Phil Weller
A freelance writer with a penchant for music that gets weird, Phil is a regular contributor to Prog, Guitar World, and Total Guitar magazines and is especially keen on shining a light on unknown artists. Outside of the journalism realm, you can find him writing angular riffs in progressive metal band, Prognosis, in which he slings an 8-string Strandberg Boden Original, churning that low string through a variety of tunings. He's also a published author and is currently penning his debut novel which chucks fantasy, mythology and humanity into a great big melting pot.
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A total of 80 Tone Models based on Fender's ultra-rare brown-panel amps have been captured

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It featured in the Discothèque music video as the band added electronic elements into their sound

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The Antares is seen as a spiritual sibling to one of Kiesel’s best-selling models

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Bridgers brought a band filled with viral kid musicians to perform her new song

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Originally crafted for the 1972 Olympic Games, Schenker’s black-and-white version quickly became the stuff of folklore

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The guitarist had huge shoes to fill, and the press weren’t exactly on his side

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Joint disorder doesn’t mean a divorce from your beloved guitars – but you need to focus on prevention, not cure

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The band will release their ninth album, Marrow Deep, on August 28

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Jad Tariq becomes the latest recruit as Dylan's ever-rotating cast of guest guitarists gets a new name

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It’s the Dookie sound on tap, with a colorway that nods to Armstrong’s origins

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Page has been wrongly credited with appearances on a handful of early Kinks tracks in a new book – and Davies has called it out

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McCartney linked up with the Stones for their latest record – and there might be more to come

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In April 1995, Chuck Schuldiner looked back on how his ambitious style helped galvanize a movement that still resonates to this day

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Yvette Young’s first signature plugin brings every aspect of her technicolor tones to a versatile toybox of a plugin

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The Tele obsessive has a high bar, but this budget build blew his mind

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The band will play a special charity event celebrating 50 years of the Ramones' debut album

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The hardware heavyweights have put together their biggest innovations for a cross-brand tremolo bridge system

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Church’s signature acoustic has been launched alongside a unique pairing

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The Smiths legend helped save the day when FedEx delivered the guitar to the wrong location

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Stratocaster lattes and Six String Burgers are now a thing in downtown Tokyo

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It was a 70th birthday to remember for the older Bettencourt brother

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The band had arrived in the UK for a run of six shows, but are now flying back to the States so their frontman can receive treatment

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What started out as a joke from Chibson USA just got serious
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