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The Latest Breaking News from Jeff Beck

From the Oxblood Les Paul and the Strat we all know and love to Beck's lesser-spotted favorites, here are the greatest hits from one of guitar's finest collections

Guitar World

Slash on his love of Les Pauls: “That Kris Derrig Les Paul came in the 11th hour when we were doing Appetite. It just sounded f**kin’ perfect – like a gift from on high”

The Guns N' Roses guitarist and rock icon talks about the guitars he treasures most – including buying and returning Joe Perry's Dark Burst LP – and reveals how his love for Les Pauls has inspired and shaped him as a player...

Guitar World

Vivian Campbell on Jeff Beck: “It was equally inspiring and depressing to witness him live. You go there thinking you’re a guitar player and leave realizing you’re a guitar owner!”

The Def Leppard guitarist pays tribute to a singular guitar talent, and explains why it wasn't just what Beck played but how he played and the idea behind it that made him great

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Joe Perry on his longstanding love affair with the Gibson Les Paul: “The neck is just right, the radius across the fretboard. It’s just an amazing thing they stumbled on”

The Aerosmith legend demystifies the myth of the vintage classics and discusses his own signature models, and just where the iconic single-cut figures in finding his sound

Guitar World

Jeff Beck – the lost interview: “There are many guitarists who can play like a typewriter. Technically they’re great, but that’s not my style”

In this interview from 1999, Jeff Beck talks candidly of how it might all end before staring a career downturn in the face and getting back on the horse with the spectacular Who Else!

Guitar World

Cory Wong on Jeff Beck: “I’m a diehard Strat guy. There are so many reasons why, but Jeff Beck was on that list of reasons”

In his own words, master of Strat funk Cory Wong remembers Jeff Beck and parses his genius approach to the guitar

Guitar World

How Jeff Beck and Seymour Duncan created humbucker magic with the classic JB pickup

While the classic Seymour Duncan SH-4 JB was never actually a signature pickup, without Jeff it may never have happened…

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15 Jeff Beck guitar lessons that will change the way you play

From whammy bar gargles through picking techniques led by the thumb, it's time to take a deep dive into the style of guitar's most original player

Guitar World

Queen's Brian May reveals his favourite guitarists of all time

Brian May names his favourite guitar players, and shares love for Nirvana's Kurt Cobain for "some of the greatest guitar music of all time"

Louder

Joanne Shaw Taylor on Jeff Beck: “He was my favorite guitar player – he made the guitar a different instrument”

Remembering Jeff Beck in her own words, Joanne Shaw Taylor speaks of a player who took the guitar to the edge and beyond

Guitar World

Watch Jimmy Page demo his most iconic guitar gear, including his Les Paul, the Telecaster that “built Led Zeppelin I,” and the Gibson double-neck behind Stairway

Led Zeppelin fans have been enjoying newly surfaced footage of Page playing through the most significant guitars and amplifiers from his playing career

Guitar World

Johnny Depp loving the quiet life in the British countryside

Pirates of the Caribbean superstar has purchased £13m estate in the south west

Wales Online

Johnny Depp shuns LA for quieter life in Somerset at his £13m estate which allows him to ‘just be me’

The Pirates of the Caribbean actor, 59, bought the 850-acre West Country estate in 2014

Evening Standard

Joe Bonamassa names 10 guitarists who shaped his sound

The king of modern-day blues-rock on "the greatest rock guitar player that ever was", who he considers "the Frank Sinatra of the blues" and "Immaculate Conception as a guitar player" – and why he regularly apologizes to Eric Johnson

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Joe Perry remembers Jeff Beck: “I was sitting with Jimmy Page, like two kids elbowing each other every time Jeff would play something!”

In his own words, the Aerosmith guitarist reflects on his hero – and that time he accidentally stole his fuzz pedal and paid him back with a Klon Centaur

Guitar World

Bruce Kulick names 10 guitarists who shaped his sound

The hard-rock guitar slinger names the unlikely influences behind a number of his best-known Kiss riffs, and the player he likens to "a race car champion with the soul of a great blues musician"

Daily Mirror

Johnny Depp shocks staff at Lincolnshire antiques shop as he makes surprise visit

Johnny Depp made a surprise visit to Hemswell Antique Centres in Hemswell Cliff, Lincolnshire, turning up unannounced by helicopter and leaving staff stunned

The Independent UK

Johnny Depp buys ‘quirky items’ after dropping into Lincolnshire antiques centre

The actor arrived at the Hemswell Antiques Centres by helicopter for a private tour after hours on Friday.

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Evening Standard

Johnny Depp ‘living in London’ after shunning LA

Johnny Depp has shunned America and is now living in London, according to reports.

Daily Record

Rod Stewart 'impatiently awaiting summer' as Edinburgh gig tickets go on sale

Crowds will be entertained by Sir Rod in the capital this June.

Daily Record

Rod Stewart 'honoured' as song picked to feature on King's Coronation playlist

The Maggie May singer has already confirmed that he will not be attending the Coronation concert.

Daily Mirror

Johnny Depp 'only guest invited' to Jeff Beck's private funeral alongside widow Sandra

Musician Jeff Becks and actor Johnny Depp had forged a close friendship, and previously went on tour just months before the musician's unexpected death in January 2023

Daily Mirror

Six early warning signs of meningitis you MUST know after huge rise in cases post-Covid

Meningitis cases are back on the rise following the lifting of lockdown restrictions after the pandemic - with musician Jeff Beck dying of the illness last month

Irish Mirror

Sir Rod Stewart says performing with guitar icon Jeff Beck was a 'privilege' in tribute

Sir Rod Stewart left a heartfelt tribute with a floral arrangement for his former collaborator, Jeff Beck, in which he sung the late guitarist's praises

Daily Mirror

Johnny Depp and Sir Tom Jones lead mourners at legendary guitarist Jeff Beck's funeral

Johnny Depp was the last person to perform with Jeff Beck before he died aged 78 after contracting bacterial meningitis. He was laid to rest in his hometown of Wallington, Surrey

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