“I tried to talk him out of it… He was too good a writer to have that be his calling card”: The band’s guitarist felt the song was beneath its writer, but it became one of the biggest singalong guitar-pop hits of the 2000s
Though critically beloved, Fountains of Wayne are known to most only as the band behind Stacy’s Mom, the cheeky and irrepressible smash hit that remains a staple of 2000s nostalgia playlists – and that’s exactly what guitarist Chris Collingwood was afraid of
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“This could be one of the biggest steps forward in passive pickup design in years”: All the guitar gear that has caught my eye this week – including the most metal Jackson yet
A full-circle signature for Gary Clark Jr., as well as a potentially game-changing innovation from 3rd Power, headline this week’s round-up
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“I just had decidedly hated Stratocasters, Les Pauls, any of the common instruments that you see everybody use”: How Jack White found his own voice by seeking out a different kind of guitar
Silvertone, Airline, Kay… Jack White’s formative tastes in electric guitars gave him a sound that he wouldn’t have found if he’d chosen a more orthodox instrument
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“Even with their sub-$500 tickets, these guitars have been built with some degree of care and expertise”: Epiphone J-45 Studio and J-200 Studio review
A brace of familiar Gibson acoustic designs bearing the Epiphone brand name and a price tag of around one tenth of an original
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“My tech said, ‘This bass looks tiny on you.’ I lowered the strap so it would look cooler. You have to throw your whole body into it”: Bought from grunge icons and stolen before Soundgarden reunited – the story of Ben Shepherd’s 1972 Fender Jazz Bass
Shepherd was robbed of all his music gear in 2008 just as he was about to mix his first solo album