Andy Latimer Guitars & Gear: The Complete Guide to Camel’s Gibson Les Paul, Fender...
Rolling Stone, reviewing Camel, noted that they were "rarely as flashy as Genesis, never as bombastic as Emerson Lake and Palmer." This is both...
Davy Graham Guitars & Gear: The Complete Guide to the Father of DADGAD and...
In the early 1960s, a young mixed-race British guitarist from Leicestershire traveled to Morocco and sat with oud players in the medinas, listening to...
Jerry Cantrell Guitars & Gear: The Complete Guide to Alice in Chains’ Dark Architect
He was working at a guitar shop in Dallas, Texas in 1985. He was nineteen years old and had just quit his first year...
Phil Manzanera (Roxy Music) Guitars & Gear: The Complete Guide to Art Rock’s Guitar...
"I didn't really want an incredible technique: I thought that would impede my ability to enjoy music for the whole of my life." Phil...
Angus Young – Unleashed
There’s a moment — right before the lights go down — when you hear that dry, biting crunch rip through the arena.No pedals, no...
Bill Kelliher (Mastodon) Guitars & Gear: The Complete Guide to Atlanta’s Riff Architect’s Rig
"My dad didn't believe in distortion." This is the biographical origin of one of the most technically sophisticated heavy metal guitarists in contemporary music...
Jari Mäenpää (Wintersun) Guitars & Gear: The Complete Guide to Finland’s Epic Metal Auteur’s...
"I've played EMG pickups pretty much all my life ever since I got my first pro guitar when I was about 17 years old....
Duane Eddy Guitars & Gear: The Complete Guide to the King of Twang
He needed an echo chamber. His producer Lee Hazlewood's recording studio in Phoenix, Arizona didn't have one. They couldn't afford to build one. So...
Matt Bellamy Guitars & Gear: The Complete Guide to Muse’s Guitar-Synthesiser Architect
He wanted a guitar with the body of a Fender Telecaster and the sound of a Gibson Les Paul. What Hugh Manson gave him...
Vini Reilly (Durutti Column) Guitars & Gear: The Complete Guide to Manchester’s Most Unique...
"At the time of the album I'd decided on a minimal thing. Where there'd be only one drum machine and one backing track, with...
