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NAMM 2024: Guild updates its Kim Thayil-approved Polara range, including a Vintage White refresh of the former Soundgarden guitarist's signature model

By Jonathan Horsley published 28 January 24

The Polara is wearing some hot new finishes and fresh specs across the 2024 Night Edition, Deluxe and Standard models, and all these new models retail for under $1,000

“It’s hard to look at a Polara and not think of Kim”: Guild salutes Soundgarden legend Kim Thayil with a pair of long-awaited S-100 Polara signature guitars

By Jonathan Horsley published 5 September 23

After first picking up a Polara in the late '70s, Thayil finally has his signature model

Remembering Chris Cornell, the unsung guitarist, on the anniversary of his death - “My approach to guitar has always been, 'I don’t want to know anything'”

By Rob Laing published 18 May 23

Six years on from the loss of one of rock's greatest voices with Soundgarden and Audioslave, we look at why Chris Cornell's legacy is also one of a consistently inventive guitar player

"It broke my heart" – Jason Everman talks about getting fired from Soundgarden, quitting Nirvana and becoming a decorated US Army Ranger

By Rob Laing published 14 April 23

"Initially I thought I was going to be able to contribute to the band creatively and then it got to the point when I realised that wasn't going to happen," reflected the former Nirvana guitarist

Learn to play Pretty Noose by Soundgarden on guitar

By Matt Webster published 24 December 22

Looking at both Chris Cornell and Kim Thayil's parts – with an interesting alternative tuning

1979 Gretsch Chet Atkins Tennessean Chris Cornell

Chris Cornell’s ‘Rusty Cage’ Gretsch G7655 Chet Atkins Tennessean is up for sale on Reverb for a cool $395,000

By Jonathan Horsley published 4 October 22

The 1979 Gretsch hollow-body electric is in excellent condition, all original spec, and is a piece of alt-rock history that starred in Soundgarden's video for Rusty Cage

Learn 4 Soundgarden guitar chords

By Leigh Fuge published 24 August 22

Accessible voicings from the Seattle legends in standard and drop D tunings

See Peter Buck and Kim Thayil join the Black Crowes onstage to cover REM and The Velvet Underground

By Rob Laing published 21 July 22

Video The REM and Soundgarden guitarists guested at the Crowes' show in the Seattle area for The One I Love

Kim Thayil explains how buying a Guild S-100 as a teenager influenced Soundgarden's sound

By Rob Laing published 13 September 21

“There were things about the S-100 that I didn’t fully understand"

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