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How Bootsy Collins and his James Brown alumni brought the J.B.’s back to life for the Superbad soundtrack
With guitarist Lyle Workman at the helm, Bootsy Collins reunited with the J.B.’s for the 2007 Superbad soundtrack
How Lindsay Lou, Molly Tuttle and an all-star cast united to uncover the women behind bluegrass’ biggest songs
After discovering women had written many of the standards she’d grown up singing, Lindsay Lou went digging into history. What she found inspired a four-day Nashville session – and a record designed to put the mothers of bluegrass back in the room
Marcus King on his new signature Epiphone acoustic, playing Tiger, and his brotherhood with Brent Hinds
The El Dorado is based on his first-ever guitar, which he thought he’d never see again but came back to him. And while he’s at it, he has thoughts on a signature Marshall amp – but will it happen?
Mark Holcomb on how Periphery harnesses super-heavy guitars for a super-heavy album that takes djent to a dark place
After burning the playbook and facing his demons on Periphery’s jet-black new concept album, A Pale White Dot, Holcomb tells us he owes a big apology to his guitar tech
“Gibbons has used his frequently on ZZ Top albums – he often plays through two at once”: Meet the world’s first ‘pedal’ – a steampunk wonderland you need Windex to use
Introduced in 1946, produced through the mid–1960s, the DeArmond Tremolo Control is the O.G. guitar effect and was used by Muddy Waters, Billy Gibbons and Canned Heat
Neil Giraldo on how a push from Rick Derringer led him to the B.C. Rich Eagle
Giraldo beat out 200 other guitarists to get the coveted spot in Derringer’s band, but there was one condition
From teenage rigs to stage disasters – the life and times of Eddie 9V – the player Bonamassa says can bend it like King
The South Carolina guitar phenom was cooking up some barbecue when GW called to talk dream collabs, Strats vs Les Pauls, and all kinds of guitar stuff
The Gibson Flying V – how a misunderstood design conquered the guitar world
It's not the most player-friendly proposition, this triangular wedge of guitar – but is there anything cooler than a Flying V?
