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Harley Benton just put a Vega-Trem on YouTuber Carlos Asensio's $700 signature guitar: is this the best-value S-style on the market?
By Jonathan Horsley published
HSS Tesla pickups with coil-split, roasted maple neck, rolled fingerboard edges, Luminlay side markers... this is on tricked-out S-style – and then you have the Vega-Trem

"I’m like, ‘That was me!’”: Maya Delilah on what it's like to be a young female guitar player
By Ben Rogerson published
“It is still so male-dominated,” she says of the guitar world

"It’s just the most emotive piece of music": Alter Bridge's Mark Tremonti on the greatest guitar solo of all time
By Jonathan Horsley published
Like what, 99.99 per cent of players, the Alter Bridge and Creed guitarist looks for patterns on the fretboard, but alternate tunings set him free from reaching for the same old notes when soloing

“One of the most distinctive musical architects of the last three decades”: Which 90s rock icon is being honoured by NAMM?
By Will Simpson published
He will be this year’s recipient of the TEC Innovation award

“Back in the old days we all had those ‘magic’ guitars or amps”: Kiss star doesn’t know what gear he used on his new EP
By Andrew Daly published
"We thought it would be fun to record again"

Danielle Haim names her biggest guitar influences, including the player she calls “the most underrated”
By Ben Rogerson published
“I love muted jabs and more rhythmic playing,” she says. “I think that's the stuff that I really, really love”

“Noel has said, ‘No rest for the immensely talented'”: Gem Archer on the chances about future Oasis activity
By Will Simpson published
Plus Liam says an unequivocal ‘no’ to Knebworth in 2026

Seymour Duncan teams up with Dino Cazares for signature Machete humbuckers – and their versatility might surprise you
By Jonathan Horsley published
Available for six or seven-string guitars, the Machete is the same high-powered heavy-hitter Cazares uses in his signature Ormsby guitar, and is all about power and clarity

Brian May just got Tony Iommi the best Christmas present ever
By Jonathan Horsley published
Talk about doing Christmas shopping early? May's gift was two years in the making, and it's a big one – Queen meets Black Sabbath on a Red Special replica with a signature Iommi twist

Davey Johnstone on guitar shopping with Elton John – and how he ended up with his iconic Les Paul Custom
By Jonathan Horsley published
Johnstone says some of his best guitars came via the kindness of Elton John as he recalls one surreal day in the legendary NYC gear institution Manny's and the unexpected gift of a Clapton Strat
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