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Ritchie Blackmore recalls buying his first Gibson from amp pioneer Jim Marshall's music store
By Janelle Borg published
Blackmore used the Gibson ES-335 all throughout the '60s, from The Outlaws to Deep Purple’s 1970 breakthrough album, In Rock
Tele obsessive John 5 provides the ultimate test for Fender’s new American Ultra II series
By Phil Weller published
The versatile shredder owns over 100 different Telecasters, but he’s full of praise for the upgrades that have been fitted to its latest iteration
Johnny Marr’s Martin M-7 is a seven-string bottles his studio sound into one acoustic
By Matt Owen published
Marr's latest signature model, the M-7 – also available as a regular six-string – features an extra string to provide his trademark jangle
Elvis Costello explains why he never sued Olivia Rodrigo's team for interpolating one of his guitar riffs
By Janelle Borg published
Rodrigo credited Taylor Swift, Jack Antonoff, Hayley Williams, and Josh Farro as co-writers after fans noted similarities between tracks on her debut album, SOUR, and songs and riffs by those artists
Fender has rebooted its top-selling Champion modeling amp family – and prices start at $129
By Matt Owen published
The ultra-affordable amps offer onboard effects and a suite of amp voices for added versatility
Jack White's Third Man Hardware teams up with Eventide on Knife Drop – a sub-octave fuzz and analog synth powerhouse of a pedal
By Janelle Borg published
The Jack White-certified pedal is all about extreme experimentation – with dual octave control, precise filtering options, flexible expression pedal integration and an intuitive preset system
Billy Corgan on why he thinks he’s still under-appreciated as a guitarist
By Matt Owen published
The creative force behind Smashing Pumpkins is often overlooked in the 'greatest guitarists of all time' conversation
Why Brian May and Queen were unhappy with their debut album – and how the newly revamped version fixes the “very dry” guitar parts
By Janelle Borg published
Queen just released a remixed version of their iconic 1973 debut, and Brian May reveals that “every instrument has been re-examined from the bottom up”
Tony Iommi was a Fender Stratocaster player before fate intervened – and he had to reach for his Gibson SG
By Matt Owen published
Iommi went to the studio intent on recording Black Sabbath's debut album with his heavily modded Strat. Things didn't quite go according to plan...
Ernie Isley on growing up with Jimi Hendrix and witnessing his fast-developing guitar playing in his living room
By Janelle Borg published
Hendrix lived with the Isley family from the spring of '63 through Thanksgiving of '65 – a period that was pivotal in shaping young Ernie Isley's musical taste
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