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How Allan Holdsworth blew Eddie Van Halen's mind and took guitar to a higher plane
By Jonathan Horsley published
We unpack the brilliance of jazz-fusion trailblazer Allan Holdsworth, with some help from Steve Vai, Guthrie Govan, Paul Gilbert and Eddie Van Halen

“It’s been a struggle”: No Doubt guitarist Tom Dumont opens up on Parkinson’s diagnosis
By Beth Simpson published
Band’s Sphere shows will go ahead as planned

Robben Ford on rearranging John Lennon, iconic collaborations and paying tribute to the great Jeff Beck and amp guru Alexander Dumble
By Jonathan Horsley published
Two Shades Of Blues was conceived as a tribute to Beck and Ford's favourite amp builder, and it finds him exploring the Strat and making his own weather with his Overdrive Special

Could your next amp be Kurt Cobain’s stage-played Fender Twin? Nirvana’s Bleach-era touring backline goes up for sale
By Jonathan Horsley published
Black and silver panel Fender Twins loaded with JBL speakers – bring yer own Boss DS-1 and you're good to go...

Gibson CEO Cesar Gueikian has made a stunning custom Explorer – and Billy Gibbons is playing it onstage with ZZ Top
By Jonathan Horsley published
And the Gibson CEO also given us a sneak peak of the forthcoming DES lineup in the shape of a Ghost Burst SG?

Myles Kennedy on what it was like to play Jeff Buckley’s Telecaster – and how he felt unworthy to play it
By Jonathan Horsley published
Kennedy saluted one of his all-time heroes in 2019 when he performed Hallelujah live in Paris, and it was the first time Buckley's Tele had been played in public since his death in '97

Eric Johnson on why pick choice and picking style are fundamental to your playing – and how his favourite jazz player got his sound by using his thumb
By Jonathan Horsley published
Your guitar pick, the material it's made from and how you use it are "the beginning of the whole thing," says the Texan virtuoso

Mark Morton on the chemistry behind Lamb Of God's twin-guitar groove and what he owes ZZ Top
By Jonathan Horsley published
Morton gets geeky with rhythm and discusses the making of Lamb Of God's pummelling new album, Into Oblivion, and explains why he is proud to be (just) behind the beat

“Look at AC/DC. Whatever was popular, it didn’t matter. It’s like McDonald’s. ‘We make the Big Mac and we make fries and we don’t care about doing sushi’”: Zakk Wylde on musical identity, jailhouse rocking with Ozzy and the return of Black Label Society
By Jonathan Horsley published
The maestro of the pinched harmonic and pentatonic blitzkrieg sits in to talk Engines Of Demolition, Randy Rhoads' greatness, and the origin of his style
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