Guitare Xtreme Magazine numéro 114

"There are no hard and fast rules in music," says John Scofield in the interview in this issue. There are more or less gentle slopes to follow, no doubt, shorter paths than others, at a pinch, statistics yes, but rules, not exactly.
Why don't we have more women in our columns? Probably because there are fewer of them than men in activity, the fault moreover of a lack of women mediatized guitar in hand, which triggers less vocations, the loop is endless. However, we never miss the opportunity to talk about a talented woman, since the Y chromosome is definitely not a guarantee of quality. We couldn't resist putting Orianthi on the cover when the opportunity arose, as she once held one of the most coveted jobs on the planet alongside Michael Jackson. Many women have carried the six-string banner loud and clear, like Lzzy Hale of Halestorm, Gibson's ambassador interviewed in this issue, who is celebrating the release of her third signature guitar. Bonnie Raitt, Susan Tedeschi, Lita Ford, the list goes on, but women in music remain underrepresented. It is certainly up to us to open up our pages more widely and, while we think we are doing the right thing, we certainly still lack imagination on this subject.
In the meantime, this month we have confirmation that statistics are made to be disproved and that sometimes small miracles happen, such as the appearance, at the gates of Paris, of a 1960 Gibson Les Paul Burst that had not been out of the case since 1968. We were able to witness the expertise and it was worth it! For those who don't have the few hundred thousand euros needed to buy one, we also tested some much more recent instruments, but just as sexy, as well as six pedals that were made in France, whereas we only swore by American equipment ten years ago. Really, there are no rules.