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Simon Mcbride recently spoke to the Guitar Interactive Magazine, and it wasn’t as much of an interview as a monologue. As the host quipped at one point, “go on, nobody wants to hear me anyway”. Writing for Splat!, gear talk, early influences, plans for the future — it’s all here.
Read more »Guitar World has a story how Steve Morse’s faulty pedal lead to his 40 years long collaboration with Ernie Ball: “The gear stripped out, and there was no way to fix it. So I went looking for a volume pedal, and the Ernie Ball booth was nearby. I saw they had this really cool pedal […]
Read more »German music site bonedo profiles Ian Paice. And while our regulars would find little new from the provided biography, details of his kit throughout the years may be of interest. When Ian Paice joined Deep Purple in 1968, the then 19-year-old British drummer probably had no idea that a career with one of the greatest […]
Read more »Guitar Player has an undated interview with Ritchie Blackmore, where he discusses searching for the perfect guitar tone back in the day. “It’s interesting to note that Jim Marshall didn’t know much about amplifiers,” Ritchie Blackmore says. “And yet he knew how to design something that caught on like crazy. This is a similar situation […]
Read more »A couple of Steve Morse interviews from the recently concluded NAMM 2026. Steve talks about his relationship with Ernie Ball and his latest album Triangulation
Read more »Music Radar has an interview with Steve Morse, where he talks about various modifications he made to his guitars over the years. Like the rather irreverent but practical grinder mod he has done in 2000 after breaking his wrist right before performing with Deep Purple at the Montreux Jazz Festival. But speaking to MusicRadar earlier […]
Read more »Music Radar has a short interview with Glenn Hughes, focusing mainly on his bass gear. How has your bass rig evolved since your days with Trapeze in the early ’70s? Well, Trapeze was all Hiwatt amps. And I wasn’t using pedals back then. I started using pedals in Deep Purple. But for me, it was […]
Read more »Get My Guitar blog profiles Ritchie Blackmore, including his sound, influences, top 5 tracks, technique, and historical equipment. While our regulars probably won’t find anything new there, it can be recommended as a well written introduction for the uninitiated. Fans often note that Blackmore’s playing is not just about technical prowess—it’s about emotion, storytelling, and […]
Read more »The Bass Player magazine (part of the Guitar World stable) has a short interview with Bob Daisley. It inevitably steered towards his stint with Rainbow, before turning the sights on Ozzy. The Rainbow record you appeared on, 1978’s Long Live Rock & Roll, you played on only a few tracks? “The reason I just played […]
Read more »Simon McBride talks about touring with Deep Purple with his guitar company PRS. Sounds like a thinly veiled commercial, don’t say you haven’t been warned.
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