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“Who knows?! There are tapes that I would love to get my hands on…”: Eddie Kramer isn’t ruling out using Beatles-like AI techniques to restore more lost Jimi Hendrix tapes
The South African producer and engineer collaborated intimately with Hendrix in the ‘60s and has since worked on numerous posthumous projects. Now he says he’s open to embracing AI to add to the guitarist’s legacy
“People romanticize the old sound, but you want your sound brought into the 21st century”: Billy Corgan reveals how Tony Iommi inspired his approach to signature gear
Black Sabbath’s metal icon taught the Smashing Pumpkins leader the importance of updating past tonal glories for the future
“The first collaboration between Slash and an amp brand in years”: Slash’s flagship Magnatone signature amp has arrived
The Guns N' Roses hero recently announced he'd be adding Magnatone amps to his backline, and the British-voiced SL-100 looks as though it will be right at home alongside his trusted Marshalls
“Jimi turned round and said, 'Hey man, mind if I play the guitar for a while?' We played for about half an hour. That was probably the last time I saw him”: Andy Summers recalls his “outrageous” jams with Jimi Hendrix
In a new interview with Rick Beato, The Police guitarist also discussed his abandoned duet with Robert Fripp, and what he learned from a guitar lesson with “the world’s greatest guitar player” Lenny Breau
“Essentially a souped-up Guitar Hero for adults”: A New Zealand brewery has invented a beer vending machine that lets you pay with your guitar skills
Panhead Custom Ales’ Slay to Pay machine is the first of its kind and rewards shred with beer
“The arena-grade touring rig that fits in every guitar bag”: Kemper’s new Profiler Player might just be the ultimate compact all-in-one rig – and it doesn't even need a screen
It's only the size of two standard stompboxes put together, but the deceivingly compact rig looks to be just as powerful as its larger siblings
“We called that riff ‘The Batman Riff’”: Kirk Hammett admits Metallica lifted the Batman theme on 72 Seasons
Thought that riff in Shadows Follow sounded awfully similar to a certain classic superhero theme? Turns out Metallica knew exactly what they were doing
“A pedal no-one else has and a tribute to my dad”: Red Witch releases 60 one-of-a-kind pedals as the company’s founder pays tribute to his late father
Each of the all-analog stompboxes from the New Zealand boutique pedal builder features a different photo of Ben Fulton’s dad and a unique chorus circuit
