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Nuno Bettencourt [left] of Extreme wears a star-patterned vest and plays his Washburn N4 electric guitar onstage; Teen prodigy Taj Farrant plays his Kiesel singlecut during an afternoon slot at Lollapalooza 2024.

Nuno Bettencourt describes Aussie teen blues-rock phenom Taj Farrant as SRV meets EVH

By Jonathan Horsley published

Game recognises game...

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Joe Bonamassa, Tom Murphy and others examine a fake Les Paul

Joe Bonamassa and Gibson’s Tom Murphy join pro panel for video showing how to spot a fake Les Paul

By Jonathan Horsley published

Robert Baker puts a lot of guitar knowledge in one room to run the rule over a cheap and nasty counterfeit Gibson

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Metallica frontman James Hetfield performs onstage in front of drummer Lars Ulrich, and plays his Ken Lawrence custom Explorer-style electric guitar, nicknamed "Sun".

Ken Lawrence on how he became James Hetfield's luthier and made some of his most iconic guitars

By Jonathan Horsley published

How did a specialist in custom-built bass guitars end up making some of the Metallica frontman's most-famous electrics? As it turns out, with a twist of fate and his Mesa/Boogie connection

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“I’ll never forget meeting Jimi at that club”: Buddy Guy comes out of retirement to honour Hendrix

By Will Simpson published

Blues legend joins a throng of guitar heroes for ‘Experience Hendrix’ tour

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“Rick's not musical... at all”: Billy Duffy on how Rick Rubin ‘deconstructed’ The Cult

By Will Simpson published

Guitarist reveals working on Electric was “traumatic”

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Matteo Mancuso wears a white T-shirt and plays his Yamaha Revstar in Tobacco Burst live onstage during a soundcheck before his festival appearance at at Casa del Jazz, Rome.

“Pat Metheny is one of the best composers”: Matteo Mancuso – 10 albums that changed my life

By Jonathan Horsley published

The Sicilian virtuoso salutes Jimmy Page's stylistic adventurism, the compositional genius of Pat Metheny and Al Di Meola, and declares Jaco Pastorius “the Jimi Hendrix of bass”

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Gibson Custom Murphy Lab Eric Clapton 1958 Les Paul Custom Ebony

Gibson unveils Murphy Lab replica of Eric Clapton’s “Disraeli Gears” 1958 Les Paul Custom

By Jonathan Horsley published

The Cream of the crop for collectors, this forensic reproduction ships with a second pickguard signed by Slowhand and Lee, a custom Duck Brothers case and a lot of mojo

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Steven Wilson performs at the Royal Albert Hall: on a stage lit in purple, he plays his Fender Telecaster.

Steven Wilson promises no less than the reinvention of the “extended classic rock solo” on new album

By Jonathan Horsley published

The prog visionary says Randy McStine's solo is one of the highlights of an album that's animated by a grand musical ambition in the vein of Mike Oldfield and Pink Floyd

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Martin M-7 Johnny Marr

Johnny Marr says satin finishes have no business being on a guitar neck

By Jonathan Horsley published

Gloss is boss in Marr's book as he reveals his six-string pet peeve

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A still of Joe Bonamassa playing his 64 Greenburst Strat as he demos his new signature Seymour Duncan pickup set. Bonamassa wears a ballcap and a black hoodie.

Joe Bonamassa and Seymour Duncan put pre-CBS tones on the menu with “Greenburst” Strat pickup set

By Jonathan Horsley published

The hottest mod of the year? These replicate the same gray-bottomed single-coils in the ’64 Stratocaster that stopped Bonamassa in his tracks at Norman’s Rare Guitars

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