Elvis Presley
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10 essential Elvis Presley guitar tracks
By Neville Marten, Jamie Hunt published
Plus! Learn how to play three classic Elvis riffs with video lessons on Jailhouse Rock, Mystery Train and Suspicious Minds

Elvis biopic has doubled the number of people learning the rock and roll icon’s songs on guitar, according to Fender Play
By Sam Roche published
The Big F’s online guitar learning platform reports a massive spike in demand for tutorials on Jailhouse Rock, Heartbreak Hotel, Burning Love and more

JD Simo unpacks the legacy of Elvis Presley and reveals how he nailed Scotty Moore’s guitar tone for Baz Luhrmann’s new biopic
By Alison Richter published
As sole guitar player on Elvis, JD Simo left no stone unturned in search of the gear to bring rock ’n’ roll history to life, but as he explains, it was a gig he had been waiting his whole life for

Watch Austin Butler, star of Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis biopic, play the King’s Gibson J-200 acoustic guitar at Graceland
By Jonathan Horsley published
Butler is one of very few people besides Elvis to have played the iconic flat-top

Gibson salutes Elvis Presley with two new signature acoustic guitars
By Jackson Maxwell published
The Elvis SJ-200 and Elvis Dove models are both based on acoustics Presley used extensively onstage, and boast LR Baggs electronics

Guitars played by David Gilmour, the Edge, Eddie Van Halen, Elvis Presley, Eric Clapton and more rake in huge figures in all-star auction
By Matt Owen published
Clapton's $625,000 Martin D-45 was the highest-selling instrument at Julien’s Auctions mammoth Icons & Idols event, closely followed by The Edge's Gibson Explorer, which went for $437,500

A David Gilmour-owned Fender Strat, Elvis Presley stage-played Martin D-28 and Eddie Van Halen-signed Fender “Frankenstrat” to hit the auction block
By Sam Roche published
The guitars will be listed on November 19 and 20 as part of Julien's Auctions' Icons & Idols: Rock 'N' Roll auction

Elvis Presley’s iconic ‘68 Comeback Special Hagstrom Viking II sells for $625,000 at auction
By Matt Owen published
Presley's prized semi-hollow is famed for its appearance in the 1968 special, which was the rock 'n' roll legend's first public performance in over seven years
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