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With Strats, Magnatones, and an all-star lineup of friends, Slash embraces the blues – with one of the last Dumbles ever built
Turning to spontaneity, and changing habits both gear and playing-wise, Slash's new record is a laid-back, charming tribute to an ever-lasting strain of guitar playing
Dug Pinnick on pushing hard rock’s boundaries with Kings X and a 12-string bass guitar
Dug Pinnick’s onstage presence with King’s X is made even more compelling by his unusual 12-string bass guitar
St. Vincent on returning to real amps, stealing Josh Homme’s secret weapon – and how she overcame her fear of Strats
St. Vincent’s new album, All Born Screaming, sees her teaming up with two Foo Fighters, using Prince’s favourite pedal and embarking on a prog odyssey. It also sees her return to real amps played real loud…
Up-close with the 1974 Martin guitar that Eric Clapton used to write Wonderful Tonight
Eric Clapton’s Wonderful Tonight is one of the great love songs of our time. So when the guitar he wrote it on, a 1974 Martin 000-28, came up for auction in London, we didn’t need a second invitation to go and take a closer look
Battlesnake are the triple-guitar lovechild of Queen, King Gizzard and Judas Priest you never knew you needed
We meet Australia’s three-headed metal guitar hydra – are you prepared for Battlesnake?
Meet Joe Robinson, the Australian acoustic virtuoso who turned down major labels to make it in Nashville
After rejecting a series of record contracts from Sony, the Australia’s Got Talent alumnus made the move to Nashville and learned how to be a sideman
Ace Frehley on his greatest gear finds – and the guitars he regrets selling
The former Kiss guitarist on that time he sold a ’59 Les Paul to fund a gambling trip, and the price-boosting power of his personal signature
“Sitting at an Ikea desk, shredding guitar, day after day… I don’t want any part of that”: Tracii Guns on his favorite modern players
The LA Guns veteran has added to his long list of collaborations as he teams up with hard rocker Jack Russell for new album Medusa
“Shania Twain got me into alternate tunings”: What session bass supremo Derek Frank learned from playing with pop’s A-listers
Serving the songs of Shakira, Gwen Stefani and Orianthi doesn’t mean the bass journeyman can’t bring a bit of Rocco Prestia, James Jamerson and Pino Palladino to proceedings
Art-rock’s elder statesman Bill Nelson on his wildest guitar stories – and why he still swears by the Line 6 Pod
The Be-Bop Deluxe icon invites us into his guitar-packed home to talk about his endless drive to write and record, his six-string war stories, and why he hasn’t used guitar amps for years
