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Billy Squier on saving his ’59 Les Paul from a fire, the world’s greatest Marshall and why he stopped practicing
By Joe Matera published
The man behind The Stroke and Lonely Is the Night checks in to talk all things guitar, imposter syndrome and the enduring appeal of his 1960 Tele Custom

Mike Campbell on the riff he wanted to ditch – but Tom Petty made him double down
By Janelle Borg published
Campbell was forced to get creative to make a Heartbreakers classic

The difference between a PRS Silver Sky and Fender Stratocaster, according to a blues hero who plays both
By Phil Weller published
The guitars have their own unique qualities in Philip Sayce's eyes – and both are welcome in his rig

Ed O’Brien opens up on his guitar insecurities in Radiohead
By Jonathan Horsley published
The Radiohead guitarist speaks about dealing with depression in a band and finding solace in the familial bond with his bandmates

Grace Bowers has returned to YouTube and launched a new era on her own terms
By Janelle Borg published
Bowers has said guitar content isn’t a focus for her anymore on YouTube – and she’s now creating music “true to who I am”

“We started talking about Black Sabbath, and Buzz goes, ‘You know they did this thing called drop D.’ We said, ‘What’s that?’” Kim Thayil on how Soundgarden took rock guitar into the superunknown – and the unfinished Chris Cornell tapes
By Jon Wiederhorn published
With the Soundgarden guitarist‘s memoir, A Screaming Life, out now, he unpacks the story behind one of the most influential rock bands of the ’90s

Was Neal Schon the godfather of ‘80s glam metal? Tracing the origin story of Mötley Crüe’s seminal Looks That Kill riff
By Damon Orion published
We time-travel back to the era of zebra stripes and ripped jeans to investigate the mystery of Crüe’s Looks That Kill and the riff that changed the world

Why Kurt Vile prefers older guitar strings – and hardly ever changes his
By Janelle Borg published
Vile has been guitar through and through since the beginning, so much so that he prefers the sound of dead strings...
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