I WAS THERE!

A historic moment in bass world—recalled by those who were there to see it

HIP SHOT

Canadian stalwarts The Tragically Hip return with an album of nostalgic songs: Bassist Gord Sinclair explains why

Dusty Hill 1949-2021 – Top Man

When ZZ Top bassist Dusty Hill left us on July 27, he left a legacy like few others. Jamie Blaine pays tribute, and we revisit words of wisdom from Hill himself

The Omnific – Wizards of Oz

The Australian trio The Omnific make music like no other band—with two bassists, a drummer, and a whole lot of genius. We meet Matt Fack and Toby Peterson-Stewart

Speed Shop

CHARVEL PRO-MOD SERIES

Combo Breaker

BOSS NEXTONE SPECIAL

ROAD- TESTED Royalty

Christone “Kingfish” Ingram assumes his throne atop the Delta blues tradition

Liz Phair

AFTER AN 11-YEAR SELF-EXILE, LIZ PHAIR IS BACK IN TOP FORM — WITH SOME UNCOMMON TUNINGS

PERFECTLY FRANK PERFECTLY

THE TRUE ORIGINS AND EVOLUTION OF EDDIE VAN HALEN’S LEGENDARY FRANKENSTEIN GUITAR

HONOR ROLE

Fingerstyle guru Andy McKee’s first new studio effort in nearly a decade pays homage to Prince and Michael Hedges.

Enslaved

THIRTY YEARS INTO THE GAME, THESE VENERABLE NORWEGIAN EXTREME METALLERS ARE STILL SHAKING THINGS UP WITH “A BIT OF CHAOS”

MORE is MORE

Yngwie Malmsteen takes his neoclassical shred to new extremes on Parabellum.

DRIVE LIKE A DEMON

As he returns with Fist Full of Devils, his first solo album in 20 years, Earl Slick shares tales of his fast times with David Bowie and John Lennon.

Danko Jones: Loud and Proud

Power trio, the outspoken canadian rocker’s latest, is drenched in the kind of swagger that’s been missing from rock since Mötley Crüe called it a day the first time around

Young 'N' Hungry Dirty Honey

Dirty Honey guitarist John Notto explains why this riff-fueled Los Angeles four-piece is ready for literally anything — including the big, big, big time

Metallica in the Black

Thirty years after famously fracturing the world of metal (and heavy rock in general), metallica’s self-titled 1991 masterpiece — aka the Black Album — is getting the deluxe reissue treatment. In this exclusive interview, James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett pull back the veil on the album that became “the master key to everything”

Blacklisted!

On the Metallica Blacklist, 53 acts try their hand at reinterpreting one of the Black album’s 12 tracks in their own voice. Here, four artists — St. Vincent, Ghost’s Tobias Forge, Royal Blood’s Mike Kerr and Rodrigo y Gabriela’s Rodrigo Sánchez — discuss how they did it, and what Metallica means to each of them.

Acoustic Blues Musings, Pt. 1

How to choose a blues box and strings.

Broad Strokes

Robben Ford goes bold with Pure, the new instrumental outing he calls “the most complete expression of a musical life.”

Boulevard of Broken-In Dreams

Billy Rowe’s Rock N Roll Relics look, play and sound like much-loved and well-traveled treasures.

ESP

LTD MH-1000 Deluxe EverTune

VICTORY

The Duchess V4 Guitar Amp

D. KOWALSKI

Dark Gene Micro Amplifier

GODIN

Montreal Premiere LTD

HARMONY

Comet

SUPRO

Delta King 12

Cordoba – Fusion 5 Jet Black

Its full body features a cutaway and a solid spruce top with laminated mahogany back and sides. It’s also available in Gloss Natural as well as Gloss Sonata Burst with flamed mahogany back and sides.

Dawner Prince – Pulse

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