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Reb Beach on the story of his ’90s Ibanez signature guitar – and the mystery behind its sequel
By Andrew Daly published
The year is 1990 and Reb Beach is on the cover of Guitar World with his Ibanez WRB-3, a super-cool weird shape electric. But what happened to the WRB-1?

Why Mick Box is missing Uriah Heep's farewell shows
By Phil Weller published
His stand-in has the founding member’s blessing, but is left joking about “existential panic” and “very big boots” to fill

The Cribs' Ryan Jarman explains why a guitar swap with Johnny Marr didn't work out
By Janelle Borg published
When Marr briefly joined the band, the two guitarists jokingly agreed to a guitar swap – only for Jarman to realize he would have gotten the short end of the stick

How the Velveteers' Demi Demitro learned to speak through baritone fuzz riffs
By Jim Beaugez published
With Dan Auerbach at the helm once more, the Velveteers' A Million Knives holds the brute force of low-end guitar and melody in equilibrium while two drummers pummel their way through the mix

Keith Urban tells the tale of the Dumble that got away – and why he let down the buyer of his ’Burst
By Andrew Daly published
The country superstar shares his love for holy grail amps, writing riffs on cheap guitars, and the Nocaster once owned by Cinderella’s Tom Keifer that’s “worth every cent”

Randy Holden’s 1970 album pioneered doom metal. But he was never told it had been released
By Andrew Daly published
Two decades after he’d been sickened enough to quit playing, Holden discovered he was a guitar hero. He picked up the guitar again straight away, but he’ll never return to the industry that burned him

Jerry Cantrell recalls the first time he met the “otherworldly” Dimebag Darrell
By Janelle Borg published
Back in 1985, Cantrell was a regular at one of Houston's legendary clubs when he came across Dimebag and hit it off “right away”

Kevin Jonas on his love for the Dove, and why you’ll almost always find the Jonas Brothers in DADGAD
By Bruce Fagerstrom published
It turns out Kevin Jonas – yes, the Kevin Jonas of pop superstars the Jonas Brothers – lives and breathes guitar, and it all started with a ‘teach yourself guitar’ book and a cheapo red electric

How Måneskin’s Thomas Raggi channeled Led Zeppelin and RHCP into his raucous, all-star solo album
By Jenna Scaramanga published
On a mission to merge generations and start a new scene, he united friends from Guns n’ Roses, The Prodigy, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Struts and Kasabian to make the most old-school cool album imaginable

Larry McCray on rubbing shoulders with blues royalty and playing through Joe Bonamassa’s epic rig
By Amit Sharma published
Living blues legend Larry McCray is keeping on keeping on and keeping the blues alive, and on his latest LP, Heartbreak City, he's taking his guitar to places his voice can't reach
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