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“That song ended up being my homage to Jimmy Page... There’s this Celtic thing that we were tapping into. Like the Bert Jansch recording of Blackwaterside”: Rich Robinson on The Black Crowes’ triumphant second act

“It's the season of brotherly love,” says Robinson, as the once volatile Atlanta, Georgia rock legends return – but the ’Crowes are still flying by the seat of their pants

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“Gibson said, ‘We really can’t reproduce that wah effect,’ so they went to Chandler and bought all of the ones they had in stock”: Joe Perry on how Jimmy Page inspired his custom ‘90s Black Burst Les Paul Standard

A doozy from the Gibson Custom Shop that inspired the Aerosmith man's signature model, this single-cut is hot-wired for a tone that sets it apart from garden variety Les Pauls

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“It was a $25,000 guitar. He said, ‘Just pay me back for it later, when you can afford it.’ And I did!”: How Greta Van Fleet's Jake Kiszka met the Beloved – the ’61 Gibson SG Les Paul that became his talisman

With Gibson releasing a signature model inspired by his SG, Kiszka explains how he found his dream guitar – and admits he is a dangerous man to take guitar shopping

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“You hear the ‘Lowden effect’ immediately – even the simplest of chords seems to ring for days”: Lowden GL-J 2026 review

Ed Sheeran’s acoustic builder introduced its first production electric model to the lineup in 2018. We check in on its progress

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$96,000 for an Epiphone acoustic? Noel Gallagher’s signed Wonderwall EJ-200 smashes pre-auction estimate

As seen in the video for Wonderwall, and signed by the Chief himself... but maybe the Inspired by Gibson Custom SJ-200 presents better value?

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“My friend’s mom told Harry Nilsson, ‘You gotta hear him play!’ I played and he asked, ‘What are you doing next Wednesday?’”: Val McCallum’s accidental introduction to session work

He’s worked with Jackson Browne, Sheryl Crow, Lucinda Williams, and others, but doesn’t regard himself as an in-demand studio guy. The gearhead lists some of his favorite tools, including a Tele Custom he didn’t expect to like

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“A lightning bolt just hit me from above. I really did feel like this was sort of a divine intervention. It was everything that I was looking for”: Gibson unveils signature SG for Greta Van Fleet’s Jake Kiszka

The Greta Van Fleet guitarist's signature SG is based on his battle-scarred '61 Les Paul SG and comes with an extra backplate signed and stamped by Kiszka

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“The neck is as thin as Gibson could go without the liability of it snapping”: Jake Kiszka talks us through his new Gibson SG signature, a devilishly thin-necked beast built to galvanize the next generation of rock kids

The Greta Van Fleet and Mirador guitarist gets a loving tribute to The Beloved with his first-ever signature model

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“There were two camps. I came out of the Yardbirds camp – the Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck kind of things”: Why Todd Rundgren chose to play Gibsons over Fenders

Rundgren initially aligned himself with the Yardbirds guitar heroes, though would branch out in later years

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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 it and it’s my friend forever. If I had to, I’d f**k it”: 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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“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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“I thought I’d got over my Mk.gee-inspired Jaguar hype, but Fender has sent me spiraling down the rabbit hole again”: All the guitar gear that caught my eye this week – including the most futuristic Epiphones ever created

Big drops from Fender, Gibson, Marshall and more headline the round-up this week

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"Modeling tech has gotten so good I doubt many guitarists would be able to tell the difference": Analog vs. digital rig build challenge - here’s how two very different players would spend $2,500

One player puts his stake in tubes and pedals; the other in IRs and FRFRs. We gave them both $2,500 to build the ultimate mid-tier rig

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“Sometimes you’ve gotta use popsicle sticks and put it on some low-budget scaffolding to get it to work”: Joe Bonamassa on how best to set up P-90s – and what sets them apart from humbuckers

Bonamassa has explained the difference between humbuckers and P-90s, as more big names are drawn towards the “best of both worlds” option

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“For King, there was nothing particularly special about the show… It would go on to rank among the best live albums of all time”: The life and times of B.B. King

To celebrate the King of the Blues' centenary, we rewind the reels of a life story that’s equal parts pain and redemption…

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One of our favourite Les Pauls just got more affordable as Gibson gives limited run Double Trouble the Studio treatment – but is it the more versatile guitar?

Okay, so you lose the body binding and the case is soft, but the Double Trouble Studio has Ultra Modern weight relief, push/pull coil-taps, and there is a considerable saving to be had

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“The essential Les Paul concept, refreshed for today’s musicians who want something more personal”: Gibson gives the Les Paul Studio the Double Trouble treatment

Following last year’s Les Paul Standard Double Trouble, the pickup covers are off for a gorgeous workhorse

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“Woodstock ’94 was overwhelming… I was in awe at how many famous people were in one place”: From touring with Aerosmith and Metallica, to filling Geddy Lee’s shoes, they were the ’90s Seattle band that did it all –without taking the grunge tag

Candlebox guitarist Peter Klett owns up to having a big ego in the early days, recalls hitting the road with Rush, and the magical demo session for Far Behind

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“Bold by design, built for modern guitarists”: Epiphone gives Gibson designs a fierce and affordable modern makeover with all new Futura series

Stainless steel frets make their Epiphone debut alongside new ProBucker Ignite humbuckers and color-shifting finishes, as Epiphone offers modern specs for $899 apiece

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“I thought, ‘That’s the guitar Mike Bloomfield played…’ I just had to buy it”: The mistake that led Robben Ford to buy his first great instrument –and how Miles Davis and Jeff Beck took him to the Strat

As Ford returns with Two Shades of Blue, the Californian guitar legend drops by for a video lesson and to talk all things guitar, from his adventures with big-box jazz models to Strats

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“She had no idea this was going on. They came out with this guitar case and said, ‘Close your eyes.’ We opened it up, and she turned beet red”: Joe Perry on how the most romantic thing he has ever done involved a custom-painted guitar

The Aerosmith icon tells GW about the time he surprised his wife, Billie, with a Lucille inspired by WWII fighter pilots

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“A piece of rock and roll history”: Guitars gifted, played and modded by Eric Clapton, Eddie Van Halen and Keith Richards are all going to auction – and expected to sell for more than $1,500,000

Elvis Presley’s Viva Las Vegas acoustic also features the lot expected to smash into a seven-figure total

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“The SG sound is very unique – it forces you to play to what you’re hearing”: Warren Haynes on the mid-’90s SG behind his early Gov’t Mule tone

It was July 1994, and Haynes was on the cover of GW with Dickey Betts and an early '90s '61 SG Reissue. He explains what happened to the guitar – and why he had it in the first place

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“A guitar that sits at the intersection of love, collaboration and some of the most influential songwriting of the late 1960s”: The 1913 Gibson used to write Here Comes the Sun and Let It Rain – owned by Eric Clapton – is now up for auction

Alongside the Clapton/Harrison acoustic, one of Ace Frehley’s Les Pauls from Kiss’s peak popularity era is also included in the auction

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