George Harrison
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How the Beatles launched the career of one of the all-time great songwriters
By Phil Weller published
James Taylor’s encounter with Pete Asher led to an audition in front of Paul McCartney and George Harrison

Dave Mason, Traffic co-founder who played with Jimi Hendrix and George Harrison, dies aged 79
By Matt Owen published
The English guitar great also worked with Fleetwood Mac, the Rolling Stones and Michael Jackson across his storied career

The 1913 Gibson used to write Here Comes the Sun and Let It Rain – owned by Eric Clapton – is now up for auction
By Janelle Borg published
Alongside the Clapton/Harrison acoustic, one of Ace Frehley’s Les Pauls from Kiss’s peak popularity era is also included in the auction

The time Bob Dylan and a Beatle were at odds over a guitar solo
By Phil Weller published
Don Was had to steer both through the studio session when it came to the recording of Under the Red Sky

How the Rickenbacker 360/12 revolutionized the sound of ’60s guitar
By Chris Gill published
Introduced in 1964, the jangle of the 12-string Ricky inspired generations of players, with the likes of Tom Petty, Mike Campbell and Johnny Marr all making it their own

George Harrison’s 1964 Gibson SG Standard is officially part of the multi-million dollar guitar club – but as a piece of Beatles history it’s priceless
By Jamie Dickson published
Sold at auction for $2,271,000, Harrison’s SG is one of the most significant Beatles guitars

The 16 most expensive guitars of all time
By Jenna Scaramanga last updated
Fenders owned by Eric Clapton and Bob Dylan, Martins belonging to Kurt Cobain and David Gilmour, and one independently made axe headline the list of most profitable guitars sold at auction
![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...

The Beatles made the Leslie speaker an iconic guitar tone. But a pioneering “all-female” rock band were one of the first to take it out on the road
By Janelle Borg published
June Millington, one of the co-founders of the 1970s LA-based band Fanny, heard the Let It Be demo and was set on incorporating a Leslie speaker into her rig
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