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Kiki Wong reveals her Smashing Pumpkins live rig, gear regrets and how a Line 6 amp made her the player she is today
By Andrew Daly published
Kiki Wong might be the only guitar player alive today who can recall from memory Ibanez S series model numbers. Here's what the S40DXQM means to her...

Bootsy Collins was tripping on LSD when he took the James Brown bass chair to its most in-your-face level
By Nick Wells published
Unable to deal with Brown’s disciplinary code, Bootsy was gone within a year

How George Thorogood stumbled across the Gibson that became his go-to guitar – a week before his first gig with the Destroyers
By Janelle Borg published
Thorogood recounts how he originally opted for a now-discontinued hollowbody – with a little inspiration from the Beatles and Keith Richards

Richard ZK on the coffee shop rendezvous in East Germany that got him his first Fender
By Phil Weller published
The Rammstein riffer wanted a Strat to imitate his hero, Jimi Hendrix – but getting hold of one took some serious work

How a 20-year-old Steve Lukather beat three seasoned session pros to feature on this ’70s soft rock classic
By Janelle Borg published
England Dan & John Ford Coley bookended their decade-long career with the album Dr. Heckle and Mr. Jive, which features a fast-rising Lukather on a couple of tracks

Kevin Jonas looks back on the guitar that started it all for the Jonas Brothers
By Janelle Borg published
Nowadays, Jonas has a penchant for Gibsons, but he hasn't forgotten the humble Japanese build that kickstarted his career

Nuno Bettencourt on turning down Ozzy, Sabbath’s final show and how Extreme finally got their dues
By Andrew Daly published
Having torn up the rulebook and raised the bar once again for lead guitar, Nuno Bettencourt promises no let up – he’s out for blood again

The Aristocrats' Bryan Beller recalls the moment he met Guthrie Govan and formed a new kind of supergroup
By Janelle Borg published
As per Aristocrats lore, the power trio formed right after an impromptu jam at NAMM 2011

“They stole our name – Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora were listening to our records”: The tale of the original Irish Skid Row
By Andrew Daly published
Bassist Brush Shiels looks back on his lifelong friendship with Moore, why he won’t sue the American hair metal band, and how Peter Green was responsible for their first album sounding so bad
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