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Eric Clapton's ‘Summersburst’ Les Paul – used on Cream's debut album – has finally been unearthed after 60 years
By Janelle Borg Published
From England to New York and Paris, the 1960 Les Paul Standard Clapton used on Cream’s game-changing debut is now being brought to the masses of guitar aficionados, thanks to Matthieu Lucas of Matt’s Guitar Shop

Doug Pettibone on taking lessons from Andy Summers, touring with Jewel, and not getting fired by John Mayer
By Andrew Daly Published
The first-call guitarist explains why he loved working with Lucinda Williams but had to leave, how he got the gig back, his chemistry with Marc Ford, and faking it on pedal steel until Mayer helped him make it

Andy Summers was skeptical of Telecasters at first – until he found one that would become one of his main Police guitars
By Phil Weller Published
The Strat-lover’s head was eventually turned by a modded Tele that ended up becoming one of his go-to guitars

Why Sting just paid $800,000 to his former Police bandmates, Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland
By Janelle Borg Published
Summers and Copeland launched a legal case last year, claiming “historic underpayment” for their contributions to the Police's hits

How Christian McBride reunited The Police duo for his latest solo outing
By Nick Wells Published
Sting and Andy Summers joined McBride for a jazz-tinged version of a Synchronicity-era Police classic

Sting's legal representatives claim Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland may have been “substantially overpaid” following lost royalties lawsuit
By Janelle Borg Published
Summers and Copeland claim that Sting owes them “in excess of $2 million” for income made from the “digital exploitation” of the Police’s back catalog

Andy Summers to explore the guitar’s impact on the world in globe-trotting docu-series
By Phil Weller Published
Global Guitar finds The Police songwriter interacting with different musicians and cultures as he charts the instrument’s impact on the world

Sting sued by Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland over lost royalties from Police mega-hit
By Janelle Borg Published
The Police bassist and frontman is listed as the sole composer and author of the 1983 career-defining single Every Breath You Take

Andy Summers on the stylistic clashes and unexpected successes of his ‘80s collab with Robert Fripp
By Henry Yates Published
As Summers’ and Fripp’s avant-garde albums of the 80s are reissued, we hear all about how the side-project came to be – and whether it could happen again
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