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“I’m nervousof that guitar because it’s so expensive. I can barely look at it”: Biffy Clyro’s Simon Neil on how you can shake the Earth with one finger, and why he fell in love with Kirk Hammett’s Greeny – even if he’s still Team Strat

With their 10th album, Futique, Biffy Clyro remind us exactly why they are one of the most important rock bands of the modern age

Guitar World · Nov 18, 2025

Blues-rock legend Michael Landau has made harmonic changes his calling card – and this lesson in his sophisticated soloing style demonstrates how you can, too

Landau’s articulate playing and reference-quality tone makes him one of guitar’s unsung GOATs

Guitar World · Nov 22, 2024

“A titan in the industry who helped shape the LA studio sound of the 1980s”: Renowned luthier and Superstrat pioneer James Tyler passes away, aged 72

The high-end guitar-maker built and modded instruments used on the era’s biggest hits by session legends like Michael Landau, Dean Parks and Dann Huff

Guitar World · Sep 2, 2024

Michael Landau recalls recording guitar in front of David Gilmour: “Playing for Pink Floyd was one of the most bizarre things ever”

The session heavyweight was once brought onboard to record a lead line that Gilmour “didn’t want to do”

Guitar World · May 9, 2023

"If you roll your guitar volume back and have a pedal on, it’ll buffer it and you’ll still have the high end" – Michael Landau talks Strats and shares his top 5 tips for guitarists

We discuss tone and the 'Coma' Strat with a session giant

MusicRadar · Apr 3, 2023

Fender and session ace Michael Landau team up for the Coma Stratocaster – a bespoke electric guitar for all occasions

With a CuNiFe Wide Range humbucker and a pair of Custom-designed ML Ultra Noiseless single-coils, a vintage Strat vibrato and routing for a Floyd, this is no off-the-shelf Strat

MusicRadar · Mar 21, 2023

Fender honors one of the most heard electric guitars of all time with two new Michael Landau signature "Coma" Stratocasters

Boasting an HSS layout and faded red satin lacquer finish, the new signature model replicates a legendary '59 Strat that's been used on albums by Pink Floyd, Miles Davis, Joni Mitchell and hundreds of others

Guitar World · Mar 21, 2023