The strange history of Hugh Cornwell’s Höfner S7L – the ‘Razorwood’ electric guitar made famous by The Stranglers
If you happened to be watching The Stranglers performing Golden Brown on BBC’s Top of the Pops in the early 1980s, you may have found…
Thin Lizzy's Scott Gorham and Brian Robertson brought twin-guitar leads to the masses – master their influential style
Thin Lizzy are one of the most influential bands of the 1970s, with a line-up that has constantly evolving, to include some of the best…
Fender American Vintage II 1972 Telecaster Thinline and 1975 Telecaster Deluxe review
By the early 1970s, the Telecaster had already been around for more than 20 years. Five decades on and this seems like nothing at all. But…
Best Fender acoustic guitars 2023: Our top picks from Fender’s expansive range of acoustics
When it comes to established and well-respected electric guitar brands, Fender is probably the first name that springs to mind. However, in the realm of…
Nuno Bettencourt explains what’s underrated about Tom Morello’s guitar playing – and why it “pisses me off a little bit”
Resurgent Extreme guitarist Nuno Bettencourt has shared some choice thoughts on what he admires about his friend and guitar contemporary Tom Morello as a player…
Paul Weller: “People should check out some of my bass playing on that first solo album”
Paul Weller, sometime of the Jam and the Style Council, but for the last 30 years flying high as a solo artist, is a man…
Music photographer Mick Hutson has died, aged 58
The family of celebrated music photographer Mick Hutson has confirmed that he died on Thursday, 1 June 2023, aged 58. Mick photographed many of the…
That time Judas Priest’s Richie Faulkner jammed with Tool: “It was pretty daunting… let’s just say it wasn’t like jamming some AC/DC”
Chances are, if you got a message from Tool guitarist Adam Jones inviting you to get up and play with them in front of 20,000…
This is the song most Americans want to learn how to play on guitar – and you probably know what it is
It will be no surprise to guitarists to learn that there are certain perennial favorites that seem to last through successive generations of players. However,…
Boss RC-500 review
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