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How Eddie Van Halen led to Les Claypool picking up the bass – and how he nearly joined Kirk Hammett’s band
The Primus bassist and Metallica lead guitarist attended the same high school – and very nearly ended up in the same band
Steve Morse injects Coldplay with some Deep Purple flair as he adds a guitar solo to mega-hit Fix You
The British pop rock giants don’t really do shred, so what happened when Morse got his hands on the track?
PRS has resurrected its Mira model – and says it's better than ever
The budget-friendly and versatile solidbody was discontinued in 2013. Now called the S2 Mira 594, it’s back with some key upgrades
A guitar once owned by Jimmy Page and given away in a magazine competition goes for over three times its estimate at auction
The 1957 Gretsch Chet Atkins 6120 was originally bought by Page in 1972 and won by a New Music Express reader
Marcus King on the vintage guitar he accidentally bought while drunk
King recently played Rory Gallagher’s famed white Fender Telecaster and Jeff Beck’s iconic Yardburst Les Paul
How Ivison Guitars became Britain’s hottest high-end brand
With new staff, in-house pickups and the continuing success of the Dakota, there’s plenty to discuss. We grab Neil Ivison for a quick chat
The Boss PX-1 Plugout FX backlash has gone viral – but is it justified? We put the biggest criticisms to Boss
We leveled 5 of the internet’s most common issues with the divisive PX-1 to its maker. Now Boss has set the record straight
Bryan Adams looks back on the time he crossed Fenders with the world’s biggest popstar on one of his most iconic hits
Adams recalls the time he joined Swift on stage to perform one of his most well-loved songs
Kirk Hammett let Al Di Meola play his iconic Greeny – so the fusion virtuoso let him play his prized Elegant Gypsy Black Beauty
The two guitar greats let each other have a go on their cherished Les Pauls
Sting's legal representatives claim Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland may have been “substantially overpaid” following lost royalties lawsuit
Summers and Copeland claim that Sting owes them “in excess of $2 million” for income made from the “digital exploitation” of the Police’s back catalog
Behind the scenes at the Fender Custom Shop – where anything goes, and heritage and innovation go hand in hand
Nearly 40 years on from the Custom Shop’s inception, its creations are more ambitious than ever. Master Builder Paul Waller and Director of Product Development Chase Paul give us a guided tour
That time Eric Johnson shredded a custom Dean V – which had been built for Dave Mustaine to use on the Experience Hendrix tour
The custom axe nods to one of Hendrix’s most iconic guitars and was used by the Megadeth frontman on the Experience Hendrix tour
David Gilmour sets the record straight on the Pink Floyd solo that accidentally got erased
The Pink Floyd guitarist reveals the track whose (one of many) solos got deleted amid the Animals recording sessions
The one time David Bowie ordered Earl Slick to swap his Fenders for Gibsons
Slick went into the recording of 2003's Reality armed with a Telecaster, but his guitar of choice didn't cut it with Bowie
Andy Summers to explore the guitar’s impact on the world in globe-trotting docu-series
Global Guitar finds The Police songwriter interacting with different musicians and cultures as he charts the instrument’s impact on the world
Nuno Bettencourt, Joe Perry, Steven Tyler and Yungblud pay tribute to Ozzy Osbourne with a medley of Prince of Darkness classics at the VMAs
The rousing, all-star medley honored Ozzy in style
Jake E. Lee on how he has changed his playing – and gear – due to arthritis struggles
The former Ozzy Osbourne shredder has had to change things up to keep on playing
How a 17-year-old guitar prodigy ended up with a vintage 1957 Goldtop from the foundation of a band she once hated
After Bella Rayne had her Number One Les Paul stolen, she was dead grateful that she had got over her dislike of the Grateful Dead
