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Ernie Ball Music Man James Valentine Collection 2024: the lineup of high-end double-cuts has been refreshed with classic finishes and enhanced playability

Ernie Ball Music Man and James Valentine launch 2024 signature models: stunning, high-end, versatile

By Jonathan Horsley published

Refreshed in old-school colours for 2024, the new James Valentine models comprise dual-humbucker and classic single-coil/humbucker versions

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Paul McCartney and Ronnie Wood play the Beatles classic Get Back onstage at the O2 in London

Stolen in ’72, returned in Feb, Paul McCartney’s original Höfner bass finally returns to the stage

By Jonathan Horsley published

McCartney's triumphant finale to the Got Back 2024 Tour also featured fellow Beatle Ringo Starr on drums and a guest spot from Ronnie Wood

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Joe Bonamassa and Martin 000-45 Brazilian prototype

Martin is giving up the Brazilian rosewood for Joe Bonamassa – blues star teases holy grail acoustic

By Jonathan Horsley published

Martin and JoBo unveiled on a meticulous replica of his 1941 000-45 in November but might this be upstaged by a version with the "ultimate tonewood"?

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Towa Bird

“Proof you can fit guitar solos into perfect two-minute pop songs”: Towa Bird stars in the top five guitar albums of 2025

By Jenna Scaramanga, Amit Sharma, Jonathan Horsley, Phil Weller published

If you’re looking for that last-minute Christmas gift for the guitar player in your life, help is at hand!

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Guthrie Govan contemplates his work as he plays a solo on his signature Charvel electric guitar during his performance at the Café Iguana in Monterrey, Mexico.

Guthrie Govan makes the case for the all-digital guitar rig – and it’s all about the F-word

By Jonathan Horsley published

The Aristocrats virtuoso in residence demonstrated exactly why the Axe-Fx unit and Laney FRFR has weened him off tube amps

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Session guitar ace Tim Pierce wears a ballcap and poses with a Powers Electric guitar [left]; a young Jon Bon Jovi rocks Super Rock 84 on Bon Jovi's first tour of Japan. His shirt is open. His hair is big. And he has a red Fender Stratocaster slung low by his hip.

Tim Pierce on why Jon Bon Jovi was destined for superstardom, and how he nailed his Runaway solo

By Jonathan Horsley published

Sometimes rock history is settled by the fickle finger of fate. When Pierce was asked to help a young Jon Bon Jovi track his 1981 demoes, he ended up playing guitar on a Bon Jovi classic – a song that set its frontman on his way to the top

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Mike Rutherford

“It was fun. He was a great player”: Mike Rutherford on his surprise collaboration with Eddie Van Halen

By Paul Elliott published

The bad news? “I can’t find the tape!”

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James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett rock the crowd at their All Within My Hands fundraiser show in Inglewood, CA. Hetfield plays his legendary white Flying V copy, while Hammett plays his ESP "Mummy" KH Series signature model.

Watch James Hetfield lead Metallica in a swampy blues version of fuel with a Danelectro Baritone

By Jonathan Horsley published

In 2009, Hetfield told us that the Fuel era was all about loosening up and on Friday night at the Helping Hands charity gig he made good on it as Metallica reimagined Fuel, slower and lower

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Kenny Wayne Shepherd plays his signature Fender Stratocaster capo'd at the second fret during a 2024 performance at Los Angeles' Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall. He wears a wide-brimmed hat, black leather jacket and black T-shirt.

Kenny Wayne Shepherd on covering Hendrix, his fistful of Dumbles and the secret to great overdrive

By Jonathan Horsley published

Shepherd's tone on Dirt On My Diamonds Vol 2 is smoking hot, reference quality blues-rock, but like any master chef, it's all about the ingredients and how you use them

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CREAM 1967 Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker, Jack Bruce

“One of the best guitar solos ever!”: The Clapton classic that he called "wrong" but Eddie Van Halen loved

By Neville Marten published

The real story of Cream’s Crossroads

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