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Hannah Wicklund & The Steppin Stones performs during Day 1 of Shay Knees Music Festival at Atlanta Central Park on May 03, 2019 in Atlanta, Georgia.
Hannah Wicklund on how a blues lawyer got her playing boutique guitars aged 9 – and the weapon she picked to take on Deep Purple and Yes

By Henry Yates Published

South Carolina’s rising blues-rocker on her expensive tastes, the “turn-off” of gold hardware, and why she is ready to bring out her flame-painted T-type again (despite the jibes)

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Eddie Gray, the guitarist of the band Tommy James and the Shondells, using a Sho-Bud pedal steel guitar during a recording session for their track 'Crimson and Clover', 30th October 1968
An iconic pedal steel guitar firm is launching its own record label

By Janelle Borg Published

Founded in 1955, Sho-Bud helped carve out the “Nashville Sound” – and is now hoping to be as influential in the record label sphere

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Steve Howe performs on stage with Yes on August 18, 2014 in San Diego, California
Yes postpone upcoming tour dates due to guitarist Steve Howe requiring “essential surgery”

By Janelle Borg Published

The shows, which intend to celebrate the band's landmark 1971 album, Fragile, will be rescheduled

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Steve Howe on overcoming stage fright and the tragic fate of his Gibson ES-175

By Joe Matera Published

The Yes, Asia and GTR legend explains why drinking and playing guitar are “stupidly incompatible” and gives some love for the Line 6 Helix

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Steve Howe and Yes performs at Shoreline Amphitheatre on August 8, 1991 in Mountain View, California / Photo of Brian MAY and QUEEN; Brian May performing on stage
How Steve Howe ended up playing on a Queen track

By Phil Weller Published

The prog legend was asked to channel a flamenco icon for the spontaneous guest spot

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Steve Howe and Duane Denison
Duane Denison on the time he attempted to convince Steve Howe to buy a guitar from him

By Phil Weller Published

Denison had grown up idolizing prog rock shredders – then one day he found himself attempting to convince one of them to buy a rare Guild guitar

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Steve Howe of Yes wears a floral patterned shirt as he plays his Gibson ES-345 semi-hollow live with Yes.
Yes icon Steve Howe on why he rarely runs scales, thrashing acoustics – and how he’s still chasing Chet Atkins’ touch

By Jonathan Horsley Published

The prog legend checks in to talk all things guitar, from drawing inspiration from his parents' record collection and cutting his teeth on a cheap arch-top to finding his sound on the ES-175 and six-string explorations on Guitarscape

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Lord Phobos playing a strat guitar on stage
This is one of the hardest guitar songs you could attempt to cover, according to cover pro Lord Phobos

By Janelle Borg Published

With a hefty repertoire of covers under his belt, TWRP guitarist Lord Phobos pinpoints the song that he admits was “quite a tough one” to learn

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Bassist Chris Squire performing with English progressive rock group Yes, 1984.
Why Chris Squire’s relationship with Rickenbacker got off to a shaky start

By Nick Wells Published

Chris Squire's Rickenbacker underwent several changes over the years, the most radical coming when he rewired the single-output bass with stereo outputs

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Nancy Wilson of Heart opens for Styx at Abbotsford Centre on October 06, 2022 in Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada
Nancy Wilson on the making of her acoustic masterpiece turned Instagram guitar staple

By Janelle Borg Published

Nancy Wilson reveals Yes were a big songwriting inspiration behind 1980 acoustic classic Silver Wheels

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