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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 13 March 26

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 13 March 26

Horace Panter used the Fender Precision to record The Specials’ timeless two-tone hit, and also featured in his supergroup, General Public

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 13 March 26

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 13 March 26

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 12 March 26

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 12 March 26

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

Who's the best guitar player you've ever seen live?

By Jackson Maxwell published 12 March 26

Did the best live guitar playing you've ever seen come from a hero you'd been dying to see for years? Or someone out of the blue, who you'd never heard before? Tell us the story!

Jake E. Lee has added Yungblud’s signature guitar to his collection

By Janelle Borg published 12 March 26

The former Ozzy Osbourne guitarist has been playing the affordable Epiphone – and he's impressed

How Robben Ford helped Fender design their short-lived answer to the Gibson ES-335

By Janelle Borg published 12 March 26

The short-lived build aimed to compete with one of Gibson's flagship models

Jacob Collier on what happened when he gave his 5-string acoustic to Julian Lag

By Matt Owen published 12 March 26

Collier has ushered in a five-string revolution and a few big names are already on board…