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Slash

“A rare opportunity to explore a unique side of his playing”: Slash hangs up his Les Paul for a 335 in the first taste of his solo blues album – a covers record featuring Brian Johnson, Billy Gibbons, Iggy Pop, Gary Clark Jr. and Demi Lovato

By Matt Owen published

Orgy of the Damned is one of the most eagerly awaited guitar albums of the year, and its lead single – a cover of a Howlin' Wolf classic recorded with AC/DC's Brian Johnson – has been released

Chris Stapleton

Improve your fingerpicking with this lesson in Chris Stapleton’s intricate acoustic style

By Stuart Ryan published

Following a spellbinding national anthem performance at the Super Bowl – and the release of his stunning signature Epiphone Frontier – we look at a Stapleton-inspired fingerpicking exercise with a few surprises thrown in

Chris Stapleton holds his new signature Epiphone Frontier acoustic guitar

Epiphone joins forces with country superstar Chris Stapleton for new, US-made signature Frontier acoustic

By Jackson Maxwell published

Outfitted with a double pickguard engraved with the classic Frontier lariat and cactus motif, the new signature acoustic will be built at Gibson's acoustic facility in Bozeman, Montana

Chris Stapleton

Watch Chris Stapleton deliver a fierce performance of Watch You Burn with a Squier Baritone Jazzmaster at the 2022 ACM Awards

By Matt Owen published

The track was written by the country star after a gunman killed 60 music fans at the 2017 Route 91 Harvest Festival

Carlos Santana and Chris Stapleton

Carlos Santana and Chris Stapleton team up for groove-infused, lick-laden new single, Joy

By Matt Owen published

Joy is the fourth single taken from Santana's upcoming album, Blessings and Miracles, which is set to arrive October 15

Jimmy Fallon (left) and Chris Stapleton perform together on the Tonight Show

Watch Jimmy Fallon play You Should Probably Leave with Chris Stapleton on the Tonight Show

By Jackson Maxwell published

With Stapleton's guitarist, Dave Cobb, unable to perform, the late-night host picked up his custom Gibson ES-335 to play rhythm guitar with the country star

[L-R] H.E.R. and Chris Stapleton at the CMT Music Awards 2021

Country guitarist Chris Stapleton joins H.E.R. for a spellbinding performance of Hold On at the CMT Music Awards 2021

By Sam Roche published

Watch the dazzling performance – in which the pair trade gorgeous vocal harmonies and silky guitar licks – in full

Fender '62 Princeton Chris Stapleton Edition

Review: Fender's '62 Princeton Amp Chris Stapleton Edition is a stunning, no-nonsense reissue

By Paul Riario published

The country star has his way with this unsung classic combo

NAMM 2019: Fender Debuts New ‘62 Princeton Chris Stapleton Edition

By Guitar World Staff published

The ‘62 Princeton Chris Stapleton Edition takes the much-loved hand-wired 6G2 circuit of the original '62 Princeton and recreates it.

Chris Stapleton Premieres "I Was Wrong" Live from 'Austin City Limits'

By Damian Fanelli published

Guns N' Roses Name Openers for Summer Tour

By Jackson Maxwell published

Guns N' Roses have revealed a number of the opening acts on their forthcoming "Not in This Lifetime" summer tour.