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“After I stopped touring with Ian Brown, people would ask him, ‘Where’s that Asian Jimi Hendrix that plays with you?’” From the Stone Roses to Paul Weller, poverty to ’59 Les Pauls, Aziz Ibraham shares his remarkable story

The Manchester-born guitarist and composer landed his dream gig with The Stone Roses in 1996, then everything changed

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“I never saw what the big fuss was about Clapton to begin with”: Angus Young’s thoughts on Eric Clapton – and the players he prefers

When the AC/DC guitarist was coming up, Clapton was the player blowing everyone's mind but his

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“I don’t think anyone is anywhere near Ray Davies as a songwriter. He’s the best we’ve ever had. Closely followed by Paul McCartney”: Graham Coxon on his unearthed solo adventures, the challenge of writing for Blur and Damon Albarn’s guitar skills

The Blur guitarist takes us down to Castle Park – his lost solo album that was made 15 years ago but is just seeing the light of day

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“My go-to amp that I could just plug into has been ruined: I now have to have this thing sat in front of it”: Inside the making of the ThorpyFX Kudu – the pedal that makes everything... better?

Adrian Thorpe designed the Kudu to be a different type of overdrive, a flatter of amps with switchable clipping and a name from the safari

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“It’s been a privilege to have him elevating my songs because he’s a musical genius”: Steve Louw on making his folk-country rock mashup – with a little help from Joe Bonamassa once again

Traces of the Flood is produced by Kevin Shirley, features Louw making the most of a third guitarist, and channeling his Dylan influences for one of the most breathtaking records of 2026

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Chris Buck and Mirador guitarist Chris Turpin team up to showcase some of the world’s most historic guitars at exclusive London event

Famous ’Bursts and T-Bone Walker’s 1949 ES-5N – the guitar that gave birth to electric blues – are among the legendary instruments set to feature

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“I thought I’d died and gone to heaven. It was like seeing an instrument from outer space. I said to myself, ‘That’s the future – that’s what I want’": The story of Eric Clapton’s Cream guitars

Beyond the tales of Clapton’s lost ’Bursts, the guitarist reached for a variety of instruments during his tenure in Cream, from the iconic ‘Fool’ SG to a mid-’60s ES-335

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“Years later, he saw me playing it and he was mad at me. He said I took advantage of him. I was like, ‘You were gonna throw it away…’”: Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy on his greatest gear bargains –and why Billy Gibbons now owns his two of them

The Wilco guitarist discusses his best gear finds and why he has his mom to thank for some of them

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“He was one of the world’s top authorities on guitars. His depth of knowledge really wasthat astounding”: The life and times of game-changing guitar journalist Dave Burrluck

As Guitarist’s inimitable reviews editor, Dave's expertise and generosity will be greatly missed by the guitar community worldwide

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“It was only at the end of the day when he was heading home, he rang me on the train and freaked out – just a little – that he had had Rory’s Strat in his hands”: The life and times of the late guitar expert Steve Clarke

A scrupulously accurate expert and author on historic instruments who authenticated some of the most iconic guitars in the world

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“I was geared up to play Steve Vai solos. But they sent me in a completely different direction”: How John Squire’s replacement had to reinvent his playing when he joined the Stone Roses

Aziz Ibrahim says replacing the beloved guitarist was “bittersweet” – and he had a tough time settling into the gig

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“Somebody handed me a ’59 Les Paul and said, ‘That’s yours to play.’ I went from poverty one minute to having the world’s ultimate guitars in my care”: The underrated Stone Roses guitarist whose life changed completely after landing the highly-coveted gig

Aziz Ibrahim recalls the exact moment he was asked to replace co-founding guitarist John Squire in the legendary British band – a call that also came with a treasure trove of high-end gear

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“I was really at the point where… nobody knows who I am and I don’t want my name on the guitar”: The unsung guitarist who shaped one of PRS’s most sought-after models

He's unassuming, a virtuoso player, and didn't want his name on the guitar out of respect to Ted McCarty – but David Grissom played a key role in designing it

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“He plays those little Taylors. I’m always like, ‘Come on, play a proper guitar’”: Graham Coxon’s thoughts on Damon Albarn as a guitar player

Coxon offers his opinion on what his Blur bandmate is like on guitar

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“Bob Ezrin was recording and I changed to a different guitar. Within five seconds, he stopped the tape and said, ‘There’s something wrong…’” Simon McBride on Deep Purple’s new golden age of heavy

The band's fleet-fingered, PRS-toting guitar-slinger tells GW how the rock legends nailed their ‘70s sound in the 21st century on their new album, and the pedal people would be surprised to hear is on his 'board...

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“He started to saw through his strings and we all stood up and cheered! It made a fantastic noise… And he just carried on sawing”: Pete Townshend on how Stevie Wonder's producer inspired him to smash guitars

We revisit the pivotal moment when the young Who guitarist watched Malcolm Cecil take a saw to a bass guitar

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“I’d been using Marshall for so long that I’d never listened to anything else. I never gave anything else ashot”: Slash on what made him finally change up his sound – and why we’re living through a renaissance for blues guitar

With his live album and concert film out now, Slash explains why he's still got the blues and that ain't bad

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“I’m probably gonna get 150 guitarists telling me how I’m doing this wrong, but this is just what works for me. My ’board is a hot mess”: Samantha Fish on finally meeting her fans’ demands and why the SG is the one

With a new live album out now, we sat down with the blues-rock fireball to hear about the gear and attitudethat fuels her stage performances

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“Listening to him had an effect on me similar to what I might feel if I were to meet an alien from outer space”: How Eric Clapton’s mission to spread the blues gospel was the making of the first guitar ‘god’

The discovery of Freddie King was the Eureka! moment in the origin story of Slowhand's ascent as the British blues scene's greatest player

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“We didn’t have time to fix it, so I traded it for a Fender Twin. But I know where they are”: Jeff Tweedy on the two guitars he regrets selling – and how Billy Gibbons ended up with them

The sharp-dressed guitar hero doesn’t seem to be in the mood for letting them go...

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“His dedication to Gibson’s quality and legacy is beyond reproach”: 5 ways Cesar Gueikian transformed Gibson – and proved to be a very different kind of guitar CEO

As he leaves the top job at one of the world’s biggest guitar companies, we look back at the Gibson leader’s legacy – and how he oversaw a renaissance for the Nashville guitar giant

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“Even if it doesn’t survive, you can just get a screwdriver and screw it back together”: Bill Frisell on why the Telecaster beats the archtop as the touring jazz guitarist’s best friend

The Blue Note jazz legend checks in to pay tribute to the original mass produced electric guitar – the guitar that trends and airlines cannot kill

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“We didn’t think he was up to it. He was perfectly capable of playing the major and minor chords in the right place, but not the lead”: Brian Robertson’s early reservations on Scott Gorham joining Thin Lizzy

Robertson wasn’t filled with confidence when Gorham first joined the band

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“Ry Cooder once said there is really no better tool for the guitar than your right hand. There are so many ways you can approach it”: Eric Bibb on why happiness is a good acoustic guitar – and what makes the electric a different species

The country blues master pays a mid-tour visit to Guitarist to talk touring acoustics and the foundation of his amazing fingerstyle technique

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“I’m a firm believer that if you put a truss rod in a guitar, it sucks the tone out of it”: Simon McBride has a hot tone take you’ve probably never heard before

The Deep Purple guitarist prefers guitars that forego truss rods – here's why

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