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Jacob Collier’s new album is a love letter to the guitar – and alternate tunings
By Jonathan Horsley published
When tuned to DAEAD, the songs just fall out of the guitar for the musical super-genius – and his new album The Light For Days is a vehicle for showing what the instrument can do

Joe Satriani pays tribute to Chris Cornell with instrumental cover of Audioslave’s Be Yourself
By Michael Astley-Brown published
The virtuoso features on the latest track from King Ultramega, a tribute project for the late Soundgarden frontman

Steve Morse has announced his first new album since leaving Deep Purple – and it’s set to feature Eric Johnson and John Petrucci
By Phil Weller published
Triangulation also features Morse's son on a tribute to the guitarist’s late wife
![1991, a historic moment for electric guitar as Joe Satriani [pictured in a ball cap] jammed onstage with Spinal Tap, who are pictured here with Nigel Tufnel on the far left with a T-style, Derek Smalls in a yellow T-shirt with a headless bass, while a pouting David St. Hubbins cradles a Les Paul.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/9jG3kJPyDZPNsUVv7e3CYP.jpg)
How Joe Satriani became Spinal Tap’s unofficial guitar supplier for the loudest movie of the year
By Jonathan Horsley published
Satch and the Tap are old friends. And if you look closely, you might just catch Nigel Tufnel and David St. Hubbins playing his Ibanez signature models in Spinal Tap II: The End Continues

Charvel beckons a new era for its So-Cal Superstrat – and brings the classic Pro Mod model into the modern era
By Phil Weller published
Seymour Duncan Distortion humbuckers and Luminlay side dots deliver high-quality specs without crazy price tags

Joe Bonamassa’s approach to the blues has triggered some purists – this is his response
By Phil Weller published
Though widely celebrated, Bonamassa isn’t without his critics – but they’re not in his mind when he’s selling out arenas

Joe Bonamassa swears by this easy string-saving hack – which was inspired by Jimmy Page and Billy Gibbons
By Phil Weller published
Bonamassa’s go-to stringing method for his Les Pauls improves durability – and helps achieve a slinkier feel

Yngwie Malmsteen on why he turned down UFO
By Phil Weller published
The two offers came in the space of 24 hours as the bands looked to forge their next chapters with the Swedish virtuoso by their side
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