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Andy Summers to explore the guitar’s impact on the world in globe-trotting docu-series
By Phil Weller published
Global Guitar finds The Police songwriter interacting with different musicians and cultures as he charts the instrument’s impact on the world

Nuno Bettencourt, Joe Perry, Steven Tyler and Yungblud pay tribute to Ozzy Osbourne with a medley of Prince of Darkness classics at the VMAs
By Phil Weller published
The rousing, all-star medley honored Ozzy in style

How Arve Isdal carved his own extreme metal path with Enslaved – and became Norway’s answer to Slash
By Amit Sharma published
The blues-schooled shredder shows off some unlikely examples in his guitar collection, explains why he quit an Iron Maiden icon’s band and shares the fate of his supergroup with Dani Filth, Rob Caggiano and John Tempesta

The life and times of Rick Derringer, the all-American guitar hero
By Andy Aledort published
He was a teen guitar idol with a number one. He played with Johnny Winter, deconstructed Michael Jackson and wrote Hulk Hogan's anthem. He was Rick Derringer, the one and only

Jake E. Lee on how he has changed his playing – and gear – due to arthritis struggles
By Phil Weller published
The former Ozzy Osbourne shredder has had to change things up to keep on playing

How a 17-year-old guitar prodigy ended up with a vintage 1957 Goldtop from the foundation of a band she once hated
By Jonathan Horsley published
After Bella Rayne had her Number One Les Paul stolen, she was dead grateful that she had got over her dislike of the Grateful Dead

How a guitar that went missing led IDLES' Lee Kiernan to his now-famed pink Mustang
By Janelle Borg published
Kiernan discusses his less-is-more approach to guitars – and why he opted for a single pickup model that has now accompanied him throughout his IDLES career

Why Linkin Park’s new singer forced Mike Shinoda to change guitars
By Phil Weller published
When Emily Armstrong was brought onboard, Shinoda had to go through his guitar collection to find one that would complement her register

Ace Frehley looks beyond his next Origins album to his travel guitar, more touring and even reconciling with Kiss
By Andrew Daly published
50 years after the iconic live album’s release, the guitar hero reflects on what made it so special, how it influenced other guitarists, and why he’s not interested in making his own live record today
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