“It was driving me nuts, bringing 15 guitars on the road. So I started looking at some guitar modeling…”: How Jeff “Skunk” Baxter took his session guitar experience and inspired a radical digital guitar
Skunk was involved in designing Roland and Fender’s innovative G-5 – an all-in-one guitar offering a plethora of built-in tones and models
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“I see bass players trying to play our stuff using all downstrokes, and I think, ‘You’re going to ruin your arm’”: How Mike Dirnt honed his signature bass tone for Green Day’s Revolution Radio – and why it all starts with the wrist
Working with Fender, Dirnt built a bass rig that allowed him to ditch distortion pedals and harness his distinctive sound
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“When the house burned down, I started watching people’s hands on YouTube and learned how to play songs to kill time – I didn’t have much else to do”: Jackson Dean on playing in Nashville alongside some of the best
The viral star turned country hero discusses finding space as a picker surrounded by guys like Tom Bukovac, John Osborne, and the sideman who’s been with him since the beginning, Brandon Aksteter
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“If I don’t accept what I have, I’m going to be mad for the rest of my life”: Peter Frampton on how his health diagnosis spurred him to keep playing guitar
At 59, Frampton experienced the first symptoms of IBM, a degenerative muscle disease, which he publicly revealed in 2019
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“Jaws were hitting the floor when Blackstar was showing off this off at NAMM 2026”: All the new guitar gear that caught my eye this week – featuring EVH shredders and some $99 big fun from JHS Pedals
It was the week when Blackstar upped the ante for mini amps, the TONEX One got a power-up, Dino Cazares got a Kiesel, and Alex Lifeson’s chorus went to market