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Yvette Young explains why your guitar and amp shouldn't get equal treatment from your gear budget
By Phil Weller published
The Covet guitarist. who recently released the signature Qi Etherealizer pedal with Walrus Audio, will receive her third signature model guitar from Ibanez

Gibson's 1965 Firebird revival has has the most unusual name
By Phil Weller published
The guitar was an important transitional build as it tampered with the model designed to rival the Stratocaster

Wolfgang Van Halen on life without Eddie and how his grief pushed him into a new chapter
By Phil Weller published
After shelving his debut album as his dad’s health deteriorated, the guitarist found that working on the record helped him channel his grief

A huge archive of unseen footage from a canceled Van Halen documentary has leaked online
By Phil Weller published
The videos chart the band’s antics on and offstage across six years, including their tour with Black Sabbath and their Monsters of Rock headliner in 1984

Brian May’s new signature Gibson JS-200 features a subtle tribute to Freddie Mercury
By Phil Weller published
May's new acoustic has another quirky feature — reversed string pairs that suit his style of strumming

Why Rory Gallagher rejected the chance to bring Cream back from the dead in 1968
By Phil Weller published
Clapton’s power trio imploded almost as quickly as it had arrived, but the band’s management didn’t want the party to end

Nita Strauss reveals the five riffs that changed her life
By Phil Weller published
She's played two of the riffs on a nightly basis at different times in her career and refers to one Swedish metal band as "my Beatles"

Brian May tells how he fought the naysayers to make the Red Special Queen's secret weapon
By Phil Weller published
The homemade guitar had its issues at first, but the guitarist and his father refused to give up and forged one of rock’s most iconic guitars
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