Latest articles by Andrew Daly
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
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“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
Warren Haynes on the mid ‘90s SG behind his early Gov’t Mule tone
It was July 1994, and Haynes was on the cover of GW with Dickey Betts and an early '90s '61 SG Reissue. He explains what happened to the guitar – and why he had it in the first place
Joe Perry on the pedals he can’t live without and his top tip for boost and drive pedals
The Aerosmith guitarist reveals what's on his pedalboard and talks all things effects
Bob Daisley on not receiving credit for playing on Ozzy Osbourne’s Diary of a Madman
Daisley still insists he was cheated out of credits and royalties over the years
Guitarist David Rhodes on the making of Peter Gabriel’s chart-smashing classic So
For former Genesis man Peter Gabriel, 1986 was Sledgehammer time, and guitarist David Rhodes takes us back to the So sessions
The 18-year-old who replaced one of Britpop's most revered guitarists
In his late teens, Richard Oakes joined Suede at a point when they had released two hit-and-miss albums and were desperate for a global breakthrough
He wrote some of the defining anthems of the ’90s with Smash Mouth. Now Greg Camp is focusing on his Nashville punk-rock supergroup
Camp started out as a drummer before EVH made him realize the advantages of guitar. The young Carson Daly helped make his band famous. Now he’s powering forward with supergroup The Defiant’s second album
Doug Pettibone on taking lessons from Andy Summers, touring with Jewel, and not getting fired by John Mayer
The first-call guitarist explains why he loved working with Lucinda Williams but had to leave, how he got the gig back, his chemistry with Marc Ford, and faking it on pedal steel until Mayer helped him make it
Joe Perry put his “desert island guitar” through hell but it’s still his number one
Perry’s Fender/Warmoth “Burned Strat” aka the “Rat Strat” was the main guitar on Aerosmith’s recent collab with Yungblud
Jimmie Vaughan on the Fabulous Thunderbirds’ Top 40 hit that got Al Bundy – and Hollywood’s – seal of approval
The year was 1986, London was calling for Jimmie Vaughan, where album sessions alongside Dave Edmunds led to a classic LP, and this is how it all went down
Melissa Etheridge learned more from a grouchy old man who’d lost his fingers than she did at Berklee
The veteran hitmaker charts her evolution from acoustic to electric and back again and explains how she went digital, how she keeps her classic songs fresh, and how her family deal with her incredible guitar collection
How Joe Perry is changing his guitar setup to battle the early signs of arthritis
Perry is adapting his setup to make sure he can move around the fretboard with ease
The 10-string oddity that became one of Joe Perry’s most iconic guitars – even though he hardly played it in Aerosmith
Perry and B.C. Rich go way back. The Aerosmith guitarist looks back on the most outlandish guitar the brand ever made him, the ’70s Bich 10 Supreme
Air-guitar playing AC/DC fan Doug Rappoport on how he fell into working with Edgar Winter and Paul Gilbert
Despite horrifying Winter at one point with his terrible tone, and only barely managing to keep up with Gilbert, the guitarist who was inspired by an Angus Young solo has kept himself incredibly busy
Jim Gustafson and Poobah endured decades in the dark, but now their early albums are selling for $1,000 a copy
Even though his band was produced by Billy Cox and opened for Judas Priest, Alice Cooper, Ted Nugent, and countless others, industry issues held him back. And yet, powered by his original Marshalls and pedals, Jim Gustafson's determination means he’s still out there today
Joe Perry gives us a decade-by-decade guide to the amps behind his Aerosmith tone
Is Joe Perry a Marshall guy, Fender guy, boutique guy, pedal amp guy? Answer: he’s all of the above
How an ’80s session guitar icon accidentally ended up with the ultimate Prince amp
Eddie Martinez was looking for a backup, and a certain Mesa/Boogie caught his eye. Little did he know, it would turn out to be a legendary gear treasure
The story of Joe Perry’s ’59 Les Paul Standard – his lost treasure and ultimate birthday gift
Joe Perry was forced to part with his beloved 'Burst in 1979, but it was his Aerosmith bandmate who found it again
Greg Chaisson on his gruelling Ozzy Osbourne audition
Chaisson didn’t get the gig, but he did strike up a friendship with Jake E. Lee – which would be rekindled a few years later with Badlands
Cory Wong on not buying the Klon hype and vintage unicorns lost and found
The modern-day funk maestro discusses his career in gear, and that means Strats, creative gear solutions, and why he never got swayed by the “mystique” of Klons and tube amp grails
Jake E. Lee on his battle to make Ozzy Osbourne’s The Ultimate Sin – and how he learned to love it in spite of the critics
It was one battle after another, not least because Lee, a night creature, was forced to work in the afternoon, but it was the sound of the former Ozzy Osbourne guitarist reinventing metal guitar
“We thought, ‘He’s a massively successful artist – what could possibly go wrong?’ We really didn’t like the results, so we didn’t give permission for it to be released”: The folk-rock album recorded with an ’80s mega-star that never saw the light of day
When Richard and Linda Thompson entered the studio with Gerry Rafferty they thought only good could come of it. But creative differences saw the songs shelved... At least for a time
