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How Dimebag Darrell pushed Pantera bassist Rex Brown to his limit
Rex Brown looks back on the sonic arms race inside Pantera – and the Ampeg rig that tipped the balance in his favor
How Iron Maiden forged their debut album with a lazy producer, a dodgy mix and Paul Kossoff's ’57 Strat
’Maiden made a big splash with their 1980 debut. Steve Harris and Dave Murray explain how, against all odds they made a metal classic
When should you change your guitar strings? We asked the world’s biggest string brands to get the definitive answer
Experts at Ernie Ball, D'Addario and more explain when it’s time to break out a new set, how environmental factors play their part, and what you can do to make your strings last longer
Billy Duffy on his greatest guitar deals – and the one he regrets selling to Bob Rock
The Cult six-stringer looks back on Les Pauls loved and lost, plus the latest and greatest from his mostly back-to-basics rig
The legacy of Stevie Ray Vaughan, and what could have been
How SRV followed Texas Flood, wrestled blues guitar from the club to MTV and became the guitar hero everyone wanted to copy – all before passing too soon
How Ronnie Wood began his path to rock royalty with a stolen Fender bass
Long before he was a Rolling Stone, Ronnie Wood played bass guitar on a ragged 12-bar blues with Jeff Beck
A hair-metal hero turned nu-metal synth-guitar maverick who impressed Ozzy Osbourne – who is the real Amir Derakh?
Derakh replaced Craig Goldy in Rough Cutt, was edged out by Zakk Wylde for the Ozzy gig, and has been an undercover guitar-synth master all along
Devon Allman on his worst onstage moment – and three all-star encounters he’ll always remember
The guitar tells the story for blues-rock dynasty son – who says the secret to great playing is switching off your mind and painting the sky
