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Double Whammy pedal master Sean Long gifts Tom Morello his Charvel signature guitar to thank him for decades of inspiration
The heir to Morello's Whammy throne thanked his hero with a gift the Rage Against the Machine trailblazer has promised he'll put to good use
Solar’s new Type-E models look to bring “extreme modern shapes” to the bass guitar world
Ola Englund’s firm has announced an angular new bass shape that looks to introduce a “new standard for metal bass”
Joanne Shaw Taylor briefly switched to Les Pauls – and it dramatically improved her guitar playing
Joanna Shaw Taylor is a self-confessed Fender Tele aficionado, but switching to Les Pauls taught her a valuable lesson
Ibanez launches “revolutionary” new multi-scale bass guitars – and they’re fitted with a game-changing tuning technology
Two new bass models are geared towards heavier music, and feature some pioneering Graph Tech appointments to offer improved tuning
Metallica producer offers a theory for Jason Newsted’s inaudible bass on …And Justice For All
Flemming Rasmussen explains why the band – who were mourning the loss of Cliff Burton at the time – decided to dial down Newsted on his maiden Metallica record
Sophie Lloyd almost lost her finger during a recent video shoot
The Machine Gun Kelly guitarist and fellow YouTuber Cole Rolland recorded a flashy video for their new collaborative single – but it resulted in a trip to hospital
Billie Joe Armstrong just played Steve Jones’ iconic Sex Pistols Les Paul – which recently sold for $390,000 – with Green Day in Paris
Armstrong used Steve Jones’ 1974 Gibson Les Paul Custom to play Green Day protest song Know Your Enemy
Polyphia share their top tips for entering the daunting digital modeler world
Having experienced a lot of “user error” while trying to wrap their heads around amp modelers, Tim Henson and Scott LePage offer some sage advice to fellow amp sim-strugglers
