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Bryan Beller: “With the Aristocrats, there’s a licence to do anything... and we have fun with it”
The Aristocrats bassist and solo artist is on productive form
Samantha Fish: “Best tip for live sound? Turn the amp up!”
The guitar-slinging diva muses on blues, blizzards and curling irons...
Dougie Payne: “There’s something so elegant about the simplicity of the four-string bass. They’re just beautiful instruments”
The bassist with Scottish rockers Travis on his relationship with the bass and the gig that transformed his band
Me and my guitar: Matt Bigland (Dinosaur Pile-Up)
The UK rock acolyte on his beloved Gibson Explorer
Molly Tuttle: “I think I became more and more obsessed and in love with playing”
We talk to the talented acoustic guitarist and songwriter
Zeal & Ardor: “I see [the guitar] as a tool. And I am very cautious of romanticising the tool rather than the action”
We talk to avant-garde Swiss metal enigma Manuel Gagneux
Polyphia vs Covet round table: “I hope that guitar music dies. I want it to die a painful death”
Meet the six-string anarchists obliterating the guitar rulebook
Opeth’s Mikael Åkerfeldt: “I wanted stuff that would bring tears to the eyes. A different voice”
We check-in with the progressive mastermind as new album In Cauda Venenum lands
