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

CHRIS BUCK KNOWS he’s caused a fuss among guitarists. There are certain things you don’t do; you don’t speak ill of Jimi or Eddie, you don’t modify a vintage guitar and you don’t talk shit about the F

What was your first guitar? I wanted a guitar when I was 10, but it took until I was 12 before my parents gave in. We went to a shop in King’s Cross in North London, and they had guitars hanging up, i

A STAPLE OF many great country and country rock songs — and, in the hands of Jimmy Page and Albert Lee, rock songs — is the sound of the B-bender. For those unfamiliar, a B-bender is a string-pulling

Country star Jason Isbell has played Martins ever since he was bailed out by the company after his van was looted… And now he presents new signature models based on his rare pre-war 0-17

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