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Gibson revives and refreshes its Songwriter Recording Artist acoustic range
By Phil Weller published
Two new models, with and without cutaways, blend vintage Gibson tones with a modern dreadnought shape and L.R. Baggs electronics for a best of both worlds approach

When Bonnie Raitt took Melissa Etheridge guitar shopping – and convinced her to swap her Les Paul for a Strat
By Jonathan Horsley published
Proof that we should always listen to Bonnie Raitt's advice, Etheridge never looked back with the Strat

How John Mayer helped Doug Pettibone sharpen his pedal steel skills
By Phil Weller published
When Pettibone’s pedal steel skills were exposed he feared the worst – but what Mayer did next surprised him

Steve Di Giorgio sets the record straight on what it was like to sideman for Dave Mustaine and Megadeth
By Janelle Borg published
The Testament bassist has looked back on his experience recording on Megadeth's 2022 release, The Sick, the Dying... and the Dead!

Mike McCready has spent 20 years making a rock opera that explores an alternate history of grunge – and it’s finally ready
By Phil Weller published
Farewell to Seasons has been a two-decade labor of love from the Pearl Jam guitarist

The Specials’ Ghost Town bass fetches thousands at auction – having been bought for just £200
By Phil Weller published
Horace Panter used the Fender Precision to record The Specials’ timeless two-tone hit, and also featured in his supergroup, General Public
![The Jim Irsay Collection's three big stars of the night [L-R]: Kurt Cobain's 1969 Mustang, David Gilmour's record-breaking Black Strat, and Jerry Garcia's Tiger.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/7b4qJRk85dSviaveTCjfAe-320-80.jpg)
World record for most expensive guitar shattered three times in one night as Jim Irsay auction sees David Gilmour's Black Strat fetch $14.5m
By Jonathan Horsley published
On any other night, $6,907,000 for Kurt Cobain's Smells Like Teen Spirit Mustang and $11,560,000 for Jerry Garcia's “Tiger” would have been world records. But this wasn’t any other night...

David Gilmour's Black Strat sells for record-shattering $14.5 million in the biggest guitar auction in history
By Jackson Maxwell last updated
We were live on the ground at Christie's auction house in New York as the world's greatest guitar collection went under the hammer

Billy Corgan on the first time he met future Smashing Pumpkins bassist Melissa Auf der Maur
By Janelle Borg published
The pair reflect on how a heckler at an early Pumpkins gig led to a decades-long friendship

Joe Satriani put Nuno Bettencourt’s name forward for the failed EVH tribute tour with Alex Van Halen and David Lee Roth
By Matt Owen published
Before embarking on the Best of All Worlds tour with Sammy Hagar, Satch was close to hitting the road for a Van Halen tribute tour with Roth and Alex Van Halen
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