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Why The Cars' Elliot Easton believes a guitar's setup is more important than its price tag
Is it worth breaking the bank for a guitar? The Cars' six-stringer doesn't think so...
Why Andertons’ captain, Lee Anderton, believes there’s still space for dedicated guitar stores
A series of high-profile guitar shops have permanently closed their shutters over the last couple of months – but one of the UK’s most well-known music stores, Andertons, is navigating the storm
Chrissie Hynde warns how global warming will likely impact the existence of outdoor summer shows
The Pretenders icon recalls playing shows with Foo Fighters and Guns N’ Roses over the last few years amid intense heatwaves
Tye Trujillo dips into the signature stompbox world for the first time with the TruDrive
The Trujillo TruDrive Wah, designed in collaboration with Morley, promises to be a “cool new wah for the next generation of players”
Bootsy Collins and Buckethead reflect on their first meeting – but the guitarist speaks through his Les Paul
Collins talks and Buckethead riffs in the strangest guitar interview of 2025
Why Paul Reed Smith isn't interested in chasing Fender or Gibson – but is focused on cementing PRS in history
Smith reflects on his decades-long involvement in the guitar making space
Joe Satriani’s best basslines (Yes, he plays bass, too)
The phenomenal guitar playing of Joe Satriani needs no introduction, but he also handled bass duties on his first two albums
Alex ‘V-Man’ Venturella on the secret to metal’s heaviest bass tone and nailing his Slipknot audition
Slipknot's low-end specialist discusses his epic amp collection, the brilliance of Eloy Casagrande and how James Hetfield shaped his technique
Randy Rhoads became a legend with Ozzy Osbourne, but his incredible playing was evident long before then
Kelly Garni, Rhoads’ brother in arms in Quiet Riot, recalls the guitarist’s early days – and how he developed his iconic tone, in spite of his unorthodox gear
“Rates are coming back up, rents very rarely go down, and suppliers are in straitened circumstances”: Is crowdfunding the answer to ensuring guitar stores’ survival? One family-run business has launched an innovative campaign to keep its stores alive
Guitar stores are struggling. Many of our biggest gear retailers have shut their doors. We hear how the UK’s Hobgoblin Music – where Paul McCartney is a regular – plans to buck the trend
Bootsy Collins on the musician that totally “changed his mind” about bass playing
James Jamerson's immense contribution to Motown Records in the ’60s and ’70s went largely uncredited – but his game-changing adoption of the P-Bass, coupled with his off-kilter technique, makes him an electric bass pioneer
Iron Maiden remain one of most domineering forces in heavy metal – and bassist Steve Harris has led the charge
Steve Harris has always pushed beyond the conventions of rock bass guitar, but in his mind, he’s no bass hero
Carol Kaye has declined her Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction invitation
The hard-working recording artist and bass guitar icon explained why in a post on social media
How Gary Moore came to join Skid Row at just 15 years old – and why the guitar legend left
Brush Shiels, bassist with the Irish blues rock band, explains why despite two albums plus prestigious support tours with The Allman Brothers Band and Mountain under their belt – Moore still decided to leave
How an unassuming bassist carved out a spot in music history on Derek & the Dominos’ Layla
Recorded at Miami’s Criteria Studios on September 9, 1970, Carl Radle helped ground the mega-hit beneath the immortal pairing of Eric Clapton and Duane Allman
Giacomo Turra stole their work – now, Jack Gardiner, Alex Hutchings, Charles Berthoud and a host of guitar and bass players are teaming up to deliver the ultimate funk masterclass
The instrumental diss track, Slapocalypse Reborn, puts the spotlight back on the players who were wronged by Turra
Stephen Malkmus is using his bass string as a guitar strap
Your shoulder might not thank you, but it’s certainly a novel way of repurposing old strings
How Trevor Bolder anchored this 12/8 rocker from David Bowie’s Aladdin Sane
Replacing longtime Bowie collaborator Tony Visconti in the Spiders From Mars, Bolder found himself writing basslines on the spot, a challenge he relished. On Drive-In Saturday, he hit the jackpot
Eva Gardner on returning to the Mars Volta, bass as a family business and rocking with Cher and Pink
Eva Gardner has played with Cher, Moby, Pink, Veruca Salt... the list goes on. Here she reveals how it all started with a bass from Andy Johns, how it's going with the Mars Volta – and what comes next
