Warren Haynes

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Warren Haynes plays a Gibson Les Paul Standard onstage in New Orleans, 2026. Susan Tedeschi is in the background.
Warren Haynes on playing with Clapton, his favorite guitar and first rig

By Andrew Daly Published

The Gov’t Mule frontman checks in to talk about the best advice he ever got, and explains why you’ve always got to be chasing tone

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Blues hero Larry McCray pictured with his Gibson Les Paul
Larry McCray on his Albert King-inspired Flying V, touring with Gary Moore and his life in three guitars

By Mark McStea Published

The blues comeback king tells his life story via the medium of three guitars that he can’t live without

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Warren Haynes takes a solo on a Les Paul in 1995
Warren Haynes on the mid ‘90s SG behind his early Gov’t Mule tone

By Andrew Daly Published

It was July 1994, and Haynes was on the cover of GW with Dickey Betts and an early '90s '61 SG Reissue. He explains what happened to the guitar – and why he had it in the first place

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Warren Haynes and B.B. King, both captured in the ecstasies of the guitar solo
Warren Haynes remembers B.B. King – from being in awe to playing with him

By Henry Yates Published

Haynes was one of the many guitar greats whose lives have been changed by B.B. King, and thanks to Joe Bonamassa, he got to pay tribute to him on the song he would have chosen himself

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Gibson Warren Haynes Les Paul Standard 60s Cherry
The tuning change that lead to Warren Haynes retiring his Gibson SG

By Phil Weller Published

The SG was one of Haynes' go-to Gov’t Mule guitar until it was forced into an early retirement

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Warren Haynes and B.B. King
Warren Haynes on the time he missed the chance to play with B.B. King

By Matt Owen Published

Haynes had witnessed the King play live years earlier – but when he first got the chance to jam with the blues icon, nerves got the better of him

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Warren Haynes and the gutiars he will play at Gov't Mule's 2025 NYE show
Warren Haynes to play three historic guitars to celebrate 1971 at NYE concert

By Phil Weller Published

The show at the Beacon Theatre in New York will see Haynes play classics from 1971 on guitars tied to three guitar greats

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Detail of Jeff Beck 'modded' guitar, a 1959 Yardburst, with stripped-finish look
Warren Haynes becomes the latest to wield Jeff Beck's ‘Yardburst’ on stage – following Marcus King and Craig Ross

By Janelle Borg Published

The guitar icon is currently out on tour with Gov’t Mule, and was spotted brandishing Beck's Yardbirds Gibson Les Paul Standard while jamming with Derek Trucks at their tour stop in Chicago

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B.B. King with a young Joe Bonamassa
Joe Bonamassa announces a landmark B.B. King tribute album with a jaw-dropping roster of collaborators

By Janelle Borg Published

B.B. King’s Blues Summit 100 features Buddy Guy, Susan Tedeschi, Derek Trucks, George Benson, Slash, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, Larkin Poe, and Warren Haynes

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Warren Haynes on why the theft of a Custom Shop Strat convinced him to change to Gibson Les Pauls

By Phil Weller Published

The loss of the guitar broke his heart, so Haynes decided to venture into new realms

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