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How Joe Perry is changing his guitar setup to battle the early signs of arthritis
By Matt Owen published
Perry is adapting his setup to make sure he can move around the fretboard with ease

The 10-string oddity that became one of Joe Perry’s most iconic guitars – even though he hardly played it in Aerosmith
By Andrew Daly published
Perry and B.C. Rich go way back. The Aerosmith guitarist looks back on the most outlandish guitar the brand ever made him, the ’70s Bich 10 Supreme

Joe Perry gives us a decade-by-decade guide to the amps behind his Aerosmith tone
By Andrew Daly published
Is Joe Perry a Marshall guy, Fender guy, boutique guy, pedal amp guy? Answer: he’s all of the above

The story of Joe Perry’s ’59 Les Paul Standard – his lost treasure and ultimate birthday gift
By Andrew Daly published
Joe Perry was forced to part with his beloved 'Burst in 1979, but it was his Aerosmith bandmate who found it again
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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
By Andrew Daly published
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

That time Joe Perry had to rescue a broken guitar from Steven Tyler in the middle of an Aerosmith gig
By Matt Owen published
The guitar almost met a gruesome end before Perry stepped in

Joe Perry on the painful memory of selling his ’Burst – and why he’ll never forget the moment it came back to him
By Janelle Borg published
The Aerosmith guitarist was forced to sell his most cherished guitar in the late-’70s and spent years trying to get it back, until Slash made the ultimate guitar collector sacrifice

How the Beastie Boys saved the day on Aerosmith and Run D.M.C.’s Walk This Way
By Jonathan Horsley published
The Def Jam community spirit was alive and well in NYC's Chung King Studios

Brad Whitford and Joe Perry on the time Aerosmith were upstaged by their support act
By Phil Weller published
The guitarist – who came before an Aerosmith festival headline slot – returned to the stage for three separate encores and proved to be a tough act to follow

Joe Perry on Aerosmith’s surprise Yungblud collab and paying tribute to late Bad Company legend Mick Ralphs
By Andrew Daly published
Fresh from his latest solo band tour, the guitar legend insists there’s plenty more juice in the tank and hints at what might be ahead, while breaking down his recent rig choices
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