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Back to the Future cast reunites in plea to locate long-lost iconic film prop

Michael J Fox, Christopher Lloyd and Lea Thompson all appear in a new video

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“People are infatuated with heavy solidbody guitars for no real reason. It was a fad, a myth; the more mass, the less it can vibrate and the more the strings have to vibrate, which may be true”: How Rick Derringer helped create the B.C. Rich Stealth

Passed first to Tokai and then Gibson, Derringer's futuristic, edgy, and uncompromising vision eventually found a home with B.C. Rich

Guitar World

“8am one morning there was a knock at the door. It was a cop and he said: ‘Do you have a red Gibson guitar SG model?’ I just handed it to him”: Pat Travers owned three Gibsons by the age of 16 – his luck would not last

The Canadian rocker explains how he went through three Gibson builds in two short years

Guitar World

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“Warm, woody tones and a beautiful vintage character”: PRS celebrates the launch of the first humbuckers with the 40th Anniversary McCarty SC56 – a limited-run, traditionally-styled troublemaker with bags of charm

The latest addition to its 40th-anniversary releases, the time-machine axe tips its hat to luthiery innovations from the year Paul Reed Smith was born

Guitar World

“Cinema's most influential guitar hasn't been seen in 40 years”: The guitar from Back to the Future's iconic Johnny B. Goode scene has been missing for decades – now Gibson has launched a worldwide search for it

The guitar, rented from Norman Harris, was used for Marty McFly’s influential Johnny B. Goode performance, but it hasn’t been seen since

Guitar World

“My guitar was busted up on the flight – totally destroyed. When I got to Nashville and told Dan Auerbach, he said, ‘Try something new’”: After her beloved Gibson was ruined on a flight, Valerie June found new inspiration in this iconic acoustic brand

She was in the market for a new guitar following her beloved Clyde's demise – and, thanks to the Black Keys' guitarist and vocalist, she managed to find her perfect match

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“The owner refused to believe me and called me a liar. Then I realized the craziest thing...” This luthier was offered the chance to buy a ’90s Les Paul, but something didn’t feel right –it turns out he had the ultimate proof to hand

The guitar was brought into George Parfitt’s guitar shop, but a deep dive into the instrument’s history led him to a baffling discovery – and a powerful illustration in not trusting serial numbers

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Harley Benton’s latest affordable build is a sub-$230 solid top dreadnought that looks destined to become a key player in the beginner budget acoustic market

Featuring a solid Sitka spruce top alongside a pickup system and built-in tuner, there’s a lot to enjoy for just $228

Guitar World

“I really like using small amps in the studio. It’s an old Led Zeppelin trick, right? But they just sound pretty incredible”: How Samantha Fish used raw amp energy and some “wild, funky, weird little guitars” to make her new album come alive

Paper Doll is the sound of Fish unleashing the riffs and working a newfound confidence with her vocals, and it has some seriously sizzling tones

Guitar World

"It’s certainly worth considering against the start-point of the Gibson USA Les Paul range. The lines are getting blurred.": Epiphone Inspired by Gibson Custom 1959 Les Paul Standard Reissue review

Epiphone chases the flame of the world’s most coveted electric guitar

Guitar World

“Whole Lotta Love was clearly the track that everybody would go to. That riff was so fresh — and it still is”: A classic interview with Jimmy Page

The Zeppelin legend spoke to Total Guitar's Chris Bird in 2020

MusicRadar

“Dazzling specs, million dollar looks...”: Entry-level price? Harley Benton’s HBJ-45E SBK is a vintage-inspired dreadnought acoustic with onboard electronics, a solid Sitka spruce top and it is crazy affordable

The name HBJ-45E SBK does not drip off the tongue but with that old-school aesthetic, a solid Sitka soundboard, it's could become a household name for beginner players

MusicRadar

“This is the guitar you’ll pick up once – and never want to put down”: Kramer ups the ante with the Volante – a tricked-out S-style with Gibson-designed US pickups, AAAA quilt maple veneer and a re-engineered neck joint to enhance sustain

Kramer's high-performance range expands with a super-versatile double-cut with dual-humbucker or humbucker/single-coil configurations, Floyd Rose vibratos and speedy necks as standard

MusicRadar

“It was so secretive that I, as a curator of the Met, had no idea what was actually there”: One of the world’s finest guitar collections has been kept under wraps for decades – now it’s been donated in full to the Met

The collection has been in the works since 1987 and is now set to be displayed in a permanent gallery that charts the instrument’s influence on American culture

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“CBS ran an ad that said, ‘6 million people have heard the sound of his guitar. Let us introduce you to him…’ That made a huge rift”: Barry Goudreau was there from the beginning of Boston –but has regrets about how things ended with Tom Scholz

Gibson wielder, who always preferred Marshall to Scholz’s Rockman brand, recalls being edged out but not caring at first, until it led to an angry split and legal repercussions

Guitar World

“It's probably this year's greatest metal guitar so far, even if it lacks the pointy edges to prove it": Jackson Pro Series Lee Malia LM-87 review

The most-anticipated metal guitar of 2025 is here but is it worth getting all offset about?

Guitar World

“Compact and handcrafted charm with concert-ready charisma”: Gibson’s Parlor Rosewood EC offers a downsized, single-cut take on the SJ-200 shape beloved by Brian May and Johnny Cash

The small, cutaway-lavished acoustic is built to be a worthy travel companion without limiting the size of its sound

Guitar World

“To be in this band, you’ve got to be able to play solos and straight-ahead blues, and be something of a bass player, too, to cover the low end guitar-wise. It’s hard to find someone who can do all that”: The resurrection of GA-20

Everyone’s favorite bass-guitar-free, Boston-based blues trio debut a new guitarist and drummer on their latest EP, Volume 2 – but all this change took them back to their roots

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“Epiphone has a few things they want to release...”: Alex Lifeson's iconic ‘Whitey’ Gibson ES-355 featured on almost every Rush album – and an affordable signature version could be in the works

Alex Lifeson's iconic “Whitey” ES-355 featured on almost every Rush album – and an affordable signature version could be in the works

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“I gave the Nocaster to Stevie. I'd catch him playing it. Years later someone paid a million dollars or something for it”: Jimmie Vaughan on his three favorite guitars – and the story of the megabucks Fender he gave to his brother

The Texas blues maestro takes a trip down memory lane and pulls out three desert island six-strings

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“The effects of these sudden and unpredictable tariff actions will have a long-term effect on musicians worldwide”: Guitar industry leaders to meet with Trump in a bid to avert “devastating” impact of tariffs

Many small-to-medium producers could go to the wall

Guitar World

“A huge Achilles heel with the non-traditionals”: What’s the hardest part about designing a fresh guitar? According to Novo Guitars, it’s probably not one you’d expect

This particular component accounts for “80%” of a new design's success, according to Novo’s Travis Tingley and session ace JD Simo

Guitar World

“Tokai’s LS series are probably the best-built Les Paul-style guitars that have ever come through my shop”: How the Japanese guitar market came of age with ’80s Fender and Gibson clones – some that would rival the originals

You can’t tell the story of the Japanese guitar industry without the story of the clones – Keith Anderson of Japanese specialist Gas Station Guitars explains the history of the high-quality knock-offs that made its reputation

Guitar World

“There's something really magical about it”: Bon Jovi's Phil X on why he prefers single-pickup guitars – and his one-of-a-kind neck pickup 'mods'

Some guitarists just don’t think a neck pickup is needed, but Phil X reckons he has science on his side for his single-pickup preference

Guitar World

Played by everyone from Magic Sam and Otis Rush to Stevie Ray Vaughan, Robbie Robertson, Noel Gallagher, and Robben Ford, the Riviera remains Epiphone's semi-hollow superstar

The Riviera played a crucial role in Epiphone's evolution through the New York jazz clubs of the 1920s, '50s electric blues, to today’s vibrant, diverse scene – and it might be the brand's GOAT

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