“I’m probably the only director who always has a guitar on his set”: Robert Rodriguez, the filmmaker behind From Dusk Till Dawn, Sin City and Spy Kids, lifts the lid on his guitar collection – including two guitars previously owned by Stevie Ray Vaughan
“At around $69, it’s hard to think of another pedal that’s so cheap, so reliable, and that so many famous players continue to use on their boards”: Boss SD-1 Super Overdrive review
“Prince liked it loud on stage – Your head would be vibrating after those shows. Your body and your mind were shaken to the core”: We find out what it was really like being on-stage with Prince
“The studio manager came out with a guitar case and said, ‘We have something here that Jimi might have wanted you to have’”: Peter Frampton on how he ended up with one of Jimi Hendrix’s most experimental instruments
“We made a lot of decisions that really pissed off our customers”: Guitar Center CEO explains how customer feedback is helping to turn the chain around
“Playing with her taught me how it feels to situate oneself within great songs”: Phoebe Bridgers’ new album features one of the most eclectic guitar lineups we’ve seen in years – including an industrial-metal icon and the son of a rock legend
“Brian May got on the phone to me and said, ‘You have to look at what we just did’”: How a Fender Strat anniversary event led to Queen’s first world tour since Freddie Mercury’s death
“I wasn’t there to play correct notes. I was there to see old friends”: Ritchie Blackmore opens up on his Deep Purple reunion performance
“I think they actually thought I was going to die, but they never took steps to kick me out of the band, which I can’t believe”: How Mike McCready overcame his addictions to form a grunge supergroup
“My godfather played drums with Herbie Hancock, and he asked this guy to help me out on bass. Years later I found out it was Jaco”: How a chance family connection brought Raphael Saadiq a lesson with one of the greatest bass players of all time
“They’re so scarce. Fender only made 200 and the majority of them have been monkeyed with”: The Stratocaster was in constant flux during its first year of production – and these two 1954 models prove it
“Herein lies the beauty of the blues”: Joe Bonamassa explains why varying your pick attack is a fundamental part of your playing style
“Mutt said, ‘Give it a go, and if it doesn’t work get rid of the guy.’ And that’s exactly what we had to do, because Jim was less than useless!”: Why Def Leppard couldn’t make their monster hit Hysteria with Jim Steinman as producer
“I was a session guitarist for a bit, which is unbelievable because I can’t read music. I used to pretend to flip the music sheets during sessions!” Dan Hawkins says it’s a miracle The Darkness have survived so long
Learn the all-purpose passing chord – the get-out-of-jail-free hack used by everyone from Kurt Cobain to Billie Joe Armstrong
