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Jacob Collier on what happened when he gave his 5-string acoustic to Julian Lag
By Matt Owen published
Collier has ushered in a five-string revolution and a few big names are already on board…

Pat Metheny asks Ibanez to send him “cheap” versions of his own signature guitar – to turn them into artworks
By Janelle Borg published
Between launching a new music label and studio album, Metheny spends his downtime transforming his Ibanez signatures into sculptures

Grammy-nominated Malian changemaker Fatoumata Diawara reveals her biggest guitar hero
By Janelle Borg published
Diawara recently made history herself by becoming the first woman of color to collaborate with Epiphone on a signature guitar

Gibson unearths the only known Kalamazoo factory footage from the ‘Golden Era’ of guitar building
By Phil Weller published
The video offers a fascinating insight into how the Gibson factory operated in the 1950s

Victory says its new PowerValve 200 is a better companion for your amp modeler than any FRFR cab could ever be
By Phil Weller published
Victory believes this valve-powered solution offers a more authentic option for injecting actual tube-driven feel into your digital rig

Joe Satriani opens up on the hand injury that forced him to relearn how to play his songs
By Matt Owen published
Satch stuck it out for an entire tour before seeking help from a specialist, and it prompted him to explore new ways of playing the guitar

Samantha Fish reveals the “cheat” she uses to emulate a pedal steel guitar
By Janelle Borg published
Despite calling it a “hot mess,” Samantha Fish says a volume pedal is her tried-and-tested approach to creating volume swells

How Adrian Belew ended up working with Nine Inch Nails – and why their plans for a tour never came to be
By Matt Owen published
The King Crimson legend worked on The Downward Spiral with Reznor, but a planned tour never took place

The Beatles made the Leslie speaker an iconic guitar tone. But a pioneering “all-female” rock band were one of the first to take it out on the road
By Janelle Borg published
June Millington, one of the co-founders of the 1970s LA-based band Fanny, heard the Let It Be demo and was set on incorporating a Leslie speaker into her rig
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