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Guthrie Govan makes the case for the all-digital guitar rig – and it’s all about the F-word
The Aristocrats virtuoso in residence demonstrated exactly why the Axe-Fx unit and Laney FRFR has weened him off tube amps
![Session guitar ace Tim Pierce wears a ballcap and poses with a Powers Electric guitar [left]; a young Jon Bon Jovi rocks Super Rock 84 on Bon Jovi's first tour of Japan. His shirt is open. His hair is big. And he has a red Fender Stratocaster slung low by his hip.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hcRVrVWpPRxr5HrsXuDAxW-840-80.jpg.webp)
Tim Pierce on why Jon Bon Jovi was destined for superstardom, and how he nailed his Runaway solo
Sometimes rock history is settled by the fickle finger of fate. When Pierce was asked to help a young Jon Bon Jovi track his 1981 demoes, he ended up playing guitar on a Bon Jovi classic – a song that set its frontman on his way to the top
“It was fun. He was a great player”: Mike Rutherford on his surprise collaboration with Eddie Van Halen
The bad news? “I can’t find the tape!”
Watch James Hetfield lead Metallica in a swampy blues version of fuel with a Danelectro Baritone
In 2009, Hetfield told us that the Fuel era was all about loosening up and on Friday night at the Helping Hands charity gig he made good on it as Metallica reimagined Fuel, slower and lower
Kenny Wayne Shepherd on covering Hendrix, his fistful of Dumbles and the secret to great overdrive
Shepherd's tone on Dirt On My Diamonds Vol 2 is smoking hot, reference quality blues-rock, but like any master chef, it's all about the ingredients and how you use them
“One of the best guitar solos ever!”: The Clapton classic that he called "wrong" but Eddie Van Halen loved
The real story of Cream’s Crossroads
Hey, there’s a beverage here! Tosin Abasi demos extended-range nylon-string and says its coming soon
Tosin Abasi teases nylon-string version of the Larada 7-string and promises it is coming soon. Misha Mansoor wants one. We all do
Orianthi on her Orange amp, soloing strategies and confetti gun hazards onstage with Alice Cooper
The Australian guitarist talks amp collecting, tone chasing and soloing strategies as she wraps up her forthcoming album with Kevin Shirley
