Latest articles by Henry Yates
From string demos to fake influencers, AI’s main use case seems to be ‘ruining music’
Fret Buzz It’s stealing musicians’ copyrighted material, lifting the videos of content creators and spreading slop across streaming sites, but AI’s negative effects on music go beyond even that
The 25 Stratocaster players who revolutionized the guitar
The Fender Stratocaster would just be a glorified carpentry project without the players who danced across its neck and gave it life. Here we celebrate 25 of the best
Remembering the late Alan Entwistle – pickups guru, guitar electrics whiz, repair man to the British blues boom
The great electronics designer has died at 79, leaving his retro-modern pickups to echo his genius in countless electric guitars
Love them or hate them, Angine de Poitrine draw real crowds – so why is the viral duo so divisive?
Fret Buzz Naysayers thought they’d be a flash in the pan, but AdP continue to dazzle. And they still split opinions like no other act
Graham Coxon’s thoughts on Damon Albarn as a guitar player
Coxon offers his opinion on what his Blur bandmate is like on guitar
What is guitar relic'ing, and why is it so controversial among guitarists?
Fret Buzz Sure, you can get the visual mojo of a heavily-played instrument – but some players insist you’ve gotta earn it…
The inside story of Gibson's Century Collection acoustics – and the role the Rolling Stones and Beatles played
Period-correct in (almost) every detail, the Gibson Century Collection’s 12-fret format is addictively playable. Gibson's Robi Johns tells us it’s all down to the Brits
“Rock ’n’ roll is full of borderline despots”: Why does Bob Dylan get through so many guitarists?
Fret Buzz The rock icon has had no shortage of brilliant players lining up to follow him in the jingle jangle morning, but lately they’re dropping like flies
Pedal sales are booming despite the modeler movement, and this man can tell you why
Reverb’s fabled number-cruncher, Cyril Nigg, drills into the modern pedal market and explains the enduring pull of the stompbox. Just don’t mention the flange…
Little Barrie’s Barrie Cadogan on tone secrets of the alt-blues power trio and pinch-me moments with Liam Gallagher and John Squire
Nine years on from tragedy, Cadogan shares the story of his trio’s new album, the joy of vintage fuzz and the genius of John Squire
Clapton’s Les Paul has reemerged – the weird trend of famous guitars going missing, and coming back
Fret Buzz Clapton had two Les Pauls stolen, but there are plenty of iconic guitars still MIA – just ask Keith Richards and, heck, Michael Angelo Batio…
Bill Frisell on why the Telecaster beats the arch-top as the touring jazz guitarist’s best friend
The Blue Note jazz legend checks in to pay tribute to the original mass produced electric guitar – the guitar that trends and airlines cannot kill
Celebrity guitar auctions: teenage dreams or billionaire boys’ club? How A-list gear sales became the hottest ticket in town
Fret Buzz From Johnny Marr to Mark Knopfler, big-name guitars seem to have become so valuable that even their owners don’t want to play them anymore…
D12 are back with red-hot flows, real guitar riffs and Eminem’s right-hand guitar man
Jeff Bass is the Grammy-winning guitarist behind Eminem’s Lose Yourself. He explains how he ditched samples for genuine performances, and how his son Jake is continuing the tradition on new album D12 Forever
Remembering Dave Mason, the former Traffic guitarist who made a habit of playing on iconic tracks
The Traffic guitarist’s best work of the ’60s and ’70s was magical, but the stop/start nature of his career held him off household-name status
Fender vs Everyone: what you need to know as the world’s largest guitar firm takes on, er... the world
Fret Buzz Retail giant Thomann is taking legal action, guitarists are exploding on both sides of the debate, and Stratocaster has become a dirty word. How on Earth did we get here?
He played bass with Robert Plant, gave Tony Iommi his sound and created an iconic British amp brand – the life and times of Lyndon Laney
The loved and respected founder of the Midlands amp company was behind the seismic sound of Black Sabbath and countless more
YouTubers, sloppy solos, Paco de Lucía’s darkest tour secrets... In conversation with US jazz giants Al Di Meola and Julian Lage
When the two jazz giants joined the same interview, no topic was off the table
The life and times of Motörhead guitarist Phil Campbell
Motörhead’s longest-serving guitarist was the perfect fit for a band whose bludgeoning sound and appetite for excess eclipsed all others
Behind the scenes of the Peter Frampton documentary
How Frampton documentary director Rob Arthur helped the iconic guitarist come alive on the big screen
“I don’t know if I got better or worse”: Jazz legend Bill Frisell reflects on his guitar journey at 75
Veteran jazz man Bill Frisell toasts his 75th birthday with a stellar lineup and questing new album, and the hope that maybe he's getting better...
Richie Kotzen and Adrian Smith on absurd volume, improv and how long a solo should be
We meet Smith and Kotzen pre-show to talk gear, their new album Black Light/White Noise, and find a pair whose chemistry makes this a hard-rock project with legs
Mark Collins on triumph, tragedy, and the long-awaited return of the Charlatans
Collins explains why the Britrock survivors still believe in albums and real amps moving air, and discusses their return to the formative Rockfield Studios after three decades
