Guitar Player Magazine April 1995 Red Hot Chili Peppers Dave Navarro Flea SKU 1549

Original Guitar Player Magazine – April 1995, Issue 304, Volume 29 No. 4, with a major Red Hot Chili Peppers cover feature centred on Dave Navarro and Flea.

The cover promotes the band as “New Blood, Fresh Tracks – The Inside Story”, making this a particularly interesting mid-1990s issue from the period when Navarro was part of the Red Hot Chili Peppers line-up.

This is a strong collector’s issue for fans of Red Hot Chili Peppers, Dave Navarro, Flea, 1990s alternative rock and guitar magazines, with extensive music, gear, history and instructional content.

Red Hot Chili Peppers Cover Feature

The main feature begins around page 104 and focuses on the Red Hot Chili Peppers, specifically Dave Navarro and Flea.

The contents page states that Navarro and Flea reinvent the band, reflecting the major stylistic transition the group was undergoing during the mid-1990s.

The magazine includes a striking black-and-white feature image of the pair with their instruments, and the cover itself prominently identifies them as Dave Navarro & Flea.

For collectors, this is especially relevant because it documents a distinctive period in Red Hot Chili Peppers history rather than the group’s more commonly represented later line-ups.

Other Featured Artists & Articles

The magazine contains a wide-ranging selection of guitar-focused features, including:

• Jeff Buckley
• Michael Bloomfield
• Sonny Landreth
• Dream Theater / prog-related coverage
• Testament
• The Hellecasters
• W.C. Clark
• Brent Mason
• The Assad Brothers
• Various rock, blues, classical and progressive guitar artists

A dedicated Michael Bloomfield lesson appears around page 87, focusing on chromatic blues ideas and his distinctive playing style.

The Hellecasters

The issue includes a feature on The Hellecasters, described as being “back on the twang gang,” adding another strong guitar-player-focused article for fans of roots, country and virtuoso instrumental playing.

Progressive Rock Feature

A feature titled “Prog Rock Redux” examines a newer generation revisiting the musical ideas of 1970s progressive rock.

This adds further interest for collectors of prog-related material and guitar-history content.

Guitar Gear Content

The issue is also heavily focused on equipment.

Highlighted gear coverage includes:

• Five high-end solidbody guitars rated
• Matchless amplification
• Orange Sunshine pedal
• Repair and setup coverage
• New gear
• Reviews
• Learning Curve
• Classifieds

The magazine therefore offers both artist material and useful period gear coverage from the mid-1990s guitar market.

Lessons / Sessions

A substantial instructional section includes lessons and technique material from names such as:

• Jim Campilongo
• Roger Ferguson
• Jon Finn
• Ray Flacke
• Bruce Forman
• Mike Hickey
• Barney Kessel
• Greg Martin
• Ralph Towner

Additional topics include blues, jazz, diminished ideas, fingerstyle, twang playing, rhythm work and other technique-based material.

Condition

Pre-owned vintage condition with visible age and handling wear.

From the supplied photographs:

• Front cover remains colourful, complete and highly displayable.
• There is visible edge wear and rubbing, especially around the lower edge and spine.
• The bottom-right corner is creased and curled, with some compression and bending.
• The bottom-left corner shows rubbing and slight wear.
• Some general surface marks, rubbing and minor scuffing are visible across the cover.
• The upper edge and corners show mild handling wear.
• Spine area appears intact but shows age-related rubbing.
• Interior pages shown appear clean, bright and securely attached.
• Contents page remains sharp and readable.
• No major page loss, severe tearing or obvious writing is visible in the supplied photographs.

Overall, this presents as a good used collector’s copy, with noticeable but typical cosmetic wear for a magazine of this age.

Please study all supplied photographs carefully, as they form part of the condition description.

Important – Original Extras

Any loose gifts, CDs, posters, promotional items, supplements, inserts or other extras that may originally have been supplied with this magazine are no longer included unless they are clearly visible in the photographs.

The sale is for the magazine itself and only the material visibly present in the supplied images.

Packaging

UK orders: Sent securely in a hardback envelope.

International orders: Sent in a cardboard mail-size box for additional protection during transit.

SKU: 1549