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Lzzy Hale on swapping Les Pauls for Explorers – and finding her first on Craigslist
Hale fell in love with the Explorer while recording Halestorm's first album, and she never looked back
Do you put your capo on 'incorrectly'? Tommy Emmanuel says this is the correct way to do it - and it could save your tuning
Do it the wrong way and your tuning will suffer, Emmanuel warns
Robben Ford on Joni Mitchell’s fuzz pedal experiments that shaped one of her most adventurous tracks
Ford says the experience defines what “the ultimate creative artist” is like to work with – and it changed the way he played
From teenage prodigy to modern guitar royalty, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram is ushering in a new era for blues guitar
Hard Road is the sound of an artist maturing, dealing with tragedy, life, and new ideas for putting a fresh twist on one of electric guitar's foundational sounds
Stevie Salas on being asked to join David Lee Roth and Sammy Hagar’s bands – and why he turned them down
For a “Van Halen nut” like Salas, it was all too weird
Rickey Medlocke talks us through every Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist, and what made each of them special
Having served in Skynyrd as a pre-fame member and later as a crucial part of their reunion, Medlocke has more insight into the idiosyncrasies and genius of each of the band's six-string aces than just about anyone
John Mayer on why fretboard radius doesn’t actually make that much of a difference
Before he developed his PRS Silver Sky signature guitar, Mayer didn't pay much attention to fretboard radius
Brandi Carlile was instrumental in bringing Joni Mitchell back on stage – but faced a lot of criticism for her efforts
In 2015, Mitchell suffered a brain aneurysm that left her unable to walk, talk, sing or play guitar. Carlile took the initiative to support the legend and eventually helped her perform again at the 2022 Newport Folk Festival
