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Jake Kiszka talks us through his new Gibson SG signature, a devilishly thin-necked beast built to galvanize the next generation
The Greta Van Fleet and Mirador guitarist gets a loving tribute to The Beloved with his first-ever signature model
Baroness shredder Gina Gleason on 75 years of the Fender Telecaster – and why it works for metal
The face of Fender’s 75th Anniversary Telecaster campaign shares all about her new death metal project, recent technique breakthroughs and where she thinks the future of metal tone lies
Lamb of God’s Willie Adler and Mark Morton take us inside metal’s premier riff machine
Into Oblivion finds the guitarists revisiting past chaos to inspire some of the Virginia stalwarts’ most brutal and diverse material to date
Who is buying $15 million guitars? One of the world’s leading dealers lifts the veil on the collectible guitar market
At 32, Matthieu Lucas hosts guitars wielded by the likes of Slash, Eric Clapton and AC/DC at Parisian guitar emporium Matt’s Guitar Shop. He is driven by his core belief that vintage guitars, once owned by legendary musicians, are meant to be played on stage again
The making of the Blackstar Doug Aldrich Signature DA100 Ruby
Doug Aldrich reveals how decades of vintage amps, real-world touring and close collaboration with Blackstar helped shape his DA100 Ruby signature head
You may not know who played guitar on some of Avril Lavigne’s biggest hits. It was Corky James
The self-confessed late developer was in his 50s when his career hit its stride. He explains how he wound up working with Liz Phair, Demi Lovato, and more, and reveals the gear that got him there
The story of Fanny, one of the world’s first all-female rock bands
Fanny never topped the charts, but they made fans of everyone from the Beatles to David Bowie – despite constantly having to prove they could play
Keith Richards on his enduring love affair with the guitar – and why he’s still learning at 82
The Rolling Stones icon reflects on life as a rhythm guitar hero, the size of his collection, and how the restriction of five-strings and open tunings blew his mind
Laura Snowden on how downtuning makes classical guitar “creepy” and what she learned from the great Julian Bream
The classical guitarist's solo debut, This Changing Sky, is a breathtaking work that finds her exploring altered tunings in search of drama
Meet Tigercub’s Jamie Hall, the guitarist Stone Gossard says is “as good as Homme or Morello”
The Pearl Jam guitarist took British alt-rock trio Tigercub out of their comfort zone – leader Jamie Hall was dialing Marshalls to 10, down-tuning a gift from Rabea Massaad, and finding tones that take enamel off your teeth
