“I didn’t see it for 18 or 19 years. It disappeared, and it broke my heart”: Jerry Cantrell looks back on the guitar gift from Eddie Van Halen that went missing
Cantrell opens up on the nearly-two decade search to find his Van Halen Music Man
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Why Billy Corgan practiced guitar for years in total darkness
“I would get up in the middle of the night – and just learn how to play the guitar without seeing it.”
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“Every Gretsch from the mid-’90s onwards is a copy of one I had in my collection”: How Randy Bachman saved Gretsch after its factory burned down
Bachman became obsessed with collecting Gretsch guitars after his prized 6120 model was stolen in 1976
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“It can easily be seen as a gimmick, but it’s much more than that. As a guitar, it’s superb; as a MIDI controller, it’s uncanny”: Strandberg x Jamstik Chameleon review
Jamstik’s new MIDI pickup tech finds a home in Strandberg’s futuristic guitar design, but is it a match made in tonal heaven?
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“A unique symbol of punk’s emergence in the UK”: The Damned frontman Brian James’ iconic Gibson SG, the guitar that defined the sound of early UK punk, already set to exceed estimate at auction
The 1964 SG soundtracked the Damned’s first two records, and featured on the first punk single to ever be released in the UK
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“No-one believed in us. The manager said, ‘You can only play for a few minutes.’ The entire audience jumped up on their tables”: The story of Fanny, one of the world’s first all-female rock bands
Fanny never topped the charts, but they made fans of everyone from the Beatles to David Bowie – despite constantly having to prove they could play
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“What are you soloing over? You’re the icing on the cake. And I’m the cake!” Keith Richards on his enduring love affair with the guitar, the effects of arthritis on his playing, and why he’s still learning the instrument at 82
The Rolling Stones icon reflects on life as a rhythm guitar hero, the size of his collection, and how the restriction of five-strings and open tunings blew his mind
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“The record label hid my name in a very small font size behind the CD. It took a long time to find!” You may not know who played guitar on some of Avril Lavigne’s biggest hits. It was Corky James
The self-confessed late developer was in his 50s when his career hit its stride. He explains how he wound up working with Liz Phair, Demi Lovato, and more, and reveals the gear that got him there
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“I love this guitar so much – if something happened to it, I’d stop playing”: Fingerstyle phenom Laura Snowden on the guitar she can’t live without, how downtuning makes classical guitar “creepy” and what she learned from the great Julian Bream
The classical guitarist’s solo debut, This Changing Sky, is a breathtaking work that finds her exploring altered tunings in search of drama
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“When Ozzy approached me, there was an inner warning light that said, ‘Don’t do that’”: Why Michael Schenker turned down Ozzy Osbourne
Schenker was approached by the Prince of Darkness following the tragic death of Randy Rhoads
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Ronnie Wood announces new UK and Germany solo shows due to overwhelming demand
The Stones legend is heading to London’s O2 Kentish Town Forum and Cologne’s E-Werk later this year. All the details below.
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This Custom Amp Configurator from Sweetwater and Mesa Boogie lets you design the amp of your wildest dreams
Pick from over a dozen different amp models, and configure the wackiest colour combinations you can conjure. “Millions of possible combinations are available” – and ready to order for real.
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“I was so poor. I was pushing 50 years old. I thought, ‘I might have to get a job again’”: Guitar wizard Nels Cline was about to get a day job before Jeff Tweedy changed his life and asked him to join Wilco
Cline was about to look at alternative income streams before Tweedy came out of the blue and asked him to join Wilco
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These budget-friendly guitars just got even cheaper – check out all the Squier deals in Guitar Center’s Guitar-A-Thon sale
Get everything you need in a complete beginner pack, or grab a limited-edition model with unique finishes and features…
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“I wake up every morning thinking about what’s on my pedalboard” Adam Granduciel on his love of effects and the next The War On Drugs album
The guitarist and producer on why he loves Boss effects more than any others, his seven-chorus pedalboard, and why his band’s next album couldn’t have been done outside his home studio.
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“A lot of people say he sounds like Hendrix, but to me, he doesn’t really”: Prince’s long-time bassist on teaching guitar to the Purple Rain hitmaker – and why the Jimi Hendrix comparisons are inaccurate
In 1994, Prince changed his stage name to ‘O(+>’ due to contractual disputes with his label, and, amid the turbulence, he granted Guitar World access to his onstage inner sanctum