickups are two give-aways of this guitar's namesake](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/d74779560760462315bd9f035bc7d23a-320-80.jpg)
Knaggs Steve Stevens Signature
By Mick Taylor last updated
Steve Stevens and Joe Knaggs team up for a no-holds-barred rockin' single-cut
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