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Trevor de Brauw and Laurent Schroeder-Lebec on musical wanderlust and Pelican’s riff evolution
Flickering Resonance is the first Pelican album since the return of Schroeder-Lebec, and it finds the Chicago post-metal institution's sound on an evolutionary path to destinations unknown
"His phrase was, 'Window or aisle, how would you like to return home?'": Dweezil Zappa on how his dad ran his band
No drugs, no improvising, no overplaying
“He went into this trance state as he played”: A close encounter with the genius of Eddie Van Halen
The insider's view of how EVH reinvented himself on the 5150 album
Jackson gives the Scott Ian King V a classy makeover and puts an old school logo on the headstock
With gold hardware, black finish, this is one ratiugnikufesin – especially at this price
Is the compressor pedal a country guitar essential? Brad Paisley doesn’t think so – and here’s why
The country virtuoso explains why compression is not an always-on effect for him – and neither is reverb for that matter
“So many things in our lives are shuffles”: Francis Rossi on how Status Quo developed their 12 bar boogie
Plus he opens up about what sundered his relationship with Rick Parfitt
The guitarist on Michael Jackson’s I Just Can’t Stop Loving You on his “little earworms”
“It’s more of a keyboard song. It’s not guitar music per se,” says Dann Huff
Periphery’s Misha Mansoor on wild baritone tunings, high-gain theory and why he needs guitar lessons
We catch up with the Periphery riff-master to discuss his refreshed Jackson Juggernaut, custom offsets, collabs with Mike Dawes, and why – vintage or modern – good gear is good gear
