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    Author: guitarworld

    “He was backstage in the Marquee cleaning off his guitar and said, ‘Look!’ The paint was starting to come away in chips – he was almost crying”: How Rory Gallagher's 1961 Strat got its now-iconic relic’d finish

    Rory Gallagher’s 1961 Strat is as distinctive as its player, with its worn, battered, and bruised finish making it one of the most instantly recognizable…

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    guitarworld October 16, 2024
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    “I was quite enamored by Gretsch guitars. Over the years, I started to collect them – I probably own most of them”: Gretsch honors Depeche Mode icon Martin Gore with a stunning signature based on one of his prized vintage guitars

    In Tune with Martin Gore and His Signature Anniversary Center Block | Gretsch Guitars – YouTube Watch On Gretsch has continued its signature guitar hot…

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    guitarworld October 16, 2024
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    “Slash’s wife grabbed hold of the steering wheel because he was heading toward a canyon. We were in the back seat going, ‘Nooo!’” Jamie Moses on the wild ride of playing with Brian May, hanging with Slash and his time as Queen’s second guitarist

    From the second Jamie Moses laid hands on a cheap Silvertone guitar, a life in the music industry became his only aim in life. “You’ve…

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    guitarworld October 16, 2024
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    “Jeff Beck gave me his gold J Rockett Archer, based on the Klon. That can never leave”: Featuring a Joe Bonamassa wah and an overdrive gifted by Beck himself, Carmen Vandenberg’s pedalboard is a tour de force of tone

    When Carmen Vandenberg last spoke with Total Guitar she was still undecided as to what she wanted for her touring pedalboard – but what she…

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    guitarworld October 16, 2024
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    Jake E. Lee “fully conscious and doing well in an intensive care unit” after being shot multiple times

    Jake E. Lee, a legendary guitarist best known for his work with Ozzy Osbourne, and his band Red Dragon Cartel, was shot multiple times in…

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    guitarworld October 15, 2024
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    “What we have in common is that we don’t shred for the sake of it. In my case, it’s because I can’t!” Brian May on his unlikely guitar kinsmanship with Steve Cropper and Billy Gibbons

    Not content to rest on his (formidable) legacy, Booker T & the MG’s and Stax Records guitar legend Steve Cropper is still releasing new music,…

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    guitarworld October 15, 2024
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    “It’s probably impossible to prove, but it’s likely that the Martin dreadnought is the most recorded guitar in history”: How the Martin D-18 and D-28 changed the world –and became the definitive acoustic guitars

    It is no overstatement to describe the Martin dreadnought as the definitive acoustic steel-string guitar. A Martin dreadnought is probably the image that instantly appears…

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    guitarworld October 15, 2024
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    Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck and Eric Clapton may have been masters of ’60s lead playing, but Pete Townshend was the god of rhythm guitar –and he was just as unhinged on the acoustic

    Conjure an image of The Who’s axeman and songwriter Pete Townshend, and you’ll most likely picture him leaping through the air whirlwind strumming a Gibson…

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    guitarworld October 15, 2024
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    “He seemed to get so much out of so little, didn't he?”: Former Primal Scream guitarist Barrie Cadogan reacts to playing Rory Gallagher’s golden-era Gibsons

    Playing Rory Gallagher’s Gibson Les Paul Juniors and Melody Makers With Barrie Cadogan – YouTube Watch On If there’s one word that describes Barrie Cadogan‘s…

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    guitarworld October 15, 2024
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    “I worked on that crazy Fender Twin and never understood how it made such fabulous noise”: Stevie Ray Vaughan’s Twin Reverb amp, used in the recording of Texas Flood, Bowie sessions and live shows is up for sale… for over $600,000

    A 1967 Fender Twin Reverb, said to have once belonged to the late blues guitar great Stevie Ray Vaughan, has gone up for sale on…

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    guitarworld October 15, 2024
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