“I played the songs for him, and he said, ‘No… I don’t think we can use any of that.’ I was like, ‘Right. Cheers’”: Damon Albarn rejected an entire album of Blur songs – and accidentally kickstarted guitarist Graham Coxon’s solo career
With eight solo records and four film scores under his belt, Coxon has looked back on the moment that led to his first solo record, 1998’s The Sky Is Too High
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“If I don’t accept what I have, I’m going to be mad for the rest of my life”: Peter Frampton on accepting his illness and continuing to play guitar
Despite his muscular disease, 76-year-old Frampton is determined to make music on his own terms.
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Federal court rules in favor of Dean Guitars in Dimebag Darrell Estate’s protracted legal dispute
Dimebag’s estate sued Dean Guitars owner Armadillo Distribution Enterprises in 2021 over breach of contract and trademark disputes
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“He got the same sound. It’s the way he played – it wasn’t his gear”: What happened when Brian May recorded with Black Sabbath – and played through Tony Iommi’s rig
The Black Sabbath legend weighs in on the ‘gear versus player’ debate
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“First impressions are dominated by the incredible color – holy smokes, it’s absolutely stunning in person”: Fender 75th Anniversary American Ultra II Telecaster
The Telecaster has a big birthday this year, commemorated by this golden wonder
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Napalm Death guitarist Mitch Harris launches TourFlip, a new platform to help artists streamline tour logistics
The platform allows artists and other industry professionals to connect for work.
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“This city didn’t just embrace the Telecaster, it helped define it”: Fender’s Telecaster 75th anniversary show might be the greatest assemblage of Tele talent ever
Held at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium, the Tele Town concert was highlighted by perhaps the most electrifying Telecaster jam of all time – featuring, to name a few participants, Jack White, Brad Paisley, Tommy Emmanuel, and John Osborne
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“I met this guy who worked at Peavey. He offered me some stuff, and I was broke…” The blue-collar amp that Tyler Bates used on all his albums with Marilyn Manson
Since the prolific player was gifted the amp, he’s never looked back
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Al Di Meola plays Jerry Garcia’s $11.5 million “Tiger” guitar live onstage: “It was emotional in a way I didn’t expect”
The legendary Grateful Dead guitar has already made another surprise appearance onstage following its record-breaking auction sale earlier this year.
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“I did 40 tours with it, and never had a problem. It’s my favorite guitar on the planet”: The underrated metal guitar that Nervosa’s Prika Amaral swears by
The pointed axe solves her biggest issues with Flying Vs, and it’s been her trusted globetrotting companion for years
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“Just the thing to fight back against the rise of amp modeling”: Two Notes Torpedo Captor X Plus review
Two Notes’ uber-popular tube amp companion just got even more powerful thanks to a swathe of additional features
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The history of pinched harmonics, divebombs and squeelies
Making your guitar make strange noises is, objectively, fun – as generations of guitar players have demonstrated
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Mick jagger says he “absolutely would love to tour” Rolling Stones’ new album Foreign Tongues
The record features one of late drummer Charlie Watts’ final recordings, a track titled Hit Me in the Head.
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“Purebred music-making machines”: EVH updates the Wolfgang Special line with baked maple necks and ’boards, and colors to dazzle
The Wolfgang Special Baked Maple comes in Floyd Rose and TOM configurations, while staying true to Eddie Van Halen’s shred-ready recipe
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“In the middle there’s this mesh we call ‘the ancient form of weaving.’ Sometimes we cross accidentally!” Ronnie Wood explains his guitar dynamic with Keith Richards at launch for surprise new Rolling Stones album
The album’s laundry list of star guest spots were top priority for the launch event Q&A, but arguably more interesting were the nuts-and-bolts insights into how the Stones have musically kept on, well, rolling, for well over 60 years
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“It started showing signs of the color changing… PRS brought it back to life”: This guitarist’s “baby” completely lost its finish – so PRS stepped in
The Hollow-Body II’s Blue Fade finish quite literally lived up to its name, but PRS went the extra mile when hearing about the instrument’s plight
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“We lost Rob in a car crash there in 1996, when he was driving back to the studio. After that, we didn’t go back. Not for a long time”: Mark Collins on triumph, tragedy, and the long-awaited return of the Charlatans
Collins explains why the Britrock survivors still believe in albums and real amps moving air, and discusses their return to the formative Rockfield Studios after three decades
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“He called me the night before he passed to tell me how much he loved it”: Posthumous Steve Cropper album announced, featuring some of electric guitar’s biggest names
The late Stax guitar legend has touted the star-studded affair as “the best record he’d ever made”
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“I was a teenager, so it was just fun. Pretty soon I was getting millions of views – it was crazy”: Laura Cox was a teen guitar sensation. Now she’s throwing the blues-rock rulebook out the window – and finding herself in the process
From the smallest screen in our pockets to the stage and studio, can anyone stop the French garage-blues prodigy from taking her rock sound to the to the masses?
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Rolling Stone names its 100 Greatest Guitar Solos of All Time – and the internet is doing what it does best: arguing over it
The magazine has published another definitive ranking of guitar greatness, and the debate has kicked off once again…
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The simple trick that adds sparkle to your songs: Nashville Tuning explained
David Gilmour, Keith Richards & Taylor Swift all do this…
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“A lot of Oasis-related gear has come up for sale… but there can’t be that many pre-CBS Strats that were owned by Noel”: Up close and personal with a ’63 Strat and ’70s Höfner Violin Bass with Oasis and Ocean Colour Scene connections
This 1963 Fender Stratocaster and 70s Höfner 500/1 violin bass guitar recently wentunder the hammer – and, as it turns out, these were Britrock unicorns for collectors