J Mascis Guitars & Gear: The Complete Guide to Dinosaur Jr.’s Fuzz King’s Legendarily...
J Mascis had all his guitars stolen on tour. He needed to buy new ones. The thefts happened to coincide with a local guitar...
Billy Corgan Guitars & Gear: The Complete Guide to Siamese Dream’s Wall of Fuzz...
Billy Corgan did not double-track his guitars on Siamese Dream. He recorded each guitar part four to six times. The specific math: four guitars...
Jerry Cantrell Guitars & Gear: The Complete Guide to Alice in Chains’ Guitar Architect’s...
Jerry Cantrell has one guitar that has been on "98.9% of every song you've ever heard" from him. He told the Museum of Pop...
Kim Thayil Guitars & Gear: The Complete Guide to Soundgarden’s Guitar Architect’s Rig
"I've often failed to be on a first name basis with my equipment," Kim Thayil told Guitar Center in Seattle. "So I know that...
Stone Gossard Guitars & Gear: The Complete Guide to Pearl Jam’s Rhythm King’s Rig
"It's mostly about subtraction." Stone Gossard, Pearl Jam's rhythm guitarist, co-founder, and primary songwriter, said this to MusicRadar when asked about his rhythm playing...
Mike McCready Guitars & Gear: The Complete Guide to Pearl Jam’s Lead Guitarist’s Rig
Mike McCready is not, by his own account, a gear head. "I'm so ignorant of this technical stuff," he told Guitar World. "I've always...
David Bromberg Guitars & Gear: The Complete Guide to the American Roots Master’s Rig
David Bromberg owned 263 American-made violins valued at approximately $1.7 million. He operated David Bromberg Fine Violins LLC in Wilmington, Delaware — a violin...
Ibrahim Ag Alhabib (Tinariwen) Guitars & Gear: The Complete Guide to the Oil Can...
Ibrahim Ag Alhabib built his first guitar from an oil can, a stick, and a bicycle brake wire. He was a child, living in...
Vieux Farka Touré Guitars & Gear: The Complete Guide to the Hendrix of the...
Vieux Farka Touré plays his father's old pedals. This is not sentiment; it is genealogy made audible. The Boss OC-2 Octave, the DD-2 Digital...
Sabicas Guitars & Gear: The Complete Guide to Flamenco’s Greatest Technician and Exile Ambassador’s...
In March 1972, Guitar Player magazine published a statement from Chet Atkins — the Nashville guitar virtuoso who was simultaneously the most commercially successful...
