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Deep Sea Diver’s Jessica Dobson talks most rocking riffs, goofy stage humor and unheard Silvertones
By Gregory Adams published
The Seattle band on wielding Silvertones – and preparing to launch new album, Billboard Heart

John Mayer pays tribute to Paul Reed Smith, and explains why anyone who says PRS guitars are “too nice” have got it wrong
By Michael Astley-Brown published
10 years since his first phone call to the firm, the guitar hero hailed the iconic guitar builder as “the hidden member of everyone’s band all the time”
![[L-R] Rita Haney wears round sunglasses and drinks a pre-mixed cocktail; Dimebag Darrell shreds on his blue lightning bolt Dean ML electric guitar at a 1991 Pantera show.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8G6Ke3CMs8F3fsfVe23SnV-320-80.jpg)
How Rita Haney, Dimebag Darrell's soulmate and partner in crime, keeps the late guitarist's memory alive
By Nick Bowcott published
The driving force behind Blacktooth Beverages and Dimebag's new signature Warhead amp is keeping the flame alive for one of metal guitar's greatest heroes

Jeff Beck's guitar collection has sold for an astounding $10.7 million at auction – complete with a record-breaking Les Paul sale
By Janelle Borg published
The mega-auction, which included over 130 guitars, amps, and ‘tools-of-the-trade,’ saw some of Beck's most noteworthy guitars – including his ‘Oxblood’ Gibson Les Paul and ‘Anoushka’ Strat – go under the hammer

Steve Vai followed John Sykes in Whitesnake – and he quickly decided what not to do when playing his parts
By Jackson Maxwell published
Of course, it wasn't a chops issue so much as it was the late guitarist's unique six-string footprint

Tetrarch’s Diamond Rowe on her signature Jackson, and why she loves guitar players with a presence
By Richard Bienstock published
A single-cut with a 25.5-inch scale length, EMG pickups rather than popular-in-metal Fishmans, and a brand-new headstock shape, Rowe's signature Jackson is as striking as her all-powerful playing

Why Justin Hawkins expects to be playing nothing but Atkin guitars by the end of the year
By Amit Sharma published
The Darkness frontman details his journey to Friedman amps via a freaky Laney experience, the success of his musicology podcast series, and the jealousy his band have caused by crossing over to pop

Star players from Kerry King to Chad Kroeger on what made Dimebag Darrell a true original
By Nick Bowcott published
An all-star panel of six-string superstars – including Zakk Wylde, Kerry King, Marty Friedman, Glenn Tipton, Alex Skolnick, Nita Strauss, Scott Ian, Bill Kelliher and Chris Broderick – explain why Dimebag is still so relevant 20 years after his tragic death
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