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Jacob Collier on what happened when he gave his 5-string acoustic to Julian Lag
By Matt Owen published
Collier has ushered in a five-string revolution and a few big names are already on board…

Pat Metheny asks Ibanez to send him “cheap” versions of his own signature guitar – to turn them into artworks
By Janelle Borg published
Between launching a new music label and studio album, Metheny spends his downtime transforming his Ibanez signatures into sculptures

Grammy-nominated Malian changemaker Fatoumata Diawara reveals her biggest guitar hero
By Janelle Borg published
Diawara recently made history herself by becoming the first woman of color to collaborate with Epiphone on a signature guitar

Gibson unearths the only known Kalamazoo factory footage from the ‘Golden Era’ of guitar building
By Phil Weller published
The video offers a fascinating insight into how the Gibson factory operated in the 1950s

Victory’s PowerValve 2000 offers 200-watts of air pushing for modelers, preamps, and pedalboards – and Neural DSP is blown away
By Phil Weller published
Victory believes this valve-powered solution offers a more authentic option for injecting actual tube-driven feel into your digital rig

Joe Satriani opens up on the hand injury that forced him to relearn how to play his songs
By Matt Owen published
Satch stuck it out for an entire tour before seeking help from a specialist, and it prompted him to explore new ways of playing the guitar

That time Eddie Van Halen visited the EVH workshop while they were building the Wolfgang
By Phil Weller published
Fender Master Builder Andy Hicks hadn’t been in the job long before he received a visit from the guitar great, who came to oversee the making of his signature

My highest-rated beginner acoustic guitar just had 15% knocked off in Amazon's Spring Sale – alongside major Squier savings on the Debut and Affinity series'
By Daryl Robertson published
These beginner-friendly savings are hard to beat, and include acoustics, electrics, and basses
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