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Laura Cox on the challenges of transitioning from YouTube to the studio – and how to conquer them
By Janelle Borg Published
The French guitarist made her name with classic rock videos on YouTube, but when it came to cutting her teeth in the studio, Cox admits it was another story altogether...

Jason Momoa saved their career. Keanu Reeves rocked up to a show. Flea let them crash at his house. How did the Bobby Lees get here?
By Cheri Amour Published
After calling BS on streaming services payouts, guitarist and vocalist Sam Quartin announced her band’s hiatus. She never could have anticipated what happened next…

Remembering Dave Mason, the former Traffic guitarist who made a habit of playing on iconic tracks
By Henry Yates Published
The Traffic guitarist’s best work of the ’60s and ’70s was magical, but the stop/start nature of his career held him off household-name status

The classic (and unlikely) gear behind the Eagles’ Hotel California
By Bill DeMain Published
What Joe Walsh and Don Felder needed was Les Pauls and Teles, and lots of them – and Felder in particular made use of a Texan horse trader who also stocked some thoroughbred guitars

Jeff Tweedy says his mom has an eye for guitar bargains – these are the cheapest gems yet
By Phil Weller Published
The $100 purchase was in poor condition, and when he got it singing, its former owner was vexed...

Robert Smith on the flash of inspiration that shaped the Cure's biggest hit
By Jackson Maxwell Published
Proving beyond doubt that the band's range extended far beyond dense, brooding epics, it remains the Cure song to reference for those who know only of the band's name and maybe their frontman's inimitable hairdo

Peppino D’Agostino on his nylon-string collab with a neuroscientist that could literally heal your mind
By Joe Matera Published
Serenity now! One of the world's most “transcendent” players teams up with a neuroscientist on pipe organ for an album of brain-healing melodies and zero harsh frequencies

Steve Vai, Nita Strauss... Bella Perron? Why the former Plush guitarist could be our next Ibanez-toting guitar superstar
By Joe Bosso Published
Wildfire shredding and whiplash licks prove that this Maine-bred gun-for-hire can hold her own. Now based in L.A., she’s in extra-high demand

How Jeff Beck and Brian Robertson swapped guitars – and brought guitar synths to Motörhead
By Phil Weller Published
Robertson’s ill-fated stint in the band was short, but Jeff Beck helped him introduce an oddball instrument into their lore

Bob Dylan has just recruited one of the world's greatest jazz guitarists – and no one quite knows what's going on
By Phil Weller Published
Virtuoso Julian Lage – who's very likely your favorite guitarist's favorite guitarist – has been welcomed into Dylan’s band without prior announcement or fanfare
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