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“I’m backing away from being a ‘blues guitarist’. It’s not what I wanted to be boxed into”: Grace Bowers took the blues world by storm – but she says there’s much more to her playing ready to be unleashed
At the beginning of 2024, a then-17-year-old Grace Bowers couldn’t have imagined she’d drop her uber-vintage, all-conquering debut record, Wine on Venus – and she definitely didn’t think she’d be one of Guitar World’s guitarists of the year. But here she is, now 18, having accomplished all that (and more). “Oh, man,” Bowers says. “I […] More
“I was playing at three times the speed I normally play at”: When Pete Townshend got his first Jackson guitar… and loved it
2024 Year in Review: It’s no secret that the Who guitarist Pete Townshend tends to stick with the more old-school guitar designs – from Strats to Les Pauls and SGs, not to mention Rickenbackers. What he’s not known for is playing heavy metal speed machines made by companies like Jackson. All the latest guitar news, […] More