Not all guitar icons needed big-name guitars to carve out their rock ‘n’ roll legacy. Here are five players who went their own way when it came to gear.
Tim McIlrath and Zach Blair on why there’s no better investment than a Marshall stack, why it’s time to stop mocking millennials, and why being a political punk band is about avoiding obvious targets like Donald Trump.
In the latest installment of My Guitar Story, revered guitar player Chris Buck details the story behind his somewhat surprising number one guitar, his beloved 2004 Fender Highway One Stratocaster.
Cheltenham-based Monty’s Guitars spent a full year restoring the megastar’s prized Eric Clapton Martin after it was damaged in a studio fire. We caught up with head honcho Matt Gleeson to find out more about how this “crazy” idea became one of his proudest moments to date…
The returning Killers guitarist on why he had to strike out on his own, how it “felt good” to return to the band after a one-album hiatus, and how he owes it all to an old Ibanez Destroyer.
Formerly of rock band RFA, Dan Cousart has branched out into a burgeoning indie career of his own, pulling in influences from The Strokes to King Krule, all while staying loyal to a blue Fender Strat he was gifted by his late grandfather.
The esteemed jazz musician discusses the importance of stoicism on his first full-length album for Blue Note, and how his signature Collings is like a race car.
