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“People were saying, ‘Oh, Led Zeppelin’s gone acoustic.’ Well, what happened to your ears on the first and second album?” How Jimmy Page redefined the role of acoustic guitar in rock
By Jonathan Horsley published
Led Zeppelin might have taken electric guitar to bold new places, but the acoustic was no second-stringer in their sound – and Page’s desire to unplug was there from the start

"We had no idea we were going to do it": That time Jimmy Page, Jack White and The Edge saluted the Band with a surprise campfire cover of The Weight
By Jackson Maxwell published
The impromptu acoustic jam closes out the 2008 guitar-themed documentary, It Might Get Loud

“Playing with Bob Dylan was like entering The Twilight Zone of music. You thought, ‘They’re going to wake me up tomorrow because all of this is impossible’”: Robbie Robertson reflects on his remarkable career and the end of the Band
By Alan Paul published
In his final Guitar World interview, the late guitar legend shares his earliest guitar influences, what it was like to get booed onstage with Dylan and why the Band’s final days were so heartbreaking

“It’s one of the most important instruments in rock ‘n’ roll history”: Jim Irsay names his favorite guitar from his billion dollar collection
By Matt Parker published
The businessman and renowned guitar collector has been discussing the highlights of his gear haul

Veteran record producer Don Was names his 5 all-time favorite bassists
By Karl Coryat published
Producer Don Was on his favorite players, how to get a great bass tone, and the most common mistakes people make in the studio

The greatest Strat army in history? Watch Bob Dylan and Robbie Robertson lead Eric Clapton, Ronnie Wood and more in a historic rendition of I Shall Be Released
By Jackson Maxwell published
Also featuring Neil Young, Ringo Starr, Joni Mitchell and Van Morrison, and captured for the film The Last Waltz by Martin Scorsese, the breathtaking performance features more legends-per-square-foot than perhaps any in rock's lengthy arc

“Bob Dylan knows my name?” Joe Satriani responds to alleged slight in the rock icon’s new book
By Matt Parker published
The guitar virtuoso offered a masterfully diplomatic response to his mention in The Philosophy of Modern Song

Suzanne Vega: “I love the acoustic guitar – I always have. I love the sound of it. I love playing it. I love the look of it. I love everything about it”
By Jamie Dickson published
As Vega prepares to return to the UK with an album of songs from the Big Apple, we join the legendary New York singer-songwriter to talk guitars and songcraft

How Bob Dylan’s infamous Newport Folk Festival Fender Stratocaster ended up in the back of a woman’s attic – and why its discovery was so controversial
By Matt Owen published
The Strat was played by the folk legend at one of his most divisive shows and sold at auction for nearly $1,000,000 – but its rediscovery was met with contention, not least from Dylan himself

Bob Dylan has re-recorded several of his classic songs to be released on an all-new analog medium, Ionic Originals
By Sam Roche published
The patented technology – developed by producer T Bone Burnett – aims to “mark the first breakthrough in analog sound reproduction in more than 70 years”
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