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Brian May, Billy Gibbons and Steve Cropper on how the three guitar icons learned to play together
By Andrew Daly published
For the latest record from Steve Cropper & The Midnight Hour, the Stax legend enlists two equally iconic players. Here three kings of the six-string tell us what went down in Friendlytown
Nuno Bettencourt’s N4 Padauk was stolen from a storage lock-up – but was discovered dismembered years later
By Matt Owen published
Bettencourt's OG Padauk N4 featured two distinct dark stripes embedded into the wood, which became crucial in its eventual discovery
Ella Feingold auditioned to join Prince’s band – but was turned down because her playing was “too funky”
By Phil Weller published
Feingold has discussed her 2005 audition, during which her chops proved to be too funky – and not enough ‘Elton John’ – for Prince
Greg Suran on his time with Joe Walsh – and the Eagle’s passion for tonal tinkering
By Jackson Maxwell published
A veteran guitarist whose resumé also includes work with Sunny Day Real Estate, The B-52's, and Lionel Richie, Suran tells GW that he learned plenty from the Eagles legend, both tone-wise and solo-wise
Meet Gore. guitarist Alex Reyes – the modeler-melting Texan metal player summoning djent riffs from six-strings
By Phil Weller published
The Houston metal trio’s debut EP is turning heads as Reyes summons low-tuned maelstroms into stunning structures, making the most of his producers’ songwriting experience
9 must-hear albums that fueled the British blues guitar boom
By Denny Ilett published
The essential records that chart blues music’s epic journey – from its Delta roots through to the masterpiece that launched the heavy rock movement
Judith Hill on her journey from backing singer for Michael Jackson, Prince and Stevie Wonder to fronting her own band
By Mark McStea published
The 20 Feet From Stardom singer worked with – and learned from – the biggest names in pop before she seized a six-string and formed her own group
Warren Haynes has two signature Gibsons in the works – including an unusually spec’d Firebird
By Matt Owen published
The upcoming builds will see the Allman Brothers Band icon swap his tried-and-trusted humbuckers for something a little more left-field
Orange Goblin’s Joe Hoare on life’s simple pleasures – Les Pauls, Marshall amps and signature beer
By Gregory Adams published
The UK metal stalwart's new album, Science, Not Fiction is a career high, but if Hoare is stretching out beyond the Pentatonics in search of new horizons for lead, the power of the riff lies in its primitivism. Some things will never change...
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