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Jennifer Finch of L7 performs in concert during Day 3 of Fun Fun Fun Fest at Auditorium Shores on November 8, 2015 in Austin, Texas
L7 bassist Jennifer Finch reveals aggressive brain cancer diagnosis ahead of band's farewell tour

By Janelle Borg Published

The band, together with Finch’s family and friends, have set up a crowdfunding campaign to help cover her urgent medical expenses

Bassists
Grace Bowers performs at 2024 BottleRock at Napa Valley Expo on May 24, 2024 in Napa, California
Grace Bowers has returned to YouTube and launched a new era on her own terms

By Janelle Borg Published

Bowers has said guitar content isn’t a focus for her anymore on YouTube – and she’s now creating music “true to who I am”

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Grace Bowers performs on Day 1 of BottleRock Napa Valley at Napa Valley Expo on May 24, 2024 in Napa, California
Grace Bowers explains why she doesn’t want to be known as a blues guitarist

By Janelle Borg Published

The wunderkind reveals she's currently crafting more rock- and punk-oriented music

Guitarists
Melissa Etheridge performs at Arizona Financial Theatre on October 12, 2025 in Phoenix, Arizona
Melissa Etheridge reveals the most important lesson she learned from her “scary” first guitar teacher

By Janelle Borg Published

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominee takes us back to her roots – and pays homage to the guitar teacher who started it all...

Guitarists
Alisha Yarwood on an arena stage, wielding a Jim Root Jazzmaster
Witch Fever’s Alisha Yarwood on superhero stompboxes, dream tours with IDLES, and why ‘That Great Gretsch Sound’ was doom-punk all along

By Janelle Borg Published

Raw, feminist, fiercely unrelenting, Witch Fever have taken their sound from clubs to arenas. Here, Yarwood talks tonal epiphanies, starting on drums, and finding freedom on bigger stages

Guitarists
Press photo of the Danish-Swedish band Vola
Danish prog-metal band suffers devastating loss after all their gear is destroyed in a fire

By Janelle Borg Published

A fire broke out at VOLA's storage facility in Copenhagen, leading to the majority of their gear being lost

Bands
Kiss playing a concert in 2023
Tommy Thayer says there is still more in store for Kiss

By Phil Weller Published

More shows, avatars, and new music? The band still has a bright future despite retiring from touring, Thayer says

Bands
Ty Segall performs at The Roundhouse on June 28, 2024 in London, England
That time Ty Segall accidentally smashed his beloved ’60s Gibson

By Janelle Borg Published

We’ve all got at least one broken gear anecdote, and if you think yours is a horror story, think again...

Guitarists
A Planet Waves guitar tuner is held in front of a Fender Stratocaster
How 440Hz became the “concert pitch” – and the argument to change it to 432Hz

By Christopher Scapelliti Last updated

A=432Hz – also known as “Verdi’s A” – is said by advocates to be in tune with the laws of nature and mathematically consistent with the universe

Lessons
Creed Bratton
The player that almost convinced Creed Bratton to give up guitar altogether

By Phil Weller Published

Away from his starring role in The Office, Bratton is an accomplished guitarist – but one blues icon almost made him rethink his relationship with the instrument

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