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The Edge, Gary Moore and Rory Gallagher
18 of the greatest Irish guitarists of all time

By Mark McStea Published

Rory Gallagher, The Edge, Gary Moore of course, but who makes up the other 15?

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MILAN, ITALY - MARCH 23: David Noonan and Mete Jaylon of Just Mustard open for Fontaines D.C. at Alcatraz on March 23, 2022 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Roberto Finizio/Getty Images)
Just Mustard on learning from The Cure, growing up with Fontaines D.C. – and horrible impulse buys

By Naomi Baker Published

After starting out with Fontaines D.C. and watching them soar, Fender-heavy album We Were Just Here features gigantic atmospheric sounds

Guitarists
Conor Deegan III of Fontaines D.C. performs at Wythenshawe Park on August 15, 2025 in Wythenshawe, England
Fontaines D.C.’s Deego dissects the Joy Division bassline that inspired his bass journey

By Janelle Borg Published

Peter Hook also recounts how he was “over the moon” when Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis used the bassline as a vocal part for one of the band’s biggest tracks

Bassists
Carlos O'Connell
Fontaines D.C.'s Carlos O'Connell reveals the secret weapon on his pedalboard – a plain box with one knob and oodles of gain

By Phil Weller Published

Owning one doesn’t come cheap, but the left-field pedal has been at the center of the band’s monumental rise to fame

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Conor Curley of Fontaines DC performs on stage on the second day of TRNSMT Festival at Glasgow Green on July 09, 2022 in Glasgow, Scotland.
Conor Curley of Fontaines D.C. on his love of Deftones and why he’s writing riffs like a beginner

By Stan Bull Published

Romance is the sound of self-confessed “guitar culture nerd” Curley expanding the Fontaine D.C. sound with elemental reasoning, pure instinct, and occasional Mellotron – and if he ever gets stuck for inspiration, he has a pile of Total Guitar back issues to reference…

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Carlos O'Connell checking Rory Gallagher's 1961 Strat
Fontaines D.C. guitarist Carlos O'Connell reacts to playing Rory Gallagher's prized guitars

By Janelle Borg Published

O'Connell also tries out Gallagher's 1959 Silvertone, 1963 Epiphone Coronet and 1968 Martin D-35 ahead of the much talked-about auction

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A black and white image of Carlos O'Connell playing a Rory Gallagher Stratocaster onstage
Fontaines D.C.’s Carlos O’Connell on playing Rory Gallagher’s Strat and why a spring reverb is the best overdrive

By Mark McStea Published

One half of the Fontaines D.C. six-string machine talks songwriting and influences, and admits that he, too, is a disciple of YouTube’s Kurt Cobain tone guru Aaron Rash

Guitarists
Fontaines DC Carlos O'Connell playing the Rory Gallagher signature strat
Fontaines D.C.’s Carlos O’Connell on why he opted for a guitar legend’s signature model as his “workhorse” instrument

By Janelle Borg Published

Alongside two Fender Mustangs, the relic’d model is one of the main guitars that features on the band’s upcoming album, Romance

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Eve Adams
From spectral folk to metal Muse: here are this week's essential guitar tracks

By Matt Owen, Sam Roche, Michael Astley-Brown, Jackson Maxwell Published

Spice up your week with guitar goodness from Steve Vai, Shamir, Muse, Korn, Michael Romeo, Eve Adams and more

Music Releases
Carlos O'Connell, Conor Curley, Conor Deegan III, Grian Chatten, Tom Coll from Fontaines DC perform at Le Bataclan on November 10, 2019 in Paris, France.
Fontaines D.C.: ”We’re not great musicians but we can play a three-chord song and give it some welly”

By Jonny Scaramanga Published

Carlos O'Connell and Conor Curley detail their unorthodox pedalboards, scuzzy tones and why they recorded A Hero’s Death twice

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