<![CDATA[ Latest from Guitar World in Andy-summers ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/tag/andy-summers Mon, 06 Apr 2026 14:11:06 +0000 en <![CDATA[ “I was 8 and Andy was my first guitar teacher – to me he was Mr. Summers with a funny accent!”Doug Pettibone on taking lessons from Andy Summers, touring with Jewel, and not getting fired by John Mayer ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/doug-pettibone-lucinda-williams-worlds-gone-wrong 3QPRsqt9Q6F636x95u4Gam Mon, 06 Apr 2026 14:11:06 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He wanted $200 for it. Now it’s worth millions”: Andy Summers was skeptical of Telecasters at first – until he found one that would become one of his main Police guitars ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/andy-summers-tele-hesitation LXdZQVtYZFQ3neJsWz7hcH Wed, 11 Feb 2026 16:23:06 +0000 <![CDATA[ Why Sting just paid $800,000 to his former Police bandmates, Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/sting-pays-his-former-police-bandmates-following-royalties-dispute 5DtR4P5Gue2rREdqnacqmD Thu, 15 Jan 2026 13:44:23 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Andy Summers is one hell of a jazz guitarist, but it was Sting who volunteered him for the session”: How jazz bass legend Christian McBride reunited The Police duo for his latest album ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bassists/how-christian-mcbride-reunited-sting-and-andy-summers DLGEPmyxfJF9HcATqHo5ZZ Wed, 15 Oct 2025 09:10:42 +0000 Thu, 30 Oct 2025 12:58:59 +0000 <![CDATA[ Sting's legal representatives claim Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland may have been “substantially overpaid” following lost royalties lawsuit ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/sting-lawyers-claim-andy-summers-and-stewart-copeland-may-have-been-overpaid-royalties-lawsuit ADwf6D7PrDTY5cfZWDeQpR Tue, 09 Sep 2025 12:44:35 +0000 Wed, 17 Sep 2025 15:51:53 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It’s the preeminent instrument in the world. Every culture has made something of their own of it”: Andy Summers to explore the guitar’s impact on the world in globe-trotting docu-series ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/andy-summers-global-guitar-docuseries-launched sN2ZmorXbwgBkuAAkeEF2g Mon, 08 Sep 2025 11:07:30 +0000 Wed, 17 Sep 2025 15:05:23 +0000 <![CDATA[ “They say they are owed millions in lost royalties”: Sting sued by Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland over lost royalties from Police mega-hit ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/sting-sued-by-andy-summers-and-stewart-copeland-over-lost-royalties kfRbRavuHhbj5FYw9zFuP9 Wed, 27 Aug 2025 11:14:48 +0000 Wed, 03 Sep 2025 11:26:19 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I subsequently became the world’s most famous guitarist with The Police. I wanted to play with somebody else to see how I’d do, like an experiment on myself”: At the height of his ’80s success, Andy Summers needed a challenge – he found Robert Fripp ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/andy-summers-looks-back-on-his-80s-collaboration-with-robert-fripp JUPWS4GqcDLsYDgkGWoXij Thu, 01 May 2025 15:50:47 +0000 Wed, 07 May 2025 10:44:30 +0000 <![CDATA[ “You got it!” Rare footage of Andy Summers teaching John Mayer how to play Message in a Bottle emerges ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/andy-summers-john-mayer-message-in-a-bottle duirmSGdrPtXYPyBwatKME Thu, 17 Apr 2025 10:29:59 +0000 Thu, 17 Apr 2025 10:31:27 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I wasn’t into King Crimson at all. Definitely not my kind of music”: How Andy Summers formed one of the 1980s’ most unlikely guitar partnerships with Robert Fripp – despite not being especially keen on some of his work ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/andy-summers-robert-fripp-collaboration-origins PVpMuHySRtiaGyMLzzi62b Wed, 02 Apr 2025 09:41:48 +0000 Mon, 07 Apr 2025 15:37:25 +0000 <![CDATA[ “A pillar of modulation, now more accessible than ever”: After a 3-year wait, Behringer’s affordable clone of John Frusciante’s favorite chorus pedal is finally here ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/effects-pedals/behringer-chorus-symphony hjLdCfkiAxEpLMYCGoHShC Thu, 30 Jan 2025 14:32:56 +0000 Tue, 18 Feb 2025 11:28:44 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I’ve never played a barre chord in my life. I hate them. You don’t need more than two or three notes to express a chord”: Andy Summers on his “abstracted instrumental” collabs with Robert Fripp, his dream pedalboard, and what he learned from Béla Bartók ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/andy-summers-robert-fripp-collaborations FvhoZnSc3Zj8xkjSrYfivW Fri, 01 Nov 2024 10:12:38 +0000 Mon, 25 Nov 2024 15:46:30 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Bearing in mind the colossal success of The Police, isn’t it odd that no-one has ever surfaced to say, ‘By the way, I modded that guitar?’” Investigating the mystery mods of Andy Summers’ mongrel Telecaster ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/andy-summers-modded-fender-telecaster xafedebwuuVA4MsYvNMMEh Thu, 19 Sep 2024 11:50:20 +0000 Mon, 30 Sep 2024 08:30:22 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We got together in someone's apartment in the Village and were jamming, trying to see what we could come up with”: Andy Summers on his longstanding relationship with Robert Fripp – and their surprise new collab album ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/andy-summers-robert-fripp-new-album nSGSGLYjxpooawMQMEsHQ Wed, 04 Sep 2024 09:05:51 +0000 Fri, 20 Sep 2024 15:38:19 +0000 <![CDATA[ “When we started the band, it was more like a guitar solo was a mark of the old guard. I was a virtuoso player, so it was very frustrating for me”: Andy Summers wishes he’d let loose on more solos in The Police – and blames punk for holding them back ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/andy-summers-wishes-he-had-more-solos-in-the-police WwoDjiR2wN24ufdMXdYCRD Fri, 09 Aug 2024 13:51:51 +0000 Tue, 20 Aug 2024 12:08:43 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It was going to be thrown out… Sting says, ‘Go on then, make it your own.’ I did it in one take”: The Police were set to ditch Every Breath You Take before Andy Summers added his riff – now the original demo has surfaced after 42 years, you can hear why ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/the-police-every-breath-you-take-demo zy77fuNpfRpBjhoV24cDPB Fri, 26 Jul 2024 11:04:11 +0000 Tue, 06 Aug 2024 09:43:43 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I bought a yellow one and I went straight on stage with it. I didn’t hesitate. I think the guy has got a breakthrough guitar with this one”: Andy Summers on the new electric guitar that has impressed him enough to put down his Fenders ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/andy-summers-powers-electric-a-type YZhCVpwQiss8syRK2LTWxW Mon, 22 Jul 2024 16:00:03 +0000 Tue, 06 Aug 2024 10:01:18 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Eric’s Les Paul gets stolen, and he knows I’ve got the other one. He starts calling me relentlessly. I charged him £200. It’s worth about two million now”: Andy Summers recalls selling Eric Clapton his Gibson Les Paul ‘Burst for a bargain price ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/andy-summers-eric-clapton-gibson-les-paul-burst Vnfmyt4ZShLsN4gDh9WZyN Thu, 21 Dec 2023 16:26:20 +0000 Thu, 21 Dec 2023 16:29:21 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Jimi turned round and said, 'Hey man, mind if I play the guitar for a while?' We played for about half an hour. That was probably the last time I saw him”: Andy Summers recalls his “outrageous” jams with Jimi Hendrix ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/andy-summers-jimi-hendrix-jams KJ6YY9ohyhYyWdywfu9JwB Wed, 20 Dec 2023 12:28:16 +0000 Fri, 22 Dec 2023 13:43:32 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Things had been good – now there were arguments. At the last gig, Andy and I argued about an amplifier and who would use it”: Original The Police guitarist Henry Padovani explains why he was ousted in favor of Andy Summers – but didn’t mind being fired ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/henry-padovani-the-police cXmFX57U6ENyNEBQcbrGx7 Thu, 14 Dec 2023 15:03:21 +0000 Thu, 14 Mar 2024 16:05:39 +0000 <![CDATA[ "That song was going in the trash until I played on it": Andy Summers is locked in a "contentious" battle with Sting over Every Breath You Take songwriting credits ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/sting-andy-summers-every-breath-you-take-credits WnKN7n73UesVNKmJwfimiR Tue, 10 Oct 2023 16:12:24 +0000 Thu, 14 Mar 2024 16:45:24 +0000 <![CDATA[ Electro-Harmonix Andy Summers Walking on the Moon Flanger review ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/reviews/electro-harmonix-andy-summers-walking-on-the-moon-flanger MU94JkcsW4hCi9AwwC6gMJ Fri, 06 Oct 2023 09:23:37 +0000 Mon, 09 Oct 2023 08:34:30 +0000 <![CDATA[ Electro-Harmonix honors Andy Summers with a rare signature pedal, the Walking on the Moon Flanger ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/electro-harmonix-walking-on-the-moon-flanger-andy-summers Fnq5wTYRRJdFDdewdb9fNH Fri, 14 Jul 2023 10:35:03 +0000 <![CDATA[ Andy Summers: “The Every Breath You Take riff has become a kind of immortal guitar part that all guitar players have to learn” ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/andy-summers-the-police-greatest-hits G55wZ7KzUkHsRfrNQgN2pe Thu, 07 Jul 2022 18:19:20 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:19:53 +0000 <![CDATA[ The Police were going to throw out Every Breath You Take until Andy Summers recorded its iconic riff – in one take ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/every-breath-you-take-andy-summers-riff RiFSVNuTarkaGi2AQ3L7qX Fri, 17 Jun 2022 12:33:01 +0000 Tue, 21 Jun 2022 11:39:55 +0000 <![CDATA[ Thunder’s Chris Childs on his 5 best bass albums ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/chris-childs-thunder-best-bass-albums Wh3xSjrUhVTywkttKBS3j7 Wed, 16 Mar 2022 11:42:51 +0000 Wed, 16 Mar 2022 11:45:06 +0000 <![CDATA[ Andy Summers: “One of the things I loved about playing in The Police was that it was all guitar all the time! But it needed someone like me to fill that out” ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/andy-summers-the-police kdpS7pUBsiJ4iCpf4hUZc6 Thu, 03 Mar 2022 12:21:17 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:19:52 +0000 <![CDATA[ The Police's Andy Summers: "The way I was casting myself was like a sonic experimenter – I was leading the way and everybody was copying me" ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/andy-summers-ghost-in-the-machine xMCWtHmCSu6VnY83EQK2B Fri, 22 Oct 2021 13:14:23 +0000 <![CDATA[ Andy Summers announces final installment of his album trilogy, Harmonics of the Night ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/andy-summers-harmonics-of-the-night QVCftsRrXtYUe9U7N7FPET Thu, 12 Aug 2021 15:19:22 +0000 Thu, 12 Aug 2021 15:19:29 +0000 <![CDATA[ Andy Summers is releasing a book of short stories, all of which “feature the guitar in a rather interesting way” ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/andy-summers-is-releasing-a-book-of-short-stories-all-of-which-feature-the-guitar-in-a-rather-interesting-way ekwB8XGdLFvU82v6m6BvHE Mon, 01 Feb 2021 17:16:02 +0000 <![CDATA[ Andy Summers' Monochrome Strat has an actual photo finish ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/andy-summers-monochrome-strat-has-an-actual-photo-finish ajgUKSoG3WxE2t8zRc7LWT Tue, 17 Sep 2019 15:08:15 +0000 Fri, 14 Jan 2022 12:49:34 +0000 <![CDATA[ Andy Summers Talks Echoplex Pedals, Recording with the Police and Jamming with Jimi Hendrix ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/andy-summers-talks-echoplex-pedals-recording-with-the-police-and-jamming-with-jimi-hendrix d57nbLjdAM3tcczrsPGUQf Fri, 26 Oct 2018 13:39:36 +0000 Wed, 31 Oct 2018 16:29:48 +0000 <![CDATA[ Dear Guitar Hero: Submit Questions for Andy Summers ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/dear-guitar-hero-submit-questions-for-andy-summers JnAASgsp2S4Z4wXRSzTjNM Mon, 16 Jul 2018 14:18:42 +0000 <![CDATA[ The secrets behind Andy Summers' guitar tone on The Police's Walking on the Moon ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/tonal-recall-the-police-andy-summers cwh4icnDQSv8BfSYjrrRxA Mon, 27 Nov 2017 17:54:12 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:20:31 +0000 <![CDATA[ Andy Summers on Gear, Being a Well-Rounded Artist ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/andy-summers-gear-being-well-rounded-artist p6oQsSXrTc5An7VpVkLc3Q Wed, 04 Oct 2017 14:03:04 +0000 <![CDATA[ Andy Summers Discusses His New Album, ‘Triboluminescence’ ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/andy-summers-discusses-his-new-album-triboluminescence nvgzNNojvU9LAMHdFe9bRk Fri, 24 Mar 2017 18:15:33 +0000 <![CDATA[ Andy Summers Breaks Down Three Tracks from New Album, 'Triboluminescence' ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/andy-summers-breaks-down-three-tracks-new-album-triboluminescence 5xwvynZGbfqoSBMtnNXUYH Thu, 23 Mar 2017 10:42:17 +0000 <![CDATA[ Andy Summers Announces New Album, 'Triboluminescence' ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/andy-summers-announces-new-album-triboluminescence RBhDZmgo42We7eV2s33o3P Tue, 07 Mar 2017 17:03:21 +0000 <![CDATA[ Andy Summers Reflects on His Years with (and Before) the Police and His Most Trusted Guitars ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/magazine/summers-time-andy-summers-reflects-his-years-police-his-most-trusted-guitars-and-his-days-swinging-london Uog9Kt7yeq9sUqubvN8yDb Tue, 13 Oct 2015 17:49:15 +0000 <![CDATA[ Synth City: 10 Classic Guitar Synth Songs ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gw-archive/synth-city-10-classic-guitar-synth-songs pzEsy8JLssWc5DJ4nzGR5A Thu, 30 Jul 2015 16:51:10 +0000 <![CDATA[ Andy Summers' Top 10 Guitar Moments with The Police ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/andy-summers-top-10-guitar-moments-police JbFWfL5KgvzSywjhciYagQ Tue, 14 Jul 2015 12:17:17 +0000 <![CDATA[ Andy Summers Documentary, 'Can't Stand Losing You: Surviving the Police,' Opens Today — Video ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/andy-summers-documentary-cant-stand-losing-you-surviving-police-opens-today-video NFPRfit3TDDE7PQxssogac Fri, 20 Mar 2015 16:15:40 +0000 <![CDATA[ Former Police Guitarist Andy Summers on His New Band, Circa Zero: "It's What I Thought the Police Should Have Done, But Didn't" ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/former-police-guitarist-andy-summers-his-new-band-circa-zero-its-what-i WWjEVmDrtnMFJ2pa398UiF Wed, 24 Jul 2013 10:30:57 +0000 <![CDATA[ The Police: Ghosts in the Machine ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/police-ghosts-machine SkqQUThnHmC6nJLTAT87Mn Tue, 12 May 2009 16:13:36 +0000 <![CDATA[ 101 Amazing Licks - Lick 42 ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/lessons/101-amazing-licks-lick-42 Rnz9RTL63kxX5ifidSkR2H Sat, 05 May 2007 00:01:29 +0000