Features

Albert Lee is the legendary British picker who found his home in country music – and made guitar heroes quake in their boots

By Matt Parker Published 2 September 26

The icon of rock and country guitar tells all: what it was like performing alongside Eric Clapton and George Harrison, how he inspired Jimmy Page and why he hates distortion

The inimitable Robyn Hitchcock on the enigma of songwriting

By Jamie Dickson Published 1 September 26

The psych-folk pioneer tells us about the “sprawling mess” of his songwriting, the hell of forgotten tunings, and the Telecaster that almost broke his back

Is this humble Ampeg the vintage tube combo to rival golden-era Fender amps?

By Chris Gill Published 1 September 26

We trace the history and influence of two cult classic amps from Ampeg, the R-12R Reverberocket and 1965-67 GS-12R Reverberocket II

The secret to Descendents’ seminal punk guitar sound and why Milo stood the test of time

By Jim Beaugez Published 31 August 26

Downpicking like demons on all six strings, the Descendents tore through L.A.’s ’80s underground and launched a thousand punks-in-waiting

Angus Young’s thoughts on Eric Clapton – and the players he prefers

By Jonathan Horsley Published 31 August 26

When the AC/DC guitarist was coming up, Clapton was the player blowing everyone's mind but his

Graham Coxon on his unearthed solo adventures, the challenge of writing for Blur and Damon Albarn’s guitar skills

By Henry Yates Published 31 August 26

The Blur guitarist takes us down to Castle Park – his lost solo album that was made 15 years ago but is just seeing the light of day

Mike Campbell on what makes the Telecaster magic (even if he thinks they’re kinda ugly)

By Andrew Daly Published 30 August 26

The former Heartbreaker and Dirty Knobs main man on his lifelong love affair with the world's first mass-produced electric guitar

From Blood Brothers to Evil Island’s horror-surf, the wild ride of hardcore hero Cody Votolato

By Gregory Adams Published 30 August 26

Evil Island is a vampire-obsessed, POG-abusing new project from hardcore scene survivors

Inside the making of the ThorpyFX Kudu – the pedal that makes everything... better?

By Jamie Dickson Published 30 August 26

Adrian Thorpe designed the Kudu to be a different type of overdrive, a flatter of amps with switchable clipping and a name from the safari

“They were the weirdest things. He was asking me, ‘What do you think I should play over this stuff?’” When Joe Satriani got an exclusive preview of new Metallica material during lessons with his student Kirk Hammett

By Jonathan Horsley Published 30 August 26

When Joe Satriani got an exclusive preview of new Metallica material during lessons with his student Kirk Hammett