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Was Paul McCartney singing while he recorded this bass track? There are audible cues in the final mix
Legendary session bassist and member of the Fab Faux Will Lee takes a closer look at Abbey Road classic Oh! Darling, and unpacks Macca's genius approach to reimagining a doo-wop bassline
Clem Clempson on returning to Colosseum, jamming with Jack Bruce, and his crazy Deep Purple audition
Clempson looks back on an epic career that has seen him replace Peter Frampton in Humble Pie, nearly replace Ritchie Blackmore, and tells us he's having more fun than ever with Colosseum
Brian May on how astronomy, the Everly Brothers and Freddie Mercury influenced his Gibson SJ-200
The Queen guitarist's signature model is a super-rare example of a 12-string Gibson jumbo, replete with May's own aesthetic flourishes. But why is it strung like a Ricky? Here, May explains all
Best hollowbody electric guitars 2025: Our pick of the greatest hollowbody guitars you can buy today
Want increased resonance and a beefier sound, all the while looking spectacularly cool? You’ll want one of the best hollowbody electric guitars then
Ryan Hedgecock stuck to his own creative path, even when Lone Justice were torn apart
The country crossover pioneer’s desire to explore the “indigenous sound of LA” has never left him – and it’s bringing about a full-circle moment as he reactivates Parlor James and plans a hardcore cowpunk solo record
Johnny Hickman on his pre-Cracker band, the Unforgiven, revisiting the Cracker catalog, and big, bone-headed riffs
Re-recording their catalog for the epic Alternative History, Cracker are taking control of their own story, and it's one that begins with a riff and their own Mick and Keef creative chemistry
Lita Ford on the only amp she ever returned, and why she didn't ask for her stolen Mockingbird back
The rock icon talks all things gear, like that time she lied about her age so she could earn money for an SG, Neal Moser's badass B.C. Rich custom jobs, and why she returned a Kerry King Marshall
Fresh off of Musician Mansion, Chena is ready to introduce her intricate, highly melodic playing to the world
The Jackson and Strandberg fan, who takes inspiration from Marty Friedman, Eric Johnson, and others, keeps the work rate high as a solo artist and member of two bands
Cory Wong on the making of his signature StingRay and how Vulfpeck just, y’know, made an album during a show
The funkmeister guitarist is back with a whirlwind of new recording projects in his wake, and a fresh new signature guitar by his side
“That guitar is magical”: Eddie Martinez explains how he helped Run-D.M.C. bring rock to hip hop
Armed with his legendary red Hamer, Martinez stepped into one of the most iconoclastic collaborations of the '80s as Run-D.M.C. became the first hip-hop act to bring the crunch of electric guitar into the rap game
