“That’s why I don’t like old Les Pauls”: The reason Adrian Smith isn’t keen on some vintage Gibsons
The Iron Maiden guitarist swapped LPs for Jacksons in the ‘80s, because he’d grown tired of one key feature
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He wrote chart-topping hits and one of the greatest Christmas songs of all time, but all he wanted to do was play deep slide blues – remembering the late, great Chris Rea
A slide master with a voice like life, the English bluesman hated the spotlight – and deserves notice beyond his perennial Christmas hit
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Save big on Positive Grid’s AI-powered BIAS X and Spark NEO Core smart guitar headphones
AI-powered guitar tone creation for less? Yes, please.
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“It’s the only guitar I’ve kept from then. I paid $900 for it. Today it might be worth $45,000”: How Europe’s John Norum learned to love The Final Countdown – and the guitar he used to track its iconic solo
The Final Countdown is one of rock’s evergreen anthems, but Norum admits he thought it was “dreadful” at first
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“You don’t want to have no recollection of when, where or how you acquired it”: Why Joe Bonamassa is hitting the brakes on his vintage gear collection
After decades of amassing hundreds of guitars and amps, the gear-obsessive blues virtuoso is finally slowing down.
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Jason Richardson on leaving All That Remains: “There’s just a lot of things on the business side that I was not happy with at all”
The guitarist also says he’s “still cool” with the members despite the decision.
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Inside the heavily modded – and blowtorched – Fender/Warmoth hybrid Joe Perry calls his “desert island guitar”
“I can pretty much do anything on that guitar.”
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“One day, my mom went to Costco and was like, ‘They’ve got these guitars on sale. Let’s get it for your dad’”: Kiki Wong on how a cheap Yamaha and a Metallica classic changed her musical trajectory
Wong went from playing piano and classical music – to shredding, metal and Metallica
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“He is truly one of the best players in the new generation”: Matteo Mancuso names the emerging virtuoso that you need to know about
This emerging Italian guitarist has become one of Mancuso and Steve Vai’s favorite shredders
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Zakk Wylde leads all-star Ozzy Osbourne tribute at the BRIT Awards – with the help of Robert Trujillo and Robbie Williams
Four Ozzy alumni, and a British pop hero, united for a white-hot performance of No More Tears
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“Was it a total, Excalibur-level experience? I don’t even know how to articulate that”: Myles Kennedy on holding Eddie Van Halen’s Frankenstein guitar
The Alter Bridge musician reflects on the gear that shaped their latest album at 5150 Studios.
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DOD Badder Monkey review: much-memed pedal gets a bananas reissue
The inevitable Bad Monkey reissue may be a barrel of laughs up front – but there are some seriously a-peel-ing sounds within
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“Steven grabbed it and wanted to throw it out into the audience. I had to wrestle him for it”: That time Joe Perry had to rescue a broken guitar from Steven Tyler in the middle of an Aerosmith gig
The guitar almost met a gruesome end before Perry stepped in