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Joan Jett on the end of The Runaways – and why she nearly gave up on a solo career
From the Archive When the trailblazing band called it quits in April 1979, it felt like a huge blow to Jett – so much so that she even considered quitting music altogether and joining the military
Cut Worms’ Max Clarke on recording with Jeff Tweedy – and the indie icon's epic gear collection
Cut Worms' new album, Transmitter is sound of the fast-rising Brooklyn artist surrendering to collaboration and chasing new tones
Graham Coxon on the perfection of the Telecaster (and why you shouldn’t lend him your Strat)
The Blur guitarist reflects on his “wooden wife” – and the charms of the Tele’s weird headstock
Jimmy Page on how a ‘lost guitar track’ almost derailed Led Zeppelin’s Physical Graffiti
A miraculous salvage job rescued The Rover after an overdub ruined an original take
Skid Row’s Rachel Bolan on going solo, his ’70s inspirations, and the band’s continuing search for a new singer
Bolan looks back on the only gear he could afford when he started, his creative process, and what he learned from Gene Simmons, Paul McCartney, and Yes
How Merle Travis pushed Paul Bigsby to one-up Gibson with his iconic vibrato
From the Archive The country guitar giant was possibly the first to ever try out the game-changing piece of guitar hardware, and its invention was born out of a challenge he set for his friend
When Robert ‘Bubby’ Lewis mistook Andrew Gouché for a security guard – and ended up landing the gig with Snoop Dogg
Lewis landed the bass chair with Snoop Dogg in 2007. Shortly after he moved to L.A. for good
How Positive Grid reinvented the digital guitar amp
From lightbulb moments to the Amp Intelligence tech that turns cellphone snaps into sound, the Californian amp-builders tell GW about their wild 15-year ride
