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Foam swords, steel riffs – and medieval raga? Meet the queen of fantasy doom metal guitar, Castle Rat’s Riley Pinkerton
Who can stop the irresistible rise of underground heavy metal’s most theatrical troupe? Pinkerton, the self-styled Rat Queen is taking no prisoners
Charlie Starr’s open G slide soloing masterclass
In his latest GW column, the Blackberry Smoke guitarist shows us how open G frees us up from the same tired old note choices
The boutique pedal explosion and what comes next in this golden age of guitar effects
Jamie Stillman of EarthQuaker Devices gives GW a pulse check on the trends affecting what we see on our pedalboards
“It’s got the vibe of a madman”: Ace Frehley’s 6 greatest Kiss guitar moments
You wanted a list and you got a list but, oh boy, was it hard to whittle it down to six
“I put it on a stand at a guitar show, with no strategy. And it changed everything”: How relic’ing conquered the guitar world
The not-so-gentle art of relic’ing has enjoyed a renaissance since its maligned roots in the mid-’90s. We asked scene godfather and Gibson Custom Shop guru Tom Murphy how the tide turned
Nuno Bettencourt on turning down Ozzy, Sabbath’s final show and how Extreme finally got their dues
Having torn up the rulebook and raised the bar once again for lead guitar, Nuno Bettencourt promises no let up – he’s out for blood again
Paul Reed Smith on how he built his brand, secret PRS players – and why the internet is wrong about tonewood
Once the guitar brand for the one percent, the smash-hit success of the SE line took PRS Guitars mainstream, but for Smith, it’s still about trying to raise the bar and find new sounds
The irresistible rise of the signature guitar company, as explained by Ola Englund
With more artist products available now than ever before, and an entire movement of brands run and owned by musicians, we investigate the evolution of signature guitar gear with a little help from the Solar Guitars founder
My time with the Spaceman – why Ace Frehley was one hero you had to meet
As artist relations for Marshall and GW journo, Nick Bowcott got to be pretty close to the late Kiss co-founder. Here he recounts some fun times on Earth with the Spaceman
A-list guitar auctions are now a firm fixture, and the sums involved are eye-watering. But who is driving the boom – and is it sustainable?
The amount of money changing hands for artist-owned guitars at auction is eye-watering. Amelia Walker of Christie's London explains what sells and who's buying – and whether it will last
