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“I sort of flippantly say: ‘All guitars sound the same and go for whatever looks good.’ But that’s not really true”: Kavus Torabi on his greatest gear hits and misses
The frontman of psych prog legends Gong and The Utopia Strong says he’s “pretty monogamous” when it comes to guitars, but nonetheless he’s owned an eclectic mix over the years…
“Instead of the toy store, I wanted to go to the guitar store and play all the expensive guitars”: Steve Lukather shares his biggest gear hits and misses
The top sessioneer and Toto stringsman recounts his early six-string experiences, an epic deal on a rare Vox 12-string and why he hasn’t bought a guitar in 30 years…
Ana Popović: “I don’t want anything that is not legit on my stage. When it’s a cheap drum kit or a cheap bass, I hear it and it bothers me”
The Serbian blues-rocker tells tales of capturing a ’64 Strat in the wild and why single-coil pickups leave the mighty humbucker in the shade…
Rival Sons’ Scott Holiday on his greatest gear hits and misses: “You can basically install a pair of EMG active pickups into a cardboard box and get the same sound”
Holiday is no fan of active pickups, and his life in gear involves a flaming Line 6 amp, a foolish trade that said goodbye to some PAFs, and the epiphany that TV Jones Filter'Trons are all you ever need
Mick Box on his greatest gear hits and misses: “It’s not all about price – it’s about feel”
The Uriah Heep guitarist mourns the loss of a Telecaster and champions his signature Carparelli guitars
Joanna Connor reveals her aversion to baseball-bat guitar necks and regret at trading in a ’64 Fender Twin
Bought & Sold: the blues guitar maven walks through her hits, misses and rules when buying gear
Corey Congilio on growing out of his hair-metal B.C. Rich Warlock phase and his greatest gear finds
The Nashville blues dynamo and sessioneer mulls over gear loved and lost, and his mission to support small-’shop builders
