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“I handed him the guitar at the end saying, ‘You can keep that!’ And the next day it had millions of views”: Yungblud explains why he’s been giving away his new Epiphone signature models at shows

The punk-rock superstar says the idea to hand out guitars to fans came about by accident, after a clip of a fan playing his guitar on stage went viral

Guitar World · Sep 25, 2024

“You put a Flying V next to a Les Paul, next to a Strat, on the floor, it won’t do anything. It becomes something with the person who picks up the guitar”: Michael Schenker reveals the story behind his longstanding love affair with Flying Vs

The UFO guitarist recently signed with Gibson and revealed that a Michael Schenker signature guitar is in the works

Guitar World · Sep 24, 2024

“I was literally sat backstage playing it through a Twin Reverb and it sounded exactly like Pretty Vacant”: Yungblud on what it was like to play Steve Jones’ Sex Pistols Les Paul

The iconic punk axe was also recently played by Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong

Guitar World · Sep 20, 2024

“You hear two notes and you know who it is. What a unique thing he created. Without singing a note in his entire life – what a voice”: The life, times and twangin’ tones of rock ’n’ roll pioneer Duane Eddy

The good-humoured architect of twang died on 30 April, but his legacy is a guitar tone for the ages, forever evoking greasers, flick knives and hot-rods

Guitar World · Jul 30, 2024

“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

MusicRadar · Jul 26, 2024

“I’ve played some new Gibson and Fenders that really nail it”: Joe Perry says guitar making is as good now as it was in the golden era – and explains why you don’t need to spend $7000+ on a vintage Klon

The Aerosmith guitarist has a formidable stockpile of vintage gear but argues you that the new gear is just as good, and more affordable too

MusicRadar · Jul 5, 2024

“It was a half-hearted effort. I knew he would clock it”: Foo Fighters' Chris Shiflett once tried (and failed) to trick Joe Bonamassa into believing he had bought a genuine '59 Les Paul Burst

Chris Shiflett defied country guitar expectations and used the Les Paul on his latest country-tinged EP

Guitar World · Jul 3, 2024

“It has four solos, all of which are contenders for the greatest solo ever played”: This is the top guitar cover of all time, as voted for by Total Guitar readers

The winning cover has a quartet of masterful guitar solos, including one that was reportedly delivered with the help of a Zippo lighter...

Guitar World · Jul 2, 2024

“There’s something about thesound of those old strings on that old guitar, it’s special”: Wait, what!? Feeder’s Grant Nicholas has not changed the strings on his Jazzmaster for eight years

How fresh do you like your strings? On his '59 Jazzmaster, Grant Nicholas likes 'em deader than dead for that “real woody organic sound,” and it is his secret weapon in the studio

MusicRadar · Jun 11, 2024

“A brand-new Marshall and an Epiphone, if you dial it in right, can sound like a sunburst Les Paul through a vintage Bluesbreaker”: Joe Bonamassa explains why great tones are “much cheaper than people realize”

The blues ace and vintage guitar collector says you don't need expensive gear to get classic tones

Guitar World · Jun 6, 2024