The modern-day funk maestro on Strats, creative gear solutions, and why not to be swayed by the “mystique of gear”

Tech solutions and real world tips

Back in issue 532, Dave Burrluck had a bag of bits he hoped to turn into a guitar. Well, we’re still waiting…

Richard Barrett is on a mission to make you a better blues player – with full audio examples and backing tracks

Thirty years after its release, Billy Corgan looks back at the making of The Smashing Pumpkins ’ era-defining big, bold, bombastic masterpiece Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness .

I’M NOT SURE if it’s the three-inch heels on her Doc Martens, but Emily Green dwarfs me as she strides across the stage. It’s about an hour before her band, Geese, soundchecks for their sold-out show