Steve Howe: "You can’t search for your own sound. You’ve already got it - it’s there" By Rod Brakes The prog icon discusses his diverse career, love of vintage guitars and why Yes sought to decommercialize their music
Classic Gear: Maxon Overdrive and Ibanez Tube Screamer By Rod Brakes That Pedal Show co-host Mick Taylor, Analog Man’s Mike Piera, and Tube Screamer circuit designer Susumu Tamura on one of the world's most popular and influential overdrive pedals
What you need to know about Fender finishes By Rod Brakes From the blonde to Candy Apple Red Metallic, the history of vintage Fender finishes
Classic gear: Fender Reverb By Rod Brakes A new sound springs to life and makes a splash in the surf-rock scene - this is the story of Fender's iconic reverb unit
ThorpyFX The Field Marshal review By Rod Brakes Adrian Thorpe and Dan Coggins' latest fuzz box will make Lovetone fans stand to attention with Big Cheese-y grins
Johnny A: “I love vintage guitars and amps, but I love new ones, too. The bottom line is: does it sound good?” By Rod Brakes We join the mercurial Massachusetts guitar legend to talk gear, playing with the Yardbirds and what the future holds...
Robby Krieger: "I don’t see why people like Telecasters so much. To me, a Strat is a lot better and more playable than a Tele" By Rod Brakes Bought & Sold: From pawn shops and stolen guitars to ’bursts and signature Gibsons, The Doors legend reveals his trials and tribulations in the trade...
Empress Effects Zoia review By Rod Brakes This innovative module-based pedal could change the way you think about effects…
Fatoumata Diawara: “When I started to play guitar, it resolved everything. It was like healing my soul” By Rod Brakes The guitarist, actor and singer talks about her musical journey, the power of the Gibson SG, and why she wants to see more women playing guitar
The history of the Gibson ES-330 By Rod Brakes We take an in-depth look at the background, development and evolution of Gibson’s iconic double-cut thinline hollowbody electric...
The best Gibson SGs you can buy today: the best SGs for all budgets By Rod Brakes From Epiphone’s new Inspired by Gibson collection to the Gibson Custom Shop, here’s our pick of the best SGs available right now...
Ozric Tentacles’ Ed Wynne: "George Harrison used to come to our house for dinner and sit there playing guitar!" By Rod Brakes We touch down on planet Earth with the captain of the Tentacles’ space-rock craft following the release of his debut solo album, Shimmer Into Nature
Classic gear: 1970s Fender Telecaster Custom By Rod Brakes The reimagined Custom is a far cry from Fender’s golden era namesake
The history of the Gibson SG By Rod Brakes Take a closer look at Gibson’s iconic SG range with Gibson's Mat Koehler and David Davidson of Well Strung Guitars
Classic gear: Fender Telecaster Thinline By Rod Brakes The story of how the first mass-produced solidbody electric guitar went semi-hollow…
The storied history of Noel Gallagher's Les Paul Florentine By Rod Brakes Richie Moores tells the story of how his long-lost pride and joy - the iconic Silver Sparkle Les Paul that once belonged to the Oasis guitarist - was eventually found half the world away…
Classic gear: the history of the Gibson J-45 By Rod Brakes How Gibson’s enduring dreadnought acoustic boomed across the decades
Steve Hillage: "Gong was quite chemically fueled and psychedelics were all part of the fun" By Rod Brakes Celebrate 50 years of Gong by taking a trip down memory lane with Steve Hillage
Battle for the bass: the story of Fender and Gibson's fight for low-end supremacy By Rod Brakes Gibson’s Mat Koehler and Fender historian Terry Foster on how two industry titans went head-to-head in search of the ultimate electric bass
Classic Gear: the rise and fall of Gibson's Firebird III By Rod Brakes We take a look at the legendary automobile-inspired electric guitar
J Mascis: “I buy guitars for an album hoping they’ll have songs in them” By Rod Brakes The Dinosaur Jr. frontman talks golden era Gibsons, vintage Martins, amp collecting and fuzzed-out Fenders
