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Mateus Asato with a mystery Fender

Mateus Asato pictured with mystery Fender offset – could this be his new signature model?

By Jonathan Horsley published

We all thought that Asato's switch to Fender would bring us a Strat or a Tele. This offet is something else entirely

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The Beach Boys on the Andy Williams TV Show in October 1965 and (inset) Glen Campbell playing a Stratocaster during a 1965 Beach Boys show

From Pet Sounds to playing Brian on tour, Glen Campbell’s hair-raising tenure as the Beach Boys’ guitarist

By Matt Parker published

He became a country icon, but for a stint in the mid-’60s, Campbell was a Beach Boy

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Bill Frisell in his element, onstage with a guitar

“I don’t know if I got better or worse”: Jazz legend Bill Frisell reflects on his guitar journey at 75

By Henry Yates published

Veteran jazz man Bill Frisell toasts his 75th birthday with a stellar lineup and questing new album, and the hope that maybe he's getting better...

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Blues hero Larry McCray pictured with his Gibson Les Paul

Larry McCray on his Albert King-inspired Flying V, touring with Gary Moore and his life in three guitars

By Mark McStea published

The blues comeback king tells his life story via the medium of three guitars that he can’t live without

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Rogers Stevens

How a young Blind Melon made it big with No Rain

By Andrew Daly published

Channeling Dickey Betts and using different gear paid off for the band in 1992. But it wouldn’t have happened if their label hadn’t been so supportive, guitarist Rogers Stevens says

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Left–Slash performs live playing guitar on stage at the Gibson Night of 100 Guitars centenary concert at Wembley Arena in London on 26th June 1994; Right–Bob Dylan with a Strat circa 1990

When Bob Dylan invited Slash to record with him

By Janelle Borg published

Not only did Slash walk into a room full of legends, but Dylan also asked him to rip out a solo à la Django Reinhardt...

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Mike Campbell of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers performs on stage at United Center on August 23, 2014 in Chicago, United States

How Mike Campbell ended up reconnecting with a classic piece of Heartbreakers gear

By Janelle Borg published

Turns out, the missing piece of his ideal tone was closer than he thought...

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The Eagles perform on stage in Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1975. (L-R) Glenn Frey, Joe Walsh, Bernie Leadon

When the Eagles’ founding guitarist knew it was time to leave

By Matt Owen published

Bernie Leadon left the band amid a changing lineup and creative differences

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Adrian Smith and Richie Kotzen pictured with their Jackson and Fender guitars at soundcheck

Richie Kotzen and Adrian Smith on absurd volume, improv and how long a solo should be

By Jamie Dickson published

We meet Smith and Kotzen pre-show to talk gear, their new album Black Light/White Noise, and find a pair whose chemistry makes this a hard-rock project with legs

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Walter Trout takes a solo on his 73 Strat.

“You could scrape that guitar, smoke the residue and get strung out”: Walter Trout’s life in three guitars

By Mark McStea published

The Strat-addicted bluesman describes the three guitars he couldn’t, can’t or won’t live without

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