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Joe Bonamassa issues public plea to help session guitarist Mason Stoops recover his stolen vintage gear
Stoops' 1965 Fender Jazzmaster and 1961 Gretsch Corvette were stolen in the Highland Park neighborhood in Los Angeles
No Doubt's Tom Dumont reveals Parkinson's disease diagnosis
The guitarist is currently preparing for No Doubt's Las Vegas Sphere residency
Joe Perry on how the most romantic thing he has ever done involved a custom-painted guitar
The Aerosmith icon tells GW about the time he surprised his wife, Billie, with a Lucille inspired by WWII fighter pilots
Angine de Poitrine, the viral math-rock band, reveal that their microtonal approach started as an “inside joke”
The madcap Canadians have taken the world by storm, but they aren't taking themselves seriously
Masca’s Tina Maynard on how three months in IDLES reinvented her playing – and why Teles are underrated grunge tools
On Love Letters, the Bristol, UK-based guitarist and frontwoman of ‘heavy pop’ trio Masca showcases a hard-won confidence as a guitarist and tonesmith
Watch Alice Cooper deliver a shock rock version of Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit
The shock rock icon gave a grunge anthem a creepy twist at the 28th edition of Coopstock over the weekend
![ZZ Top's Dusty Hill [left] and Billy Gibbons get their work clothes on as they perform live in 1981.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/bUMsKABz6njZ3udwswAzpg-840-80.jpg.webp)
“An unabashed element was the constant ferociousness of the guitar tone coming from Pearly Gates”: Billy Gibbons on the making of ZZ Top’s El Loco
How Billy Gibbons unleashed the power of his holy grail '59 Les Paul Standard for the Texan blues-rock legend's “in-between” classic, El Loco – and set the stage for ZZ Top's domination of the decade
The story of the Prince’s underrated 1986 classic – and the lip-smacking hit single that scared his record label
Parade is the Prince and the Revolution album that time forgot. But it’s time for a reappraisal...
Larry Carlton on the first time he met a legendary amp maker – and received a private concert from a guitar great
Carlton swung by to check out Dumble’s amps and ended up bumping into a fellow virtuoso
A guide to the oft-overlooked shredders who anchored Dio
From a 17-year-old prodigy to a future stadium-conquering guitar superstar, Ronnie James Dio had a dream team of six-string sidekicks over the course of his solo career – and their contributions to his catalog should be essential listening for any aspiring metal guitarist
