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(from left) Stevie Ray Vaughan, David Gilmour, Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Beck, and Bonnie Raitt
The 25 Stratocaster players who revolutionized the guitar

By Henry Yates Published

The Fender Stratocaster would just be a glorified carpentry project without the players who danced across its neck and gave it life. Here we celebrate 25 of the best

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Stevie Ray Vaughan
The legacy of Stevie Ray Vaughan, and what could have been

By Amit Sharma Published

How SRV followed Texas Flood, wrestled blues guitar from the club to MTV and became the guitar hero everyone wanted to copy – all before passing too soon

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Nile Rodgers performs onstage during Together for a Better Day concert at Avicii Arena on December 03, 2025 in Stockholm AND John Mayer performs onstage for day two of the 2025 Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival at The Park at Harlinsdale Farm on September 28, 2025 in Franklin, Tennessee
Why Nile Rodgers and John Mayer’s collaboration was derailed – because of a Rolling Stones album

By Matt Owen Published

Rodgers and Mayer swapped albums ahead of a potential partnership – but their differing tastes at the time meant it all fell apart

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Left-Nile Rodgers of Chic performs on stage at Tramps on 4 April 1998 in New York; Right-Musician David Bowie performs onstage in cica 1980
How Nile Rodgers and David Bowie accidentally wrote Let's Dance – with a 12-string that was missing 6 strings

By Janelle Borg Published

The 1983 chart-topping hit features both Nile Rodgers and the then-unknown Stevie Ray Vaughan on guitars – and its demo was recorded at Queen’s studio in Switzerland

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Nile Rodgers plays his Hitmaker Stratocaster onstage at OverOslo 2025. He wears a black bandana.
Cory Wong on the most important technique you can learn from Nile Rodgers

By Cory Wong Published

The kingpin of funky strumming defers to the O.G. – as Wong explains what he learned from the Chic master

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American band Chic, with members guitarist, music producer, songwriter, composer, and arranger, Nile Rodgers, bassist and also music producer, songwriter, and composer, Bernard Edwards, drummer Tony Thompson, and singers Luci Martin and Alfa Anderson.
Nile Rodgers on what made Bernard Edwards a bass genius – and the making of some iconic 4-string moments

By Bill Leigh Published

With Chic, Bernard Edwards delivered some of the most infectious basslines of all time

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Stevie Ray Vaughan (left) plays his iconic #1 Strat onstage, Nile Rodgers, seated, holds an ESP guitar
Nile Rodgers on overseeing Stevie Ray Vaughan's final recording session

By Jackson Maxwell Published

Having first met the Lone Star State guitar king during the sessions for David Bowie's 1983 blockbuster Let's Dance, Rodgers later produced Family Style, Stevie Ray's posthumously released collaboration with his brother, Jimmie

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Left-Nile Rodgers performs during Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2024 in Hollywood, California; Right-Chris Martin performs at the Coldplay concert held at the Music Hall of Williamsburg, October 07, 2024 in New York, New York
How Nile Rodgers ended up on the latest Coldplay album

By Janelle Borg Published

2024 saw the Chic co-founder add the British mega-act to his star-studded list of collaborators...

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Nile Rodgers (L) and Jerry Barnes of Chic perform at Smoothie King Center on April 24, 2016 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Jerry Barnes and Nile Rodgers give an insiders’ view of this seven-minute bass anthem by Chic

By Chris Jisi Published

Performing alongside guitarist Nile Rodgers, Jerry Barnes has bestowed his deep-pocketed basslines upon Chic since the untimely death of Bernard Edwards in 1996

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Nile Rodgers with his Hitmaker Stratocaster
Nile Rodgers on what convinced him to buy a Fender Stratocaster – and why it was the best investment he ever made

By Andrew Daly Published

The Chic founder on the tale of his legendary Hitmaker Strat – which was the cheapest guitar in the store when he bought it

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