“Something you’ll hear a lot of is, ‘Oh, you didn’t earn that relicing.’ But people who like it aren’t thinking of it like that”: The real reason why relicing is so popular, according to a Fender Custom Shop Masterbuilder
The pre-worn fad is sweeping the guitar community, but why do some deride the concept as ‘stolen valor’?
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“We continued being friends for 69 years. I don’t think there’s nobody living today that knew him as long as I did”: Bobby Rush salutes his old friend B.B. King
In his own words, Rush reflects on the brilliance of B.B. and what he learned from the King of the Blues
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“He rolled up with his guitar on his back and his Fender Deluxe in his right hand”: Mark Lettieri on his jams with John Mayer, and how they ended up working together on one of the biggest PRS shows in history
Three guitar greats needed a band, and Lettieri came to their rescue
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“It was a lot of trial and error with Dave – a lot of just trying to find out what worked, fine-tune it and then do it again”: Jimmie Vaughan on the Fabulous Thunderbirds’ Top 40 hit that got Al Bundy – and Hollywood’s – seal of approval
The year was 1986, London was calling for Jimmie Vaughan, where album sessions alongside Dave Edmunds led to a classic LP, and this is how it all went down