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Stolen in ’72, returned in Feb, Paul McCartney’s original Höfner bass finally returns to the stage
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
Martin is giving up the Brazilian rosewood for Joe Bonamassa – blues star teases holy grail acoustic
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"?
“Proof you can fit guitar solos into perfect two-minute pop songs”: Towa Bird stars in the top five guitar albums of 2025
If you’re looking for that last-minute Christmas gift for the guitar player in your life, help is at hand!
Guthrie Govan makes the case for the all-digital guitar rig – and it’s all about the F-word
The Aristocrats virtuoso in residence demonstrated exactly why the Axe-Fx unit and Laney FRFR has weened him off tube amps
![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.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hcRVrVWpPRxr5HrsXuDAxW-840-80.jpg.webp)
Tim Pierce on why Jon Bon Jovi was destined for superstardom, and how he nailed his Runaway solo
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
“It was fun. He was a great player”: Mike Rutherford on his surprise collaboration with Eddie Van Halen
The bad news? “I can’t find the tape!”
Watch James Hetfield lead Metallica in a swampy blues version of fuel with a Danelectro Baritone
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
Kenny Wayne Shepherd on covering Hendrix, his fistful of Dumbles and the secret to great overdrive
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
