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“The Janie’s Got a Gun solo had a ratty sound. I had a Chet Atkins signature guitar plugged into a 15-watt Marshall practice amp... the producer said, ‘It sounds terrible’”: Joe Perry on 50 years of Aerosmith, and what it takes to nail his “working tone”

As Aerosmith call timeon their stellar 50-year touring career, Perry joins us to reflect onwhathe’slearned about guitar along the way – the tones that work, the tones that don't, and the invaluable lesson he learned from Keith Richards

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“I’ve probably had an equal number of guitars stolen as what I’ve sold”: Joe Perry names the desert-island pickup that nobody talks about, explains why there are no bad tones, and makes an appeal for the cheap guitar he foolishly sold and wants back

Aerosmith and Hollywood Vampires’ swaggering six-stringer runs through his many exploits, leading a hundreds-strong collection of unique, vintage and always usable guitars

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"If you were playing with two other rock bands, you wanted to be the band that people remembered when they walked out": How Aerosmith got their wings and flew

With their label ready to drop them after a so-so first album, Aerosmith clung on, dreamed on, and recorded a second that gave them lift-off: Get Your Wings

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“I wrote that riff on the Fender six-string bass. I saw Peter Green with Fleetwood Mac pick one up. I thought, ‘I’m gonna get one’”: Joe Perry on how he ditched his Les Pauls and Strats to write an Aerosmith classic

Perry had been eyeing the Fender Bass VI for quite some time – which turned out to be the perfect instrument to write 1976's Back in the Saddle

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“I doubt there’s going to be another Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page or Eddie Van Halen”: Joe Perry on why the age of the guitar hero might be over – even though the instrument still has a bright future

Perry is confident there's more to explore on the fretboard and players will continue to push the boundaries of guitar music – but the individual feats of guitarists might not be viewed in quite the same way

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“He played a solo that I thought was not great. I said, ‘I feel like you could do better!’”: What Rick Rubin told legendary guitarist Joe Perry during the recording of Run-DMC and Aerosmith’s mega-hit collaboration Walk This Way

The famous producer recalls the making of a groundbreaking classic in an interview with Rick Beato

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“The decline of America’s biggest guitar companies during the ’70s was essentially a hangover from the over-ambitious reaction to the Beatlemania-inspired guitar boom of the ’60s”: Why the ’70s was a time of innovation and folly for guitar gear

The ’70s gets a bad rep from some guitarists but it's too easy to say this was a bad time for Gibson and Fender and that's the story. There were some real treasures and technological breakthroughs

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“Jeff would sound like Jeff no matter what you put him through. That was his test for me, too. I was 23. I was so scared, but I passed the test”: Carmen Vandenberg and Rosie Bones explain the joy and challenge of playing with the late, great Jeff Beck

In 2019, Jeff Beck broke with tradition and looked for a vocal record to complement his peerless playing, and he looked to Bones UK for collaborators. Here, Vandenberg and Bones look back on a life-changing collab

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“I was in the studio, and the phone rang. It was Lou Reed. I’d never met him. He called me, saying, ‘I saw a picture of you with this guitar…’” Joe Perry on Aerosmith’s roaring ’70s, writing Dream On – and being a B.C. Rich early adopter

It was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the ‘70s, the era of TV set defenestration, and Aerosmith got bigger, it began to fall apart. Here, Perry looks back on the decade that made them (and near broke them)

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“I saw a kid holding that guitar out for me to sign it. But the train was already moving… I’m thinking, ‘Man, I gotta get the kid’s number to see if I could buy it back’”: Joe Perry on the one guitar he regrets selling

It's not a rare vintage instrument by any means, but for Perry, the sentimental value of the long-gone guitar is priceless

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"It was important for us to press the reset button": Joe Perry on touring with Kiss and the making of Aerosmith's Honkin' On Bobo

With a back-to-basics blues-oriented just recorded, Aerosmith in 2003 were more determined than ever to let the music do the talking

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Celebrity birthdays for the week of Sept. 8-14

Celebrities having birthdays during the week of Sept. 8-14 include singer Pink, guitarist Joe Perry of Aerosmith and radio and TV personality Tavis Smiley

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"If they were to take X-rays, you'd see that his joints have taken a serious beating": What AC/DC means to me, by Aerosmith's Joe Perry

Joe Perry pays tribute to the longevity of AC/DC, who first toured with Aerosmith in 1978

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From boogie hooks to alternate tunings and experimental 10-string riffs, Joe Perry’s mastery of the fretboard is often taken for granted – here are 14 ways to incorporate his signature style into your own playing

Simply unbutton your shirt, wear your guitar low, and walk this way for a masterclass the Aerosmith guitarist's signature style

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"Their signature sound comes from a unique concoction of heavy metal, rock, blues and funk elements – all brought together by the alchemical musical alliance of guitarists Joe Perry and Brad Whitford": 5 Aerosmith songs you need to hear

As one of rock's greatest bands retires from touring, we look at where to start with their musical legacy

Metal Hammer

Stars from across the world of rock pay tribute to Aerosmith after the iconic band announced their retirement from touring

Brian May, Slash, Sammy Hagar and more hail Aerosmith's legacy as Steven Tyler's vocal cord injury leads to retirement

Guitar World

“We have made a heartbreaking and difficult, but necessary, decision”: Aerosmith retire from touring due to Steven Tyler’s vocal injury – and say a full recovery is “not possible”

The American rock institution have canceled the remaining dates on their farewell tour following Tyler’s vocal injury last year

The Independent UK

Aerosmith retire from touring due to Steven Tyler’s vocal injury: ‘Heartbreaking’

Tyler announced last year that he had ‘fractured his larynx’ and the band now say a full recovery is not possible

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“A perfect example of interpretive genius from a visionary guitarist”: The 20 greatest guitar cover versions

We asked, you voted, and the results are in, with a top 20 covers list featuring Guns N' Roses, Aretha Franklin, SRV and Joe Bonamassa. But who was voted number one?

Guitar World

“Leo Fender got it wrong and Hendrix corrected it”: Richard Fortus explains the simple tweaks used by Jimi Hendrix and Joe Perry that improved the Stratocaster beyond its original design

Fortus has made the two relatively straightforward adjustments to his own signature Strat-style guitar, as he believes they both vastly improve a Stratocaster's tone

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“I think Leo Fender sort of got it wrong, and Jimi Hendrix corrected it”: Richard Fortus explains how Hendrix and Joe Perry improved the Stratocaster’s tone by flipping it upside down

Back to front or upside down, whichever way you look at it, Fortus says Hendrix's reverse approach is the secret to “piano-like low-end” and Aerosmith's Perry was paying close attention

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“Billy Gibbons pulls out this big-ass yellow 17-string bass and he’s like, ‘Okay, we’ll play it for a song, right?’” ZZ Top’s Elwood Francis on teching for Joe Perry, lying to Steve Vai – and the curse of playing that viral 17-string bass

The gear-trashing DIY enthusiast once had to choose between Vai and Joe Perry, before being fired and rehired by Guns N’ Roses –in a matter of days

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“You can hear the influence of those riffs on Guns N’ Roses, but I’m sure it’s not a conscious thing. It’s in our subconscious, ingrained in our DNA”: Richard Fortus on how Aerosmith changed his life, and what he and Slash learned from Joe Perry

The GNR guitarist and Aerosmith super-fan explains what makes Joe Perry one of rock guitar's GOATs and the influence he and Brad Whitford had on him, sonically and sartorially

Guitar World

“Ican put an amp up and 10 minutes into the show it’ll be on fire. It’s just how Joe rolls”: The secrets behind Joe Perry’s awe-inspiring guitar rig by our man on the inside, guitar tech Darren Hurst

He has been putting Perry's live rig together since 2019 and with the Aerosmith juggernaut ready to pull in for good, Hurst is spilling all the secrets, from string gauge and intonation to gain stacking...

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“I’ve heard Jimmy Page liked my attention to detail. So do the work, kids – it pays off!” From Joe Perry to Sheryl Crow, Audley Freed has played with the greats – but nothing beats jamming with Jimmy as part of the Black Crowes

The Gov’t Mule, Joe Perry and Jakob Dylan collaborator has come a long way since starting out on a “magnetic” toy guitar

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