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. @TheRealPhilX : “Jon @BonJovi called, and he said, ‘Hey. We need you’” - the session supremo on his signature @FriedmanAmps and joining 'Jovi
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New issue on sale now. We visit Nerdville, California to watch Joe Bonamassa hand-pick some of the treasures from his vast guitar collection!
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Grammy Awards criticized over "15-second" Eddie Van Halen tribute
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Pickup lines: the tonal secrets behind 1954 @Fender Strat pickups
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. @Fender celebrates 60 years of the Jazzmaster with 3 new limited-edition guitars
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RIP EVH
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. @ernieball Music Man celebrates 25 years of the @stevelukather Luke with 25th Anniversary LIII
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We're 500 issues old today! Very many thanks to all the contributors to the magazine over the years and readers who have been following us since that heady mid-1980s era when it all began. New issue is out now, packed to the rafters with news, reviews and interviews.
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“I hate to say it, but non-musicians – who are the majority of the listening world – are not going to remember guitar solos”: Kirk Hammett says it doesn’t matter how good or flashy a solo is – most people are going to forget them anyway
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. @TheRealSambora returns to @OvationGuitars to launch new double-neck acoustic guitar
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This guitar is built out of concrete – and the results are, well, heavy
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Everything you need to know about @Fender Wide Range humbuckers
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Brit songsmith @JamesBayMusic is auctioning a signed Victory V40 in aid of @TeenageCancer - place your bids here:
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Recordings exist of Tony Iommi and Eddie Van Halen jamming at a Black Sabbath rehearsal
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Bernie Marsden pays homage to Albert, BB and Freddie King with his first solo album since 2014, Kings
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“I was playing at three times the speed that I normally play at”: Pete Townshend resisted buying “heavy metal” guitars for decades – but he just got his first Jackson at the age of 78… and loves it
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Joe Bonamassa explains why he uses 7 amps live: “What's the point of playing guitar if you can't be loud as hell?”
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Heritage Guitars unveils the Core Collection H-150 Artisan Aged
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Peter Green, Fleetwood Mac co-founder and British blues icon, dies aged 73
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“It’s the most money I’ve ever paid for a guitar in my life: over $400,000. But what’s a Flying V worth? It’s worth what someone’s willing to pay for it”: Joe Bonamassa opens the gates to Nerdville and shows off the most prized guitars in his collection
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“If you walk through a Guitar Center, you see an awful lot of $300 guitars. If I’m a serious musician, it doesn’t feel like the right place for me anymore”: Guitar Center’s new CEO explains why the firm’s future must prioritize premium guitars
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Steve Vai: “I could never play like him… Only an idiot competes with Eddie Van Halen”
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. @SRVOfficial ’s 1951 ‘Jimbo’ @Fender Nocaster is going under the hammer
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“The sound is pure ’Burst”: a 1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard known as ‘Miss Swiss’ has come up for sale – with an asking price of $450,000
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“Steve Vai is the only guitarist who could play my parts. I’m totally psyched for this”: Robert Fripp gives his blessing for a new King Crimson supergroup, featuring Steve Vai, Adrian Belew, Tony Levin and Danny Carey
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Look who popped into the studio with some outrageous vintage @gibsonguitar Les Pauls today - Bernie Marsden!
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“The worst condition I’ve ever seen”: A lost Gibson Les Paul Junior from the 1950s has been found in a near-unsalvageable state – and it could be a first-year model
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. @Fender lifts the lid on Roasted Ash Stratocaster, Telecaster and P-Bass guitars
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. @PRSGuitarsEuro unveils limited-edition Whale Blue satin quilt finish for SE @MarkPeriphery guitar
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Conspiracy theorists share schematic for “5G chip” they claim is implanted in COVID-19 vaccines – only it's actually for the Boss Metal Zone
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Brian May and Arielle pose with a copy of the feature about the new BMG Arielle guitar in Guitarist.
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Steve Vai is planning an entire album of 8-string instrumental guitar
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More @gibsonguitar 'Les Paul' SG madness - all guitars here original '61-'62 models...what a family!
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Yngwie Malmsteen announces “extreme” new album, Parabellum
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Epiphone unveils 'Inspired by Gibson' J-45, Hummingbird and J-200 acoustic guitars
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Gibson introduces elegant 60th Anniversary Les Paul SG Custom Shop models
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Wolfgang Van Halen to run EVH Gear alongside longtime EVH tech Matt Bruck
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“An amazing opportunity for more players to experience the spirit of Greeny”: the Epiphone Kirk Hammett ‘Greeny’ Les Paul is finally here – complete with a Gibson headstock and a price tag to match
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Joe Bonamassa's slide playing takes center stage on Edgar Winter’s new Johnny Winter tribute track, Mean Town Blues
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Happy World Guitar Day! Dive into a host of guitar lessons, interviews and gear guides. More to come throughout the day! Tell us what the guitar means to you using the hashtag #WorldGuitarDay
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“I was blown away by how it sounded”: After 30 years of Marshall stacks, Slash has switched to Magnatone – and a “killer” new signature amp is in the works
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Eddie Van Halen's 1986 Kramer Custom, used on the 5150 tour, goes up for auction
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Like all-mahogany acoustics? @GabrielleAplin talks about her @MartinGuitar 000-15 in Guitarist Presents Acoustic http://t.co/giA4E8Jqij
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The history of Gibson's electric archtops
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RIP Dan Smith, @Fender 's visionary former head of R&D. Our thoughts are with his friends and family.
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Guitar Center removes Fulltone products from stores and websites
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This electric guitar is made entirely of matchsticks
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“An instrument with class that could still appeal to the most technically driven shredders”: Bruno Mars’ signature Fender Strat tips the cap to his six-string icons Jimi Hendrix and Prince – and it’s one of the finest artist builds we’ve seen
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Billy Gibbons announces new “raging rocker” solo album, Hardware, unveils first single
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“We’ve arrived at something that’s really special”: Gibson launches Jimmy Page’s ultra-exclusive Collector’s Edition 1969 EDS-1275 double-neck signature guitar – a meticulous, $50,000 recreation of an enduring rock ’n’ roll symbol
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