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Brian May on reworking Queen’s regal debut, bad reviews, and Jimi Hendrix’s “Voodoo Magic”
As the new Queen I boxset drags once lost songs into the daylight, May tells us about poverty, parental disapproval, the Red Special’s first runout – and the perils of playing through Jimi’s Marshall stack
Tom Morello is honoring one of Ozzy’s greatest collaborators at the Sabbath legend’s final show
Osbourne’s last show will take place later this year, and Morello – the event’s musical director – will take the opportunity to pay tribute to one of the finest guitar players of all time
Before Andy Fairweather Low joined George Harrison’s band, the Beatle was eyeing up Gary Moore and Alvin Lee
The prolific session player joined Harrison for his 1991 tour of Japan, but it turns out he was rather low on the pecking order when the Beatles legend came to assembling his band
Jimmy Page blasts new Artificial Intelligence proposals from UK Government
The Led Zeppelin legend says the technology is exploiting musicians and is “devoid of the struggles that define true artistry”
After playing Joan Baez in A Complete Unknown, Monica Barbaro claims she is a guitar player for life
After learning the instrument for the once-in-a-lifetime role, Barbaro is now taking her guitar journey beyond the screen and into her day-to-day life
Matchless Amplifiers and Bad Cat Amps luminary Mark Sampson has passed away
Sampson had recently returned to Bad Cat, and was even involved in launching the Era 30 tube amp at this year's NAMM
Brian May’s Gibson 12-string has a subtle tribute to Freddie Mercury that you might have missed
The artistic easter egg helps carry the singer’s spirit into future live shows
Tunerette honors the heyday of rock ‘n’ roll with a clip-on tuner that looks like a cigarette
Beat the smoking ban while emulating true rock star moves with this tricky tuner
Phil X and Richie Sambora team up as two eras of Bon Jovi combine to perform Livin’ On a Prayer at LA benefit concert
The guitarist who helped write the classic song – and the man who later replaced him in the band – came together to raise funds in the wake of the LA wildfires
How Nathan East managed to make his bass sound like a guitar on these Kenny Loggins hits
East discloses the nifty technique that bassists can use in lieu of adding actual guitars to a track
Joey Molland, guitarist, singer, last surviving original member of Badfinger, dies at 77
In addition to his time with the early '70s hitmakers, Molland worked independently with all four Beatles, playing guitar on George Harrison's All Things Must Pass and John Lennon's Imagine
When Rory Gallagher was asked to fill Eric Clapton's shoes in rock's pioneering power trio
As Cream began to disintegrate barely two years into their existence, the enormously successful band's managers were desperate to keep them going
A guide to every guitarist who's played with Thin Lizzy
Thin Lizzy are tough enough for punks, heavy enough for metalheads, poetic enough for romantics – and their catchy riffs and licks have been played by some of the finest guitarists on earth
Joe Bonamassa now owns Rory Gallagher’s Number 1 Rangemaster
Bonamassa is one of Gallagher’s biggest fans, and now he’s been gifted the Rangemaster that formed the foundation of his legendary tone
Sting's longtime guitarist finds everything in the Police's catalog “playable,” but says this song is the band's most challenging to play
Dominic Miller also reveals whether there are any Police songs that prove tricky to recreate without the original lineup
Eric Johnson on his G3 reunion with Joe Satriani and Steve Vai
We catch up with the maestro to talk all things G3, formative influences, hollow-body Strat designs, and what he has to learn from Wes Montgomery after all these years
Rick Beato names the Chappell Roan mega-hit that’s ushered in a new age of guitar solos
Beato has heaped praise on one of Roan’s most popular tracks, which might be turning the tides back in the favor of guitar solos in pop music
Wolfgang Van Halen has gifted his favorite new guitar player one of his EVH SA-126 signature guitars
The Mammoth WVH leader has waxed lyrical about Aaron Marshall in the past – and now he’s sent the Intervals virtuoso one of his stunning semi-hollow signatures
