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Special guest Bob Dylan performs in concert during Farm Aid at Ruoff Home Mortgage Music Center on September 23, 2023 in Noblesville, Indiana
Bob Dylan has another new mystery guitar player in his band – and fans think they know who it is

By Phil Weller Published

Dylan kickstarted his latest tour with another new band member supporting him

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Matt Cameron playing guitar with Is This Real?
No matter what Soundgarden’s future holds, Matt Cameron’s love of guitar continues

By Eva Walker Published

Inspired by Neil Young, the drummer was strumming before he was hitting. He’s responsible for some of Soundgarden’s heaviest riffs, although he admits the band’s future is up in the air

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Rory Gallagher in 1975, onstage with his number one Strat, holding court with the audience.
Rory Gallagher – the man, the myth and the legendary tales from the road

By Jamie Dickson Published

As his autobiography hits shelves, Dónal Gallagher gives us an insight into the real Rory Gallagher: the road warrior, guitar hero and artist who never slowed down

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Chuck Berry performs live with a Gibson ES-355.
What set Chuck Berry’s playing apart, according to his son

By Jonathan Horsley Published

Chuck Berry Jr. says his father had the biggest hands. Thumb-to-pinky, it was nearly an octave reach, and it made him a natural at a certain technique

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Dave Stewart spreads his arms out wide as he performs live with a custom black Stratocaster.
Dave Stewart on his partnership with Annie Lennox and favorite Eurythmics guitar moments

By Henry Yates Published

Guitars are up-front and center of new solo album, The Way It Was Before, but as Dave Stewart explains, the guitars were always there in the Eurythmics sound

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Musician/songwriter Emily Wolfe performs onstage during a Love & Lightstream drive-in concert benefitting Austin's music community at the Haute Spot on November 1, 2020 in Cedar Park, Texas.
How Emily Wolfe ended up with the Epiphone that’s defined her career – after missing out on her dream Gibson

By Phil Weller Published

Going for a cheaper alternative has been a life-changing compromise

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ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons [left] performs in front of some Magnatone amplifiers; a classic shot of Prince performing live, bathed in purple light.
Billy Gibbons on his epic late-night guitar summit with Prince

By Jonathan Horsley Published

The ZZ Top frontman admits he only recognized just how gifted Prince was as a player when he saw him bring the house down at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Awards

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Joe Satriani and Steve Vai, both mid-solo, both playing their signature Ibanez guitars.
Steve Vai and Joe Satriani relied on guitar plugins for their new collaborative album

By Jonathan Horsley Published

The Sea of Emotion is unmistakably the work of Messrs Satch and Vai. But this time out the amps took a backseat

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Left–Roger Waters performing live on stage at the O2 Arena on May 11, 2011 in London; Right–James Hetfield of Metallica performs at Levi's Stadium on June 20, 2025 in Santa Clara, California
Roger Waters slams James Hetfield following controversial comments at The Sphere in Las Vegas

By Janelle Borg Published

Waters tore into James Hetfield's musicianship and after the Metallica frontman dissed artists who use their platform for political statements

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John Mayer performs live for SiriusXM at The Stephen Talkhouse in Amagansett, New York on August 26, 2026
Test your John Mayer knowledge with our quiz

By Jackson Maxwell Published

John Mayer’s virtuosic playing has crossed almost every genre imaginable, and his changes in gear register on the Richter Scale. But how well do you know this titanic pop/rock figure?

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