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President, CEO and chief guitar designer at Taylor Guitars, Andy Powers is branching out with Powers Electric, and a guitar that's been 30 years in the making

From The Archive The Dire Straits guitar hero forged a lasting partnership with a very different guitar brand during the 1980s

Julien’s Auctions appraiser and guitar tech Mike Adams recalls spending five days among the Cheap Trick icon’s 500-instrument wonderland to select the 69 lots up for sale

The folk alchemist treads a transformative path, rendering old songs new with little but a Telecaster and a tube amp

One of pop-punk’s most influential bassists reveals what songwriting with Tom DeLonge and Travis Barker is really like, the guitar parts you might not realize he wrote and why his new signature bass is unique for every player

From the Archive Turns out, even the Toto guitarist and session ace went through a phase of doubting his abilities...

The NYC sessioner shares war stories from a charmed career – and reveals his one big regret

He discusses what it’s like to play with some of his heroes, his favorite rare guitar, and the quirk of his playing that sometimes frustrates him

The blues-rock guitarist reveals how four years, four prototypes, one vision and raw emotion turned into her first signature guitar: the Kramer Malina Moye Pacer Deluxe

The Muse frontman wound up owning Manson Guitar Works after 20 years of FX-loaded collaborations. He details its forthcoming Graham Coxon signature model and why mistakes are an important part of his playing