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Richie Sambora hired a private detective to recover his stolen Gibson
Sambora was recently reunited with his prized 1976 Gibson Explorer, 41 years after it was stolen out of a warehouse
The supernatural experience Jared James Nichols had when he played through Gary Moore's old amp
Nichols looks back on the moment he and Joe Bonamassa fired up one of Moore’s prized amps – which the Nerdville owner recently acquired for $25,100
Plini is manifesting a collaboration with John Mayer – and has issued an open call to make it happen
The prog metal virtuoso has a wild vision for what their joint single could potentially look like
Larry Carlton on how he ended up playing on a Michael Jackson hit
Carlton is part of a very select group of guitarists that's ever worked with the King of Pop and his elite team
Heirs of Jimi Hendrix's bandmates lose years-long royalties dispute against the Hendrix Estate and Sony Music
The judge concluded that, as per the original contract, the musicians signed their rights away, and that “the first owners of the copyrights… were the producers”
How Steve Vai ended up joining David Lee Roth's post-Van Halen band – thanks to Billy Sheehan
While Vai wasn’t his original choice, the Sheehan-Vai dynamic proved strong enough to outlast Roth’s project
Jake Kiszka on the time he walked out of Chicago Music Exchange with a $25,000 guitar
The Greta Van Fleet guitar hero looks back on how he first crossed paths with the guitar he affectionately calls The Beloved
Steve Vai’s LA property – and his Harmony Hut guitar sanctuary – has been listed for $11.7 million
Despite a slightly chilling past, Vai used the space as a functioning studio and a home for his guitar collection, which included guitars personally gifted to him by Yngwie Malmsteen and Joe Satriani
