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When Jimi Hendrix gave Billy Gibbons a guitar lesson unlike any other
Gibbons' pre-ZZ Top band, the Moving Sidewalks, toured with Hendrix for a time in 1968 – and he got to witness the Strat legend's magic up close
The making of Red, the album that pushed King Crimson to the brink
Robert Fripp digs into his long-unopened personal diaries with Guitar World as he shares the story of the relentlessly heavy and ambitious 1974 prog classic
How acoustic wizard John Smith went back to the future in search of acoustic transcendence
Celebrating 20 years as a pro musician, singer-songwriter John Smith reimagines personal and fan-favorite songs for his latest album – and changed his choice of acoustic in the process
Lee Anderton on guitarists' changing tastes, and why it’s not all doom and gloom for guitar stores
The owner (and Captain) of legendary UK gear retailer Andertons gives us reason for optimism that the brick-and-mortar guitar store has still got some life left
T-Bone Walker and the guitar that gave birth to electric blues
The author of the newly released Electric Blues! T-Bone Walker & The Guitar That Started It All, Tony Bacon, joins us to spotlight T-Bone’s personal contribution to the creation of this game-changing style
How Charlie Jones became the ‘other bassist’ to work with Robert Plant and Jimmy Page
He may have started in music by buying the wrong instrument, and thrown his Grammy certificate in the garbage without realizing it, but his eclectic attitude has made him a session star – and landed his dream gig with The Cult
The Smoker, the Rocket-Shooting Les Paul… Ace Frehley’s 5 most iconic Kiss guitars
Because to be Spaceman in Kiss, a plain old blackguard Tele ain't gonna cut it
She put a video of herself playing bass on YouTube. Then Prince called
Having caught the attention of Prince and Bootsy Collins, Alissia is riding a new wave of recognition with her debut single featuring Nile Rodgers and EarthGang
True Temperament wants to disrupt an industry built on heritage, but do its necks fix the guitar’s biggest flaw?
Crooked frets, designed to solve the instrument’s biggest intonation issues, have won over some big-name players (even if they’re keeping quiet about it). Is it a revolution or just a fad?
