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“Big Cliffs Of Dover vibes”: Sophie Lloyd’s shred version of The Office theme takes the classic intro song into Eric Johnson territory – and we’re blown away by it
The British guitarist manipulates the TV classic into a complex guitar instrumental, laced with soaring highs and lighting fast shred licks
“Ran into an old friend”: Wolfgang Van Halen and Michael Anthony meet up for the first time in 20 years
The two Van Halen bassists reunited at Mammoth WVH’s recent show in Las Vegas
Gift great guitar tone this Christmas with a chunky $65 off the Positive Grid Spark amp - plus a free bag worth $60
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3 Les Pauls, 2 vocalists and 1 broken string: Slash, Billy Gibbons and Warren Haynes trade solos in a star-studded reprisal of Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Simple Man at Haynes' Christmas Jam
The storming live take features three solos from three Gibson Les Paul players – and they all sound completely different
“One of their absolute cheapest guitars”: This YouTuber played a beginner Ibanez at a sold-out arena show – and he didn’t even get to soundcheck with it
Travel delays meant Bernth didn't get his humble entry level Ibanez until after his band had finished their soundcheck – but that didn't stop him from using it to shred on stage
A digital detox in amp form: Orange’s OR30 is the must-try tube amp of 2023
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Three “God-like guitarists” join forces and stadium-conquering rockers channel their inner spy: This week's essential guitar tracks
Must-listen-to tunes from Guns N' Roses, Architects, IDLES, The Libertines, Devon Ross, Ryujin and many more
“I loved Hendrix – he was my first guitar hero... But seeing Stevie Ray Vaughan was transcendent. He made me understand Hendrix better”: Mike McCready says SRV helped him make sense of this Hendrix technique
“When he [Vaughan] did Voodoo Child, it was so bad-ass," McCready says. “He changed how I wanted to play, and if you listen to Even Flow, you can hear me trying to emulate his stuff”
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“A rare opportunity to own a piece of tone shaping history”: Wampler brought back the Tumnus using the same germanium diodes found on the original Klon Centaur – but it’s already sold out
A small stash of the Klon's elusive diodes were uncovered after “a massive hunt” – resulting in quite possibly the most authentic Klon clone ever
