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Billy Strings posts a picture from hospital as he recovers from a broken leg.
Billy Strings forced to reschedule tour after breaking leg in skating accident

By Jonathan Horsley Published

Bluegrass maestro black-and-blue and in plaster after quite horrific injury – but he was still game for heading on the road until wiser heads prevailed

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Joe Perry wears a silver shirt and plays his see-through Dan Armstrong live onstage.
“I’d seen pictures of Keith Richards playing it. I figured I’d try one out”: How Joe Perry found his ultimate slide guitar

By Andrew Daly Published

And even better still, the Ampeg Dan Armstrong was see-through…

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Dave Grohl and Pat Smear in action with the Foo Fighters.
How Pat Smear surprised Dave Grohl and joined the Foo Fighters

By Jonathan Horsley Published

These songs were absolutely not In Utero part II as Dave Grohl gamed-out his post-Nirvana musical future

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A comped image of two legends performing; on the left, Ritchie Blackmore of Deep Purple, playing a Strat, on the right, Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin with his Gibson double-neck
Ritchie Blackmore sets the record straight about his relationship with Jimmy Page

By Jonathan Horsley Published

Blackmore says he has nothing but respect for the Led Zep guitarist

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Devo's Bob Mothersbaugh wears a yellow Devo-branded plastic poncho and plays a Gibson Les Paul
Devo’s Bob Mothersbaugh on accidental hits, audience provocations and the de-evolution of guitar

By Andrew Daly Published

Devo's uncontrollable urge to make new noise sired a new-wave sound with a puckish punk energy. The ’70s wasn't ready for them. Are we not ready now?

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Good times in 1967: Dave Mason hanging out with the Jimi Hendrix Experience.
When Dave Mason met Jimi Hendrix and played on the greatest cover of all time

By Jonathan Horsley Published

Hendrix had arrived in London, his greatness was about to come, and the late Traffic guitarist Dave Mason was there to witness it

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Treaty Oak Revival's Sam Canty is in the background as Lance Vanley and Jeremiah Vanley jam in the foreground.
Inside the rabble-rousing country rock guitar madness of Treaty Oak Revival

By Gregory Adams Published

A beer can in the face? That ain’t nothin’ for these punk-country-rock troubadours (who you might’ve already heard if you’ve binged on Landman)

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Willie Adler and Mark Morton of Lamb of God are photographed with their signature ESP and Gibson guitars respectively.
Lamb of God’s Willie Adler and Mark Morton take us inside metal’s premier riff machine

By Jon Wiederhorn Published

Into Oblivion finds the guitarists revisiting past chaos to inspire some of the Virginia stalwarts’ most brutal and diverse material to date

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Andy Partridge of XTC plays a Gibson Les Paul Custom live in the early '80s
How XTC battled the “rottweiler” Todd Rundgren – and their record label – to make their breakthrough

By Andrew Daly Published

Andy Partridge reflects on Skylarking, a change of direction for XTC that was the most difficult of births under producer Todd Rundgren's direction and the label’s interference

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Ariel Posen plays his custom signature Strat live in the Fender factory
Ariel Posen on Jeff Beck, amp strategies and how his thirst for fresh tones inspired one of the most unorthodox Strats ever

By Mark McStea Published

Posen's new album, Bannatyne, finds the Canadian flipping the script for rock guitar, exploring in full the creative potential of that quite brilliant signature Strat of his

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