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Why Jeff Beck said no to replacing Eric Clapton in the Bluesbreakers: “He called my mum several times. She said, ‘That John Mayall sounds very nice!’”

Beck was asked to follow Slowhand’s footsteps out of the Yardbirds and into the Bluesbreakers before he decided to go solo

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“I was just stroking Hamer, to be honest!” Brad Gillis on the story behind his 1985 custom Hamer S-style

We revisit February 1989, when Brad Gillis and Jeff Watson of Night Ranger appeared on the hot-pink cover of GW

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Ritchie Blackmore reunites with Deep Purple for the first time in 33 years – watch him play Smoke on the Water

The rock guitar legend announced he’d hatched surprise plans to join the band on stage earlier this year

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Albert Lee reveals the guitar technique Eddie Van Halen was reluctant to try: “He said, ‘I can’t play on that!’ I said, ‘Yes, you can – you can do all that tapping!’”

Lee looks back on his days in one of guitar’s all-time greatest secret supergroups

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Is this the future of the S-style market? LsL Instruments shares first new model since Fender cease-and-desist – and it could be a sign of things to come

The family-owned guitar maker was the first to publicly confirm it had been targeted by Fender’s legal action – and it’s taking steps to offset the impact

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Guitar Center names its best-selling electric guitar strings – and there’s a surprise silver medalist

An industry staple claims top spot, but there’s a few surprising inclusions elsewhere in the top five

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Chris Shiflett plays Randy Rhoads’ Gibson ‘Quiet Riot’ Les Paul with Foo Fighters

He also got to play a host of other iconic guitars before the show

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“My hands just wouldn’t work... There was no way I could play the guitar”: You can’t keep a Stray Cat down – the triumphant return of Brian Setzer

With his autoimmune condition in remission, the Stray Cats frontman tells us he’s at 98%, but he sounds just as good as ever. He talks touring with Stevie Ray Vaughan and why he’s fallen for the Flying V

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Ritchie Blackmore to reunite with Deep Purple for the first time in over 30 years: “I changed my strings on my Strat, which I haven't done in over 25 years”

The last time Blackmore wielded his Strat with the Smoke on the Water legends was back in 1993

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“I expected everybody to be like, ‘Who are you to do this?’” Meet the Pink Floyd tribute band celebrating 50 years of Wish You Were Here by writing three new songs for the classic album

Floyd Nation has offered an alternate ending to the record’s “tragic” narrative. Guitarist Brendon McDonnell explains what compelled them to add to an iconic album – and why he isn’t trying to be David Gilmour

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“You have to get used to being the only one onstage, but there’s beauty in solo bass guitar if you're not afraid to look”: Solo bass pioneer Michael Manring offers his advice to entrants of the first annual Solo Bass Guitar contest

Finalists will compete for a haul of prizes including Phil Jones Bass amps, basses, effects, and other bass gear

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Fans call for Wings guitarist Henry McCullough to be honored with hometown statue: “He deserves to be recognized for the very unique person he was”

McCullough, who died in 2016, had a glittering solo and session career that saw him play with Paul McCartney and Joe Cocker

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“Fuzz pedals live or die on personality, and the Dirty Boy Jr. Fuzz has enough of it to justify a spot in an already crowded market”: Warm Audio Dirty Boy Jr. Fuzz review

Warm Audio teams up with boutique builder Dirty Boy to shrink the coveted Afro Fuzz circuit into a compact, wallet-friendly stompbox

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Why do PRS Guitars have a 25-inch scale length? Paul Reed Smith explains

The iconic guitar builder sought to differentiate himself from the likes of Fender and Gibson… and overhauled the specs of his early designs to do so

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MXR revives Dimebag Darrell’s favorite rack unit in pedal form – and Zakk Wylde’s already used it live with Pantera

Dimebag used the original Flanger/Doubler rack unit as an always-on tone thickener

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“Scratches the Dumble itch without a rockstar’s budget”: VHT D-20 Tube Amplifier Head review

VHT attempts to emulate the much-vaunted Dumble sound with this moderately priced all-tube amp

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“Once I got one of those pedals, it was just like, ‘That’s the sound.’ It feels like your amp is about toexplode”: Meet Friko, the Chicago indie darlings with guitar tones rigged to blow

Pairing one-off pedals with lunchbox amps, Korgan Robb and Niko Kapeta's second album is a masterclass in atmosphere

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Peter Frampton met one of his favorite new guitar players at George Lucas’s birthday party: “It was weird looking out and seeing Harrison Ford and Steven Spielberg looking back at us”

They both played guitar solos in front of Han Solo. Then, they joined forces on Frampton’s new album

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“Every artist that has played it goes crazy about it – it has been owned by two legends for a reason”: Up close with the Les Paul Custom that both Paul Kossoff and Eric Clapton owned

Dubbed the ‘Fretless Wonder’, the Les Paul Custom waltzed onto the scene in 1954. This particular mid-’50s model found its way into the hands of two guitar heroes

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Angine de Poitrine on why they’re one of 2026’s biggest success stories: “It would be presumptuous to think that it’s only about the music”

Guitarist Khn shares his theories in an exclusive interview with Guitar World

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"A high-quality alternative that may not only suit you better, but could also save you a stack of cash": Sire Larry Carlton L7dx review

With a reputation for quality on a budget, Sire shows us what it can do beyond entry-level guitars

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16-year-old guitar prodigy blows America’s Got Talent away once again with crushing cover of Muse hit

Nene Royal nailed the classic bassline and dished out a feast of guitar solos

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Billy Strings plays show wearing a helmet after being hit in the head by object on stage: “Maybe I shouldn’t have come back”

The bluegrass virtuoso wasn’t taking any risks when he returned to the stage in Indiana

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D’Addario admits generative AI was used in controversial string demo video: “We got this wrong”

The string maker has come under fire for a product demo video that features music created using Suno Studio

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“I was set up in the garage with Rick Rubin. Tom picked up my Broadcaster. He just started playing that rhythm. That’s what ended up on the record”: Mike Campbell on 5 classic Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers tracks recorded with his Fender Broadcaster

Campbell's 1951 Broadcaster was integral to that Heartbreakers sound – no matter who was playing it

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