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Norma Jean’s Grayson Stewart reveals what’s on his pedalboard(s)
By Andrew Daly published
No spaceship-sized ’boards here, thank you. Stewart travels light, and leans heavily on a T-Rex Octavius

Nate Watts picks his top 5 Stevie Wonder basslines
By Nick Wells published
Stevie’s long-serving bassist names his 5 favorite bass grooves, and the James Jamerson line that helped get him the gig

This Instagram account is the guitar-building ASMR you didn’t know you needed
By Matt Owen published
Kanji Kawabata builds guitars by hand for the likes of Tomo Fujita, documenting every step of the process along the way – and the results are quite something

Vintage resonators, budget rarities and seaweed-hued semi-hollows: inside Peter Green’s guitar collection
By Jamie Dickson published
With over 100 of his guitars coming up for auction, we examine some gems from the Fleetwood Mac founder’s personal collection – some of which are surprisingly affordable

Meet HMLTD’s Duc Peterman, the jazz-schooled guitarist who rejects the “macho side of guitar playing” and wants his tones to sound like a giant parasitic worm
By Ellie Rogers published
With a bizarre new concept album, HMLTD are defying the expectations of guitar‑based music by treating the instrument like an orchestra – while embracing some “very stupid ideas”

Neil Giraldo: “As much as I loved Jeff Beck, I never wanted to be him. I wanted to be Pete Townshend. I wanted to be the writer. I wanted to play chords”
By Joe Bosso published
Pat Benatar’s right-hand man (and husband) on how he wound up with Jeff Beck’s pickups, his singable guitar solos – and why being listed among the unsung greats ain’t so bad after all

How the guitarist from Incubus ended up writing one of the biggest riffs of the 21st century… with Avicii
By Michael Astley-Brown published
It may not fit into conventional riff territory, but Mike Einziger’s infectious guitar line in Wake Me Up is among the most widely heard refrains of the past two decades – yet, as the guitarist admits, he “had no idea it would do what it did”

The 12-string guitar that defined the ‘60s: in praise of the Rickenbacker Capri
By Rod Brakes published
A favourite of The Beatles and The Byrds, these era-defining electrics still resonate

The Black Crowes' Rich Robinson names 11 guitarists who shaped his sound
By Andrew Daly published
The seasoned tonesmith reflects on spending "some of the best moments of my life" with Jimmy Page, the guitarist with a tone so unbelievable that "no-one on this Earth can touch him" and why Duane Allman is just as important as Jimi Hendrix

Ayla Tesler-Mabé: “I’m not sure I want to hear a purely improvisational solo... My favorite solos are the ones that are singable”
By Gregory Adams published
The Ludic (and ex-Calpurnia) guitarist on her solo debut experiment, where “every single note is something I understand and believe in”
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