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How guitarist and YouTube sensation Rob Scallon manages to write – and record – a full album in one day
By Janelle Borg published
Together with fellow mega YouTuber and multi-instrumentalist Andrew Huang, Scallon has made this challenge a yearly tradition

Skunk Baxter is a session legend – and his cutting-edge guitar rig probably isn’t what you expect
By Phil Weller published
Baxter has settled on a Roland/Fender Stratocaster, which he uses alongside some other off-the-shelf Roland gear

Primus’ Larry LaLonde on how he and Les Claypool ended up with off-the-rack gear from Guitar Center right before a show
By Janelle Borg published
The guitar and bass behemoths eventually auctioned off the Strat and P-Bass they bought at the last minute for charity

Too rock for country and too country for rock, Morganway are an old-school guitar duo in the best way
By Amit Sharma published
Husband and wife Kieran Morgan and SJ Mortimer are inspired by Queen, Fleetwood Mac and boygenius in equal measure – and their guitar approach leans into the classic rock guitar pairings

D’Angelico celebrates Grateful Dead’s 60th anniversary with 3 special-edition guitars
By Phil Weller published
Two electrics and an orchestra acoustic from D’Angelico bring back a special-edition Grateful Dead finish that pays homage to the pair’s first collaborative model

Yvette Young on the pressures of touring in the social media age
By Janelle Borg published
The multi-hyphenate artist has recently kickstarted her solo era – and lent her chops to James Gunn’s new Superman movie soundtrack

Could PRS ever make a headless guitar?
By Matt Owen published
Strandberg, Ibanez and Schecter have all been flying the flag for headless designs – could PRS be next?

Young Gun Silver Fox are keeping yacht-rock afloat with lawsuit guitars and 10-year-old strings
By Jamie Dickson published
Top-tier ’70s-style AOR is back on deck with Young Gun Silver Fox, whose guitarist and co-founder Shawn Lee shares how rare, oddball and collectible guitars are the wind in their sails

Johnny Depp joins Alice Cooper onstage to cover Black Sabbath’s Paranoid in honor of Ozzy Osbourne
By Matt Owen published
Depp and his Gibson Flying V lined up alongside Cooper and Nita Strauss for the performance

Fake Guitar Center websites set up to scam players are on the rise – here’s what you need to look out for
By Matt Owen published
A player was recently scammed out of $1,000 after falling prey to a scam website – and the retailer’s CEO has shared the red flags you need to be mindful of

Buddy Guy says he’s not retiring until the blues gets a higher profile
By Matt Parker published
The 88-year-old blues star says the lack of mainstream platforms for blues concerns him – but his Sinners cameo gives him cause for hope

Pantera cancel tour dates to mourn Ozzy Osbourne
By Matt Owen published
The Black Sabbath singer passed away earlier this month, weeks after completing his Back to the Beginning farewell show

John McLaughlin remembers gifting Jeff Beck the white Strat that featured on his seminal Wired record
By Matt Owen published
The iconic Strat was reportedly stolen at a later date

Zakk Wylde looks back on his closer-than-close relationship with Ozzy Osbourne, and their final moments together onstage
By Andrew Daly published
Wylde was the Black Sabbath icon's guitarist and friend for decades. He reflects on his instant connection with the Prince of Darkness, how their relationship evolved both on and offstage, and that emotional final show at Back to the Beginning

What was Elliot Easton’s greatest gear find? The Cars legend reveals all
By Andrew Daly published
The former Cars six-stringer talks early guitar exploits, the golden age of vintage-guitar buying, and why he’s not as jazzed about amps as he is about guitars themselves

Molly Tuttle reminisces on her first Martin – and how it ended up in Arizona's Musical Instrument Museum
By Janelle Borg published
The bluegrass and Americana phenom looks back on her long-term love affair with Martin

Neural DSP answers players’ prayers with new Nano Cortex update
By Phil Weller published
The modeler has been made fully gig-proof with a new update that introduces perhaps its most highly requested feature yet

Line 6 has finally shared what the Helix Stadium’s potentially game-changing tones actually sound like
By Phil Weller published
Weeks after the Helix Stadium was unveiled, we finally have a brief taste of what the new Agoura modeling tech is capable of