“Instead of being like, ‘Hey, man, you’re my favorite guitar player,’ I was like, ‘Watch out for that cable running across the floor’”: Bill Kelliher on his awkward Tony Iommi encounter and Mastodon’s Back to the Beginning plans guitarworld.com/artists/guitar…

“Am I supposed to feel jealous or something? Sid Vicious had his moments – but I can have my moments as well. I’m no shrinking violet!”: Glen Matlock on how the Sex Pistols have changed, while his bass rig never has and never will guitarworld.com/artists/guitar…

“The original blue Strat that I bought in ’88 became the ‘Bob guitar’… that was when I started reinventing the way I looked at guitar”: From Hüsker Dü’s “fighter jets” to Sugar’s “sheets” of guitar, how Bob Mould built his wall of sound guitarworld.com/artists/guitar…

“Oz said, ‘Let’s just do Free Bird twice. That should take up an hour!’” Zakk Wylde on Tony Iommi’s genius, Black Sabbath’s immeasurable influence – and Ozzy’s unlikely Back to the Beginning demands guitarworld.com/artists/guitar…

Oasis were not the first to cover it musicradar.com/artists/the-pr…

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“My dad stepped in to greet the ensemble – and then in came The King”: Billy Gibbons shares the story of the “treasured moment” he sat in on a B.B. King session – as a child guitarworld.com/artists/guitar…

“Michael was very normal. I was expecting weirdness, but it wasn’t that way at all. He was very interested in my pedalboard”: Session legend Tim Pierce on working with Michael Jackson – and how the King of Pop turned out to be an unexpected gear nerd guitarworld.com/artists/guitar…

“Rule number one: When you’re notusing a pedal, your guitar must sound like your original guitar sound”: Steve Stevens on the pedalbord the guru Dave Friedman made him, his favorite Klon klone and why he can't use chorus anymore guitarworld.com/artists/guitar…

“It was a true surprise. And to be shouted out alongside Taj Mahal and Keb’ Mo’ to boot? That felt surreal”: Meet Jesse Williams, the Joe Bonamassa-backed singer-songwriter tackling the mountain blues guitarworld.com/artists/guitar…

“Jon and I became friends. He came to L.A. when he was looking for musicians to join his band, but a couple of things happened...”: Why session legend Tim Pierce never joined Bon Jovi – despite recording their earliest hit guitarworld.com/artists/guitar…

“One of Eric Clapton’s guitars went for half a million dollars. I was, as I often am, in trouble with the IRS. I thought, ‘This is probably the time’”: Todd Rundgren’s love affair with Clapton’s Fool SG, and how he moved on after selling it guitarworld.com/artists/guitar…

“This is the way Leo would be building guitars if he were still alive. In our eyes, G&L is more ‘Fender’ than Fender actually is”: How G&L Guitars is carrying on the legacy of Leo Fender guitarworld.com/gear/electric-…

“I don’t think LSD had a real big impact on the songwriting or guitar playing… it was just that we saw brighter colors and got high!” Roger McGuinn on The Byrds’ influential guitar style, and why they didn’t follow The Kinks and The Who into distortion guitarworld.com/artists/guitar…

“They stole our name, which means Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora were listening to our records. But the main reason people know us is Gary Moore, and that doesn’t bother me at all”: The tale of the original Irish Skid Row guitarworld.com/artists/bands/…

He cut his teeth with Miles on the classic In A Silent Way musicradar.com/artists/i-was-…

“Chuck Schuldiner called to see if I could fill in for some Death shows in Mexico. I was still in high school, but I learned the set in a few days and jumped on”: Paul Masvidal on taking progressive extreme metal to new heights with Cynic and Death guitarworld.com/artists/guitar…

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“Whenever I feel like a guitar is indispensable, I want to pawn it. It’s held me back from being a good player”: Want to make as many records as King Gizzard & The Wizard Lizard? Abuse $10 amps, don’t bring songs to sessions and never get comfortable guitarworld.com/artists/guitar…