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Electro-Harmonix Adrian Belew Echoflanger
Electro-Harmonix puts Adrian Belew’s most famous sounds into a signature Echoflanger pedal

By Phil Weller Published

Expanded with new controls and features, Belew’s favorite odd box just got a whole lot more powerful

Guitar Pedals
Tony Levin performs with Peter Gabriel at Mediolanum Forum of Assago on May 21, 2023 in Milan, Italy
Tony Levin on how a Peter Gabriel session changed his trajectory – and led him to King Crimson

By Janelle Borg Published

The bass juggernaut looks back on his session days and how a recording session in Toronto with an unfamiliar artist turned into one of the biggest chapters of his career

Bassists
David Bowie plays a Supro onstage in 2004.
David Bowie’s guitarists on what it was like to play with the Thin White Duke

By Joel McIver Published

10 years after Bowie's death, Adrian Belew, Peter Frampton, Carlos Alomar and other guitar-slinging comrades-in-arms recall high times alongside the master

Guitarists
Steve Vai and Adrian Belew performing with Beat
Steve Vai and Adrian Belew announce new BEAT tour, with lineup change

By Phil Weller Published

A new member has been drafted in as the King Crimson offshoot announce more US and Canadian dates

Concert, Gigs & Tours
David Bowie performs on stage on the third and final day of "The Nokia Isle of Wight Festival 2004" at Seaclose Park, on June 13, 2004 in Newport, UK.
Was David Bowie a good guitar player? Adrian Belew, Peter Frampton and more weigh in

By Phil Weller Published

Bowie's various sidemen share their thoughts on what their former leader was like as a guitarist

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Guitarists
Left–Adrian Belew, David Bowie, Vorst Natonaal, Brussels, Belgium, 11/06/1978; Right–Adrian Belew performs with 'David Bowie' at the Fresno Convention Center in Fresno, California on April 2, 1978
Adrian Belew on how he went from playing with Frank Zappa to joining David Bowie's band

By Janelle Borg Published

Belew would serve as Bowie’s lead guitarist between 1978 and 1979, before returning as his musical director in 1990

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Guitarists
American musician and guitarist Adrian Belew performs live on stage with English rock group King Crimson at the Royal Albert Hall in London on 17th May 1995 / Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails performs on stage at Brixton Academy on May 25th, 1994 in London, England
How Adrian Belew ended up working with Nine Inch Nails – and why their plans for a tour never came to be

By Matt Owen Published

The King Crimson legend worked on The Downward Spiral with Reznor, but a planned tour never took place

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Guitarists
Adrian Belew
Adrian Belew shares unseen photos of “the first relic’d guitar” – which he created with Seymour Duncan

By Phil Weller Published

The pair’s process was a little more primitive than modern methods

Guitarists
A black and white image of Electro-Harmonix founder Mike Matthews, plus vintage pedals, on a neon background
50 years ago, Electro-Harmonix set the template for the future of guitar stores – then it disappeared without a trace

By Matt Parker Published

Mike Matthews, Josh Scott and key EHX staff reflect on the firm’s boldest idea, which came at the height of its late-’70s powers – and went way beyond pedals

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Guitar Pedals
Parker Fly electric guitar
Adrian Belew leads tributes to Ken Parker, pioneering guitar maker who has died aged 73

By Matt Owen Published

Parker's builds were played by everyone from Belew and Joni Mitchell to Eddie Van Halen and Matt Bellamy

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