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Which guitarist should every beginner listen to?
Someone you know has just picked up the guitar for the first time. They ask you: which guitarist should I listen to and really study first? Who can I learn the most from? You can only name one
Joe Bonamassa leads tributes for musical troubadour John Hammond, who has died aged 83
The prolific blues great once had Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton both sit in with his band
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Joe Perry on how Aerosmith and Run-D.M.C. united rock and rap – and the secret role the Beastie Boys played
Walk This Way was a seminal moment that gave an iconic track a second lease of life as it crossed genres and became one of 1986's most explosive pop-cultural moments
Joe Satriani on the guitar ace he recommended for the Guns N’ Roses gig
Axl Rose was on the lookout for a player who could match Buckethead's ability and eccentricity – and Satch knew just who to call
Billy Corgan on what drives guitar heroes to change their tone – and how it led him to package his sound in a pedal
The Smashing Pumpkins guitar icon reflects on a tonal journey four decades in the making, what pushes him to make signature gear like the new Laney Supergrace affordable, and why he’s the most excited he’s been to make a guitar album in 25 years
The key Berklee lesson that kept giving to Big Thief's Buck Meek as he built his new solo album
The unorthodox virtuoso on sending live feeds to modules, keeping out of the way while his band do their thing, and how he learned that playing hard doesn’t necessarily mean heavy when you’re being recorded
Sideman to the stars Doug Rappoport reveals the classic rock icon who persuaded him to up his gear game
Rappoport was clocked for his budget gear – which didn’t quite fit the modus operandi of the ’70s legend
The signature gear Josh Homme turned down
Before working with Peavey, Homme had been approached by another firm for a separate piece of signature gear – but it never came to be
