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- October 7
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- “I feel like our journey has come to an end. This may be the last record I want to write for the band”: Anthrax on how Mr. Bungle, family trauma and late-night calls with Dimebag inspired an album 10 years in the making – but will it be their last?
- “I don’t want to play guitar perfectly. I want to play it from the gut. I want to shoot from the hip. I want it to feel human”: Greta Van Fleet’s Jake Kiszka on making Palace for the People and why rock has got to got ruffle a few feathers
- October 6
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- “He’d already been drinking harder than the rest of us. But after the theft of his guitars, his clothes, his identity, he really started overindulging”: How Alice Cooper’s New York nightmare left his guitarist on the brink
- “I wanted to challenge myself, so the first solo I learned was Hotel California”: America’s Got Talent winner Nene Royal on her journey to victory, unlikely guitar of choice, and why she is determined to become a rock star her way
- October 5
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- “At one time they were as valuable as ’Bursts and cost around $100,000”: Decoding the mysteries of a 1953 Stromberg Master 400C – one of the rarest jazz guitars in the world
- “I was like, ‘I’m gonna buy another Les Paul,’ but they’re breaking my shoulders”: Quicksand on how airline accidents and lawsuit guitars have helped change their tone for the better
- Gibson Custom Shop’s rarest guitars? Roger Giffin’s one-of-one “Outlaw” collection heads to auction
- October 4
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- “A lawyer for the Beatles saw me playing and said, ‘Here’s $25,000 – I want you to make an album’”: How a chance meeting with a Beatles lawyer set Stanley Clarke on the path to recording one of the greatest bass albums ever made
- “We met in 1983. Steve was actually one of my main influences – I discovered Genesis early”: Prog icons Steve Hackett and Steve Rothery on how they set sail on The Roaring Waves – with the aid of Brian May's Red Special
- “Her sense of melody is unlike anyone I've ever played with. She'll run everything – her keyboard, guitar, vocals – all through the same pedal chain”: How Detroit post-punks Protomartyr recruited the Breeders' Kelley Deal and keep defying expectations
- “We always have regrets – especially when you see a band you were in playing Madison Square Garden. I left the band, and I shouldn’t have”: Franché Coma was the frantic guitarist on the Misfits’ first album – but the world wouldn’t hear it for 20 years
- October 3
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- “I was going around saying, ‘Look at this, the world’s first headless guitar!’ and Les Paul said, ‘No, that’s wrong’”: Ned Steinberger’s headless revolution looked like a world first – until Les Paul dropped a bombshell: he’d already built one
- “I didn’t learn about it until after I was at Fender. It really hit me when people started contacting me about it. I still get a ton of requests for Dookie mods”: The real story behind Green Day’s iconic Dookie tone
- “We knew who stole the amps but there was no way to prove it. I even went to his house... His mother told me to eff off or she’d call the cops”: Mark Bryan on Hootie & The Blowfish’s rocket-ship success, and hanging with Eddie Van Halen
- October 2
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- “If I don’t know it’s me I think, ‘Damn, that's pretty good. Wonder who that is?’ Then when I realize it’s me I kind of want to throw up”: Chet Atkins was his own harshest critic and hated what he played
- “I’m not sure why Paul liked my playing, but maybe my success with David Bowie, Iggy Pop, John Lennon, Mick Jagger and Duran Duran tickled his curiosity”: Carlos Alomar on his ’80s adventures with Paul McCartney
- “I’ve had moments with it, thinking, ‘This is Bert Jansch’s guitar and I’m lucky to hold it,’ but, playing-wise, it’s not super-inspiring”: Is this Glaswegian maestro the heir to the ’60s British folk crown? Meet the preternaturally gifted Sam Grassie
- October 1
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- “Changing to ’50s wiring is one of the simplest (and cheapest) mods you can do”: How to make your guitar look and sound more vintage – for very little money
- “Paul McCartney asked us to do the going-away party. Michael Jackson was dancing right in front of the stage next to us”: The Meters’ Leo Nocentelli shares stories from a session career that began at 13 years old
- “My best guitar-buying tip? Don’t plug it in”: Wishbone Ash’s Andy Powell on his undying love for the Flying V and how his guitar journey began with a packet of Rice Krispies
