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“I had no idea of the impact that these Instagram videos were having until I went to South Korea. There were 500 people there just to see this ‘Mateus Asato guy’”: How Mateus Asato changed gears from sideman and Instagram guitarist to fully-fledged artist
“It’s good to be a little bit of a street gutter rat and get out there and jam with people.” Lita Ford on the one thing young guitarists should be doing… and what they shouldn’t
in Electric Guitars, Guitar Gear, Guitars “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 Artists, Guitarists “We worked at Guitar Center – There’s an air about people who tell you about their glory days. They’ll play the most expensive guitar for hours, then leave without buying anything!”: The Callous Daoboys on calculated chaos, and their secret “horrid” pedal
in Acoustic Guitars, Guitar Gear, Guitars “We teased it as an April Fools. It was intentional to keep people guessing”: Strandberg is working on a headless acoustic guitar – and you may have already seen a prototype
in Artists, Electric Guitars, Guitarists, Guitars “The people I’ve met, the stories I’ve heard and the places I’ve wound up in has been an absolute odyssey”: Exhibition featuring life-sized photos of 100 legendary artists’ guitars to open in London
in Artists “He said, ‘You can tell people I’m not dying’. He wants people to know that”: Howard Stern gives Billy Joel fans a good-news update following the star’s brain disorder diagnosis
in Electric Guitars, Guitar Gear, Guitars “People are infatuated with heavy solidbody guitars for no real reason. It was a fad, a myth; the more mass, the less it can vibrate and the more the strings have to vibrate, which may be true”: How Rick Derringer helped create the B.C. Rich Stealth
