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Question & Obsession

Question of the Month: What’s Your Favorite Bass Line?

Our staff and selected pickers praise the 4-string phenoms who rumbled out particularly memorable melodies.

Acoustic guitar with a unique two-tone body and intricate pickguard on a couch.
Reader Guitar of the Month

Reader Guitar of the Month: A Lifelong Globetrotter Builds a Most Unorthodox Jumbo Flattop

Gibson’s J-200 informs the basic design of this flattop, which employs an unusual and creatively assembled selection of tonewoods.

Musician with long hair plays an electric guitar passionately on stage.
Artist Features

The Night Jeff Beck Left Stevie Ray Vaughan Hanging

An excerpt from the new Blow by Blow: The Jeff Beck Story revisits the Fire Meets the Fury tour—including the Oakland finale where Beck's limo pulled out before the encore.

A man in a patterned shirt sits next to a dog, surrounded by floral wallpaper.
Question & Obsession

Question of the Month: Who is Your Dream Producer?

Choosing the right set of ears to take your music from good to great.

Reader Guitar of the Month: A Swirly Surprise
Reader Guitar of the Month

Reader Guitar of the Month: A Swirly Surprise

A paint project led our reader to build an instrument that has become an inspiration.

Question of the Month: What’s the Loudest Gig You’ve Ever Seen?
Question & Obsession

Question of the Month: What’s the Loudest Gig You’ve Ever Seen?

Reader Guitar of the Month: Beware Headless Kats!
Reader Guitar of the Month

Reader Guitar of the Month: Beware Headless Kats!

Headstock surgery saves the day on a beautiful but top-heavy Epiphone.