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Yngwie Malmsteen emerges from an “avalanche” of ideas with “80 to 90” songs and a scorching new album
By Jonathan Horsley Published
Hell Or High Water is out November 13 and is dedicated to Malmsteen's late father. Watch the video to lead single Now Or Never here

Fender CEO clarifies his controversial comments comparing cover songs to AI
By Jonathan Horsley Published
Edward “Bud” Cole’s comments likening cover music to “analogue AI” did not go down well with musicians – but he still believes AI can be a useful tool for players

Slash says he and Ozzy Osbourne had plans to go into the studio together
By Jonathan Horsley Published
The Guns N' Roses guitarist spoke with Ozzy just after Back To The Beginning about making some music together

Marcus King’s signature Epiphone is a stunning dreadnought acoustic inspired by his first-ever guitar
By Jonathan Horsley Published
This limited run all-solid dreadnought comes with ample mojo, a cool back story, a custom hard-shell guitar case and LR Baggs electronics

“Craft tones practically at the speed of thought”: Line 6 unveils Helix Stadium Native plugin
By Jonathan Horsley Published
Put some of Line 6's flagship Augora amp modelling tone and feel into your DAW
![Joe Bonamassa wears a blue suit and plays his signature Epiphone Les Paul [left]; the late great Albert Collins with his Telecaster.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/q23LHytNUf5DEHSfGq3Qtn-320-80.jpg)
Joe Bonamassa on how Albert Collins taught him to wield his guitar as “a weapon”
By Jonathan Horsley Published
Bonamassa was just a young kid with great chops who had impressed Danny Gatton. Up onstage with the Iceman taught him how you could pin the audience to their seat with one note

HeadRush rolls out Tone3000 integration and native support for NAM captures to its amp modellers
By Jonathan Horsley Published
Players can choose from “hundreds of thousands” of community created NAM captures and just load them onto their rigs

Chris Payton reveals his rig for Bruno Mars stadium shows
By Jonathan Horsley Published
Has Payton created the ultimate pop, rock and R&B guitar with some judicious mods to his American Elite Strat? His guitar choices – and rig – reflects the demands of an epic show
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