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“What you’re about to see may shock you”: Jason Isbell shows off some of his most prized vintage guitars on Gibson TV’s The Collection
By Matt Owen published
“The guitar nerd’s guitar nerd” has a vintage guitar haul that needs to be seen to be believed

A lost Dumble Overdrive Special that's been called “possibly the greatest amplifier ever made“ has resurfaced after 40 years
By Jackson Maxwell published
Formerly owned by producer/guitarist Dennis Herring – known for his work with Bonnie Raitt and Buddy Guy – the amp now belongs to Jason Isbell

Watch Mike McCready share solo duties with Jason Isbell in epic guitar duel – on a 1960 Fender Stratocaster he borrowed from Isbell
By Matt Owen published
The performance of This Ain't It doubled as a fine vintage guitar display, with Isbell himself playing both a '50s Fender Telecaster and a 1961 Gibson SG

Learn Jason Isbell’s heartfelt acoustic fingerpicking style
By Stuart Ryan published
The four-time Grammy winner and guitarist’s guitarist is one of the most gifted fingerstylists around, and this study exercise is as good an excuse to ditch the pick as you’ll get all day...

From textured pop-punk to Americana that cuts deep: here are this week's essential guitar tracks
By Matt Owen, Michael Astley-Brown, Jackson Maxwell published
Whet your six-string appetite with irresistible new tunes from Covet, Inhaler, Meet Me @ The Altar, Vandenberg, FIDLAR, Jason Isbell and more

Watch David Crosby’s final performance – a rendition of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young’s Ohio with Jason Isbell
By Matt Owen published
Crosby and Isbell, who first met during the 2018 Newport Folk Festival, served up a powerful rendition of the 1970 protest song after performing one of Isbell's own tracks

From somber blues guitar duels to Shadows-esque guitar-pop: here are this week's essential guitar tracks
By Matt Owen, Jonathan Horsley, Sam Roche, Jackson Maxwell published
The best in new guitar music – featuring fresh tracks from Hermanos Gutiérrez and Dan Auerbach, Buddy Guy and Jason Isbell, Fit For a King, Demi Lovato, the Wombats and more

Buddy Guy announces new album and teams up with Jason Isbell for its first single, Gunsmoke Blues
By Jonathan Horsley published
The iconic bluesman's new album is titled The Blues Don't Lie and is scheduled for a September 30 release

Gibson-backed virtual fundraiser MusicCares: Music on a Mission returns for 2022
By Matt Parker published
This year’s online event will feature Brandi Carlile, Shawn Colvin, Jason Isbell, k.d. lang and Fantastic Negrito, as well as a previously unseen Tom Petty performance

Jason Isbell says he'll make a Texas covers album if Beto O'Rourke wins race for Texas governor
By Sam Roche published
After promising a charity covers album – which became Georgia Blues – last year if Biden won the state of Georgia in the presidential election, we're taking Isbell's word seriously
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