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Learn the essential techniques of ‘80s guitar
It was the decade of big shoulder pads and formidable guitar playing, and here we have four lessons – all stylistically different – to roll back the clock...
How Eddie Van Halen shaped the sound of Def Leppard's Hysteria with a single piece of advice
Phil Collen recalls modding his Fender Strat because “Eddie Van Halen told me to do it!”
Slash, Phil Collen and Robert DeLeo join forces for a scorching cover of Jimi Hendrix’s Fire
The trio teamed up to play at the 51st Annual Beastly Ball alongside Weezer and a slew of other famous faces, raising money for the Los Angeles Zoo
Phil Collen: “I put a DiMarzio Super Distortion T in my Teles and got the sound we’d been trying to get for years“
The Def Leppard guitarist reveals the role of the Fender Telecaster on the band’s multi-million selling albums Pyromania and Hysteria
Watch Def Leppard’s Phil Collen unleash fusion fury in a shred-heavy rendition of Quadrant 4
The Leppard legend reels off lightning-fast lead licks and blistering scale runs during a high-octane cover of Tommy Bolin and Billy Cobham's 1973 jazz-rock classic
Watch Steve Vai – actually, many Steve Vais – shred Joe Satriani’s Teardrops
Def Leppard’s Phil Collen also takes on Satch’s recent single, Nineteen Eighty
Def Leppard: "Steve Clark was a very unique player - he didn't get enough credit for the stuff he was doing"
Joe Elliott and Phil Collen look back at the band's first two albums - On Through The Night and High ‘N’ Dry - and the impact of guitarists Pete Willis and Steve Clark
No Fa-fa-fa-foolin’: Phil Collen endorses ergonomic chair that promises the "ultimate guitar playing experience"
“I use it where I do all of my recording,” the Def Leppard guitarist says of the Sonus chair
