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Cory Wong

Cory Wong: “Joe Satriani told me, ‘You’re the funkiest guitar player around, and I’d love to do something with you.’ I decided to call his bluff!“

By Joe Bosso

The Vulfpeck rhythm king is as prolific as ever – and this time, some high-profile names have come along for the ride

Mu-Tron Bi-Phase

The story of Frank Zappa and the Mu-Tron Bi-Phase

By Rod Brakes, Chris Buono

Eilon Paz and Dweezil Zappa unpacks the relationship between guitar's most maverick player and the ultimate phaser

Best guitar picks 2021: 11 recommended plectrums to upgrade your playing

Best guitar picks 2021: 11 recommended plectrums to upgrade your playing

By Jonathan Horsley

Our guide to the best picks for bass, acoustic and electric guitar

Ilan Rubin

Ilan Rubin: “Whatever I’m playing, whether it’s chords or a riff, I instinctively envision what the beat under it will be”

By Amit Sharma

The New Regime multi-instrumentalist and youngest living member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on recording latest album Heart Mind Body & Soul, why he's a fuzz maniac, and what it takes to play with Nine Inch Nails and Angels & Airwaves

Marcus Machado

Marcus Machado: “Learn the rhythms, learn the changes – that's what’s important to any gig. Nobody's going to hire you for how fast you play the solo“

By Richard Bienstock

He's collaborated with the likes of Anderson .Paak and Robert Glasper, fused hard rock and hip-hop with th1rt3en, and now Machado channels Jimi Hendrix, Nile Rodgers and, yes, Prince, on his searingly funky new album, Aquarius Purple

Tomahawk

Tomahawk’s Duane Denison: “There’s a political statement to be made in the whole concept of a band”

By Matt Doria

Even in an age where truly anything is possible, it’s pretty goddamn exciting to see Tomahawk back in action

Best acoustic guitar pickups 2021: 10 recommended acoustic pickups for all budgets

Best acoustic guitar pickups 2021: 10 recommended acoustic pickups for all budgets

By Jonathan Horsley

No matter what style of guitarist you are, the best acoustic guitar pickups from LR Baggs, Fishman and others will help you get more from your tone

9 best desktop guitar amps 2021: compact tabletop amps for portable practice

9 best desktop guitar amps 2021: compact tabletop amps for portable practice

By Nick Guppy, Daryl Robertson

The desktop guitar amp market is getting crowded, but our top picks from Yamaha, Blackstar, Fender, and more might just be the finest money can buy

Nate Mendel

Foo Fighters' Nate Mendel: “After all these years, I've realized that notes are so much fatter with fingerstyle“

By Joel McIver

The Foo Fighters bassist checks in to talk Medicine At Midnight, chasing overdriven tones and his newfound appreciation of fingerstyle bass

Manchester Orchestra

Manchester Orchestra’s Andy Hull: “It was like we had only finished the edges of a 2,000-piece puzzle, and then we had to figure out the insides”

By Matt Doria

On The Million Masks Of God, Manchester Orchestra amp up the intensity tenfold with their sharpest, boldest and most opulent epic yet

Todd Rundgren

Todd Rundgren: “I reached a point with my technique where I said, ‘I don’t want to play faster than I can listen’“

By Henry Yates

The legendary guitarist and producer reflects on his prolific and stellar career

Andy Powers

How Taylor devised its new Grand Theater acoustic body shape

By David Mead

Taylor’s new acoustic outline is a bold step. We talk to designer-in-chief Andy Powers to get the full story behind it

Adrian Smith & Richie Kotzen

Adrian Smith & Richie Kotzen: “The style of the record came from our instincts and how we play together”

By Matt Doria

What do you get when you put two of hard-rock’s biggest shredders in a room and tell them to get their blues on?

K.Flay

K.Flay on her prized gear, music as liberation and how Tom Morello ended up on new EP, Inside Voices

By Jacob Uitti

The rap-rock singer-songwriter shares her 'less is more' philosophy as she details her six-string journey so far

Manchester Orchestra

Manchester Orchestra: “A song is never finished, it's abandoned. If it were up to us, we'd have worked on this record our entire lives!”

By Matt Parker

Rob McDowell and Andy Hull on how the full circle of life, loss and a very special Martin fed into their monumental new album, The Million Masks of God

Meris Mercury7

How changing the position of your reverb pedal can transform your pedalboard

By Stefan Fast

Stefan Fast of ThePedalZone shares the tonal tricks you can achieve with early-chain and end-of-chain reverbs

Middle Kids

Middle Kids’ Hannah Joy: “This album is a bit more reflective – there’s a bit more space and it’s a bit more dynamic”

By Matt Doria

On their ambitious second album, the band take an axe to their formula and build a mansion from the rubble

Cat Popper

Cat Popper: “Writing is complicated for me, because voices in my head tell me I should sound more like someone else”

By Bass Player Staff

Having earned her stripes playing bass with a laundry list of heavy hitters, Popper goes solo with new single, Maybe It's All Right

Steve Cropper

Steve Cropper: “I say to my guitars, ‘If you don’t perform tonight, you’re going to be firewood in the morning.’ And it always works!”

By Greg Prato

The veteran session man and member of the Blues Brothers band discusses his lengthy career, and brand-new solo album, Fire It Up

Cry Club

Live Review: Yours & Owls Festival 2021

By Matt Doria

"Yeah, we’ll never take another music festival for granted. This is what home feels like..."