6 tips for better metal guitar playing, from Architects and Sylosis guitarist Josh Middleton
"A lot of the time I won't even have a guitar with me when I'll write a riff"
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Interview: Rick Graham on his YouTube channel and signature Charvel
"It’s purely through adversity that I’ve gone, ‘Do I want to be good at guitar? Yes, I do'. So I’m going to use all of the pain I’ve been through as the motivator to be good at it"
Audiomodern’s Gatelab is a free VST/AU gate sequencer plugin that could open new creative doors
Evolving rhythmic patterns made easy… and free
Interview: Steve Hackett talks new solo album Surrender Of Silence and returning to touring
"I think every guitarist is always chasing the ultimate sound"
Interview: "I like my guitars to be like Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes" – Steve Howe talks new Yes album The Quest
"Less isn’t always more; sometimes more is more"
Scarypoolparty AKA Alejandro Aranda on being one of the first artists to be inspired with Gibson's Generation acoustics
"One song led to another and I wrote probably eight or nine songs on it already"
Tom Quayle talks jazz fusion, Laney Lionheart and the new Ibanez AZE guitars
"This would be an amazing guitar for any player"
Chris Broderick interview: "I've always had an affinity for Jackson since even before I knew how to play guitar"
The Age Of Defiance and former Megadeth guitarist on his new signature models
Guitar Showcase 2021 interview: Newton Faulkner reflects on his lockdown album, and the tech that forms his new live sound
The benefits of building a rig from scratch, finding your own space and how the high times of guitar tech we live in can feed into your creativity
Interview: Mark Tremonti talks Marching In Time, a new top secret project and designing the perfect 100-watt amp
“You’ll be able to get everything out of this amp; the high-gain, the classy overdriven, the crystal clean stuff. That’s my goal"
Skindred bassist Dan Pugsley talks Laney Digbeth amps and recording a new album
"I'm trying to do something on this record where once the main guitars and vocals are done, I'm listening back to my bass parts for moments where I can potentially move things"
Emerald Guitars' Mark Black and Davy K on bringing their experience as touring musicians to their roles
We meet the inspirations behind Emerald's new Virtuo guitar
"I love Steve Vai, so I’ve scalloped the 21st-24th frets like him on all of my Pacificas" – Smashing Pumpkins guitarist Jeff Schroeder talks Yamaha and the band's next album
"It’s been such an amazing artistic process because it really pushes you to find new things in your playing and your style and sonics"
Phil Collen interview: the Def Leppard guitarist talks Jackson, taking Eddie Van Halen's advice and why he's not a pedal guy
"I did it because Eddie told me to do it!"
Synchro Arts’ VocAlign Project 5 promises to save you even more time when you’re lining up your doubled or harmonised vocals
Updated software adds SmartAlign and a Tightness control
It’s the VERY special issue 300 of Computer Music and the best giveaway ever!
There’s a complete free DAW bundle worth $80 plus over 10,000 classic samples up for grabs in this milestone issue!
Liars: "I took a bag of percussion instruments and tipped them on the floor, and Angus told me to do it again because he wanted to record it"
Dissolving the contours of rock and electronics, Liars’ released their 10th album this August. We charted the making of the record with Angus Andrew and Laurence Pike
The Black Keys’ Patrick Carney teams up with Steven Slate Drums for SSD Expansion Pack
The samples are playable from your e-kit, and promise “The dirtiest, fattest, most vibey vintage drums on the planet”
