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Sting of The Police during The Police in Concert at the Staples Center in Los Angeles - June 20, 2007 at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, United States.
Sting’s 10 best basslines with The Police

By Nick Wells Published

With The Police, Sting delivered some of the most infectious bass performances of his career. We’ve pulled together 10 of his greatest bass parts

Bassists
Andy Summers
Andy Summers: “The Every Breath You Take riff has become a kind of immortal guitar part that all guitar players have to learn”

By Henry Yates Published

The Police guitarist takes a trip down memory lane, opening up on how the band found their sound, being too good for punk, and why the creative tension was something to be embraced

Guitarists
Andy Summers
The Police were going to throw out Every Breath You Take until Andy Summers recorded its iconic riff – in one take

By Sam Roche Published

Sting and Stewart Copeland couldn't agree on its bass and drums parts, but the track was saved by his legendary hook, Summers says

Bands
Andy Summers
Andy Summers: “One of the things I loved about playing in The Police was that it was all guitar all the time! But it needed someone like me to fill that out”

By Grant Moon Published

From jazz roots to worldwide fame with The Police, he developed a signature style that defined the post-punk era. “Being a guitar player,” says Andy Summers, “is who I am”

Guitars
Eddie Vedder (right) and Stewart Copeland
Eddie Vedder recruits Stewart Copeland to cover The Police’s Message in a Bottle during live show

By Matt Owen Published

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers keyboardist Benmont Tench also made an appearance during the star-studded evening at Inglewood, California's YouTube Theater

Music Releases
Andy Summers
The Police's Andy Summers: "The way I was casting myself was like a sonic experimenter – I was leading the way and everybody was copying me"

By Joe Bosso Published

One of rock's greatest tone gurus discusses the making of Ghost in the Machine, which turns 40 this month

Guitarists
Andy Summers
Andy Summers announces final installment of his album trilogy, Harmonics of the Night

By Matt Owen Published

Due October 15, the new record will join up with Metal Dog and Triboluminescence to complete the three-strong sonic collection

Music Releases
Fender Andy Summers Monochrome Strat
Andy Summers' Monochrome Strat has an actual photo finish

By Jackson Maxwell Published

The Police guitarist's new Fender signature model combines his two biggest passions

Electric Guitars
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Andy Summers Talks Echoplex Pedals, Recording with the Police and Jamming with Jimi Hendrix

By Jackson Maxwell Published

His inimitable, atmospheric guitar work with the Police helped define the sound of popular music in the Seventies and Eighties, but what GW readers really want to know is...

Guitarists
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Dear Guitar Hero: Submit Questions for Andy Summers

By Damian Fanelli Published

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