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From sleeping in tents to Woodstock, rock ’n’ roll's ‘Forrest Gump’ Leo Lyons shares the story of Ten Years After
The Ten Years After bassist survived Hamburg’s Star-Club, sparked the blues boom, achieved immortality at Woodstock – and is still going strong at 82. “Music,” he says, “it’s a drug…”
Mike Vennart on the Squier Strats that are simply unbeatable – and why he hates acoustics
The former Oceansize and long-time Biffy Clyro touring guitarist on his love of off-the-beaten-path six-strings and why you've got to try before you buy
The Newman Torn and Frayed Edition might be the Rolling Stones-inspired T-type we’ve been dreaming of
With vibe and mojo off the charts, this UK boutique build is a stunning example of what a little imagination can do with when applied to Blackguard inspiration
![Rick Parfitt [left] and Francis Rossi give their Telecasters a good thrashing during a 2010 live performance in Perth, Australia.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/kUajqnE4SGm6cLFQRTgaEi-840-80.jpg.webp)
Francis Rossi opens up on the internal tensions between Status Quo’s two guitar greats
A decade on since Rick Parfitt's death, Rossi reveals how the Quo wasn't big enough for the both of them
Their first single was so bad, the label pulled 10,000 copies. Yet they went on to be one of the most influential supergroups in music history
60 years ago, Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker put together Cream. This is the story of the early years of the power trio that changed the face of popular music, and elevated Clapton to God-like status
Christone ‘Kingfish’ Ingram has learned from the masters on his road to becoming a modern-day blues great
He might be young, but the Clarksdale, Mississippi phenom has already announced his presence as the world’s bluesman-in-chief
How B.B. King changed Billy Gibbons’ approach to guitar strings
When the King speaks, his subjects listen
When a 13-year-old Jimmie Vaughan was stopped from watching B.B. King play, another blues great came to his aid
Vaughan wanted to watch his guitar hero play live for the first time – and another hero saved the day
“Steve was on the session when history was made”: Why Steve Cropper was one of guitar’s most humble heroes
The departed soul man was the Stax band’s MVP, writing and driving the R&B classics that ruled the ’60s
Is this the holy grail of all holy grail Fender Stratocasters?
Only two features distinguished a Mary Kaye Stratocaster from any other Strat that might have rolled off Fender’s production line during the mid-to-late 1950s. So why are vintage examples so darn valuable?
How to record acoustic guitars at home – and why you need a dedicated setup
Recording acoustic guitars at home can be frustrating and rewarding in equal measure – but it doesn't need to be. Here’s how to get started, and how to get great results
Guitarists are looking for more bang for their buck – but does the cheaper guitar always mean better value?
With so much choice and range in price, is it getting harder to know the true worth of a potential purchase?
How Boss reimagined the wildest effect on your pedalboard
Boss's Matt Knight gives us the lowdown on the XS-1 and XS-100 Poly Shifter series, the pitch-shifting pedals that put the DigiTech Whammy on notice
Meet the mystery guitarist rewriting a new future for prog – with a little help from superstar players Greg Howe and Mohini Dey
DarWin guitarist Greg Howe and bassist Mohini Dey, plus the supergroup’s mysterious namesake, tell us about new album, Distorted Mirror, and how it is reinventing the concept album
How Georgie Hume’s “surf exotica” is taking instrumental guitar into a whole new world
Starting out in a London pub, Georgie Hume and the Pity Party are taking a wayfaring approach to jazz, soul, and surf guitar, and Hume has some help from a left-field “secret weapon” pedal
Keith Urban tells the tale of the Dumble that got away – and why he let down the buyer of his ’Burst
The country superstar shares his love for holy grail amps, writing riffs on cheap guitars, and the Nocaster once owned by Cinderella’s Tom Keifer that’s “worth every cent”
Larry McCray on rubbing shoulders with blues royalty and playing through Joe Bonamassa’s epic rig
Living blues legend Larry McCray is keeping on keeping on and keeping the blues alive, and on his latest LP, Heartbreak City, he's taking his guitar to places his voice can't reach
Steve Stevens on resisting shred, how Paco de Lucia made him go nylon, and Billy Idol’s eternal appeal
Billy Idol’s collaborator of 40-plus years transcends the punk-rock guitarist mold, taking in flamenco, jazz‑fusion, prog and classical styles – and he is as excited about guitar today as he was when he first picked one up
![Mike Sullivan [left] of Russian Circles plays a Dunable electric guitar. Adam Jones [right] of Tool wears all white as he performs at Lollapalooza in 2009.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JzvHLXtiWjphtArnELCxMf-840-80.jpg.webp)
