Latest about Rick Beato
“The narrative is I grew up in a rich family – wrong. The narrative is it was handed to me – wrong. It’s sweat equity over 35 years”: Joe Bonamassa sets the record straight on the humble beginnings of his world-famous guitar collection
In a conversation with Rick Beato, the gear connoisseur revisits the roots of his collecting journey – and responds to those quick to claim his buying habits take stock away from aspiring players
“I never wanted to be a violinist. I wanted to play electric guitar with smoke bombs and flash pots and Marshall stacks”: Yngwie Malmsteen says he is definitely not a frustrated classical player
The virtuoso takes issue with the misconception that he wanted to be anything other than a smoking shred guitarist
“Designed to be something special”: Gibson just made Rick Beato’s signature Les Paul Special Double Cut even more desirable
Sparkling Burgundy Satin has joined TV Blue Mist on the finish list for the model, which sports a thinner, lightweight mahogany body
“I hate admitting this but I started bawling like a baby”: Kirk Hammett says his iconic ‘Greeny’ Les Paul recently had another gut-wrenching injury
Another footnote has just been added to the iconic Les Paul's long medical history – but, as the Metallica maestro explains to Rick Beato, it could have been a whole lot worse
“The biggest challenge for digital products is not the tone”: John Petrucci, Tosin Abasi and Devin Townsend explain what modelers don’t do as well as amps – yet
The trio of prog metal guitar titans sat down with Rick Beato and went deep on the state of modeling
Watch Nuno Bettencourt shred Van Halen's Hot for Teacher – on a Strat
In a long-form chat with Rick Beato, Bettencourt also discussed a part of EVH's guitar arc that “nobody talks about”
"Don't practice it for too long, because you're going to get tendonitis": Watch Rick Beato break down Nuno Bettencourt's jaw-dropping Rise solo
Go inside the inner workings of the volcanic lead break – the highlight of Extreme's recent comeback single – that has the guitar world abuzz
Rick Beato's signature double-cut Gibson Les Paul has finally arrived
The YouTube guitar giant's new signature model sports a lightweight mahogany body (just 7.2 pounds), and a custom TV Blue Mist finish
