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Kirk Hammett and Neal Schon comp
Kirk Hammett bought Neal Schon’s Les Paul for so little that he offered it back to his hero

By Phil Weller Published

The guitar sold for a five-figure sum, but Hammett feels it was a bargain

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Nikki Sixx and Mick Mars onstage in the '80s
Was Neal Schon the godfather of ‘80s glam metal? Tracing the origin story of Mötley Crüe’s seminal Looks That Kill riff

By Damon Orion Published

We time-travel back to the era of zebra stripes and ripped jeans to investigate the mystery of Crüe’s Looks That Kill and the riff that changed the world

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Neal Schon smiles as he plays a white single-cut onstage
The celebrity guitar auction where guitars did not sell for what they should have

By Jonathan Horsley Published

Big money changed hands during the 2021 Neal Schon mega-auction but some collectors – Joe Bonamassa included – believed it was “brutal”, and he should have got a lot more

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Arnel Pineda (L) and Neal Schon (R) of Journey perform in concert during the "Final Frontier Tour" at Intrust Bank Arena on April 04, 2026 in Wichita, Kansas
Neal Schon sets the record straight on the claims made by Journey singer Arnel Pineda that he was pressured to go on tour against his will

By Janelle Borg Published

The band has since postponed at least two shows, citing “illness within the Journey band camp”

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Neal Schon of Journey performs on stage at the Nassau Colliseum on October 10, 1981 in Uniondale, Long Island, New York. Playing a Gibson Les Paul guitar with P90 pickups
The guitar used to record Journey's Don't Stop Believin' has sold for over a quarter of a million dollars

By Janelle Borg Published

Neal Schon's 1977 Gibson Les Paul Pro Deluxe was part of the historic Jim Irsay auction

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Neal Schon performs onstage during Journey Freedom Tour at Pacifico Yokohama National Convention Hall on October 21, 2024 in Yokohama, Japan
Journey’s Neal Schon on that one time he tried Albert King’s mythical Gibson Flying V

By Janelle Borg Published

Schon cut his teeth playing the blues and jamming with some of the genre’s greats – including Albert King

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Les Dudek takes a solo on a black Strat as Cher stands to his right.
Les Dudek on playing with the Allman Brothers and getting no credit, Cher and his 2 hours in Journey

By Joe Bosso Published

“I’m a legend that nobody knows,” says the journeyman guitarist, who played alongside Dickey Betts on Ramblin’ Man and Jessica, worked with Steve Miller, got scolded by Mike Bloomfield and was almost a founding member of Journey (but wait, there’s more…)

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Les Dudek (left) and Neal Schon perform onstage
“I got a call: ‘I’m putting a super band together’”: How Les Dudek joined Journey “for two hours”

By Jackson Maxwell Published

Recruited due to his stellar resume – which included studio work with the Allman Brothers Band and Steve Miller – Dudek turned down the gig to pursue a solo career

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Neal Schon (left) and his new signature Les Paul Supreme
“Gibson Supremes with Floyds!”: Neal Schon has rekindled his relationship with Gibson, bringing the Floyd Rose to the luxed-out Les Paul Supreme for a trio of potential signature models

By Phil Weller Published

The Journey guitarist is back working with Gibson – and details of the pair's new models will reportedly be announced later this week

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Dave Meniketti performs onstage
“When Van Halen’s first record came out, I was so proud of them – it was awesome. But did Eddie Van Halen affect my playing style? No”: Dave Meniketti on turning down Frampton, and how Y&T might’ve been bigger if they’d opened for themselves

By Joe Bosso Published

Everyone who opened for Y&T made it big. Y&T sort of did too, but if superstardom eluded Meniketti, he's totally cool with that. Here, he talks about the evolution of the band and getting his dues as a guitarist

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