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Jake E. Lee on defying expectations, arthritis and gunshot wounds to mend his friendship with Ozzy at Back to the Beginning
By Andrew Daly published
In an interview that took place before Ozzy Osbourne's death, the Back to the Beginning standout talks Charvel guitars, next steps and the joy of achieving closure with his former boss

DarWin is keeping the mystery alive, but like Michael Jackson and Justin Timberlake before him, he has found a sparring partner in Greg Howe
By Joe Bosso published
New album Distorted Mirror introduces DarWin as one of the guitar world’s new heroes but he’s more happy to let the music – and his supergroup – do the talkin’

Two legends of fretless bass, one whip-smart genius shredder – how a mind-blowing Testament x Pestilence fusion project came together
By Gregory Adams published
When Steve DiGiorgio and Jeroen Paul Thesseling found Boston shredder Eve, they had found their ace in the hole. And she was a fretless bass player. Three on fretless!? DiGiorgio and Thesseling explain all

Jam band and Southern rock prodigy Bella Rayne was bereft when her Les Paul was stolen – then came an answer to her prayers
By Joe Bosso published
Rayne explains how she turned to guitar during the pandemic but found her mojo onstage – and why her fate seams intertwined with the Grateful Dead

How to layer guitar parts like a pro (with a little help from Cory Wong)
By Cory Wong published
In this exclusive video and tab lesson, the funk maestro serves up a big ol' slice of rhythm layer cake that reimagines the guitar as keyboard, bass, as everything in the band

Buckethead reflects on his time in Guns N’ Roses as Slash pays tribute to the elusive virtuoso
By Jonathan Horsley published
The man with the bucket on his head and magic in his fingers says an emotional thank you to Slash after the rock icon described his guitar playing as “next level”

Scott Reeder on the time he auditioned for Metallica – after Lars Ulrich cold-called him
By Jonathan Horsley published
Reeder didn't get the Metallica gig but the stoner-rock bass icon got a helluva story out of it – and the silver medal in the metal Olympics

Dweezil Zappa finally gets his hands on the viral cardboard Strat and cooks up a crazy psych-rock rager for the occasion
By Jonathan Horsley published
The Cardboard Sessions come to Dweezil’s Hikari Studios and he cooks up a track on the spot with his band on cardboard instruments

Named after a Måneskin track, inspired by Queen and Arctic Monkeys, here’s how Baby Said became the UK’s hottest rock duo
By Amit Sharma published
Fresh from a triumphant run of festival dates, Veronica Pal checks in to give us the guitar story behind this sister act's stellar debut, BS! – and that's no b.s.
![Texas Headhunters photographed with their guitars in front of. a red brick wall: [from left] Johnny Moeller, Ian Moore and Jesse Dayton](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/acK6RMoZjUGP7aDV4N9yrg-320-80.jpg)
How the triple-guitar threat of the Texas Headhunters is keeping a Lone Star tradition alive
By Jim Beaugez published
With three prodigious gunslingers all bringing their secret sauce to the cook-off, Jesse Dayton, Ian Moore and Johnny Moeller are channeling the blues they grew up with – and taking it to new places, too
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