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THE BIG GOODBYE

As Mr. Big calls it a day, Paul Gilbert reflects on hearing loss, his vintage Ibanez guitars and the good times ahead.

58 YEARS OF GUITAR PLAYER

As Guitar Player moves full-time to its online home, we look back at some of its greatest stories in print.

DRAGON TALES

In a Guitar Player exclusive, Jimmy Page sheds light on the amplifiers behind his Led Zeppelin tone and how they live again in his line of Sundragon signature amps.

TURNING JAPANESE

Inspired by 1960s budget axes, Justin Abernethy's Sonic Empress THC combines vintage and modern in an offset design that's built for these times.

HIGH TIME

The new MC5 album took more than 50 years to arrive. The band members have all passed on, but the celebration is just beginning.

How I Wrote..."Year of the Cat"

AI Stewart reflects on his beguiling hit, some 10 years in the making.

LINE 6

POD Express

Funk Noir

With The Black Album, Prince made his greatest-and most infamousmusical statement.

MAN OF STEEL

He brought the Dobro to centerstage with his dazzling talent. As he drops his first album in seven years, Jerry Douglas reflects on his gear, career and induction in the Bluegrass Hall of Fame.

UAFX

Teletronix LA-2A Studio Compressor

TIPSHEET

Doing what comes naturally is at the heart of Zakk Wylde's advice.

CLOSER TO HOME

Rehearsal space, studio, vessel and abode Diego Garcia's boat is the home base for his new album, as well as his musical life as the seafaring Spanish guitarist Twanguero.

MY CAREER IN FIVE SONGS

The Moody Blues scored a dozen top 10 hits in their five-decade prog-rock reign. Justin Hayward says these are his favorites.

Medium Cool

Striking the middle ground between its Thinline brethren, Gibson's ES-345TD remains a versatile, if underrated, gem.

POP ART

With Dad Rock, Sadler Vaden crafts an album whose songs and guitar sounds recall the best days of classic rock.

The Ascent - Can Kamala Harris defy her doubters—and end the Trump era?

When Joe Biden called Kamala Harris on the morning of Sunday, July 21st, she was in the kitchen at the Vice-President's residence, a turreted mansion on a hill in Northwest Washington. Harris was wearing sweatpants and a hoodie from her alma mater, Howard University. Her husband, Doug Emhoff, was in Los Angeles, but the house was bustling with relatives. She had just finished making bacon and pancakes for two grandnieces before sitting down with them to work on a jigsaw puzzle.

AMERICAN ATTITUDE

The docuseries Mr. McMahon” explores the underbelly of the WWE.

THE IMPRESARIO

Alvin Ailey’ crusade to build a home for himself and other Black dancers.

MY CAMP

Human nature, yes. Nature nature, no. I know nothing about it.

PECKING ORDER

Language is said to make us human. What if birds talk, too?

AS BAD AS ALL THAT

Donald Trump and the unmaking of America.

PRISON DIARIES

The Russian opposition leader’ account of his last years and his admonition to his country and the world.

COWBOY-DANCE FUTURE WORLD

It t is the year 2248. We live in what some would call a perfect world.

ORIGIN STORY

Ta-Nehisi Coates and the temptations of narrative.

TWERKERS' COMP

Earlier this year, the Cannes Film Festival observed a heroic first: the director who won the Palme d'Or, the event's highest honor, dedicated the prize to \"all sex workers, past, present, and future.\"

'JOKER 2' STUMBLES AT BOX OFFICE AMID POOR REVIEWS FROM AUDIENCES AND CRITICS

“Joker: Folie à Deux” is the No. 1 movie at the box office, but it might not be destined for a happy ending.

COLLAPSE OF NATIONAL SECURITY ELITES' CYBER FIRM LEAVES BITTER WAKE

The future was once dazzling for lronNet.

STATES SUE TIKTOK, CLAIMING ITS PLATFORM IS ADDICTIVE AND HARMS THE MENTAL HEALTH OF CHILDREN

More than a dozen states and the District of Columbia have filed lawsuits against TikTok this week, alleging the popular short-form video app is harming youth mental health by designing its platform to be addictive to kids.

US CONSIDERS ASKING COURT TO BREAK UP GOOGLE AS IT WEIGHS REMEDIES IN THE ANTITRUST CASE

The U.S. Department of Justice is considering asking a federal judge to force Google to sell parts of its business in order to eliminate its online search monopoly.

FEDERAL JUDGE ORDERS GOOGLE TO OPEN ITS ANDROID APP STORE TO COMPETITION

A federal judge this week ordered Google to tear down the digital walls shielding its Android app store from competition as punishment for maintaining an illegal monopoly that helped expand the company’s internet empire.