“He said, ‘It’s really cool when you watch someone a lot and then you get to meet them in person’”: Marty Schwartz recently bumped into Slash – and it turns out the guitar legend had been watching his videos to brush up his blues chops
“I’ve personally taken a lot of inspiration from the UK dance music scene”: Mixwave just captured Sleep Token’s drummer – II – and trapped him inside a plugin
“A lot of people don’t give these guitars any credit because of the short scale and narrow neck… It’s one of the nicest-sounding guitars for jazz”: Debuting in 1955, the Gibson Byrdland was the user-friendly archtop players were waiting for
in Lessons, Techniques “There is a lot of jargon, much of it in Spanish, and an entire vocabulary of new techniques to learn”: Interested in nylon-string guitar but don’t know where to start? Three experts give an introductory guide for the perplexed
in Artists, Gigs & Festivals, Singers & Songwriters “I booked an arena tour and a lot of those shows were, like, half full. There were some nights where I was like, ‘This is awkward’”: Lorde reflects on the “damage” she suffered when her Melodrama tour was hit by low ticket sales
in Artists “I’d met Leslie West, and like a lot of guitar players, you couldn’t meet Leslie West and come out unscathed”: Martin Barre explains how the Mountain man influenced his most iconic solo on Jethro Tull’s Aqualung
in Guitarists “I wrote a lot of their music that made them. It showed a grotesque lack of character.” Dave Mustaine levels stunning new claim that Metallica pilfered his riffs from a tape recording after he was replaced by Kirk Hammett
in Guitarists “You don’t have to spend a lot of money to get a great sound, and it doesn’t have to be overly complex.” Joe Bonamassa explains how to choose the right amp for any gig without breaking the bank
in Artists, Guitarists “You don’t have to spend a lot of money to get a great sound”: Joe Bonamassa reveals his go-to rig for guest-spots – and the amp he uses when he doesn’t want to cart out his Dumbles
