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Rudolf Schenker’s 60 years with the Scorpions – Flying Vs, trading guitars with brother Michael, and anchoring one of the 30 greatest rock bands
He lost Michael Schenker to UFO and Uli Jon Roth to Jimi Hendrix’s ex, then Matthias Jabs helped him fulfill his ambition of being in one of the 30 greatest rock bands. But it might have been very different if his dad had bought him a motorcycle
“You gave him the world, and he gave you his music in return”: Former Scorpions bassist Francis Buchholz dies, aged 71
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 Scorpions guitarists list boasts some of rock's most underrated players – this is what you can learn from each of them
The German hard rock juggernaut's song-focused approach has required their guitarists to showcase their distinctive styles with a concise blend of taste and technique appropriate to the setting
Ricky Byrd on the disastrous Joan Jett gig where they were wrongly accused of stealing gear – and the audience turned on them
Byrd and Jett were on the road with Scorpions at the time – and it’s not a gig that brings back fond memories
Uli Jon Roth’s struggle to contain his brainchild, the Sky guitar – and why he never played Jimi Hendrix’s black Strat
The former Scorpions guitarist on how he blazed a trail in guitar modding, and why he’d like to see the Hendrix guitar on display – but not being used
Uli John Roth on what you get when you cross a Strat and a Les Paul with a violin hybrid
After modifying Strats only got him so far, one luthier came to his rescue and they found that the sky's the limit
Michael Schenker on Vs, offsets, and the Scorpions
The Scorpions, UFO, and MSG veteran takes readers back to when he heard distorted guitar for the first time as a teen, and the day the Scorpions came together
Michael Schenker reveals the story behind his longstanding love affair with Flying Vs
The UFO guitarist recently signed with Gibson and revealed that a Michael Schenker signature guitar is in the works
Uli Jon Roth: “For me, the heavy metal direction was boring. I wasn't interested in it. I wanted to go in almost the opposite direction”
The German virtuoso on how feeling in “musical no man's land” led to his decision to leave Scorpions in 1975, and go on to spearhead a new style of neoclassical guitar – and what he thinks about Kirk Hammett quoting his solos in Metallica's Battery
