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“Helped define Oasis’ sound”: Bonehead and Gem Archer both get signature Epiphones – and they’re recreations of 2 classic Oasis guitars

A gift from Noel Gallagher and a legendary 1984 Riviera helped shape the Oasis sound. Now, both are back as new signatures for the band's two loyal guitarists

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“When I go, ‘Let’s try a Marshall,’ and we put it in, I go, ‘I don’t like that!’ Marshalls hurt my ears these days”: Ricky Byrd on tracking with Joan Jett, his Franken-Tele that sounds nothing like a Tele, and how sobriety has improved his playing

Byrd has seen the world of rock ’n’ roll go through changes, but one thing he’s stuck with is his “tricky” approach to playing – and he’s full of optimism for the future

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“A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to own a piece of history”: Jim Irsay’s billion-dollar guitar collection is going to auction, with legendary instruments from Kurt Cobain, Eric Clapton and David Gilmour up for grabs

With a wealth of record-breaking guitars among the collection, it promises to be the biggest guitar auction event of all time

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“I got a text saying, ‘Bruce would like to send you something…’” The vintage guitar Bruce Springsteen sent Jeremy Allen White so he could learn to play

White went into the project having never played guitar. He ended up learning on something rather spectacular, thanks to the Boss...

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“I bumped into one of Queen’s techs. He said, ‘Steve, come down to the studio – the lads would love to see you’”: How Steve Howe ended up playing on a Queen track

The prog legend was asked to channel a flamenco icon for the spontaneous guest spot

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“It’s fun to have shreddiness, but even my dad would say the best solos are the ones you can sing”: Wolfgang Van Halen reveals the Mammoth guitar solo that was inspired by Smells Like Teen Spirit

The Nirvana classic embodies some soloing advice that Wolfgang once got from his dad, the late, great Eddie Van Halen

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“This guitar is simply too cool to not be released”: Noel Gallagher’s internet-breaking Oasis reunion Les Paul has been brought to the masses with a Standard launch

Months after the Custom Shop Murphy Lab reissue sold out, Gibson has brought back one of 2025's most talked about guitars

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“When I went to England in 1965 with this Strat, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page said, ‘Man, I didn’t know that kind of guitar could play the blues’”: Buddy Guy on showmanship, Sinners– and why he has unfinished business with the blues

Is Buddy Guy our greatest living blues guitarist? As his 10th decade approaches, we meet the master for a frank talk about passing the torch, the importance of a sip of cognac and his advice for Hendrix

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“I discovered that you need to be anxious – it keeps you motivated. I try to feed off the anxiety and play guitar”: The life and times of Brent Hinds, the visionary guitarist with a maverick style who made Mastodon a big beast of metal

Guitar World pays tribute to the late Brent Hinds, one of metal's wildest and most inventive players, who died on 20 August

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“Instruments that shaped metal forever”: The mystery Gibson SG Kirk Hammett played at Ozzy Osbourne’s last show is heading to auction – along with more than 150 other guitars from his collection

The SG was used to play a Black Sabbath cover at Back to the Beginning, and it’s headed to the auction block alongside some other choice picks from Hammett's collection

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“Boss’s claims of the pedal being artifact-free more than hold up. I’d have the confidence to gig with this and use it to avoid guitar changes”: Boss XS-1 Poly Shifter review

The Japanese giant's new pitch-shifting algorithm has been in its laboratory for years, but patience has proven a virtue with this small-but-mightily-usable stompbox

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“Experience premium tone anywhere”: Positive Grid’s $159 Spark NEO Core could be headphone amp you’ve been waiting for

The firm has issued a wired – and more affordable – version of its wireless headphone amp

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“Back to the Future has been the number one trending search on Reverb”: Epiphone Back to the Future ES-345s are being listed for up to $7,000 as scalpers strike the second-hand market

Punters are taking advantage of the hype surrounding the release by attempting to flip the sold-out guitars at extortionate premiums

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“You’re counting on each other, and that’s a great feeling. And if somebody screws up, there’s nothing you can do”: For John McLaughlin, it all comes back to Montreux – this is how he took his playing there to the 4th Dimension one last time

The six-string legend is signing off with a live album that chronicles one of the greatest shows of his stellar career, but his journey with guitar is far from over

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“I didn’t get the whole Telecaster movement”: Christone ‘Kingfish’ Ingram just landed his second signature Telecaster – but he wasn’t convinced by the Fender classic at first

The weight of its reputation persuaded Kingfish to give the classic single-cut a second chance

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“The JB has been the go-to pickup for guitarists across countless genres”: Seymour Duncan has retooled its Jeff Beck-backed JB pickup – and it might be your next Tele mod

The metal and blues-approved pickup has been given a single-coil-sized makeover, with the JB Jr. aiming to rectify classic Tele issues

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“It’s like, which kid do you love more? It’s really hard to say”: Guitar Center CEO reveals his favorite guitars he owns

Gabe Dalporto is a keen collector and player, as well as the CEO of the retail giant – and he’s got quite the collection

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“A counterpart to the legendary Hummingbird”: Kirk Hammett and Gibson have released the Raven – putting a horror-themed twist on the classic dreadnought design

The Edgar Allen Poe-themed acoustic has been dressed up for Halloween, and only 100 are being made

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“We put in everything but the kitchen sink…It sounded like a real monster”: How Geddy Lee created one of the most outrageous bass tones of all time for a Rush fantasy classic

The Rush frontman played a Rickenbacker 4001 on nearly every track from 1975’s Fly By Night, but found a new bass sound for the role of By-Tor

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“Extreme music expresses hardship and suffering – but we’re reaching towards joy”: Introducing Agriculture, the “ecstatic black metal” band who recorded their sophomore LP as the LA wildfires closed in

Ahead of the quartet’s US tour, guitarist Dan Meyer, guitarist/producer Richard Chowenhill and bassist Leah Levinson discuss the secret behind their prolific work ethic, meeting Joe Satriani and the making of a dream guitar

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“Tony was a very successful professionalguitarist who played for Frank Sinatra... he designed this guitar with Les Paul”: Through a Dumble it sounds “like Madison Square Garden” and it’s totally unique – meet Tony Mottola’s 1968 Gibson ES-355TDR

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“The ultimate anthem for guitar”: Viral troubadour pens ode to buying guitars – and catches the ears of Joe Bonamassa and Billy Strings

Singer-songwriter Jesse Welles, who has gone viral for tackling controversial topics and taking on the role of a modern-day voice of resistance, is uniting guitar aficionados with his love letter to the instrument

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“Can absolutely replace going the traditional route of a practice amp”: Positive Grid Spark Neo Core review

PG's follow-up to its first wireless amp-headphone solution for guitar gives players a massive price cut, but it doesn't get everything right

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“I’ve been trying everything I can to go on and do these shows, but it is just not possible”: Stray Cats cancel fall tour as Brian Setzer battles “serious illness”

Just days ago, the beloved rockabilly trio were forced to cancel the opening show of their tour due to Setzer's ongoing health issues

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“Whatever magic John brought to the Chili Peppers, I didn’t have that style of magic”: Dave Navarro was the odd man out when he replaced John Frusciante in the Red Hot Chili Peppers. But 30 years later, he has no regrets

Emerging from the wreckage of Jane's Addiction, Navarro turned down a spot in Guns N' Roses in favor of a band he felt more of a connection with. The resulting album, One Hot Minute, was polarizing, but the guitarist sees it as a “difficult but valuable” part of his career

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