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Joe Bonamassa shares his top tips for blues players looking to level up – and it’s not to learn more solos
By Phil Weller published
There’s no “Rosetta Stone of the blues” – but he says doing this will transform the fundamentals of your playing

Jake E. Lee on defying expectations, arthritis and gunshot wounds to mend his friendship with Ozzy at Back to the Beginning
By Andrew Daly published
In an interview that took place before Ozzy Osbourne's death, the Back to the Beginning standout talks Charvel guitars, next steps and the joy of achieving closure with his former boss

Misha Mansoor joins Tim Henson and Tosin Abasi in praising this emerging virtuoso – who’s changing the landscape of progressive guitar
By Matt Owen published
Shred’s finest new talent can add another name to the list of guitar heroes who have singled him out for praise

Are Guns N' Roses going to release a new record? This is what Slash had to say
By Phil Weller published
The band have “so much material” to work with, but Slash isn’t giving a timeline for its release

George Benson session player Corrado Rustici on what it took to record Whitney Houston's I Wanna Dance with Somebody
By Janelle Borg published
Rustici discusses working with producer to the stars, Narada Michael Walden, and how he was roped into Houston’s sessions

DarWin is keeping the mystery alive, but like Michael Jackson and Justin Timberlake before him, he has found a sparring partner in Greg Howe
By Joe Bosso published
New album Distorted Mirror introduces DarWin as one of the guitar world’s new heroes but he’s more happy to let the music – and his supergroup – do the talkin’

Indie-rock’s secret weapon Jay Som on guitars with history, boygenius – and the time Paramore had her back
By Cheri Amour published
Back with new album Belong, producer-guitarist Melina Duterte discusses working with teen heroes Jimmy Eat World, how Hayley Williams defended her and the pedal that is her shoegaze shortcut

The botched luthier job that convinced John Suhr to get into guitar building
By Phil Weller published
The celebrated luthier may have had a different career if it weren’t for someone else’s careless craftsmanship

Joe Bonamassa’s ultra-rare 1959 ‘Black Beauty’ Les Paul Custom is one of 20 in existence – now it’s been recreated as an Epiphone signature guitar
By Phil Weller published
Unique for its twin humbuckers and Bigsby vibrato, Bonamassa’s unicorn Les Paul has been recreated for under $1K

Samantha Fish on who she thinks are the best modern blues guitar players right now
By Janelle Borg published
In the past couple of years, the Kansas City blues rocker has opened for the Rolling Stones, joined Slash's multi-artist blues tour, and clinched the number one spot on Billboard’s Blues chart
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