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Cory Wong wears a Breton-stripe shirt and poses with his new gold Ernie Ball Music Man StingRay II signature guitar

Cory Wong on the making of his signature StingRay and how Vulfpeck just, y’know, made an album during a show

By David Mead published

The funkmeister guitarist is back with a whirlwind of new recording projects in his wake, and a fresh new signature guitar by his side

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(Left) Run D.M.C. posing in Adidas tracksuits in front of the Empire State building in New York and (right) Eddie Martinez holding his red Hamer guitar in a 1986 portrait

“That guitar is magical”: Eddie Martinez explains how he helped Run-D.M.C. bring rock to hip hop

By Andrew Daly published

Armed with his legendary red Hamer, Martinez stepped into one of the most iconoclastic collaborations of the '80s as Run-D.M.C. became the first hip-hop act to bring the crunch of electric guitar into the rap game

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Steve Lukather solos on his natural finish Ernie Ball Music Man Luke signature guitar at a recent Toto show – the band's logo is emblazoned across Planet Earth in the background.

4 searing blues guitar solo ideas in the style of Steve Lukather

By Richard Barrett published

Lukather might have made his name in box-office rock and pop, but the blues underpins it all, and this quick-fire tutorial with tab and audio unleashes some serious soloing heat

Artist Lessons
The Dead Milkmen perform at NYC's Wetlands in 1990. Guitarist Joe Genaro plays a singlecut electric

Joe Genaro on the catchy tunes, humor, and improv behind the Dead Milkmen’s classic 1985 debut album

By Andrew Daly published

Genaro was only a novice when the Philly punk legends tracked Big Lizard in My Backyard, but with an innovative strumming technique he had everything he needed to make their songs hit hard

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A selection of guitar pedals are photographed against a concrete floor.

Pedalboard inspiration incoming... Here are our 30 favorite new guitar pedals from the past 5 years

By Guitarist editors published

We break the glass on the pedal cabinet to dig out a long-list of some of the coolest effects from the new Golden Era of stompboxes

Guitar Pedals
[From left] Albert Collins, Robert Crae, Johnny Copeland are pictured with their guitars for the cover of their 1985 blues classic, Showdown!

Robert Cray tells the story behind the greatest all-star blues team-up of the ‘80s

By Andrew Daly published

In 1985, Albert Collins, Johnny Copeland, and Robert Cray got together for Showdown! – a bona-fide blues classic, and, as Cray tells us, a real fun time, too

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Hüsker Dü play live in the mid '80s, with Bob Mould playing a Flying V and wearing a pink and gray plaid shirt.

Bob Mould on myth vs reality and the making of Hüsker Dü’s New Day Rising

By Jon Weiderhorn published

Tension? What tension? New Day Rising found Hüsker Dü's creativity surging, setting the table for Flip Your Wig. But is it as influential as people say is? Mould is not so sure

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Samantha Fish leans back as she takes a solo on her white Gibson SG. She wears a white studded jacket.

How Samantha Fish used raw amp energy and “wild, funky, weird” guitars to make new album come alive

By David Mead published

Paper Doll is the sound of Fish unleashing the riffs and working a newfound confidence with her vocals, and it has some seriously sizzling tones

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That Pedal Show's Dan Steinhardt in the studio, surrounded by amps and effects and playing his red Telecaster with a white pickguard.

That Pedal Show’s Daniel Steinhardt reveals his top 5 pedals (from the past 5 years)

By Jamie Dickson published

Looking for some 'board inspiration? Here, the man behind GigRig and one half of YouTube's favorite pedal show gives us his shortlist

Guitar Pedals
Kiss sans make-up in 1985. With Gene Simmons [left] sticking his tongue out, Paul Stanley looking spaced, and Bruce Kulick taking a solo on a silver Superstrat.

In 1985, Kiss needed the best and got the best – his name was Bruce Kulick

By Andrew Daly published

It was the no makeup era of Kiss, and after a succession of guitarists, they needed an ace in the pack. Kulick stepped up, and brought his A game. Here he reflects on a pivotal moment in Kisstory

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