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“So many people lost their guitars. I lost 44”: Peter Frampton recalls how he lost and recovered guitars through floods and plane crashes as he shows off his eye-watering gear collection on Gibson TV
By Matt Owen published
The legendary “Phenix” Les Paul, and an Epiphone salvaged from the 2010 Nashville floods and used to pen Show Me The Way headline the latest episode of Gibson’s The Collection

“I got a call: 'Peter Frampton needs a bass player. Can you do it?' This was Tuesday. By Friday, I was playing my first show”: Bass legend John Regan reflects on his career with Frampton and Frehley in his final interview
By Andrew Daly published
The Frehley's Comet bassist died in April 2023. Just three days before his untimely passing, he spoke to Bass Player about his remarkable career, including the highs and lows of working with Ace Frehley and his lifelong musical friendship with Frampton

Seymour Duncan's latest humbucker set channels one of rock guitar's most successful albums
By Jackson Maxwell published
Unveiled in tandem with new Steve Miller and Pete Anderson pickup sets, the Frampton Comes Alive 'buckers are part of a limited-edition series celebrating longtime Seymour Duncan Custom Shop manager Maricela “MJ” Juarez

George Benson on the time he met Jimi Hendrix, how Peter Frampton changed the course of his career and what Paul McCartney made of his Beatles tribute
By Joe Bosso published
One of the all-time jazz guitar greats on upsetting guitar companies, receiving praise from Frank Sinatra, and what it was really like working with Miles Davis

Dolly Parton’s upcoming rock album will feature Peter Frampton, Richie Sambora, Warren Haynes, Gary Rossington and many more
By Matt Owen published
The mammoth 30-track effort features nine originals and 21 rock anthem covers, and will also feature Ann Wilson, Paul McCartney, Joan Jett, Chris Stapleton, Melissa Etheridge and others

John Regan, Frehley's Comet, Peter Frampton bassist, dies at 71
By Jackson Maxwell published
The veteran bassist also recorded with the Rolling Stones, and played on David Bowie and Mick Jagger's phenomenally successful 1985 cover of Dancing in the Street

Peter Frampton announces free “one night only special” concert
By Matt Owen published
The guitar icon will return to the stage after completing his farewell world tour last year, with the concert to set to be filmed for “a special broadcast presentation”

Peter Frampton details his farewell tour guitar rig
By David Mead published
It's a stereo rig, it's massive, and Frampton feels a little embarrassed by its size. Here, he takes us through the guitars and amps behind his farewell tour

Peter Frampton on the highs and lows of his remarkable guitar journey, meeting George Harrison, and how David Bowie made him cool again
By David Mead published
From early pop stardom with The Herd to Frampton Comes Alive! and finding salvation in Bowie’s band, Frampton reflects on a rollercoaster career and the darker side of fame…

Watch Peter Frampton end his touring career with a final show-closing cover of The Beatles’ While My Guitar Gently Weeps
By Matt Owen published
The guitar legend played his three-pickup Gibson Les Paul sat down, and brought the curtain down on his prolific live career at the last show of his farewell tour
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