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By Tony Bacon Published
Beyond the tales of Clapton’s lost ’Bursts, the guitarist reached for a variety of instruments during his tenure in Cream, from the iconic ‘Fool’ SG to a mid-’60s ES-335

By Chris Gill Published
Played by Waters throughout the final two decades of his career, this bright red Tele has been displayed at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Metropolitan Museum of Art

By Jonathan Horsley Published
Endless vitriol for flubbed notes, seeing every performance as some kind of competition. Where does this stop? As Bonamassa says, it put one artist in therapy

By Matt Owen Published
From the Archive The two had huge respect for one another and quickly became close collaborators, resulting in a historic record

By Phil Weller Published
A young Bonamassa got the chance to sit in with Albert Collins and it was a trial by fire

By Phil Weller Published
The blues veteran becomes Dylan’s fifth guitarist of the tour

By Matt Owen Published
The guitar great has laid down the gauntlet, offering a simple challenge to anyone who is trying to play more melodically

By Janelle Borg Published
Fish first played with Guy in 2013 after she was coaxed into an impromptu on-stage jam with the legend

By Matt Owen Published
The genre-hopping guitarist has become the company's first woman of color signature artist

By Charlie Wilkins Published
The high-energy blues-rocker – who missed out on buying one of his dream instruments only to find it again years later – explains what he picked up from Jeff Healey, Melissa Etheridge and almost every player he listened to
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