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Meet Hello Mary’s Helena Straight, the ’90s-inspired, time signature-twisting player whose guitar caught the Cure’s attention
By Phil Weller published
We get the story on how the Big Apple alt-rock trio are evolving in real time, aided and abetted by a well-stocked pedalboard and Reeves Gabrels’ signature Reverend
“I don’t have room for them anymore”: Mike Campbell says he's quit buying guitars, despite his continuing “obsession”
By Jackson Maxwell published
“At this point,” the Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers guitar-slinger tells GW, “buying them is kind of pathetic”
Paul Reed Smith explains why the country a guitar is made in doesn’t matter
By Matt Owen published
Though the provenance of a guitar can have a huge sway on its price and perception, the PRS founder himself has leapt to the defence of overseas builds
“‘What are you doing?’” When Les Dudek guested with Mike Bloomfield (without him knowing)
By Jackson Maxwell published
Caught up in the music and the moment, the veteran guitarist – who played on Allman Brothers Band's Ramblin' Man and Jessica – ran onto the stage while Bloomfield was at the keys, none the wiser
Billie Eilish goes electric with a Fender Telecaster at tour debut, following guitar lessons from brother FINNEAS
By Michael Astley-Brown published
The pop megastar kicked off her massive Hit Me Hard and Soft tour with a new electric guitar in tow
Joe Perry on Aerosmith’s roaring ’70s, writing Dream On – and being a B.C. Rich early adopter
By Andrew Daly published
It was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the ‘70s, the era of TV set defenestration, and Aerosmith got bigger, it began to fall apart. Here, Perry looks back on the decade that made them (and near broke them)
Mick Thomson explains why his solos were erased from Slipknot’s debut album – and how he reacted
By Matt Owen published
25 years ago, Slipknot dropped a debut album that changed the face of heavy metal – but one of the guitarists who helped write it had his solos completely removed
Everybody knows John Petrucci for his God-like shredding abilities, but the Dream Theater virtuoso’s next-level rhythm playing deserves more attention
By Jamie Hunt published
We examine the different approaches Petrucci takes for world-building with metal riffs – playing in different time signatures and executing them with on-point precision
“You can look at Nashville pre-Kris and post-Kris, because he changed everything”: Kris Kristofferson dies aged 88
By Matt Owen published
The actor, songwriter and country giant was lauded by Bob Dylan, had his material covered by Johnny Cash and Janis Joplin, and joined a supergroup with some of country music's biggest names
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