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Meet Eric Steckel, the high-gain firebrand painting a new shade of blues guitar
By Amit Sharma published
The Knaggs signature artist has grown an international profile by importing heavy distortion into the blues and bending it to his will

Car Bomb’s Greg Kubacki is exploring new heavy frontiers – with help from Gojira’s Joe Duplantier
By Gregory Adams published
Technical wizardry plus atmospheric brutality equals explosive results according to the Vernon Reid-approved riff mathematician

“Dave helped us understand how to make a good Megadeth album”: Teemu Mäntysaari on the making of Megadeth’s final album
By Andrew Daly published
Mäntysaari says Dave Mustaine's last hurrah was a very modern collaboration built upon the established principles of Megadeth's sound
![Michael Shannon and Jason Narducy [on the white Telecaster] perform on Late Night with Seth Myers.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/eX6S7nn9FNajPVn3zcPXdM-320-80.jpg)
How a Chicago alt-rock stalwart and Hollywood A-lister put together a supergroup to celebrate their favorite records
By Jon Wiederhorn published
You might know Jason Narducy from playing bass with Bob Mould. You might recognize Michael Shannon, too. He’s in the movies. But they are also in band, and are celebrating R.E.M.’s Lifes Rich Pageant in concert. Narducy tells GW how it all went down
![B.B. King [left] cups his hands to his ear as he asks the crowd for more. Joe Bonamassa, with a Les Paul, gives his crowd a thumbs up.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/P3XrQLh86C27JfPp4AGp6n-320-80.jpg)
“I met him in 1990 when I was 13 years old. We became lifelong friends”: Joe Bonamassa pays tribute to B.B. King
By Joe Bonamassa published
Bonamassa says King was the kind of player who could say it all with one note – “Just one stinging vibrato and you know it can only be him”

JHS Pedals says it has just made the ultimate first-stage overdrive pedal
By Jonathan Horsley published
Josh Scott says witnessing a soundcheck gave him the idea of the Morning Glory Clean – which reimagines the world-beating transparent overdrive

“Martin’s mahogany guitars have always punched above their weight – this punches harder still”: Martin 0-10E Retro Jason Isbell review
By Jamie Dickson published
Characterful Americana workhorse at a sensible price – with a vibey artist tie-in

Lenny Kravitz and Craig Ross on how big dreams and gourmet tones shaped a ’90s rock classic – and why modern gear has nothing on vintage
By Mark McStea published
30 years ago, the soulful rocker recorded Circus, his most guitar-heavy album. Kravitz and fellow guitarist Craig Ross take a look back at a suite of songs born of jams, soundchecks and dreams

Chris Buck on how Yamaha nailed his new signature Revstar – and why you should reconsider the P-90
By Adam Kovac published
As a blues-rock player, Buck was told he should be playing something more old-school. But as he explains, the Revstar has everything he needs and more, and you should try one too
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