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Sophie Lloyd shares her ambitions to make amp modelers “more accessible”
By Janelle Borg published
The guitarist is an avid proponent of amp modelers – and now has her sights set on a signature plugin
Isaiah Sharkey names his favorite guitar player of all time – and reveals he’s bought one of his most iconic guitars
By Matt Owen published
The revered session player has paid tribute to his favorite guitar player of all time, having recently purchased one of his personal Gibson Johnny Smith models
Billy Corgan reckons this Metallica track sounds suspiciously similar to a Smashing Pumpkins deep cut
By Phil Weller published
Corgan says Hetfield has “written some of the greatest, most amazing riffs” of all time, but one cut from 1997 sounds awfully familiar...
Mike Rutherford reveals his secret studio sessions with Eddie Van Halen – and sheds light on their unreleased songs
By Janelle Borg published
Van Halen had just come across Rutherford's second solo album when he called the Genesis co-founder to collaborate
Gavin Rossdale remembers the moment he wrote Bush’s biggest hit – and thought he’d stolen it
By Janelle Borg published
With their 1994 debut album, Sixteen Stone, British band Bush established themselves as one of the top acts of the era in the stateside-dominated grunge scene
Can Zoom beat Boss and TC Electronic at their own game and conquer the compact looper game with its latest MultiStomp pedal?
By Phil Weller published
Featuring a host of new features, effects, and intuitive controls, the MS-90LP+ wants to make the art form of looping easier than ever
Shergold’s new Telstar bass repackages one of the firm’s best electric designs of recent years into a low-end format
By Phil Weller published
It’s joined by another new low-end launch from the acclaimed UK luthier, the Libertine
When rhythm guitar hero Andy Fairweather Low was recruited by a Beatle to play slide – even though he’d never played slide before
By Matt Owen published
Harrison and Fairweather Low had a mutual love for Ry Cooder’s slide guitar playing, and the Beatle convinced the Eric Clapton rhythm guitarist to develop his own slide chops for a Japanese tour
Marty Friedman reveals the real reason he rejected Megadeth's proposed Rust in Peace lineup reunion
By Janelle Borg published
Friedman sets the record straight on the much-rumored reunion and claims that the amount the Megadeth team offered him was “right around the first salary I got when I joined Megadeth in 1990”
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