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Jeff Berlin on meeting his bass hero – and playing White Room alongside him
According to bass virtuoso Jeff Berlin, Jack Bruce is still the bass guitar’s most underrated innovator
Billy Squier on saving his ’59 Les Paul from a fire, the world’s greatest Marshall and why he stopped practicing
The man behind The Stroke and Lonely Is the Night checks in to talk all things guitar, imposter syndrome and the enduring appeal of his 1960 Tele Custom
The secret to great guitar solos isn’t technique – it’s rhythm
All the greats put themselves into their phrasing, and that identity was not only note choice but rhythm. Here are four ways you can add rhythmic interest to great effect
From Eric Clapton to Daft Punk and Avenged Sevenfold, Greg Leisz has played with everyone
He says finding himself working with Matthew Sweet, k.d. lang, and Lucinda Williams has been a dream. But he still wants his stolen ’64 Strat back
Tom Misch on the time his guitar hero reached out of the blue and offered to join him on stage
The jazz-funk guitar star was on his way to play the Crossroads Guitar Festival when Mayer messaged him
11 cover songs that Jimi Hendrix made his own – including one that became Eric Clapton’s favorite Hendrix track
Once Hendrix turned his Stratocaster upon a song it would never be the same again. Just ask Bob Dylan
“I woke up to Eric and George playing ukuleles at the foot of my bed”: The first time session pro George Terry met a Beatle
Terry was Clapton's guitarist in the 1970s, and through Slowhand he was able to meet a particularly famous face
Eric Clapton ends gig early after being hit by object thrown from crowd
Slowhand didn't come out for an expected encore after he was struck in the chest by what appeared to be a vinyl record
