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Joe Satriani opens up on the hand injury that forced him to relearn how to play his songs
By Matt Owen published
Satch stuck it out for an entire tour before seeking help from a specialist, and it prompted him to explore new ways of playing the guitar

“All I need is insurmountable odds. Give me your worst guitar”: Josh Homme is finally ready to talk tone
By Phil Weller published
From flea market finds to amps that aren’t amps at all, the Queens of the Stone Age mastermind has begun to reveal his tone secrets – starting with the little Peavey that could. The self-proclaimed shepherd of the weird explains why it’s time to share

That time Eddie Van Halen visited the EVH workshop while they were building the Wolfgang
By Phil Weller published
Fender Master Builder Andy Hicks hadn’t been in the job long before he received a visit from the guitar great, who came to oversee the making of his signature

Samantha Fish reveals the “cheat” she uses to emulate a pedal steel guitar
By Janelle Borg published
Despite calling it a “hot mess,” Samantha Fish says a volume pedal is her tried-and-tested approach to creating volume swells

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

The Beatles made the Leslie speaker an iconic guitar tone. But a pioneering “all-female” rock band were one of the first to take it out on the road
By Janelle Borg published
June Millington, one of the co-founders of the 1970s LA-based band Fanny, heard the Let It Be demo and was set on incorporating a Leslie speaker into her rig

Glenn Tilbrook on the resurrection of the Squeeze concept album that never was
By Henry Yates published
Demo’d in ’74, when their compositional skills wrote checks their chops couldn’t cash, Squeeze shelved Trixies for 52 years. Now, Tilbrook says he’s proud to pull this lost album from the time machine

He arrived on the shred scene with Paul Gilbert, Jason Becker and John Petrucci… then he vanished
By Andrew Daly published
After starting a family and his own company, Darren Housholder's priorities changed – but he’s gradually brought music-making back into his world
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