VIDEO FEATURE & WEB-EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW Musician:  CRAIG CAMPBELL Music Video: “Outskirts of Heaven” CRAIG CAMPBELL Web-Exclusive Interview with M Music & Musicians magazine publisher, Merlin David Craig Campbell has had five consecutive charting hits and has sold a million downloads. “Keep Them Kisses Comin’” (written by Dallas Davidson and Ben Hayslip) is his biggest hit so far—reaching No. 7 on the Mediabase Country chart... 

Martin’s new Performing Artist Series guitar has all the accessibility of an acoustic/electric. FOR: Acoustic performers. The GPCPA1 is made from woods selected for tone, beauty and reliability. Sitka spruce top and East Indian rosewood sides and back make for a sweet and sturdy sound that lives up to the Martin name whether plugged in or not. The Fishman F1 Aura electronics system onboard translates this rich acoustic sound for an amp or PA in... 

An innovative instrument that can record, playback and interface with a computer. FOR: Guitar players, students and songwriters. The iDea OPI-1 preamp can record around 100 minutes of MP3 files from a combination of saddle pickup and an onboard mic. It can also export song ideas or import other material via USB. Use playback to learn tunes, and even change the tempo without changing pitch to work up to speed on new material. Creatively speaking, it’s... 

Taylor’s T3/B pairs the best of a hollowbody with some signature features from their SolidBody and T5 electrics. FOR: Electric guitarists in almost any genre. The neck expands on Taylor’s hollow T5 design with more substantial frets, t confidence and comfort in the fingers. The same Style 2 HD humbuckers found on the SolidBody line offer traditional three-way switching, while pulling up on the volume knob engages a coil-splitter. The tone knob... 

This waterproof case for Stratocasters and Telecasters is the first injection-molded case of its kind. FOR: Traveling guitarists. SKB has spared no efforts in creating the ultimate flight case for two of the most common body styles. The polypropylene copolymer resin is designed to be corrosion- and impact-resistant, airtight, waterproof and even submersible up to certain pressures. Inside, a plush lining supports the neck and protects the guitar from...