“Paul might have been miffed, but I think he was more upset about not singing on the choruses – John did his own backing vocals”: How The Beatles managed to come together one final time and create one of their funkiest grooves
Acon Digital’s machine learning-powered Acoustica 8 audio editor is the company’s “most ambitious release to date”
“It was low-effort TikTok posts that were used to boost the algorithm”: Geese had their own doubts about how ‘real’ their fans actually were
“I said to Ozzy, ‘I don’t think we should do it. We should just let the other bands play our stuff, and us come out at the end and say thank you’”: Tony Iommi says that Black Sabbath’s final show almost didn’t happen
Guitar Center is inviting players to test its new in-house guitar brand – but you’ll need to sign an NDA
“Money, it’s a gas…” Pink Floyd collaborates with the UK’s Royal Mint to release $6,400 18-carat gold guitar pick
“Everyone was as baffled as I was. I remember the president of my record label doing a toast, saying that he had no idea why it worked but he was happy it did”: Beck admits that he was as surprised as anyone by his ‘90s breakthrough
“The next generation of the Gibson humbucker”: Gibson ushers in a new era of its humbuckers with the ELEV8
“It’s the first time a Chinese guitar brand has brought a world-class master guitar builder onboard”: Ex-Fender Master Builder John Cruz and Farida unveil his first guitar (yup, it’s an S-style)
“Any of you lucky enough to be seeing their sold out US rallies, let us know what you think of these beasts”: Manson teams up with President, revealing new models for the masked metallers
The rise of stainless steel frets: why players are making the switch, and what makes them better than traditional nickel
“Don Felder played, and I sat in. It was weird looking out and seeing Harrison Ford, Steven Spielberg and George Lucas looking back at us”: The continuing guitar adventures of Peter Frampton – from Skywalker Ranch to his new all-star solo album
Learn from a techno legend: Kevin Saunderson to give a Roland 909 workshop live from Detroit tomorrow
“Our guitarist saw an online ad where Bon Jovi was looking for a local band to open for them. She didn’t even tell us she’d applied!” How Violet Lee went from self-taught bassist to opening for Bon Jovi
“I wrote it totally in my head. I worked on it for about three months in my head”: 11 saxophonists, 4 re-recordings and a £17,000 haircut… The tortuous tale of George Michael’s Careless Whisper
“George was my favorite Beatle, but the music was very simple…” Why Robben Ford’s dream gig with George Harrison turned sour
“It’s possible to bash out tunes with a single outstretched index finger but you’ll never amount to any kind of player if you keep that up”: Learn how to play a piano with both hands
“The doctors told me that my job, which is playing rock and roll music very loud, was giving me something like a concussion every time I did a show”: Billy Joel confirms that he’s had surgery after being told that performing live was damaging his brain
