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One of 2024’s standout metal guitarists on what it’s like to be compared to Tosin Abasi, why nothing compares to his ESP Horizon, and how amp modeling is about to get crazy

The former guitarist for Michael Jackson and returning Alice Cooper member has survived the trials and tribulations of the pop industry, emerging with a new energy and sound that honors her true inspirations and talents

McPherson's new LP, Nite Owls, was nearly over before it began, but an invitation to open for Alison Krauss and Robert Plant brought it back to life. The result is a work of “surf noir”… with a little bit of Depeche Mode in there, too

The Rush frontman charts his experiments in bass tone, and why he'd sometimes tackle the instrument like a lead guitarist

Though not a guitarist himself, the Prince of Darkness had some very specific pet peeves that he related to Wylde when the guitarist was a newly-hired young gun

The bass icon breaks down his formative influences, and how he gave everyone from Prince to Beethoven a low-end makeover via his '77 Fender Jazz

Recorded for Metallica’s genre-sparking Kill ’Em All, Burton’s complex snarl of notes has captivated bassists for years. Dial in your favorite fuzz-wah tone and let it rip

For The Thrill Is Gone, Jemmott played his 1964 Jazz Bass – which would be stolen soon afterward

We join the experts from Christie’s auction house to take a closer look at the ‘Oxblood’ Les Paul, ‘Tele-Gib’ and other historic instruments from Jeff’s career – and discuss the portrait they paint of a pragmatic, restless yet peerlessly gifted talent and his musical legacy

The Franz Ferdinand leader rarely gets to talk guitars. He shares his love of vintage Japanese instruments, explains the process of demoing, looping and mic’ing on new album The Human Fear – and reveals why the secret to studio success is that there’s no secret