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- Guitar News – 17 Mar 2026
Sammy Hagar says Eddie Van Halen’s death made it “necessary” for him to carry on performing Van Halen music: “Those people who grew up with that music, they’ve got to hear it again”
“It’s so necessary to carry the legacy of that music on.”
The post Sammy Hagar says Eddie Van Halen’s death made it “necessary” for him to carry on performing Van Halen music: “Those people who grew up with that music, they’ve got to hear it again” appeared first on Guitar.com | All Things Guitar.
“Legend has it that, while recording, Clarence said, ‘Hey, I need another finger to play this chord!’” Charlie Starr on the origins of the B-Bender – and how you can play those licks without one
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No B-Bender, no problem, as the Blackberry Smoke frontman shows us 9 licks for that faux pedal-steel sound
“Harrison put the SG into immediate use on recording sessions for Revolver”: George Harrison’s 1964 Gibson SG Standard is officially part of the multi-million dollar guitar club – but as a piece of Beatles history it’s priceless
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Sold at auction for $2,271,000, Harrison’s SG is one of the most significant Beatles guitars
“The Telecaster is like the heart and soul of rock and roll music”: Fender celebrates 75 years of the Telecaster with 5 new models – including the return of a cult classic and some Tele firsts
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From a 1951 Road Worn edition to the Big F’s first-ever dual rail humbucker, vintage and modern come together for a T-shaped birthday party
“When the song was done, I turned to everybody and said, ‘I think this song is going to be massive’”: Don’t Stop Believin’ is Journey’s signature song – now, the guitar that was used to record it has been sold for over a quarter of a million dollars
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Neal Schon’s 1977 Gibson Les Paul Pro Deluxe was part of the historic Jim Irsay auction
Les Claypool says he chose to be a bassist because the guitar sounded “wimpy”
Despite growing up in the era when everyone wanted to replicate Eddie Van Halen, bass was much more appealing to a teenaged Les Claypool.
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“The one that started it all”: Fender celebrates 75 years of the Telecaster with new limited-edition collection – including new Cabronita model
Comprising five models across Fender’s Player II, American Professional and American Ultra II ranges.
The post “The one that started it all”: Fender celebrates 75 years of the Telecaster with new limited-edition collection – including new Cabronita model appeared first on Guitar.com | All Things Guitar.
“I get up to the counter and the guy’s like, ‘Ah, you know what? I just don’t like that guitar. I’ll give it to you for a few hundred bucks’”: Cory Wong on not buying the Klon hype and vintage unicorns lost and found
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The modern-day funk maestro discusses his career in gear, and that means Strats, creative gear solutions, and why he never got swayed by the “mystique” of Klons and tube amp grails
“Living in the shadow of my grunge parents, Courtney and Billy… it was a complex and exhausting shadow to come out from under”: Melissa Auf der Maur on joining Hole amidst tragedy and her “Master’s in Music” with the Smashing Pumpkins
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In her love letter to the ’90s – the last analog decade – the Hole and Smashing Pumpkins bassist shares how she fell in love with the low-end and became an integral part of the noise-making generation
“I literally cried tears of joy”: After years of searching, YouTuber finally uncovers the identity of Kurt Cobain’s mystery In Utero amp
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Guitarist and YouTuber Aaron Rash has been documenting his tonal quest for four years – now he’s discovered the amp that’s been driving him crazy
Acorn Amplifiers Solid State Preamplifier review – the ‘Peavey in a box’ you didn’t know you needed?
It’s no joke: this two-channel preamp and drive pedal is a tribute to the tiny practice amp that Josh Homme has described as his secret weapon
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“Instead of creating a polyphonic tuner itself, it simply knocked off Empower’s patented device instead”: Behringer sues Boss over “knock off” polyphonic tuner
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Behringer’s parent company claims its patented polyphonic tuner, the TC Electronic PolyTune, has been wrongly copied by Boss for four of its flagship amp modeler pedals
“It’s clearly had a lot of thought put into making it as flexible and useful as possible”: Laney Black Country Customs Nathan East Digbeth DB-EAST review
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Over a long, distinguished career,Nathan Easthas never had a signature amp. Until now…
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Boss TU-3 Tuner Pedal – Is It Still The Benchmark Tuner?
The Boss TU-3 Chromatic Tuner Pedal is the standard torch-bearer when it comes to compact-size digital tuners. Since Boss introduced the first digital tuning pedals in the early 1980s, they have been seen as the benchmark for the devices, and with good reason. Anyone who has owned a Boss stomp pedal will attest that the…
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