“I only asked them to play on my album because the record company thought a few well-known names would be a good selling point”: Snowy White tells the story of his 1994 collaboration with Gary Moore and David Gilmour
The album is packed with notable players who offer solos, slide, and plenty more, but the former Thin Lizzy man would have happily pushed on without them
Read more » “We had four guitarists, which was unheard of at that point”: Johnny Hickman on his pre-Cracker band, the Unforgiven, revisiting the Cracker catalog, and big, bone-headed riffs
Re-recording their catalog for the epic Alternative History, Cracker are taking control of their own story, and it’s one that begins with a riff and their own Mick and Keef creative chemistry
Read more » Tone Master Pro Firmware Update: Version 1.6 | Tone Master Pro | Fender
Tone Master Pro just got even better. Upgrade to the latest firmware and explore a variety of new amps and effects for guitar and bass — and learn about the…
Read more » “Whatever I’ve done, whatever I’ve made, whatever I’ve turned into has pretty much been built on this thing”: Chris Stapleton shows Josh Brolin the trashed ’50s Gibson he bought for just $380 – and that became his most treasured possession
Stapleton has given the Hollywood star a guided tour of his glittering collection –and his favorite might surprise you
Read more » “He says, ‘Isn’t this a great guitar? I bought it off some guy on the street for 350 bucks’”: How Lita Ford reacted when she came face-to-face with her stolen B.C. Rich Mockingbird – and the only amp she ever returned
The rock icon talks all things gear, like that time she lied about her age so she could earn money for an SG, Neal Moser’s badass B.C. Rich custom jobs, and why she returned a Kerry King Marshall
Read more » “I’d met Leslie West, and like a lot of guitar players, you couldn’t meet Leslie West and come out unscathed”: Martin Barre explains how the Mountain man influenced his most iconic solo on Jethro Tull’s Aqualung
The Jethro Tull legend says his meeting with the Mountain man left an indelible mark on him as a player
Read more » “I said, ‘I want to riff through all of my favorite guitarists –doing Jimi Hendrix behind the head, Pete Townshend’s windmill, the Eddie Van Halen hammer thing”: Michael J. Fox and others discuss the Back to the Future guitar – and a clue to its identity
The Cherry Red ES-345 has become a cultural icon since the film was released in 1985, but it hasn’t been since since
Read more » “It’s a preamp, but it’s got the biggest distortion I’ve ever heard”: Fontaines D.C.’s Carlos O’Connell reveals the secret weapon on his pedalboard – a plain box with one knob and oodles of gain
Owning one doesn’t come cheap, but the left-field pedal has been at the center of the band’s monumental rise to fame
Read more » “When the Strat wasn’t working right during a show, Rory would pick this up”: Rory Gallagher’s back-up ‘Frankenstein’ Strat – gifted to its current owner by U2 – sells at auction for over $50K
The guitar was his guinea pig for pickup tests and stood as his number two when his main Strat needed a reset
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ALBUM REVIEW: Speculative Fiction – Indifferent Engine
INDIFFERENT ENGINE are not a band to do anything by half measures. Vocalist Adam Paul established the Cambridge-based five-piece in 2021, looking to move beyond his solo work into new…
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