Latest articles by Rob Laing
Jim Root reveals he's using the Neural DSP Quad Cortex live with Slipknot
Root plans to bring out his 1999-2000 era Slipknot guitars for the band's debut album anniversary dates – including Jackson Soloists and Custom 24s
Charlie Starr is getting a signature Gibson Les Paul Junior – and it's a stunner
Two finishes and based on the neck profile and spec of Starr's mainstay modded 1956 Junior
Bono says Coldplay aren't a rock band: "There is something much more interesting going on there"
It's not a diss
"It's a nuclear violin": Yngwie Malmsteen gives us a Strat history lesson
He loves Strats and he knows his muses intimately: "70 years ago this was very futuristic – it's a futuristic design now"
Brian May pushed himself to the limit for his Jean-Michel Jarre live collaboration, and it paid off big time
The guitar hero admitted self-doubt in rehearsals, but he proved again why he's a progressive master in Slokavia
Wolfgang Van Halen plays Eruption and Hot For Teacher with the Foo Fighters
And The Cradle Will Rockville
Slash has a new signature Gibson guitar – and it's an ES-335!
The Gibson Custom Slash 1963 ES-335 Collector’s Edition is limited to only 50 guitars
The unexpected story of how John Oates and Iva Davies wrote Icehouse's Electric Blue
"If you asked me, what song would you have voted as least likely to succeed then it probably would have been Electric Blue"
"I always think this is the closest anyone has ever come to making the perfect record": The story of The Undertones' punk classic Teenage Kicks
Guitarist and songwriter John O’Neill on how a young band from Derry created a classic: "I can’t believe someone didn’t come up with it before me"
Bob Clearmountain talks mixing and tweaking Bruce Springsteen's Born In The USA guitars
The Apogee ECS Channel Strip gets a special mention
Acclaimed studio engineer and musician Steve Albini has died aged 61
The Shellac guitarist and vocalist recorded bands including Nirvana, Sonic Youth, PJ Harvey and Manic Street Preachers
Alex Lifeson on Geddy Lee: "We’re actually playing a lot of Rush songs"
"It’s funny because we sound like a really bad tribute band for the first three or four run-throughs on these things"
"I can't stand them": Slash reveals he isn't a fan of using in-ear monitors live
"I've been tweaking them like crazy" Slash says of his ongoing battles with the "necessary evil" of using in-ears
Richie Sambora on new Bon Jovi documentary: "I have a different perspective on all of that"
"I was essential because I spent more time with Jon than even his wife, and was more honest"
Fran Healey explains how Travis 'lifted' Noel Gallagher's chords to Wonderwall
"I thought, 'I’m never going to meet Noel Gallagher in a million years'" – then Travis ended up supporting Oasis
"I know me and I know my playing... and then there's Rain": The story of The Beatles' greatest b-side
Rain features some of the greatest individual performances by the four Beatles while sounding like it was beamed from the future
Kiki Wong named as new Smashing Pumpkins guitarist
Vigil Of War guitarist joins the Chicago band after an open audition process that attracted 10,000 applications
The contender for instrumental guitar album of the year is arriving on 1 May
Nashville stringers Tom Bukovac and Guthrie Trapp together on record at last – "We kept a lot of first takes"
Scott Gorham on revealing his hidden talent and his new plans for the first Thin Lizzy song he ever wrote with Phil Lynott
As the guitarist and songwriter goes public with his art, he reveals he's also looking to go back and rework some of the band's songs that Lizzy didn't do justice to in the studio
Paul McCartney explains why his musical limitations and "stealing" benefitted The Beatles' Abbey Road medley
"It's turned out to be quite soulful," the legendary songwriter reflects
"A guy named Alexander Dumble made the amps": Andrew Watt reveals the gear behind Pearl Jam's new album
"I have Marshalls, Fenders, Voxes, Oranges, Supros – all different kinds of amps. But since the day we got this amp I've not plugged into anything else," he said of his favourite Dumble modded amp
Someone has turned their John Mayer PRS Silver Sky into an SRV Number One Strat tribute – and it looks good!
This Silver Sky ain't crying
Does guitar weight matter? Thin Lizzy icon and Les Paul fan Scott Gorham thinks it depends where you're playing
When it comes to pounds and ounces with guitars, opinions and perspectives can differ wildly
"We referenced The Cure a lot while making it": Stone Gossard reveals Pearl Jam's new album influence
"You could be the greatest guitar player in the world but a ten-year-old could learn to play that in an hour", he says of the "magic" melodic moments he loves to discover in songwriting
