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How Positive Grid reinvented the digital guitar amp
From lightbulb moments to the Amp Intelligence tech that turns cellphone snaps into sound, the Californian amp-builders tell GW about their wild 15-year ride
An all-star guitar panel choose their Telecaster Mount Rushmore – its greatest players, their greatest tracks
Pros pick their favorite Tele riffs and solos and decide who should be carved into that massive “Telecaster Mount Rushmore” that exists only in our deranged minds
The Alice in Chains guitar solo that Jerry Cantrell hated – and the one he wished he re-recorded
Cantrell explains why he never saw himself as a hot-shot soloist and had to be convinced by his producer that his solo was “perfect” for the song
How did The Last Dinner Party become one of the UK’s biggest bands? Bassist Georgia Davies reflects
From a Wayne’s World-inspired Fender to “Roadie Friday”, Georgia Davies reveals the chaos, camaraderie, and curveballs of life on the road with The Last Dinner Party
Brian Fallon on what makes for guitar greatness, and the most fundamental lick
With new solo album Not Bad For New Jersey out next month, the Gaslight Anthem frontman checks in and discusses his love for the Telecaster, and Keith Richards
Elliott Randall on his blistering Steely Dan solo – and what Walter Becker and Donald Fagen were really like
Rescued from the vaults, this lost interview with Elliott Randall sheds new light on the “craziness” of Steely Dan’s first sessions – and the disaster behind the Reelin’ In the Years solo
King Tuff on his beloved butchered Gibson SG and the world’s most embarrassing Uber journey
The inimitable Kyle Thomas – aka King Tuff – checks in for a confessional interview documenting misadventures with the electric guitar
Afghan Whigs’ Greg Dulli on the guitar he values most, and what links Jimmy Page and Prince
Goes to 11 The alt-rock mainstay would rather not play than have to use a Strat or Les Paul. If he’s only given a Marshall amp he’ll stick to singing. And he still writes songs like he did when he was 15
“I said, ‘Jimi who?’” How Buddy Guy first encountered Jimi Hendrix
In 1967, Guy was not nearly as famous as the A-list blues-rock guitarists who took cues from his stinging phrases, piercing volume, and embrace of feedback
How Sawyer Hill went from playing in Arkansas garage bands to touring arenas with Yungblud
He started on a $100 Epiphone and auditioned for his first band with Stairway to Heaven. Now Gibson are sending him guitars and he’s touring with rock’s next great hope. How did Sawyer Hill get here?
