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Vulfpeck’s Joe Dart on the priceless bass advice he got from Flea as a teenager
By Janelle Borg published
Dart’s ultimate fan dream came true when he received a letter from Flea in the mail

That time Eric Johnson shredded a custom Dean V – which had been built for Dave Mustaine to use on the Experience Hendrix tour
By Phil Weller published
The custom axe nods to one of Hendrix’s most iconic guitars and was used by the Megadeth frontman on the Experience Hendrix tour

David Gilmour sets the record straight on the Pink Floyd solo that accidentally got erased
By Janelle Borg published
The Pink Floyd guitarist reveals the track whose (one of many) solos got deleted amid the Animals recording sessions

The one time David Bowie ordered Earl Slick to swap his Fenders for Gibsons
By Matt Owen published
Slick went into the recording of 2003's Reality armed with a Telecaster, but his guitar of choice didn't cut it with Bowie

Andy Summers to explore the guitar’s impact on the world in globe-trotting docu-series
By Phil Weller published
Global Guitar finds The Police songwriter interacting with different musicians and cultures as he charts the instrument’s impact on the world

Nuno Bettencourt, Joe Perry, Steven Tyler and Yungblud pay tribute to Ozzy Osbourne with a medley of Prince of Darkness classics at the VMAs
By Phil Weller published
The rousing, all-star medley honored Ozzy in style

Jake E. Lee on how he has changed his playing – and gear – due to arthritis struggles
By Phil Weller published
The former Ozzy Osbourne shredder has had to change things up to keep on playing

How a 17-year-old guitar prodigy ended up with a vintage 1957 Goldtop from the foundation of a band she once hated
By Jonathan Horsley published
After Bella Rayne had her Number One Les Paul stolen, she was dead grateful that she had got over her dislike of the Grateful Dead

All the new guitar gear that has caught my eye this week – including the most extravagant acoustic you will see all year
By Matt Owen published
A $99,999 SJ-200, two Randy Rhoads tributes, and some visionary electrics from Ibanez – here are all the gear launches that you might have missed from the past seven days

Ibanez treats its best-selling nylon-string to a stunning exotic tonewood glow-up – and it gives Tim Henson’s signature model a run for its money
By Phil Weller published
Henson’s signature TOD10N has been wildly popular, with the standard-edition FR series now receiving a new aesthetic upgrade
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