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Molly Tuttle on her new kick-ass band, her jaw-dropping custom Martin – and why she’s taking her sound beyond bluegrass
With a diverse new album full of amazing playing, there are changes afoot for the Grammy Award-winning acoustic-guitar virtuoso as she takes a few steps away from her bluegrass roots
Co-leader of Mastodon for a quarter century, Brent Hinds was a one-of-a-kind guitarist who took metal guitar into uncharted territory
Hinds was killed in a motorcycle accident on Wednesday, August 20
Randy Rhoads’ sister Kathy is keeping his legacy alive with a new pedal and old memories
Kathy Rhoads recalls the young guitarist’s diary entry about the Prince of Darkness, his thoughts on the Eddie Van Halen comparisons, and touches on moments so painful she still can’t discuss them
Buying a vintage Gretsch guitar can be a gamble – but every pro should have one
We take a closer look at a pristine 1955 Gretsch Streamliner – a guitar that’s indicative of the attention to detail of the era and a reminder that everyone needs a Gretsch
Your guide to John Mayer's guitars and gear, era by era
We take a head count of the six-string sensualist's most significant guitars, amps and pedalboard rigs
Gojira’s Joe Duplantier on the origins of the pick scrape, playing Ozzy Osbourne’s final show – and what he’s got cooking with ESP
As the frontman looks back at 20 years of Gojira’s groundbreaking From Mars to Sirius, he explains why switching guitar brands is not like having an affair, and how he learned about Ozzy Osbourne’s death as the band were midway through a show
How seven years of busking and Nick Drake’s influence were the making of England's new folk guitar hero Chris Brain
For fans of Nick Drake, John Martyn, Bert Jansch and Anne Briggs, Chris Brain's bucolic folk sound is driven by his technically formidable but delicate fingerstyle approach – and some of it was recorded in his shed
I went behind the scenes at Fender Japan to find out why its guitars are so radically different – and what’s stopping them reaching the US
Fender Japan makes some of the iconic guitar firm’s most exciting products, but we know very little about how it operates… until now
Dinosaur Pile-Up were on the verge of success, then frontman Matt Bigland nearly died for his music. He won’t let it happen again
Singer-guitarists reveals what he’s learned after 20 years of pushing too hard against the industry current, and the surprising upside of not being able to work as hard as he used to
