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Celebrating 40 years of Paul Reed Smith’s first production model, the PRS Custom 24
Birthed amid the Superstrat mania of the 1980s, the Custom 24 bucked the trend with a set-neck build – and hit a spot with players that wanted timeless looks and modern, high performing upgrades
Mike Campbell explains how a lifelong connection with Tom Petty was forged in a matter of days – and the guitar was central to it all
As he celebrates the release of his memoir, Heartbreaker, Tom Petty’s right-hand man and dear friend reflects on a career’s worth of enduring hits, and why he “never doubted the music”
![Simple Minds' Charlie Burchill [left] and Jim Kerr perform at Nelson Mandela's 70th Birthday Party concert. Burchill plays a Gibson Les Paul Standard and wears a white jacket.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8oSbNwUdfh8bDGdLr43qqn-840-80.jpg.webp)
Simple Minds guitarist Charlie Burchill on the regrets and rewards of making their ’80s classic, Once Upon A Time
Riding high on The Breakfast Club success of Don't You (Forget About Me), Scottish rockers Simple Minds got into the studio with Jimmy Iovine and made one of the great albums of the '80s
In 1985, J. Mascis was a beginner guitarist stumbling upon a sound – yet Dinosaur Jr.’s debut would shape a generation
Recorded in a cabin in the woods, Dinosaur Jr.'s debut was the sound of a beginner guitarist stumbling upon on guitar tone that would influence a generation of players
Jerry Harrison on the outtakes and off-brand inspirations behind Talking Heads’ Little Creatures
If 1985's Little Creatures brought an Americana flavor to the Talking Heads, MTV brought commercial success. Harrison reflects on an art-rock classic and explains why the pressure was fun
“It’s the Kinks meets AC/DC”: Jim Babjak revisits 5 classic Smithereens riffs
New Jersey's finest have had their share of killer riffs. Here Babjak walks us through the catalog, talks trials by click-track, and reveals how A Girl Like You nearly ended up at the movies
Billy Duffy on the making of The Cult’s 1985 breakout album – and why Rain made him sweat
Led by the stunning She Sells Sanctuary, Love was the sound of a band experimenting at scale, finding the great enabler in producer Steve Brown, and it just so happens to be Duffy's favorite
Sue Foley shares some blues you can use with 6 essential licks that all blues fans should know
Sue Foley's inaugural GW column kicks off with a bang! Blues you can use, people. This part one of a two-parter introduces essential walk-up licks to build your soloing vocabulary
![Chris Poland plays a black BC Rich onstage [left] and goes head-to-head with Dave Mustaine, who plays a black Jackson King V.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/deCUHhAKTwUJYhedNJjMwZ-840-80.jpg.webp)
