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Martin celebrates 30th anniversary of Eric Clapton’s first signature acoustic with a faithful recreation of his MTV Unplugged guitar
By Phil Weller published
Two limited-edition acoustics celebrate three decades of partnership and pay homage to a set that made history

Crossroads is an essential piece of '80s guitar lore, but not every guitar legend was a fan of the film
By Jackson Maxwell published
A guitarist with a particularly vested interest in Robert Johnson and Crossroads (the song), expressed his distaste with the movie of the same name in the pages of Guitar World

Andy Fairweather Low on embarrassing moments and why he always thought Clapton was going to fire him
By Joe Matera published
The legendary rhythm guitar hero looks back on a life spent alongside some of music’s biggest names

Albert Lee reveals the history of his ’58 Les Paul Custom
By Jenna Scaramanga published
Gibson calls its replica the Eric Clapton 1958 Les Paul Custom, but Clapton is only one of the stars to have owned and played this storied guitar

“My mate found the guitar in a skip”: Andy Fairweather Low’s favorite guitar was a dumpster find
By Jenna Scaramanga published
The Eric Clapton and Roger Waters collaborator paid just £47 to buy the discarded Gibson from Tom Jones’ guitarist

Tunerette honors the heyday of rock ‘n’ roll with a clip-on tuner that looks like a cigarette
By Phil Weller published
Beat the smoking ban while emulating true rock star moves with this tricky tuner

When Rory Gallagher was asked to fill Eric Clapton's shoes in rock's pioneering power trio
By Jackson Maxwell published
As Cream began to disintegrate barely two years into their existence, the enormously successful band's managers were desperate to keep them going

The Hollywood-like “kidnapping” and ransom story of one of George Harrison's most famous guitars
By Jackson Maxwell published
Clandestine meetings, dramatic TV pleas, ransom demands, hurried getaway drives across the Mexican border... it sounds like a thriller, but it all revolved around a very special Les Paul

Gibson unveils the Clapton 1958 Les Paul Custom – a recreation of the Disraeli Gears LP that now belongs to Albert Lee
By Matt Owen published
The Murphy Lab-aged LP faithfully recreates the original model, but Clapton has added a few personal modifications to the reissue

Billy Corgan names himself and two other ’90s guitar gods as the ‘metal Yardbirds’
By Matt Owen published
The Smashing Pumpkins frontman shared near-identical early experiences with two other players close to his local area, but they all ended up going down different avenues – not unlike the Yardbird legends
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