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Andy Summers was skeptical of Telecasters at first – until he found one that would become one of his main Police guitars
By Phil Weller published
The Strat-lover’s head was eventually turned by a modded Tele that ended up becoming one of his go-to guitars

Why Sting just paid $800,000 to his former Police bandmates, Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland
By Janelle Borg published
Summers and Copeland launched a legal case last year, claiming “historic underpayment” for their contributions to the Police's hits

How Christian McBride reunited The Police duo for his latest solo outing
By Nick Wells published
Sting and Andy Summers joined McBride for a jazz-tinged version of a Synchronicity-era Police classic

Sting's legal representatives claim Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland may have been “substantially overpaid” following lost royalties lawsuit
By Janelle Borg published
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

Andy Summers to explore the guitar’s impact on the world in globe-trotting docu-series
By Phil Weller published
Global Guitar finds The Police songwriter interacting with different musicians and cultures as he charts the instrument’s impact on the world

Sting sued by Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland over lost royalties from Police mega-hit
By Janelle Borg published
The Police bassist and frontman is listed as the sole composer and author of the 1983 career-defining single Every Breath You Take

Andy Summers on the stylistic clashes and unexpected successes of his ‘80s collab with Robert Fripp
By Henry Yates published
As Summers’ and Fripp’s avant-garde albums of the 80s are reissued, we hear all about how the side-project came to be – and whether it could happen again

Rare footage of Andy Summers teaching John Mayer how to play Message in a Bottle surfaces
By Jenna Scaramanga published
Backstage footage from 2007's Live Earth benefit concert shows the Police guitarist rehearsing with Mayer and Kanye West

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
By Matt Owen published
The worlds of stadium rock and prog came together for a time in the early 1980s, when The Police and King Crimson guitarists teamed up for a handful of avant-garde records

After a 3-year wait, Behringer’s affordable clone of John Frusciante’s favorite chorus pedal is finally here
By Phil Weller published
The Boss CE-1 can be heard all over the Red Hot Chili Peppers catalog, and now Behringer’s Chorus Symphony hopes to deliver its all-analog delights to the budget end of the market
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