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“My mind’s the most cosmic place I could ever visit. All I have to do is zone out and play the guitar, and before you know it, I’ve visited places unheard of”: Remembering Brent Hinds, the maverick who trampled metal guitar underfoot with Mastodon
By Jonathan Horsley published
Unorthodox, virtuosic, wild in all the right ways, wholly unique, Brent Hinds was the guitar hero the 21st-century metal needed

“Without Chuck Berry there wouldn't have been The Beatles or Stones”: Gene Simmons' eulogy for a rock ’n’ roll legend
By Paul Elliott published
Plus: the shocking stories Simmons heard from his former partner Diana Ross

Don Felder on why he had to mod his white Gibson doubleneck to play the Eagles’ biggest hit – and how he got the idea from Chet Atkins
By Jonathan Horsley published
What do you do when a standard doubleneck is just not enough?

Cradle of Filth guitarist Ashok fired mid-tour, days after keyboardist wife quits citing low pay and “toxic” atmosphere
By Jonathan Horsley published
Frontman Dani Filth says accusations “unfounded” and fired Marek 'Ashok' Šmerda after Ashok echoed wife's complaints, slammed Ed Sheeran collab and said he was leaving at the end of the tour

"He made so many of those songs better with just one little nudge”: Daron Malakian on Rick Rubin
By Will Simpson published
He’s the ultimate sounding board, guitarist argues

Jack White’s Third Man teams up with Black Mountain for the Roto-Echo, a delay controllable by foot
By Jonathan Horsley published
This delay packs a PT2399 chip under the hood and roller wheel for adjusting parameters as you play

“The first heavy metal riff ever written – and I wrote it!”: How Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page created a groundbreaking song
By Amit Sharma published
It also features Keith Moon drums – and screams

Gibson goes back to the beginning with reissue of its first-ever signature pickup for Black Sabbath icon Tony Iommi
By Jonathan Horsley published
Is this the power-up your riffing has been waiting for? The Godfather of Heavy Metal's signature pickup makes a comeback

“I was playing the Fender Strat that Jimi Hendrix gave me”: Billy Gibbons on the making of ZZ Top's greatest blues song
By Paul Elliott published
"For some reason the guitar wasn’t working through the amp," Gibbons recalled

Kirk Hammett orders up custom version of Jack White’s Triplecaster – and gets one for White, too
By Jonathan Horsley published
Jack White's been giving out his Triplecaster to all and sundry and now Hammett returns the favour, with a "cool mod" that White hopes will duly upset Telecaster purists
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