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“Chinese Democracy was totally a solo record, and that's all it has been since 1991”: GN’R’s ex manager takes aim at Axl Rose
He claims frontman made band “miserable” every day
Chase Bliss teams up with Mike Piera for Analog Man collab based on the legendary King Of Tone
Years in the making, Brothers AM applies Chase Bliss’s expansive digital controls and a cornucopia of dip-switches to an overdrive classic – and it has a Beano Boost mode
Fender remixes its blockbuster Player II range with the Modified Series and got IDLES to demo them
The Player II Modified range is a refresh of the familiar favourites, with Noiseless pickups, locking tuners, treble bleed circuits and of course there is an HSS Strat with a Floyd Rose
“For some reason, the post office shipped your guitar to Jim Root of Slipknot”: Sweetwater mailed a metal fan's Jackson guitar to a metal legend
He received a flight case but no guitar
"No one phoned me. They never contacted me and I thought, 'Well, I'm not going to bother contacting them either'": Ex-Judas Priest drummer Les Binks has died aged 73
“The acclaimed drumming he provided was first class – demonstrating his unique techniques, flair, style and precision”
With the same mesh-head playability and powerful new Strata module as its bigger brothers, Alesis Strata Club brings a new compact form to its best-selling range
Want the power and playability of Strata but don’t have the room to manoeuvre? The join the Club
“An incredible experience that went beyond just teaching music”: The UK’s biggest free music making weekend is extended to four days
Learn To Play is confirmed for October 9 – 12 this year
Harley Benton’s DIY Kit Challenge is now open and there are prizes to be won
Grab a DIY guitar kit and see what you can make out of it... A hat, a brooch, a pterodactyl? The sky's the limit – and there are Thomann vouchers to be won
