Ted Drozdowski

Editorial director Ted Drozdowski is an award-winning journalist and music historian, and a musician, songwriter, producer, and film consultant. He’s a maniac for slide and psychedelic guitar, and has toured and taught workshops internationally. Ted is also the proprietor of Coyote Motel, his psych-roots band, who star in the film The River: A Songwriter’s Stories of the South. Connect with him at ted@premierguitar.com.

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Acoustic Guitar and the Perils of Shakespeare

Marshall 1959 Super Lead Pedal Review

Custom-Ordering Guitars—the Belltone, Gibson, Kiesel, and Fender Way

Jessie Mae Hemphill’s Feel-Good Music

Margo Price: The Making of a Signature Gibson J-45

The Grammy-nominated alt-country and Americana singer, songwriter, and bandleader tells the story behind the creation of her new guitar and talks about the role acoustic Gibson workhorses have played in her musical history—and why she loves red-tailed hawks.

Kirk Hammett’s Top Three Guitars (Yes, Greeny Is One of Them)

The World’s Worst Guitar Repairman

If working on your own instruments sounds intimidating, this issue’s cover story may be the gateway you need. And yes, Ted has a troubled history of repairing his own 6-strings.

The Devil’s Backline

Club- or festival-provided stage amps can be hellish or angelic. Here are some of the devils and angels Premier Guitar’s editorial director has encountered along the road.

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Ted Drozdowski

The Grammy-nominated alt-country and Americana singer, songwriter, and bandleader tells the story behind the creation of her new guitar and talks about the role acoustic Gibson workhorses have played in her musical history—and why she loves red-tailed hawks.

If working on your own instruments sounds intimidating, this issue’s cover story may be the gateway you need. And yes, Ted has a troubled history of repairing his own 6-strings.

Club- or festival-provided stage amps can be hellish or angelic. Here are some of the devils and angels Premier Guitar’s editorial director has encountered along the road.