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Eric Gales nearly recorded a guitar solo for Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter
By Janelle Borg published
Raphael Saadiq reveals he was close to giving Gales a ring when Beyoncé requested an extended solo on one of the Cowboy Carter tracks

Thunderstruck on bass? With slapping and tapping? Bass hero Toby Peterson-Stewart flexes his chops in tribute to AC/DC
By Nick Wells published
From parallel distortion to cutting-edge tapping, Toby Peterson-Stewart breaks down some of the highlights from his latest cover

How Turnstile ramped up the shred in Olivia Rodrigo’s live show
By Michael Astley-Brown published
Lead guitarist Arianna Powell reveals how the hardcore outfit inspired the guitar choices on Olivia Rodrigo’s recent tour

Yvette Young confirms that she's the guitar-wielder on the official new Superman soundtrack
By Janelle Borg published
In videos posted to social media, Young can be seen recording for Superman using a sparkly pink Ibanez equipped with P-90s, which she had previously teased “may or may not be coming out”

This 16-year-old has been called the next Stevie Ray Vaughan – and he’s finally been given the keys to “the real SRV tone” after years of experimenting
By Matt Owen published
Rhys John Stygal has partnered with Pedal Pawn to put on an SRV clinic, complete with an obsessively assembled guitar rig and pointers on how to harness the blues great’s tone

Junior Marvin on Bob Marley and the Wailers’ Survival – and the influence Hendrix’s guitar pedal guru had on its sound
By Andrew Daly published
After the success of Exodus and Kaya, Bob Marley took the Wailers into a more politically charged direction to deliver a slept-on classic in the Wailers’ discography

My day interviewing Hank Marvin over beans on toast and chickening out of a Paul McCartney 'audition'
By Neville Marten published
Neville Marten's first assignment for Guitarist was one for the ages, at a venue that is now sadly lost but for a time was the place for the biggest bands to rehearse

10-year-old guitarist nails Are You Gonna Go May Way during America’s Got Talent – on a PRS that’s almost as tall as he is
By Phil Weller published
Bay Melnick Virgolino’s PRS might make him look tiny, but the sounds he gets out of it are huge
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