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Jack White performs at Live from Detroit: The Concert at Michigan Central" on June 06, 2024 in Detroit, Michigan

Jack White unveils Thinline version of his wild Triplecaster – which was specifically requested by Kirk Hammett

By Janelle Borg published

The new addition to White’s roster of ever-evolving Triplecasters was demoed by Detroit-style guitar slinger Olivia Jean

Guitarists
Mick Ralphs performs with Bad Company in 1975. He wears a tiger-print shirt and plays a Gibson Flying V.

Remembering Mick Ralphs, the highly innovative founding guitarist of Mott The Hoople and Bad Company

By Amit Sharma published

The trailblazing English guitarist passed away on June 23 and left a formidable legacy, influencing the likes of Joe Bonamassa and countless others

Guitarists
Left-Bob Dylan performing on MTV unplugged at the Sony Music Studio in New York City on November 18, 1994; Right-mgk performs On NBC's "Today" at Rockefeller Plaza on June 20, 2025 in New York City

How Bob Dylan championed mgk – forming an unlikely friendship and artistic collaboration

By Janelle Borg published

Dylan even appears on the album teaser for Machine Gun Kelly's new album, Lost Americana...

Guitarists
Joe Bonamassa, Tommy Bolin, Ritchie Blackmore, Gary Moore

Glenn Hughes has worked with some of guitar’s all-time greats – now he’s named the best he’s ever played with

By Phil Weller published

The rock legend has revealed how he’s split the difference between two superlative players to claim the top spot

Guitarists
Irish musician Phil Lynott (1949 - 1986) of rock group Thin Lizzy, in concert, 1986

Former members of Thin Lizzy and Guns N' Roses guitarist Richard Fortus set to celebrate Phil Lynott's life and legacy at upcoming Dublin show

By Janelle Borg published

The Dedication To Phil Lynott concert will take place on January 4, and marks 40 years since the Thin Lizzy frontman and bassist's untimely death

Bassists
Peter Frampton and Paul Stanley 1975

Kiss’s controversial live album, Alive! didn’t just borrow its title from Peter Frampton – it features some of his gear

By Phil Weller published

The two artists were working in Electric Ladyland Studios at the same time, and Paul Stanley and co couldn’t resist tapping into their hero’s gear collection

Guitarists
Neal Schon

Journey’s Neal Schon shreds on a one-of-a-kind 9-string Ibanez

By Phil Weller published

The Journey guitar hero has taken the Ibanez Custom Shop model for a spin across a series of Instagram videos

Guitarists
David Lee Roth, Eddie Van Halen, and Sammy Hagar

David Lee Roth trolls Sammy Hagar over his ‘ghost of Eddie Van Halen’ claims

By Phil Weller published

The Red Rocker claims his former bandmate’s ghost showed him a lick in a dream, and he used it to write his latest single. Now Roth says he’s been paid a visit, too

Guitarists
Dave Davies, drum player of the British rock band The Kinks, on the stage of the Olympia Hall in Paris in 1964. (Photo by: Photo12/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Dave Davies on how You Really Got Me saved The Kinks, those Jimmy Page rumors – and what he really thought of Van Halen’s cover

By Andrew Daly published

The guitarist who paved the way for rock and metal distortion breaks down the truths and myths of the groundbreaking 1964 hit

Guitarists
American musician and lead singer Stevie Ray Vaughan (1954-1990) of the group Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, plays on stage with American bass guitarist Tommy Shannon during the Soul to Soul Tour on September 27, 1985 at Hill Auditorium in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

How Tommy Shannon broke a 7-year cycle of jail and halfway houses to record his most famous bassline with Stevie Ray Vaughan

By Chris Jisi published

Shannon played an Olympic White 1962 Jazz Bass tuned down a half-step to match Vaughan's Eb tuning

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