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RUSH TO READ
Rush’s Geddy Lee will release an “epic” memoir in 2022
STAYING POWER
Tal Wilkenfeld’s recent album Love Remains features a five-string in tenor tuning with a capo. Ellen O’Reilly finds out why…
TONEWOODS EXPLAINED
Do woods really determine tones?
SENDING UP A FLARE
Sedulous tone maverick explains how simply recording big, hairy, gnarly guitar riffs into his iPhone became his “life raft for sanity,” getting him out of his bunker, forging new connections and birthing a creative oasis amid the chaos
THE COMMITTED SINNER
JOHN 5 — a guy who really, really, really loves playing guitar — tells you everything you need to know about SINNER, his brand-new solo album featuring a QUEEN cover, some carefully hone driffs — and guest appearances by DAVE MUSTAINE and KISS man PETER CRISS
ONWARDS
STALWART YES GUITARIST STEVE HOWE ON THE INSPIRATION, TONES AND SENTIMENT BEHIND THE QUEST, THE PROG-ROCK MASTERS’ FIRST STUDIO ALBUM SINCE THE PASSING OF FOUNDING BASSIST CHRIS SQUIRE
Blitzkrieg Rock
PUNK LEGEND BRIAN BAKER KEEPS BAD RELIGION — AND FAKE NAMES, HIS LATEST PUNK SUPERGROUP — ROLLING WITH HIS STASH OF VINTAGE GUITARS
Zakk's Dirty Dozen
From Ozzy Osbourne's “Miracle Man” to Generation Axe’s “Highway Star,” Zakk Wylde Discusses 12 Musical Milestones From A Career Spanning More Than Three Decades
Port Authority
GIBSON GENERATION G-00 AND G-200 ACOUSTICS
Love at First Stang
Fender Kurt Cobain Jag-Stang
Orange Is the New Shred
Dean Guitars Md24 Floyd Roasted Maple
Echoes From Another World
Cheap Trick's RICK NIELSEN talks John Lennon, Jeff Beck, "cool little guitars" and the band's milestone 20th album, In Another World
COLD TRUTH
Guthrie Govan delivers a faithful account of the Aristocrats onstage with Freeze! Live in Europe 2020.
Acoustic Blues Musings, Pt. 3
Open roots tuning tips.
MY CAREER IN FIVE SONGS
Dave Navarro picks a handful of Jane’s Addiction tracks that define his glammy heyday.
FENDER
Tone Master Super Reverb
How I Wrote…“Cult of Personality”
Vernon Reid opens up about Living Colour’s 1988 breakthrough hit.
MUSIC OF THE SPHERES
Astronaut Chris Sembroski took a Martin ukulele to space and discovered the joy of making music in microgravity.
CUTTHROAT AUDIO
Francene 2x10 Combo
Red Rocker
It’s standard issue beneath its custom skin, but this 1974 Marshall 50 Lead stack has looks that thrill.
PURE BLISS
Santa Cruz Guitar’s Happy Traum Signature HT/13 is a fingerpicker’s delight.
TAYLOR
TaylorSense Guitar Health Monitoring System
Queen's Golden Jubilee
On the 50th anniversary of the iconic band’s founding, members Brian May and Roger Taylor talk about luck, legacy and Freddie Mercury.
Mickey Guyton – ‘A Little Black Girl from Texas'
Singer Mickey Guyton is blazing a trail for country music to embrace more artists of color. It’s taken 10 years of hard work and detours for her to break through
Duran Duran – Forty Years Later
Duran Duran are back with their fifteen studio album Future Past
MY CAREER IN FIVE SONGS
Hammond B-3s and cowbells! Mark Farner reveals the genesis of classic tracks from Grand Funk Railroad.
How I Wrote…“Keith Don't Go”
Nils Lofgren reveals the roots of his 1975 ode to Keef.
Live Wires
In 1971, a band of unknown southern rockers found fame — and lost their leader. This is the story of the Allman Brothers Band’s landmark album, At Fillmore East, Duane Allman’s last and greatest musical statement.
THE ROBINSONS' AFFAIR
Rich and Chris Robinson put aside their ongoing feud for a Black Crowes tour, only to be sidelined by the pandemic. At long last, they’re shaking their money maker once again.
TEMPLE OF TONE
John Hiatt and the Jerry Douglas Band record Leftover Feelings at Nashville’s country music shrine.