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Did Nate Watts play on the most under-appreciated bass anthem ever?
By Chris Jisi published
The story behind the incredible 10-minute bassline on Stevie Wonder’s 1981 hit Do I Do
From a virtuoso Tool support to Rabea Massaad’s new supergroup, meet the next generation of progressive guitar heroes
By Michael Astley-Brown published
The UK’s ArcTanGent Festival is the world’s biggest celebration of heavy progressive music, and this year’s lineup featured epic sets from Meshuggah, Mogwai and Explosions in the Sky. Could these 5 bands be the headliners of the future?
How Yungblud became punk’s next guitar hero, bringing high-volume rock to Gen Z
By Amit Sharma published
Armed with a new Epiphone signature model, the punk-rock hero and Gen Z superstar shares the story behind his incredible rise – and his plans for what comes next
The 16 most expensive guitars of all time
By Jenna Scaramanga last updated
Fenders owned by Eric Clapton and Bob Dylan, Martins belonging to Kurt Cobain and David Gilmour, and one independently made axe headline the list of most profitable guitars sold at auction
How Beck’s longtime bassist scored his spot in Nine Inch Nails
By Brian Fox published
Back in 2008, Justin Meldal-Johnsen was launched from his role as Beck’s musical director onto a Nine Inch Nails world tour
Joe Satriani on what it takes to play Van Halen live – custom amps, power tools, and, above all, guts
By Andrew Daly published
As Sammy Hagar’s The Best Of All Worlds Tour scales the globe, Satch joins us to explain how he set about honoring the magic of Eddie Van Halen’s style
Meet Chat Pile, the sludge metallers shouting down the “tone lords” and “goobers” ruining guitar culture
By Dan Bradley published
The self-taught DIY quartet are making seismic waves across the noise rock scene – and they’re doing it with cult electrics, solid-state amps and a baritone that’s neither a “djent stick” nor “a surf guitar made of plastic”
Joe Perry names the desert-island pickup that nobody talks about and explains why there are no bad tones
By Andrew Daly published
Aerosmith and Hollywood Vampires’ swaggering six-stringer runs through his many exploits, leading a hundreds-strong collection of unique, vintage and always usable guitars
Grace Bowers on her dizzying rise as the world’s next guitar hero and breaking the law to get better
By Joe Bosso published
The 18-year-old might be the greatest thing to come out of Nashville since Martin's Bar-B-Que Joint but she's keeping her feet on the ground, hands on her SG, as everyone else stands in awe of her prodigious talent
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