Obituary

Guitarist magazine editor Jamie Dickson reflects on the immense contribution of one of our industry’s most important voices

Buchholz played on all the classic Scorpions records and later joined forces with his old bandmate Michael Schenker in his Temple of Rock project

The counterculture guitar icon never stopped evolving as a player and performer

The Indianapolis Colts owner had assembled a revered and hugely valuable guitar haul that included David Gilmour’s Black Strat, Bob Dylan’s Newport Folk Festival Strat, and Kurt Cobain’s Smells Like Teen Spirit Mustang

Barile was a key player in the Boston hardcore scene in the 1980s

The high-end guitar-maker built and modded instruments used on the era’s biggest hits by session legends like Michael Landau, Dean Parks and Dann Huff

Carmen’s music with The Raspberries influenced everyone from Springsteen to Axl Rose, but he also enjoyed huge success as a solo performer and even played with Ringo Starr

The songwriter wrote and performed on an astonishing 22 albums with the British hard rock band

The songwriter’s studio linchpin played and engineered everything from Hounds of Love to sessions with Jeff Beck and Eric Clapton