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“John Sykes changed my world”: How Fozzy’s Rich Ward invented Stuck Mojo
The Marshall fan explains what made him shut down the crossover band he loved, how he developed the perfect partnership with Fozzy bandmate Chris Jericho, and why mid-’70s Les Pauls are the best
10 legendary blues guitars, featuring Lucille, Lucy, Greeny – and the Loch Ness Monster of Les Pauls
Named and famed! Behind every great blues player is a great guitar, and they don’t come more iconic than this...
Flatwound vs roundwound bass strings: What’s the difference?
Mellow and warm or bright and snappy? We look at the key differences between flatwound and roundwound bass strings
Rock City Machine Co. went from KISS Army to KISS collaborators. Now they're going it alone.
Ryan Cook and Jeremy Asbrock have worked with Ace Frehley and Gene Simmons, but say it’s time for them to stand on their own, er, four feet...
Why a baritone Les Paul is the perfect prog metal weapon for Wheel’s James Lascelles
Upcoming third album, Charismatic Leaders, kickstarts a new era for the Finnish prog-metallers with a sound that’s stubbornly traditional but powerfully progressive
Meet Ava Mendoza the punk-reared jazz guitar maverick turning breath work to fretwork
Echolocation is the sound of a player reared on punk taking what you might call jazz into a new place
Inside the sound and style of Motown master James Jamerson
Five top low-enders with links to the bass great dissect the James Jamerson style
Why Squarepusher (aka Tom Jenkinson) is an artist in a vast left-field league of his own
You may or may not know Squarepusher (aka Tom Jenkinson), but chances are he doesn’t care to know you
