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Junior Marvin recalls landing gigs with Stevie Wonder and Bob Marley on the same day – and how he was forced to make a life-changing decision
Although Wonder was offering a decade-long contract, Marley's camp had their eye on Marvin for over a year before the initial meeting was made
Ted Nugent weighs in on top guitarist lists and the unsung heroes who deserve more recognition
Ted Nugent names the guitarists he thinks deserve to be championed as much as Beck, Clapton and Page
Dave Natale has worked with Prince, Van Halen and The Rolling Stones – but Jeff Beck was the loudest player he ever mic’d up
The legendary front-of-house mixing engineer has been exposed to countless guitar tones across his career, but Beck's was one of the best – and certainly one of the loudest
Why TikTok is going nuts for a cheap tennis accessory
Put away those elastic bands – there's a far better guitar cheat code that could be the easiest way to replicate the tone loved by Phoebe Bridgers, Taylor Swift and Bob Dylan on a budget
Guthrie Govan has held tonewood tone tests in guitar clinics – and the results were unanimous
To prove his point, The Aristocrats' Guthrie Govan has two different models of his signature Charvel, identical in every way except for the tonewood
Michael Schenker celebrates his tenure with UFO with a new reimagined greatest hits record – and it features Slash
Michael Schenker's new album, My Years with UFO, marks the 50th anniversary of the guitarist's tenure with the British classic rock band
John Mayer is still using his tube amps at The Sphere – but you’ll never guess where he’s hiding them
Mayer is staying true to his usual crop of highly desirable guitar amps for Dead & Company's ongoing shows, but they've been hidden in a rather unusual place
Michael Anthony offers an update on the never-before-heard archive of unreleased Van Halen songs
Van Halen recorded every idea they had while in the studio, and it's all sitting in boxes of tapes just waiting to be unearthed
