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Brad Delp playing his 1976 Taylor 855
Search launched for Boston guitarist Brad Delp’s long-lost Taylor 12-string

By Matt Owen Published

The Taylor 885 went missing in 2009 – and Delp's family is trying to get it back

Acoustic Guitars
Barry Goudreau
Barry Goudreau was there from the beginning of Boston – but has regrets about how things ended with Tom Scholz

By Andrew Daly Published

Gibson wielder, who always preferred Marshall to Scholz’s Rockman brand, recalls being edged out but not caring at first, until it led to an angry split and legal repercussions

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Guitarists
Barry Goudreau
Barry Goudreau opens up on his bitter parting with Tom Scholz

By Phil Weller Published

A CBS promotional campaign for Goudreau's 1980 solo album caused an irreparable rift with his Boston bandmate

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Guitarists
MXR 100 Rockman: the classic '80s effect now in a convenient stompbox format
“The X100 is very good at what it does – some might say even too good”: MXR Rockman X100 review

By Amit Sharma Published

The legendary Tom Scholz headphone amp and signal processor gets reborn in pedal form

Effects & Pedals
Tony Iommi, Jimmy Page and Pete Townshend took rock further, with big volume, big ideas, and ever more ambitious songwriting
The greatest guitar albums of the ‘70s: Getting the Led out with Sabbath, the Who, Pink Floyd and more

By Jenna Scaramanga Published

Punk was a revolution, disco a global phenomenon, but the guitar music of the '70s was dominated by the giants of rock. Here are the decade's top 10 guitar albums, as chosen by you...

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Tom Scholz performs with Boston at Hard Rock Live! in the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino on June 5, 2014 in Hollywood, Florida
Boston's Tom Scholz: “I was basically a dork that hit the books and liked to build things... somehow I ended up onstage, playing guitar in front of everybody else"

By Guitar World Staff Published

In this 2006 GW interview, the Les Paul-wielding Boston mastermind discusses the trials and tribulations of home recording, sudden success and revisiting his band's seminal early albums

Guitars
Nirvana perform at MTV Unplugged
The 25 best acoustic rock songs

By Joe Bosso Published

The lightest tunes from music's heaviest hitters

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Generation Axe—Vai, Yngwie, Zakk, Nuno and Tosin—Play Boston's "Foreplay"

By Damian Fanelli Published

As we reported last week, the Generation Axe tour—featuringSteve Vai, Yngwie Malmsteen, Zakk Wylde, Nuno BettencourtandTosin Abasi—kicked off April 5 in Seattle.

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More Than a Feeling: Gibson's Tom Scholz Replica Les Paul Looks, Sounds and Feels Like the Real Deal

By Alan di Perna Published

Electric Guitars
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Tom Scholz Releases Boston's Last Recordings with Brad Delp, 'Life, Love & Hope,' an Album 11 Years in the Making

By Alan di Perna Published

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