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Johnny Depp's Enjoying A New Career Outside Hollywood, And Even Alice Cooper Sounds A Little Jealous

Johnny Depp has been touring as a musician, and even a rockstar like Alice Cooper is jealous of his game.

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Derek Trucks has been tackling Beck’s Bolero in his own spectacular fashion – watch him nail Jeff Beck’s influential guitar tour de force

The slide virtuoso has been paying tribute to the late Stratocaster master with a string of sensational covers

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“The kids just went ape”: This menacing riff shaped the playing of Jimmy Page, Pete Townshend and Jeff Beck – and had a guitar tone so aggressive it was banned from the radio

Finally set to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame later this year, Link Wray was a guitar pioneer who – when he released Rumble in 1958 – made the instrument sound more dangerous than anyone before him

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“I think it's fairly impossible to be a guitarist without loving Steve Vai”: Nili Brosh names 10 guitarists who shaped her sound

The Ibanez-toting instrumental virtuoso shares her thoughts on “one of the best improvisers in the history of the instrument”, why Eddie Van Halen's rhythm playing is underrated and the shredder who “brought a new sound to the Shrapnel era”

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“I knew exactly what I wanted to do in every respect”: How Jimmy Page built Led Zeppelin from the ashes of the Yardbirds

Using knowledge gleaned from his time as a first-call session pro – and his brief but crucial tenure alongside Jeff Beck in the Yardbirds – Page formed a rock colossus from the ground up

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Squier treats its uber-affordable Sonic range to limited-edition colors – including the Jeff Beck-pioneered Graffiti Yellow

The successor to Fender's entry-level Bullet range arrived earlier this year – and now it's got some fresh new finishes

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Carmen Vandenberg is now playing guitar in Morrissey's live band

The Bones UK and former Jeff Beck collaborator has replaced Alain Whyte in the lineup for Moz's latest tour

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Jeff Beck said Stevie Ray Vaughan “was the closest thing to Hendrix when it came to playing the blues”: watch the two guitar heroes duke it out on Goin' Down

Filmed for MTV, this electrifying 1989 performance showcases the Strat titans' uniquely forceful playing

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Bassist Mo Foster, who played on over 400 albums and singles, dead at 78

Foster worked with Phil Collins, Jeff Beck and many others in a live and studio career spanning seven decades

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Session bass legend Mo Foster dies aged 78

The much-loved British bassist backed Jeff Beck, recorded with Phil Collins, and worked on two James Bond soundtracks

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“There were just ideas pouring out of him… then he got on that helicopter and took off”: The legacy of Stevie Ray Vaughan, and what could have been

How SRV followed Texas Flood, wrestled blues guitar from the club to MTV and became the guitar hero everyone wanted to copy – all before passing too soon

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The death of Ziggy Stardust, 50 years on: Bowie’s greatest act of iconoclasm and why it matters

It was a night that became mythic, but fans and friends of the star remember it in many different ways

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In celebration of Jan Hammer: so much more than great film and TV soundtracks

You might know Jan Hammer as the talented film and TV score writer, but he also redefined keyboard technique and performance

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Keith Richards and Eric Clapton worshipped her solos, and Elvis idolized her sound: how Sister Rosetta Tharpe became an electric guitar trailblazer

The story of the Gibson-toting guitarist who lit the fire on a six-string revolution that paved the way for rock ’n’ roll

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Billy Gibbons has an unfinished song he wrote with Jeff Beck called Chocolate Meatballs

Billy Gibbons reflects on his solo shows, life without Dusty Hill, and new life with Elwood Francis

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"I played a blues scale as fast as I could and he said, 'That's not fast, you're not a good guitarist'" – John Frusciante on his depressing encounter with a guitar teacher, and his teenage heroes Steve Vai and Adrian Belew

A new extensive interview with bandmate Flea reveals the iconic Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist's roots

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Johnny Depp breaks social media silence with sweet tribute to late 'brother' Jeff Beck

Johnny Depp paid a sweet tribute to his pal Jeff Beck who he calls his 'brother' on what would have marked the musician's 79th birthday

Guitar World

Steve Lukather voices support for the ‘tone is in the hands’ camp: “There’s no magic guitar, just magic people”

The Toto hero says he's played through both Eddie Van Halen and Jeff Beck's rigs, and came to the same conclusion both times: he sounds like himself no matter what he plays through

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Silver Sky meets Stevie Ray Vaughan and Jonny Greenwood goes stoner rock: this week’s essential guitar tracks

Fresh cuts from Baroness, The Smile, Slowdive, Cannibal Corpse, Rocco, Lance Lopez, Ichika Nito, Laurence Jones and a heck of a lot more…

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A Beck, Bogert & Appice live box set Jeff Beck was working on before his death will be released this fall

Live In Japan 1973/Live In London 1974 was remastered from recordings that had been sitting in Beck's vault for almost 50 years, and features the power trio's interpretations of Superstition, Going Down and more

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Neil Giraldo: “As much as I loved Jeff Beck, I never wanted to be him. I wanted to be Pete Townshend. I wanted to be the writer. I wanted to play chords”

Pat Benatar’s right-hand man (and husband) on how he wound up with Jeff Beck’s pickups, his singable guitar solos – and why being listed among the unsung greats ain’t so bad after all

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His playing took Eric Clapton’s breath away and David Bowie called him the most exciting guitarist since Jeff Beck: how Stevie Ray Vaughan became a blues guitar hero

Inside the rise of the Jimi Hendrix-worshipping Stratocaster master, who delivered some of the greatest solos and tones in guitar history

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The evolution of fuzz pedals: how the wildest drive of all conquered the radio – and our pedalboards

Unlike wah, flangers and chorus, fuzz has never gone out of fashion – it’s hip to be square

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Dave Mustaine thinks everyone has been using the whammy bar wrong – with two exceptions

“Whatever you do on the guitar with the whammy bar you should be able to emulate with your fingers,” says the Megadeth icon

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Eric Clapton announces UK & Ireland tour

Eric Clapton will play six UK and Ireland shows in May 24, and yes, two of them are at the Royal Albert Hall

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