Ancoats Granada Special review – a unique modern-retro design with a fresh approach to relic’ing
This UK boutique build references the long-gone Granada Television, another Manchester oddity, and creates a new spin on the T-style
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Peter Frampton says he likes “the challenge” of playing guitar as his neuromuscular disease gets worse
“I’ve been dealt some wonderful cards in my life, and you get some trials and tribulations along the way.”
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Brian May’s playing on the Masters of the Universe soundtrack has a touching personal element: “He shows up carrying two giant boxes of He-Man toys that he still had in his attic”
“He put them on the ground in his recording studio, pulled out the characters – and he knew who they were,” the film’s director, Travis Knight, explains.
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Rush play first show in 11 years, armed with double-neck guitars and deep cuts
The prog legends returned to the stage at the Kia Forum in Los Angeles, and the setlist and gear on display are a sight to behold
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Ed Sheeran is about to launch another piece of signature gear – and he’s already gifted it to a young fan
A new signature Orange amp pays homage to Sheeran’s busking roots
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“We continue to fight for the return of Darrell’s guitar designs”: Dimebag Darrell’s estate responds after court rules in Dean’s favor in legal dispute
The late Pantera guitarist’s estate claims that Dean has been engaged in trademark disputes over his Stealth and Razorback guitar designs
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“Everyone in the room thought I was buying it. Maybe it helped – people weren’t bidding the way they were on some of the other guitars!” What Derek Trucks made of Jerry Garcia’s $11m Tiger guitar
The slide icon explains why he was really in the room at the record breaking guitar auction – and reflects on the lessons learned making Future Soul
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“When Ozzy approached me, there was an inner warning light that said, ‘Don’t do that because you have just left UFO and Scorpions’”: Michael Schenker on his lifelong pursuit of self-expression and track-by-track guide to Don’t Sell Your Soul
Foxes, gold pieces, Tom and Jerry cartoons? It can only be the great Michael Schenker, who takes us through MSG’s new album, Don’t Sell Your Soul, track by weirdly inspired track
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“In ’84 that was it. We were done. I was completely bankrupt. It was devastating”: How Mike Matthews saved pedal pioneers Electro-Harmonix from the brink – and managed to secure its longterm future
When Electro-Harmonix went bankrupt in the mid-’80s, Matthews was forced to pivot and find an alternative market for his business, away from the States
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Sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll was just a “good PR phrase” if you ask Keith Richards – he prefers playing dominoes
“I find that your image is like a shadow.”
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“A genuinely brilliant guitar that can do far more than its heavy metal aesthetic suggests”: Ibanez Iron Label AZ41B1 review
Ibanez’s pitch-black metal machine is hiding a secret beneath its stealthy exterior
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“I don’t know the names of the modes or whatever. I just don’t care about that stuff”: Why Michael Schenker isn’t interested in becoming an expert in music theory
“I’ve never known about anything technical,” the guitarist says.
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“They don’t even say it’s not a real band. And they have a one-neck guitar”: A fake Angine de Poitrine has been passing themselves off as the real deal in Russia
The imitators are passing themselves off as the real thing – and show just how far the band’s success has gone
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Rush finally kick off their Fifty Something Tour – and they made sure to honour Neil Peart
“Geddy and Alex struck gold finding drummer Anika Nilles, she’s perfect,” one fan praises. “Neil would be proud.”
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How Fairlane Guitars built a brand beloved by some of the coolest artists on the planet
Launched as a pandemic-era necessity, London brand Fairlane now finds its guitars on stage with Beabadoobee, Olivia Rodrigo, Fontaines DC and Mogwai. This is how its two founders made the ultimate artist instrument
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