“It’s truly one of the most unique purpose-built instruments I’ve ever seen”: How David Lynch created a five-necked guitar that would make the most of his outlandish playing style – and Kurt Cobain’s luthier brought it to life
Alongside his famed 1997 Parker Fly, another instrument in Lynch’s collection is the curiously spec’d, off-kilter five-necked guitar that the filmmaker himself designed and commissioned
Read more » “The only gear I brought was a red Hamer prototype. That guitar is magical. I used it on Robert Palmer’s Addicted to Love, David Lee Roth’s California Girls and with Mick Jagger”: Eddie Martinez explains how he helped Run-D.M.C. bring rock to hip hop
Armed with his legendary red Hamer, Martinez stepped into one of the most iconoclastic collaborations of the ’80s as Run-D.M.C. became the first hip-hop act to bring the crunch of electric guitar into the rap game
Read more » “I’m waiting for the right calibre of player. I can’t just pick somebody off the line”: Scott Gorham doesn’t rule out a future for Thin Lizzy – but he’s biding his time to find the perfect guitar foil
Lizzy’s most faithful guitarist, Scott Gorham, has left the door open for a potential return of the iconic band – but only under the right circumstances
Read more » “Recovery is a long road”: Traffic co-founder and George Harrison session player Dave Mason cancels all of his 2025 tour dates after a health setback
The tour, which was supposed to take place last year, was postponed to this year – and subsequently canceled – as the guitarist continues to battle a serious heart condition
Read more » From Paul McCartney’s Höfner to Dave Grohl’s Trini Lopez and Joan Jett’s Melody Maker –a 1:1 scale photography exhibition of famous guitars is heading to London
Masterminded by Australian photographer Kane Hibberd, Scale invites attendees to see some of the most famous guitars in the world up close and personal like never before
Read more » “We’re heartbroken, and we’re asking for their safe return”: Nancy Wilson says two “irreplaceable” instruments have been stolen ahead of Heart’s tour
A custom-made baritone Tele and a vintage Gibson mandolin have been taken from the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Atlantic City –and the Heart camp is offering a reward for their return
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VOWWS announce new album ‘I’ll Fill Your House With An Army’
VOWWS have announced a new album! Titled I’ll Fill Your House With An Army, the upcoming album from the rising Australian by the way of Los Angeles-based industrial rock duo is the…
Read more » “People are infatuated with heavy solidbody guitars for no real reason. It was a fad, a myth; the more mass, the less it can vibrate and the more the strings have to vibrate, which may be true”: How Rick Derringer helped create the B.C. Rich Stealth
Passed first to Tokai and then Gibson, Derringer’s futuristic, edgy, and uncompromising vision eventually found a home with B.C. Rich
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ALBUM REVIEW: Dawn of the Exultants and the Hunt for the Shepherd – Battlesnake
Its three albums in as many years for trad-metal revivalist loons BATTLESNAKE. The Australian six piece are making quite a name for themselves at present, with both 2023’s self-titled and last…
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Deafheaven: Revelatory Creativity
If you want a polarising band, look no further than DEAFHEAVEN. 2013’s Sunbather brought a modern sheen and major chords to blackgaze, a genre better known for its morose introspection….
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