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Julien Baker reveals the guitar that she got with an early paycheck, which ended up shaping her breakthrough record
By Janelle Borg published
The singer-songwriter and boygenius member looks back on the moment she got the Telecaster that started it all

A rare look inside Prince's world – record label battles, 3am sessions and wildfire guitar genius
By Alan di Perna published
The year is 1994: Prince has changed his name to O(+>, is at war with his label, and is readying a smoldering, guitar-heavy blues/funk trio album. GW was given rare access to his inner sanctum – his band, his studio, and even the elusive man himself

How Jeff “Skunk” Baxter took his session guitar experience and inspired a game-changing digital guitar
By Janelle Borg published
Skunk was involved in designing Roland and Fender's innovative G-5 – an all-in-one guitar offering a plethora of built-in tones and models

Peter Frampton on how his health diagnosis spurred him to keep playing guitar
By Janelle Borg published
At 59, Frampton experienced the first symptoms of IBM, a degenerative muscle disease, which he publicly revealed in 2019

Jackson Dean on playing in Nashville alongside some of the best
By Jim Beaugez published
The viral star turned country hero discusses finding space as a picker surrounded by guys like Tom Bukovac, John Osborne, and the sideman who’s been with him since the beginning, Brandon Aksteter

Don Henley explains why Vince Gill is such a valuable asset to the Eagles
By Phil Weller published
Gill has proven a shrewd hire for the stadium-filling band – covering every base they need

How Dave Grohl found the “lucky guitar” that appears on every Foo Fighters album
By Phil Weller published
The frontman is superstitious about the 1967 hollowbody he bought when he was still in Nirvana
![Tortoise: [from left] John McEntire, Dan Bitney, Jeff Parker, Douglas McCombs and John Hernon.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2YUmuCLFdmw3kARNUmCCBN-320-80.jpg)
Douglas McCombs on the long-awaited return of post-rock trailblazers Tortoise
By Adam Kovac published
We had to wait nigh-on a decade for new album Touch but it demonstrates that Douglas McCombs and his six-string lieutenant, Jeff Parker, have not lost theirs, nor for their taste in retro-audio engineering techniques

Posthumous Steve Cropper album announced, featuring some of electric guitar’s biggest names
By Janelle Borg published
The late Stax guitar legend has touted the star-studded affair as “the best record he’d ever made”

Mark Collins on triumph, tragedy, and the long-awaited return of the Charlatans
By Henry Yates published
Collins explains why the Britrock survivors still believe in albums and real amps moving air, and discusses their return to the formative Rockfield Studios after three decades
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