Latest Features
Mikael Åkerfeldt on nearly losing his prized PRS on the way to record a landmark Opeth album
The Opeth mastermind on being robbed as they made Blackwater Park, what he hated about Kurt Cobain’s ’53 Martin D-18 and loved about Hank Williams’ ’40s D-18, the ’90s band he still adores and the ’70s guitarist he still worships
The 10-string oddity that became one of Joe Perry’s most iconic guitars – even though he hardly played it in Aerosmith
Perry and B.C. Rich go way back. The Aerosmith guitarist looks back on the most outlandish guitar the brand ever made him, the ’70s Bich 10 Supreme
Courtney Barnett on leftie legends, and embracing the Olympic White Stratocaster
The Aussie songwriter discusses how her pedalboard changes off stage, asking Waxahatchee to guest, and being inspired by Cobain, Hendrix, and McCartney
“There is not another guitarist in the world who plays like him”: The life and times of Grateful Dead icon Bob Weir
We salute the Grateful Dead original, who – in the last 30 years of his life – stepped out from Jerry Garcia’s considerable shadow to emerge as a guitar hero in his own right
How EarthQuaker Devices went beyond the boutique pedal boom and took left-field tones mainstream
EQD founder Jamie Stillman on the pedal that made the company famous, why the overcomplicated is not for him, and the stompbox that serves death metal and country guitarists alike
The story behind Intervals virtuoso Jacob Umansky’s signature bass – and why Avenged Sevenfold changed his life
The Intervals and Nita Strauss bassist’s personalized 6-string Dingwall was first made as a one-off artist build – only for it to turn into his first-ever signature model
Air-guitar playing AC/DC fan Doug Rappoport on how he fell into working with Edgar Winter and Paul Gilbert
Despite horrifying Winter at one point with his terrible tone, and only barely managing to keep up with Gilbert, the guitarist who was inspired by an Angus Young solo has kept himself incredibly busy
How Allen McGrier brought his Jamerson-approved Detroit swagger to a classic R&B ballad
Bassist Allen McGrier grew up in the shadows of Motown and the Jamerson family in particular
Meet STONE, the Liverpool alt-rockers who quit their major label, wowed Yungblud’s fans and wrote their new album on a Gibson missing a string
Second album AUTONOMY is a strike for freedom for the Liverpool quartet, who felt limited in their corporate environment
Jim Gustafson and Poobah endured decades in the dark, but now their early albums are selling for $1,000 a copy
Even though his band was produced by Billy Cox and opened for Judas Priest, Alice Cooper, Ted Nugent, and countless others, industry issues held him back. And yet, powered by his original Marshalls and pedals, Jim Gustafson's determination means he’s still out there today
