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David Lee Roth: I "structured" the guitar solos on Van Halen’s debut album - and EVH's guitar stripes were my idea
By Richard Bienstock published
In a new interview ahead of his Las Vegas residency, Diamond Dave talks up his creative role in the Van Halen catalog

Noel Gallagher: I want to play guitar if The Smiths reunite
By Richard Bienstock published
Even if, the former Oasis man adds, “it’s never gonna happen”

Kerry King plays his new $8,666 Dean USA V Limited Edition onstage, messes up song intro
By Richard Bienstock published
King took the guitar for a spin at Slayer’s New York City gig, but struggled - in good humor - with When the Stillness Comes

Steve Vai recalls Whitesnake’s Slip of the Tongue, dubs it the first rock record to have “seven-string guitar throughout the whole thing”
By Richard Bienstock published
"Little did I know this subculture that it was going to create”

Zakk Wylde reveals the one song he was never able to nail on guitar
By Richard Bienstock published
It’s “unbelievable and mind-boggling,” the Black Label Society main man says

Opeth’s Mikael Åkerfeldt: “I love Joe Bonamassa's playing, but I wouldn’t be able to pick him out of a hundred players”
By Richard Bienstock published
The Opeth singer and guitarist weighs in on guitar greats, from JoBo to Blackmore to Yngwie

What guitar changed John Mayer forever? Hint: it’s not his signature PRS
By Richard Bienstock published
“The tone of this guitar was so good,” the blues hero enthuses

John Mayer: “I'm not a Zeppelin guy; everyone I love comes from the Strat side”
By Richard Bienstock published
Blues hero describes Jimmy Page's playing as “genetically just a little outside my zone”
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