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The prog-metal mainstay discusses the making of devastating new record In Stasis and why nothing cuts through like his Mayones Qatsis

A history of Seth Lover’s iconic Patent Applied For humbucker, how it became the Holy Grail of electric guitar pickups and why it remains so difficult to replicate today

The legendary Rush guitarist is taking a scaled-down approach to his new project but, as he explains, making “ear candy” that suits the song takes focus – and lots of it

Nashville Pussy’s bass powerhouse checks in for a roll call of bass amps she’s destroyed and how she swapped bedroom thrash for a life of punk rock

Gabby Logan, Stephanie Bradley, Nikki Stringfield and more share their experiences of everyday misogyny, and discuss the harassment they are forced to face as prominent female musicians

Find the best guitar tuner whatever your budget, with our top picks from the likes of Boss, Korg, TC Electronic and D’Addario

The ultimate tube, solid state and digital combo amps for every genre, from Motown to metal and everything in between

Tom S. Englund and Henrik Danhage on the liberal writing process behind their new album, and what the pickups in Danhage's new Charvel signature and Caitlyn Jenner at the Olympics have in common

Red Hot Chili Peppers' six-string virtuoso-in-chief picks the contemporary guitarists lighting his creative fire

The rock royals, pop icons and blues heroes who kept their cool in the heat of battle and styled it out even after going a string down...

Death metal’s low-end master takes us on a bloody tour of the totally NSFW Cannibal catalog

The Quicksand bassist reveals why his time with the alt-metal titans had run its course, and details his plans to work with guest musicians including Every Time I Die's Keith Buckley

Lyrics? Where John 5 is taking the electric guitar, we don’t need any lyrics. Besides, as the Rob Zombie guitarist admits, oftentimes he can’t remember them anyway

Sam Stewart takes us behind the guitars and tones on Lo Moon’s cinematic new album, A Modern Life, and explains how the Edge invented the spacious guitar rulebook

Fenders owned by Eric Clapton and Bob Dylan, Martins belonging to Kurt Cobain and David Gilmour, and one independently made axe headline the list of most profitable six-strings to go under the hammer

Adam McGrath and Stephen Brodsky discuss the next chapter in Cave In's history, and explore the guitar and studio secrets that helped them honor late bassist Caleb Scofield's legacy on Heavy Pendulum

The internet-breaking 12-year-old multi-instrumentalist discusses her whirlwind journey so far, from her earliest musical memories to befriending Dave Grohl and receiving guitar gifts from her six-string heroes

The Heartbreakers guitarist on getting the Dirty Knobs back together for an album that mines the tonal gold of small tube combos and captures the magic of recording live

Beck’s 1975 jazz-rock fusion breakthough album, Blow by Blow, is a tour de force of his playing, but how did he get that overdriven Strat magic on Freeway Jam?