"History is bunk" - Henry Ford

Copies of Fender Precisions and Gibson Les Pauls perused, praised, panned and punctiliously plucked by our hand-picked panel of perspicacious pickers.

Hard Rock History

An interesting diversion - or two

the birth of loud

the birth of loud

the volume closes

Two of the industry's brightest names cast their minds back and reminisce to RM about the birth of the PA system.

PA History

the electronics behind the noises

Part 1 looks at the early growth of this vitally important area of music today.

as told by them what were there

Looking back over ten years' worth of magazines, it seemed that there were certain moments worth reliving - here are the edited highlights.

History Of Producers

Just who are these people who get their names on record sleeves and their sounds in your speakers?

Into the Seventies

the development of synth electronics

Kaleidophon Studios

Simon Trask travels to North London to visit one of Britain's longest-established synth studios, and to talk to its creator, electronic composer David Vorhaus.

A History Of Knobs

guitar controls: big ones, small ones, useful ones, icky-kacky ones...