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Inside 60 years of Yamaha guitars – how the Japanese firm forged its own six-string path
Yamaha’s Yusuke Ota and Shingo Ekuni take a look back at key guitars and artists from the brand’s history – from Carlos Santana and Billy Corgan to the current one-two Revstar punch of Chris Buck and Matteo Mancuso
How Dave Davies wrote the savage solo for the Kinks' breakthrough hit
Davies debunks false claims that the track featured Jimmy Page and reveals how it all came about
The Smashing Pumpkins reunite with Siamese Dream producer for the first time in 32 years
Butch Vig was the man behind the board for Billy Corgan and co's landmark albums, and has been on production duties for their new single
How a Smashing Pumpkins superfan made the only amp Billy Corgan has ever truly loved
Brian Carstens spent 30 years obsessing over Corgan’s guitar tone. Then he ended up making amps for his hero – not to mention John Fogerty, Tool and Misha Mansoor
Jeff “Skunk” Baxter has played with everyone from Steely Dan to Dolly Parton – but he didn’t even want to be a guitar player
Baxter would go on to become a bona fide guitar great, but his life might have turned out differently had he got his wish...
Billy Corgan trained himself to play in pitch black
Corgan reveals the unconventional approach he took to learn the instrument
Billy Corgan on the first time he met Courtney Love and witnessed Hole live
After meeting at a Chicago venue in 1991, the two artists and their respective bands were interlinked for decades to come
Melissa Auf der Maur on joining Hole amidst tragedy and her “Master’s in Music” with the Smashing Pumpkins
In her love letter to the ’90s – the last analog decade – the Hole and Smashing Pumpkins bassist shares how she fell in love with the low-end and became an integral part of the noise-making generation
