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“I’m just like, ‘Oh my God. This is a compliment and a diss at the same time from Kirk Hammett!’” Tim Henson addresses Kirk Hammett’s mixed response to his ‘boomer bends’ comments

Hammett recently had his own say on the boomer bends controversy, questioning how accessible the Polyphia virtuoso’s style is for casual listeners

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“He goes, ‘You know, Joe, you’d be my favorite guitar player if you’d just divide by two’”: The playing advice Joe Bonamassa got from Leslie West – and why it’s finally paying off

Three decades later, Bonamassa is taking West’s pointers on board – and they’re making a difference

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“One of Eric Clapton’s guitars went for half a million dollars. I was, as I often am, in trouble with the IRS. I thought, ‘This is probably the time’”: Todd Rundgren’s love affair with Clapton’s Fool SG, and how he moved on after selling it

He rescued it from peeling-paint hell, restored it after the headstock snapped off, but was never fully happy with the psychedelic Gibson. Then a fan offered a happily-ever-after solution

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“I had just done 9 months with Joni Mitchell… But that whole Dark Horse tour was a really weird thing. George was uncomfortable being a band leader”: Robben Ford on the highs and lows of touring with George Harrison

Blues/jazz maestro Robben Ford reflects on his time touring with George Harrison in the fall of 1974

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“He reached under the sofa and pulled out this dusty old case. And he says, ‘Mark, I want you to have this guitar. I don’t play it anymore’”: Mark Knopfler on the treasured Gibson he received as a gift from a rock hero – which became his studio go-to

Last year, Knopfler parted ways with 120 of his prized instruments for charity, including much of the Brothers in Arms gear

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“There’s something here for all drive lovers. Bit of a game-changer, this one”: Crazy Tube Circuits Venus review

Crazy Tube Circuits takes on a classic tube overdrive pedal and makes it accessible and relevant for the modern ’board

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Metal guitars have officially gone mainstream – as pop star Kesha is the latest to don a Jackson Rhoads model

While Kesha has previously brandished Explorers, Les Pauls and Starcasters, she's ushering in a new era with the traditionally metal Jackson

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“I sold it to Bob Rock for the same amount I paid for it. Just after that, the ‘Slasheffect’ happened… he sold it for 15times what he paid”: Billy Duffy on the Les Paul ’Burst he sold on the cheap – and why player-grade beats all-original every time

Think of Billy Duffy and it’s Gretsch White Falcons, Les Paul Customs or maybe an LP Junior. Here he explains why these three iconic six-strings have been the tools of his trade for over 40 years

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“Cliff played guitar as well as bass – I picked up a few things from him that ended up on Master of Puppets”: Before Robert Trujillo and Jason Newsted, Cliff Burton set the musical bar for Metallica and established an indelible legacy

Cliff Burton’s playing style may have been an offbeat fit for the cutting-edge thrash of Metallica, but it worked perfectly

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“They’re humbuckers but have an amazing, almost Dumble harmonic range”: Keith Urban offers first look at his Tele-inspired PRS signature model

Urban saw John Mayer with his Dead Spec Silver Sky and set about designing a guitar that he too could use for a whole set – and it has an f-hole shaped after his tattoo

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“The director said, ‘Fine, why don’t you just mime in that case?’ So we did – and air guitar was born”: Have the origins of air guitar finally been found? Unearthed footage contests the Joe Cocker at Woodstock ’69 theory

A 1968 promo clip of English psych-rockers Rupert’s People suggests Hampstead Heath in London – not Woodstock – was the birthplace of air guitar

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“As soon as I saw it my heart jumped into my throat – I’d bought it from a trusted guy and I couldn’t imagine that he would have done something improper”: This 1960 Gibson ES-335 proves that there’s always something to learn from vintage guitars

Can you teach an old guitar new tricks? The jury's out on that. But an old guitar can teach you, just like when Dave Davidson picked up this vintage semi-hollow with a secret

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“It’s official. The age of touchscreen guitar amps is here”: This is all the new guitar gear that has caught my eye this week – and we might have a winner for the best new sub-$1k electric guitar of 2025

From next-gen desktop amps to a signature bass that celebrates a low-end legend, here are the essential gear launches you might have missed

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“Maybe that was part of the reason I had overlooked it before. It was so perfect and almost doesn’t stand out”: Alice Cooper’s new guitarist on why Glen Buxton is a seriously underrated guitar hero

The Alice Cooper Band’s Gyasi Heus argues that Buxton’s guitar is the essential ingredient in those classic Coop recordings – and the legend Bob Ezrin agrees

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"Crisply built and shines like a gem on the live stage": Taylor 314ce Studio review

An attainably priced “serious” Taylor with high-end touches

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Kirk Hammett’s mystery SG from Back to the Beginning was built by Gibson CEO Cesar Gueikian – and now it’s being auctioned off for charity

The one-of-a-kind metallic silver axe was used to cover a Sabbath classic and is being sold to raise funds for Gibson Gives

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“With him doing his own set – which I didn't think he should do – I didn't want him to get burnt out”: Tony Iommi reflects on Black Sabbath’s final performance, his concerns over Ozzy's solo set – and reveals the songs they rehearsed but didn’t play

Concerns about the show’s scheduling and drummer Bill Ward’s first Sabbath gig in 20 years cut Sabbath’s final set to just four songs. Iommi says there was a couple more in the tank

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“I just had a feeling. I didn't even play it properly. It had one dodgy jack lead, and I squeaked out two chords on it and I thought, ‘This is the guitar for this project’”: How Chris Turpin found the perfect foil for Jake Kiszka’s Number One Gibson SG

The Ida Mae and Greta Van Fleet guitarists came together and bonded over a shared love of the blues to form their new band, Mirador

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“Jon and I became friends. He came to L.A. when he was looking for musicians to join his band, but a couple of things happened...”: Why session legend Tim Pierce never joined Bon Jovi – despite recording their earliest hit

Pierce helped record a Bon Jovi classic but a few considerations made him unsuitable for the gig

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“I’m more interested in putting in stuff that I’m unfamiliar with and trying to be more than just the power chord. But I still end up back there, that’s the problem”: Stephen Carpenter shares his power chord addiction as Deftones announce new album

In a candid conversation with Zane Lowe, Stephen Carpenter and Chino Moreno describe how they search for soundscapes instead of songs – while Carpenter reveals his long-lasting guitar tone influences

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“It was a true surprise. And to be shouted out alongside Taj Mahal and Keb’ Mo’ to boot? That felt surreal”: Meet Jesse Williams, the Joe Bonamassa-backed singer-songwriter tackling the mountain blues

Raised on fingerpicking and the blues but now beginning to explore pedals, Williams explains why it’s worth remaining independent no matter the challenges

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“Something that really blows my mind is that before Wet Leg, Rhian didn’t know how to play guitar”: Wet Leg are one of the hottest indie bands on the planet – but leader Rhian Teasdale couldn’t play guitar until she started the band

Wet Leg have just dropped their highly-anticipated sophomore album, moisturizer, following a lauded performance at Glastonbury Festival

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“My friend calls and says, ‘I’ve got this customer. I need you to come down here right away. It's George Harrison'”: How Norman Harris helped reunite a Beatle with his long-lost Les Paul

The Lucy Les Paul was gifted to Harrison by Eric Clapton and used on a score of iconic recordings. When it was stolen, Harris came to his rescue

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“I try not to be Alex Lifeson from Rush… my days of shredding and playing like a crazy maniac are over. There are a million people on Instagram that do that now”: Alex Lifeson on throwing sonic curveballs with Envy of None – and why he’s all in on plugins

As Alex Lifeson launches the second album from his latest prog project, Envy of None, we delve deep into the mists of its sonic landscape

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“The Kennedy Center thing was a wild experience – being around that many famous people and shaking Robert DeNiro’s hand at the White House”: How Goose took flight to become the world’s hottest jam band

Rick Mitarotonda and Peter Anspach play without fear, reading the room, letting their improv instincts guide them. But those rooms are getting mighty big. Just how did a Connecticut jam band reach Madison Square Garden?

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