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“It was the classic sob story in school – I was a bit of an outcast and didn’t make friends. The guitar was my release and my escape”: Sophie Lloyd went from filming YouTube covers to touring arenas with Machine Gun Kelly – she recounts her meteoric rise
This is the British shredder’s story so far, from YouTube guitar sensation to Kiesel signature artist, Machine Gun Kelly’s virtuoso-in-chief, and solo artist collaborating with some of rock and metal’s biggest names
Schecter Machine Gun Kelly PT review
Machine Gun Kelly’s signature model is a Guitar Center exclusive that gives Schecter’s Tele-type a radical modern makeover
Justin “GuitarSlayer” Lyons on designing a glow-in-the-dark guitar to bring session players into the limelight and the guitar lesson he learned from Machine Gun Kelly
He got his start in K-pop, and now “GuitarSlayer” has worked in just about every genre under the sun – he shares his tips on how to go pro, why he watches videos of Prince, Hendrix and SRV before he hits the stage, and how he divided up guitar parts with Sophie Lloyd in MGK's live band
What the Sophie Lloyd and Machine Gun Kelly non-scandal reminds us about how society views women who play guitar
It took nothing more than a Instagram comment to send the rumor mill into overdrive – and the baseless controversy is emblematic of a bigger problem facing the guitar world
You can now buy Machine Gun Kelly’s Mainstream Sellout Schecter signature guitar
The cosmetically inverted six-string was first teased by MGK in March last year, and features on the artwork for his latest studio album
![[L-R] Ichika Nito and Machine Gun Kelly](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/LK5JKMPkaGKg3Cyv9PiQ8m-840-80.jpg.webp)
Ichika Nito features on Machine Gun Kelly's latest single, More Than Life
The new track – which also features 17-year-old pop prodigy Glaive – sees Ichika on main riff and production duties with Travis Barker
![[L-R] Sophie Lloyd and Machine Gun Kelly](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Vs93hLGyh9YGWSDXGX3HqT-840-80.jpg.webp)
YouTube guitar phenom Sophie Lloyd joins Machine Gun Kelly's live band
The British shred sensation will join MGK for his upcoming Mainstream Sellout tour
Machine Gun Kelly plans to revert to rap for his next album to make people “miss” his pop-punk material
MGK looks likely to hang up his signature Schecter for the time being
![[L-R] Machine Gun Kelly and Oli Sykes](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/dRQBxAqDZZngCQZNtoVzrF-840-80.jpg.webp)
