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Slash on his return to Guns N’ Roses, changing up the Sweet Child O’ Mine solo, and what needs to happen for a new GNR album
Slash is the luckiest man in rock. Quitting GNR in ’96 when they were on top, he returned in ’16 and hasn't looked back. Here he talks about the past, present, and what the future might hold...
How surviving cancer inspired Ana Popovic to take blues guitar to the dancefloor
Dance to the Rhythm is Ana Popovic once more torching convention and presenting a take on the blues that's true to herself and animated by an energy and life she could hardly contain
Few bassists can match the technical ability of Mohini Dey, thanks to her work with Steve Vai, Willow Smith and just about everyone else
The very definition of ‘prodigy’, Mumbai-born bassist Mohini Dey has enjoyed a rapid ascent to worldwide renown. And she’s only just getting started
Bass journeyman Jo Burt on playing with Freddie Mercury, Brian Setzer and The Troggs – and getting booted from Black Sabbath
The veteran bassist on his Queen and Led Zeppelin links, love for fretless, fighting with a Music Man EQ, and Tony Iommi’s smile when Geezer Butler’s Ampeg rig made a bass feel like an animal
Conjurer just dropped a modern sludge-metal classic – and they made it using custom guitars with satanic scale lengths
The UK progressive sludge-metallers are one of UK heavy music’s most potent forces. Dani Nightingale and Brady Deeprose break down their Carillion and Mozer guitars, and why they write material using Guitar Pro – then send the tabs to their fans
Fender CBS guitars get a bad rep – but what actually changed?
The CBS takeover of Fender was many things but it was not an overnight revolution. We track the key changes to its builds through the era
Eric Gales on his all-star blues tribute to his brother, the man who started him on guitar
With a stirring tribute to his older brother Manuel, who performed as Little Jimmy King, the master southpaw returns with one of the finest albums of his career
Described as the 4-string equivalent of painting with a sledgehammer, Van Halen’s Ultra Bass was not your typical bass solo
Michael Anthony’s Yamaha BB2000 would get rebuilt after every show following his foundation-shaking solo spot
How Ace Frehley came back from the brink with his first solo album in 20 years
In 2009, the late Spaceman took GW inside the inner workings of rock’s makeup-clad warriors – like that time he forged ahead after getting electrocuted onstage – and explained why he always valued spontaneity over rigorous practice
