The former Botch and Minus The Bear guitarist on the long journey to creating his first solo album, how MTB’s final album almost never got completed, and his one big problem with the DL-4 Mk 2.
The one-time Rivermaya and Triaxis guitarist is better known outside his native Philippines as a popular guitar YouTuber, here he shares his essential gear, crucial musical advice and his secret love of BLACKPINK.
EHX somehow squeezes its popular Pulsar wobble-box into an even smaller form factor, while adding useful functionality? Next they’ll be telling us it turns water into wine as well.
It’s easy to forget how important the Squier brand is in the history of guitar making. Before Fender revived the discontinued string-making marque back...
Fender’s top-end Paramount acoustic range has had a refresh for 2022, with beguiling vintage-vibed looks and the arrival of a new Orchestra-sized body shape.
The Canadian guitarist on writing records over Facetime, why a Gibson hollowbody has become his favourite squeeze, and why he was very nearly a drummer instead.
Soul Mountain guitarist Jordi Mestre Lopez has won fans around the world by scaling majestic landscapes to record music inspired by his surroundings, but his latest and most difficult expedition yet was undertaken to raise awareness of a serious environmental issue caused by rising temperatures.
A whirlwind two years has catapulted Yola from obscurity to the top table of the Grammys. Now on the back of another critically acclaimed album, she’s turning to the silver screen to portray one of the most important figures in the history of electric guitar, and she’s not going to be needing any hand doubles to do it.
There’s an argument that nobody has done more to push the boundaries of what guitar is capable of in the last 40 years than Steve Vai. But despite his name being a byword for virtuosity, the guitarist refuses to rest on his laurels. We caught up with the man himself to talk surgery, embracing what is, designing insane triple-necked guitars with Ibanez, and why one of Inviolate’s solos pushed him so far out of his comfort zone he might never be able to top it.
