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The Rolling Stones legend who stole his first guitar
By Phil Weller published
Before he became rock royalty, Ronnie Wood couldn’t afford the Fender Jazz Bass that he needed to gig

Brian Jones' Harmony Stratotone from the Rolling Stones' early years is heading to auction
By Janelle Borg published
The guitar was featured in the band's earliest demos, gigs, and even their first-ever single, a cover of Chuck Berry’s Come On – and is now expected to fetch $400,000

Explore open G tuning: a fresh perspective that reshapes your fretboard and inspired timeless blues and Americana songs
By Stuart Ryan published
Open G has been embraced by legends including Keith Richards, The Black Crowes and Led Zeppelin. Now it’s your turn to revel in its golden tones

Mick Taylor's Rolling Stones baptism by fire came just two days after Brian Jones' death – in front of 250,000 people
By Jackson Maxwell published
Jones’ decline into drug addiction in the two years prior to his tragic death at the age of 27 prevented the Stones from touring, leaving them quite rusty – not that that lessened their drawing power

Mick Taylor says this obscure album cut is his best guitar performance with the Rolling Stones
By Jackson Maxwell published
“Because of the structure of the song, it pushed my guitar playing in a slightly different direction,” the ex-Stone said of his unlikely pick

How Tom Waits' offhand joke began a decades-long creative partnership with Keith Richards
By Jackson Maxwell published
Though their string of collaborations sprung from an offhand joke made to record executives, the singer/songwriter best known for his singular, gravelly, time-weathered vocals clicked immediately with the wizened rhythm guitar master who's lived a thousand lives

A stolen Rolling Stones ’59 Les Paul that has been missing since 1972 has surfaced – in a museum
By Phil Weller published
The guitar, also played by Keith Richards on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1964 before it was stolen by drug dealers, has been identified by its fingerprint-like flame top

From Pearl Jam to the Stones, the stars have aligned for Andrew Watt – but he says he owes it to Ozzy
By Richard Bienstock published
The producer and guitarist explains how ’Sabbath and Ozzy were there for the beginning of his journey – and why he’ll to be there for the end of theirs
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