Features

Inside the rabble-rousing country rock guitar madness of Treaty Oak Revival

By Gregory Adams published 24 April 26

A beer can in the face? That ain’t nothin’ for these punk-country-rock troubadours (who you might’ve already heard if you’ve binged on Landman)

Billy Gibbons on how B.B. King changed his life

By Andrew Daly published 24 April 26

At the age of 7, seeing B.B. King lit the path for Gibbons as a blues guitarist. The ZZ Top legend discusses B.B.’s lasting impact

How Rainbow bassist Craig Gruber galloped his way through a hard-rock classic alongside Ritchie Blackmore and Ronnie James Dio

By Chris Jisi published 23 April 26

Having become disillusioned with Deep Purple’s growing love of funk, Ritchie Blackmore jumped ship in August 1975 – taking most of Purple’s opening act with him

Jake Kiszka talks us through his new Gibson SG signature, a devilishly thin-necked beast built to galvanize the next generation

By Daryl Robertson published 23 April 26

The Greta Van Fleet and Mirador guitarist gets a loving tribute to The Beloved with his first-ever signature model

Baroness shredder Gina Gleason on 75 years of the Fender Telecaster – and why it works for metal

By Dan Bradley published 23 April 26

The face of Fender’s 75th Anniversary Telecaster campaign shares all about her new death metal project, recent technique breakthroughs and where she thinks the future of metal tone lies

Lamb of God’s Willie Adler and Mark Morton take us inside metal’s premier riff machine

By Jon Wiederhorn published 23 April 26

Into Oblivion finds the guitarists revisiting past chaos to inspire some of the Virginia stalwarts’ most brutal and diverse material to date

Who is buying $15 million guitars? One of the world’s leading dealers lifts the veil on the collectible guitar market

By Janelle Borg published 22 April 26

At 32, Matthieu Lucas hosts guitars wielded by the likes of Slash, Eric Clapton and AC/DC at Parisian guitar emporium Matt’s Guitar Shop. He is driven by his core belief that vintage guitars, once owned by legendary musicians, are meant to be played on stage again

The making of the Blackstar Doug Aldrich Signature DA100 Ruby

By Martin Smith published 22 April 26

Doug Aldrich reveals how decades of vintage amps, real-world touring and close collaboration with Blackstar helped shape his DA100 Ruby signature head

You may not know who played guitar on some of Avril Lavigne’s biggest hits. It was Corky James

By Andrew Daly published 21 April 26

The self-confessed late developer was in his 50s when his career hit its stride. He explains how he wound up working with Liz Phair, Demi Lovato, and more, and reveals the gear that got him there

The story of Fanny, one of the world’s first all-female rock bands

By Janelle Borg published 21 April 26

Fanny never topped the charts, but they made fans of everyone from the Beatles to David Bowie – despite constantly having to prove they could play