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Brian May on his unlikely guitar kinsmanship with Steve Cropper and Billy Gibbons
By Jackson Maxwell published
Recruited for the recent Cropper tune Too Much Stress, May says the three masters fit together better than you might think

Brian May explains why he was reluctant to share a solo with Billy Gibbons – and what changed his mind
By Janelle Borg published
May and Gibbons were recruited by session icon Steve Cropper to add their guitar star power to his latest release, Friendlytown

Seymour Duncan supercharges two classic Billy Gibbons guitar tones with new signature Tele and Les Paul pickups
By Matt Owen published
The Pearly Gates have been beefed-up as the Hades Gates, and the ZZ Top legend's Red Devil humbucker has been turned into a hot output Telecaster pickup

Billy Gibbons talks bringing out his iconic Pearly Gates Les Paul for Slash’s all-star blues album
By Damian Fanelli published
Gibbons checks in to tell us how he and reimagined Willie Dixon's Hoochie Coochie Man for a new era, and to assure us why the blues is in safe hands with today's players

ZZ Top’s Elwood Francis on teching for Joe Perry, lying to Steve Vai – and the curse of his viral 17-string bass
By Andrew Daly published
The gear-trashing DIY enthusiast once had to choose between Vai and Joe Perry, before being fired and rehired by Guns N’ Roses – in a matter of days

Elwood Francis on the origins of his 17-string bass – and why he regrets it becoming a ZZ Top staple
By Michael Astley-Brown published
Elwood Francis reveals the origins of his preposterous 17-string bass – and why he’s disappointed it went viral

Is this oddball ’60s electric the weirdest custom model Gibson has ever created?
By Matt Owen published
The guitar – reportedly admired by Billy Gibbons – was built in 1966 for Torpedo Joe, and is said to be one of the strangest custom models Gibson has crafted

Fender opened a new Nashville HQ – and the city’s finest guitarists were in attendance
By Matt Owen published
Billy Gibbons, Keith Urban, Brad Paisley, Chris Shiflett, Guthrie Trapp and many more attended the grand opening of the new location – and some sat round for a jam
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