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Danielle Haim on her guitarist-for-hire days with Julian Casablancas, I Quit energy and Haim’s historic Grammy nomination
From their first gig at a Jewish deli to selling out arenas, Haim have been on quite a journey since their 2013 debut album – and made history as the first all-female band ever to be nominated in the Grammys’ Best Rock Album category
The greatest guitar gear of the 21st century (so far)
The guitars, amps, effects, tech and innovations that changed how we play, listen and create
Arm the Homeless was a disaster, then it changed rock history. Tom Morello reveals how Fender replicated its misfit charms
Arm the Homeless is synonymous with the Rage Against the Machine firebrand and one of the most iconic electric guitars of all time. Morello explains why, after 30 years, he’s finally getting sentimental about his “artistic co-worker” – and the one thing that separates the Fender replica from the original
Greg Norton believes Hüsker Dü were always going to break up, but it happened too soon
The current Ultrabomb bassist discusses the instruments that led to his custom Reverend, how a 1985 concert video got lost, and how easy it was to learn from bandmate Mould
He’s played on over 500 albums. Now Marcus Deml is making breathtaking guitar instrumentals under his own name
He spent 12-hour days learning at GIT in the shred era. But for his Strat-led solo showcase, Deml relied mainly on his ears and a religious approach to tone
“It was a little hard bouncing between classes and playing Coachella”: Is Brandon ‘Taz’ Niederauer guitar’s next superstar?
At 22 years old, he’s already a star of stage and screen. Taz seems like such a nice kid, but don’t be fooled – he plays like a demon
The making of the American Professional Classic series – the brand-new “lived-in” (but not relic’d) US Fender line
More aged nitro finishes and a new US-made line-up that pares back the modernisms. Are our tastes changing? Max Gutnik, chief product officer at FMIC, tells all
How a $10k acoustic build put the loud into Lowden – with exotic tonewoods and faultless construction
Meet the high-end cutaway acoustic of your dreams that looks a million dollars and costs more than $10,000 – another occasion when Irish luthier George Lowden has raised the bar
