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Former Custom Shop head takes aim at Fender with new firm's S-style design

By Phil Weller Published

Mike Eldred’s new El Cabron Black Corp guitar features Banksy artwork and a pointed message

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Cheetah Chrome of The Dead Boys performs on stage during "Life's A Gas" at The Annual Joey Ramone Birthday Bash on May 19, 2004 at Irving Plaza, in New York City
Cheetah Chrome, co-founder and guitarist of punk legends Dead Boys, dies at 71

By Janelle Borg Published

The Dead Boys are best known for their 1977 punk classic, Sonic Reducer

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Noel Gallagher and Johnny Marr perform together as a secret surprise at the end of Johnny Marrs show Johnny Marr performs at Brixton Academy on October 23, 2014 in London, England
The Johnny Marr guitar hidden in an iconic Oasis photoshoot

By Phil Weller Published

Marr was an early supporter of the Gallagher brothers, and his prized Rickenbacker ended up in the studio with them

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Angine de Poitrine's guitar tech restrings guitar while the band jams in New York, September 2026
Angine de Poitrine broke a string onstage – and restringing the double-neck was so challenging it nearly derailed the show

By Phil Weller Published

Khn’s custom microtonal double-neck snapped a string mid-jam – and his tech ran on to try and save the show

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William Kelliher of Mastodon performs at Alcatraz Metal Fest on August 08, 2025 in Kortrijk, Belgium
Mastodon respond to Brent Hinds’ estate lawsuit

By Matt Owen Published

The band have also confirmed they’ve recruited Baroness frontman John Baizley for their upcoming tour

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Charlie Benante and Scott Ian of the band Anthrax
Why Anthrax’s riff-writing isn’t like other bands’

By Phil Weller Published

Scott Ian might be their figurehead, but he’s not always the one driving the riffs

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Left–Steve Lukather of Toto performs live on stage at 'Muziekcentrum Vredenburg', Utrecht, Netherlands, 26th September 1982; Joni Mitchell performs live on stage playing a semi-acoustic guitar in 1983
Steve Lukather recalls his first studio session with Joni Mitchell

By Janelle Borg Published

Mitchell is just one of the illustrious names the Toto guitarist and session legend has worked with – alongside Michael Jackson, Aretha Franklin, and Ringo Starr

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Albert King plays Newport Jazz Festival in 1970.
The Gibson Flying V – how a misunderstood design conquered the guitar world

By Charlie Wilkins Published

It's not the most player-friendly proposition, this triangular wedge of guitar – but is there anything cooler than a Flying V?

Electric Guitars
Petr Furch
Petr Furch on 45 years of acoustic guitar innovation – and the challenge to make his guitars better

By Jamie Dickson Published

Czech guitar maker Furch celebrates its 45th birthday this year – but it’s what acoustic guitars will look like in the future that spurs the company on, CEO Petr Furch tells us

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Todd Huth (L) and Les Claypool of Sausage pose during Laguna Seca Daze at Laguna Seca Raceway on May 28, 1994 in Laguna Seca, California
Primus’ original guitarist, Todd Huth, recalls the band's early pre-fame days

By Janelle Borg Published

Huth co-founded Primus with Les Claypool – and was also the one who picked the band’s longest-serving drummer, Tim Alexander

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