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“I got this for half the price it was worth… I felt kind of bad about it”: Kirk Hammett bought Neal Schon’s Les Paul for so little that he offered it back to his hero

The guitar sold for a five-figure sum, but Hammett feels it was a bargain

Guitar World

“I felt kind of bad about it because I should have paid a fair price”: Kirk Hammett felt so guilty about buying Neal Schon's Les Paul on the cheap that he called him to ask if he wanted it back

Some might have thought that this was the bargain of a lifetime, a Factory Black '57 Les Paul with P-90s, and it was. And that was the problem

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“Very few people know these exist, and this one may be the only surviving version that is fully intact”: A 1960 Les Paul Custom in Cherry? This vintage stunner was once owned by Neal Schon – and it might well be a true unicorn

It may look like a ‘70s survivor, but this Les Paul Custom is one of six from a limited 1960 run

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Was Neal Schon the godfather of ’80s glam metal? Tracing the surprising origins of Mötley Crüe’s seminal Looks That Kill riff

We time-travel back to the era of zebra stripes and ripped jeans to investigate the mystery of Crüe’s Looks That Kill and the riff that changed the world

Guitar World

From Cream and Velvet Revolver to Them Crooked Vultures and Temple Of The Dog, these are the best supergroups in rock history

Some supergroups just aren't worth the sum of their parts. These are the exceptions

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“It turned out to be the worst time to do an auction – his guitars really undersold”: The celebrity guitar auction where guitars did not sell for what they should have

Big money changed hands during the 2021 Neal Schon mega-auction but some collectors – Joe Bonamassa included – believed it was “brutal”, and he should have got a lot more

Guitar World

"We all dropped acid and went to see Yellow Submarine. I couldn't stop laughing the whole movie." An unusually candid Neal Schon comes clean on drugs, errant frontmen and the future of Journey

The long, strange trip of Journey's Neal Schon

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"The production is so polished and shiny that magpies tried to steal my stereo every time I pressed play." Supergroup Bad English's debut album is a perfect time capsule of late-80s AOR

The million-dollar lineup of John Waite, Neal Schon, Jonathan Cain, Ricky Phillips and Deen Castronovo piles on the gloss

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“I feel like I get one lawsuit served every week”: Neal Schon sets the record straight on claims made by Journey singer Arnel Pineda that he was pressured to go on tour against his will

The band has since postponed at least two shows, citing “illness within the Journey band camp”

Guitar World

Journey delay final tour citing ‘illness’ after tensions between band members emerge

Guitarist Neal Schon has denied preventing singer Arnel Pineda from quitting the band.

The Independent UK

"I kind of did that on purpose, because there's just so much fake AI stuff going on." Journey's Jonathan Cain admits to deliberately misleading fans over Steve Perry return

Life continues to be interesting in the Journey camp

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“When the song was done, I turned to everybody and said, ‘I think this song is going to be massive’”: Don't Stop Believin' is Journey's signature song – now, the guitar that was used to record it has been sold for over a quarter of a million dollars

Neal Schon's 1977 Gibson Les Paul Pro Deluxe was part of the historic Jim Irsay auction

Guitar World

“I completely understand why people would hope for that. The music we created together means a great deal to me too”: Journey fans think legendary singer Steve Perry is going to rejoin his former band on their farewell tour – but he’s having none of it

Steve Perry responds to rumours that he’ll be rejoining Journey for their final tour

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“Getting a Germanium Boy into Brian May’s hands pronto is a top priority”: Dirty Boy’s pedals are loved by the likes of John Frusciante and Neal Schon – is the Queen guitarist next?

The future’s bright for the boutique guitar and pedal brand. Its CEO tells us its story so far and why he believes he has just what Brian May needs for his tone

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“I don’t know if I’d call them guitar heroes, but there are players with amazing dexterity that can pretty much play anything – and quicker than the human ear could possibly hear!”: Journey’s Neal Schon says that “classic guitar records” still matter

"You need more than just guitar thrills – you need an overall artistic statement"

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“We were recording Michael Bolton’s version of (Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay. And right next door was Steve Cropper, who wrote the song with Otis Redding and played on the original. I was kind of nervous!”: When a legendary guitar hero got the jitters

It was a recording that could have led to Bolton joining Journey

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“Journey wanted to make a musical change. Next thing I know I’m in Denver, Colorado with Neal Schon and we wrote our first song together that night”: How Steve Perry became the voice of Journey and took the band to its peak – before he had to bow out

At the moment Perry joined, the band was in danger of being dropped by Columbia Records

Guitar World

“I’ve had many people hand me their guitars, and I’m like, ‘No, thank you’”: Rick Beato was offered the chance to play guitars from Peter Frampton, Larry Carlton and more – here’s why he turned them down

What would you do if Frampton handed you his black Les Paul? Beato? He handed it right back

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“I love John McLaughlin’s stuff, all those great Mahavishnu Orchestra records. There’s so much there musically. I just admire real musicians”: Journey guitarist Neal Schon on the band’s wild early days and the players who inspire him

"I had my jazz guys, I had my blues guys, my fusion guys"

The Independent UK

Going their Separate Ways: Journey announces farewell tour as band breaks up

Classic rock band is hitting the road for final time in February 2026

Louder

“It’s been an incredible ride”: Journey announce the dates for their epic Final Frontier farewell tour

The band will play 60 North American dates between February and July

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“He screams across from the bar, ‘What you doing, boy! Put that guitar down. Nobody knows my tuning!’” Journey’s Neal Schon on that one time he tried Albert King’s mythical Gibson Flying V

Schon cut his teeth playing the blues and jamming with some of the genre’s greats – including Albert King

Guitar World

“Decided to pick up my 9-string beast”: Journey’s Neal Schon shreds on a one-of-a-kind 9-string Ibanez

The Journey guitar hero has taken the Ibanez Custom Shop model for a spin across a series of Instagram videos

The Independent UK

8 bands divided by lawsuits: It's not just Jane's Addiction

Bands behaving badly

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“Van Halen were opening for us and they were killing us every night. But they were making us be a better band”: How Journey found Steve Perry and made Infinity, the album that set them on the road to superstardom

Journey were a noodling jazz-rock band with a cult following – until they discovered Steve Perry and made 1978’s Infinity

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