“I couldn’t get it together. Robert came in, with his martini and cigarette, and said, ‘I don’t want Robbie McIntosh. I don’t want Clapton. I want you’”: How British superstar Robert Palmer pushed his guitarist out of imposter syndrome
“I have no idea why Gillie wanted his guitars to look like 1950s kitchen cabinets. Maybe it matched his personality or the band’s stage outfits”: Walnut brown, super-rare, these custom-order ’50s Fender Telecasters beg the question – who was Gillie?
“I modified The Edge’s Strat and he got this magic music out of it. Even I never thought of using it that way”: The fabled Infinite Guitar saved one of U2’s biggest hits. But why did Michael Brook’s invention never go into production?
“No plugins, no compressors, no gates… I don’t know how I did it!”: Underworld reflect on how they made their most breathtaking album
Ed Sheeran breaks his silence on Gaza after tour controversy: “I cannot hide how I feel about it anymore”
“When you stand onstage with Liam and he’s singing those songs, it’s incredible… He brought the vibe in bucketloads”: Barrie Cadogan on Liam Gallagher, Morrissey, and Primal Scream – and how John Squire started it all
“A fan wrote to Dave and said, ‘I hope your new stuff is faster than Metallica.’ The tempos sped up, and we became a thrash band that night”: When a fan challenged Megadeth to outpace Metallica, the band responded by cranking up the tempos
“I always had to think, ‘Is Brent gonna like this?’ Pretty soon, he didn’t like anything that we would come up with”: Bill Kelliher on his difficult songwriting sessions with Brent Hinds
“All of those guitars were underneath my bed in Hollywood for 10 years. If they found out, we’d be in jail”: The inside story of the ‘Outlaw Guitar Collection’ – bootleg custom shop guitars made from stolen Gibson parts
My pick of the best guitar gear launched this week: Fractal blinks first, Tim Henson gets more signature gear, and Joan Jett’s iconic Epiphone triumphantly returns
“The lead tones that Dimebag had on that album were beautiful and so individual. No-one else sounded like that”: Bullet For My Valentine on the tonal perfection of Dimebag Darrell
“Thom and Jonny used to write together a lot. So when we got to rehearsals, they had their parts worked out and I used to be like, ‘Where do I fit into this?’”: Ed O’Brien on shaping his Radiohead role
“A great experience that exceeded all my expectations”: Johnny Marr’s guitar auction raises over £3.6 million for charity
“It’s gonna take some time to get me back to normal.” Yes guitarist Steve Howe on the operation that postponed the Fragile tour
