Richard Bienstock
Rich is the co-author of the best-selling Nöthin' But a Good Time: The Uncensored History of the '80s Hard Rock Explosion. He is also a recording and performing musician, and a former editor of Guitar World magazine and executive editor of Guitar Aficionado magazine. He has authored several additional books, among them Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck, the companion to the documentary of the same name.
Latest articles by Richard Bienstock

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The master shredder and YouTube sensation releases new album, Elevation, in May

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The Lovell sisters inject some lap-steel down-home-ness into the national anthem

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The amp manufacturer teams up with Sound Leisure for the luxuriously-spec’d Marshall Jukebox

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Items include heavily used Marshall heads and cabinets, Blackstar amps and a fully loaded pedalboard

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Low-power design boasts clean and gain channels for practice-at-home ease

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Go from smooth and sustain-y to gated and “splitty” with a flick of a switch

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The 12-string acoustic-electric is autographed with the inscription “Ground Control to Major Tom”

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The ZZ Top legend’s third solo album, Hardware, is out in June

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The Megadeth leader is the latest signature artist to perform the “Gibson Guitar Riff”

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New nickel round-wound long-scale strings available in four, five and six-string sets

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The landmark album “was the stepping stone into professionalism for us,” says Opeth leader Mikael Åkerfeldt

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“A stupendous event,” the Queen guitarist says of Himno a la Alegría

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New models boast striped ebony tops and okoume backs and sides for “warm and bold” tone

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The track hails from new compilation, How Blue Can You Get, featuring Moore deep cuts and alternate versions

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The guitarist is the first rioter to enter a guilty plea following the January 6 violence

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The instrumental will appear on her forthcoming solo debut, You and Me

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Fortunately, Eddie Van Halen nixed the idea immediately

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The YouTube personality and musician shares a sneak peek at the first Pelham Blue model off the assembly line

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The musician and songwriter helped to pioneer country-rock in the late ‘60s and ‘70s
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