“No guitar does everything, but this comes dangerously close”: PRS DGT Semi-Hollow review

After testing the water with a limited-edition version, PRS has added David Grissom’s semi-hollow signature to the Core lineup. But are we worthy?

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“He called and said, ‘I don’t like what’s going on with Ritchie Blackmore. I’m looking for an escape’”: That time Ronnie James Dio offered to front ’70s glam-rock outfit The Sweet

Internal disagreements led Dio to very different gig as he sought an escape from Blackmore’s Rainbow, while The Sweet were grappling with their frontman’s drinking problems

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“I said, ‘It’s everything I need. Can I borrow it to do my demo?’ They went, ‘Let me ask Ern’”: Steve Morse on how a gear nightmare lead him to Ernie Ball – and the signature guitar of his dreams

Morse has become one of Ernie Ball’s most loyal and high-profile endorsers – and it all started with a broken volume pedal

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Jackson’s first ever Wes Borland signature model is here: Behold, the Pro Series Wes Borland King V KV

With a unique flipped logo on the headstock and just a single volume control, the guitar is both “bulletproof” and wonderfully weird…

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“A great way to break away from the typical blues soloing sound of pentatonic scales”: How to use dominant 7 arpeggios in a blues guitar solo

Because you can’t have enough exit ramps from traditional blues phrases, here’s how you can use the notes of a dominant 7 chord to spice up your solos

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“It’s about time!” Wes Borland’s Jackson King V went from factory floor reject to Limp Bizkit icon – now it’s been released as a signature guitar

Borland’s Custom Shop V started out as a left-handed factory reject – and this signature reissue replicates it in all its glory

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Sick of competitions that reward speed and chops? This one is all about playing in the pocket, and there’s $10,000 worth of prizes up for grabs

The Pocket Challenge invited musicians with a knack for feel, groove and timing to submit their entries and win prizes from Heritage Guitars, Harmony, MONO and more.

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Alex Lifeson is taking a Kirk Hammett Greeny on the road with Rush: “The relic’ing is just spectacular”

Lifeson plans on taking around 15-16 guitars with him for their huge, continent-spanning tour.

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“He never said anything mean about Randy… Ed didn’t really care”: Ex-W.A.S.P. guitarist says the rivalry between Eddie Van Halen and Randy Rhoads was overplayed by fans

“Ed would never say he hated the guy or disliked him,” says Chris Holmes.

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“In the ‘90s I changed my approach entirely. I gave all my guitars with tremolo systems away”: Tyler Bates on creating chaos with Reba Meyers in Marilyn Manson, and the gear he uses to score Hollywood blockbusters

The guitarist and film score composer has had a varied career – but he can’t seem to escape one amp and a “god box” pedal

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“We were heavily in debt. Either we go home, and I go work for my dad as a plumbing assistant, or we just say screw everybody”: Alex Lifeson on the Rush “protest record” that saved the band – and won them their independence

How Rush at the brink led to Lifeson, Lee and Peart crafting one of their most commercially successful records

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“It’s hard to overstate how influential this album was. It’s the connecting glue between me, Misha and Periphery”: How Adam ‘Nolly’ Getgood went from Sikth super-fan to playing in the band

Former bassist for Periphery, Getgood pinpoints the pickup selection and pick technique he’s been using onstage with Sikth

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“I was in Norman’s Rare Guitars in LA when I spotted the Les Paul. I played it for hours in the shop”: The unlikely fate of Big Country frontman Stuart Adamson’s ‘Peace in Our Time’ Les Paul

Bruce Watson shares the story of a guitar that encapsulates the time Big Country tried to break America – before they took their Scot rock sound to Moscow

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“The focus is on products that completely replicate the exact body design”: Fender is finally speaking out on its cease-and-desist strategy. We reveal the company’s endgame, how it plans to work with rivals and who it’s really going after

Fender might not be declaring war after all – but if its legal campaign succeeds, the guitar market will change forever

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Judas Priest’s Ian Hill says forthcoming new album is “more traditional” and “a lot more direct”

“The style, it’s a little bit different from the last one… Maybe a little bit quirky.”

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