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“Even when Freddie was nothing and nobody, he was Jimi Hendrix in his mind. And I enabled him to have that at his fingertips”: Brian May on his symbiotic songwriting relationship with Freddie Mercury – and the guitar innovations he never got credit for

The Queen guitar legend shares memories and spills secrets in this epic interview, dishing on what form his Gibson-made guitar might take – and the unlikely tale behind his new collaboration with Steve Cropper and Billy Gibbons

Guitar World

“I’ve heard Jimmy Page liked my attention to detail. So do the work, kids – it pays off!” From Joe Perry to Sheryl Crow, Audley Freed has played with the greats – but nothing beats jamming with Jimmy as part of the Black Crowes

The Gov’t Mule, Joe Perry and Jakob Dylan collaborator has come a long way since starting out on a “magnetic” toy guitar

Guitar World

"When the time is right, put us in a coffin and fire up those avatars": Nikki Sixx is up for Mötley Crüe continuing as avatars once the band are dead

Mötley Crüe's Nikki Sixx is keen to follow in the footsteps of Kiss and ABBA with an avatar-style show so that their music can "go forward for generations and generations"

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"His experimentation with the physicality and tonal possibilities of the electric guitar seemingly knew no bound": 5 songs you need to hear by Jeff Beck

The guitar player's guitar hero has a discography and a bag of six-string tricks like no other

MusicRadar

30 open tuning chords you need to know

Expand your guitar vocab with chord ideas for Double Drop D, Open G, DADGAD, Open D and Open C tunings, favorite tunings for Keith Richards, Joni Mitchell, Jimmy Page and more

Guitar World

“Tony Iommi was calling me a lot. Sabbath are amazing at what they do, but it wasn’t something that I wanted to do’”: an epic interview with Whitesnake’s David Coverdale

From Deep Purple to Whitesnake, via his solo career, a union with Jimmy Page and a near miss with Black Sabbath, this is the life and times of David Coverdale

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“St. Vincent is one of the best players in the world right now… she has that Jeff Buckley thing going on”: Royal Blood’s Mike Kerr names 10 guitarists who shaped his bass sound

The Royal Blood frontman explains why guitarists have influenced him more than bassists as he marks the 10th anniversary of the duo’s debut album

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“Beck, Clapton and Page are okay. But they’re no better than Jim McCarty from Cactus and Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels”: Ted Nugent weighs in on top guitarist lists and the unsung heroes who deserve more recognition

Ted Nugent names the guitarists he thinks deserve to be championed as much as Beck, Clapton and Page

Guitar World

“Considered by many to be one of the best cheap electric guitars of all time”: In praise of the Danelectro Shorthorn, the primitive budget guitar loved by Jimmy Page, Tom Verlaine and Eric Clapton

The super-affordable guitar with the basic build became a cult classic, beloved by rock players, slide maestros and guitarists of all styles. All hail the Shorthorn

Guitar World

“David Bowie was an absolute genius. I learned more from him than from anybody I’ve ever worked with.” Rick Wakeman’s epic tales of sessions with Bowie, Bolan, Lou Reed and more

Former Yes keyboard maestro Rick Wakeman has played with rock’s great and good over the years – and he’s got the memories to prove it

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"My doctor said, 'He might as well be in pain on crutches at the Led Zeppelin show.'" Rage Against The Machine's Tom Morello on his love of Jimmy Page, and the childhood injury that nearly robbed him of seeing Zeppelin live

Rage Against The Machine shredder Tom Morello opens up on one of his favourite bands

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“It’s not about playing whatever the lowest note available is. You have to consider melody, rhythm and harmony”: Listen to John Paul Jones’ isolated bass on Led Zeppelin’s Ramble On

Recorded in 1969 when John Paul Jones was just 23, Ramble On stands apart from the rocked-out blues songs that dominate Led Zeppelin II

Guitar World

“It could have been a huge record, but they buried it… It was his time but the boat just sailed away”: Despite his label's disinterest, Roy Harper’s Stormcock refused to die

His four-track concept rock masterpiece is a primer for revolutionary thinking that’s as relevant now as it was in 1971

Louder

A Murphy Lab Red Special from the Gibson Custom Shop? “It’s not out of the question,” says Brian May

The Queen guitarist reveals he is talking to Gibson and says it would be “wonderful” to have a US-made version of his iconic Red Special

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“He came up to me after the show and said, ‘Mate, you can give John Entwistle a run for his money’”: Gene Simmons recalls the moment Jimmy Page complimented his bass playing – and turned out to be a KISS fan

The KISS bassist on that time he nearly passed out after Jimmy Page praised his bass playing

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"I often wonder what would have happened if Keith Moon and I had formed Led Zeppelin": How The Who stopped hating each other for long enough to shape the sound of the future

In 1966, The Who were a bunch of drinking, drugging, brawling rock stars-in-waiting. Pete Townshend was about to change all that

Guitar World

“Jimmy Page said, ‘Wow, I love the way you play that song.’ I was like, ‘God, I could die now’”: Heart’s Nancy Wilson on their long road to the top, grunge friends – and that cover of Stairway to Heaven

The band might have landed in the ’70s, but Nancy Wilson is inspiring more players than ever in 2024 –just glance at Instagram

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Why Aussie supergroup have been given a Stairway To Heaven hall pass

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That time Jimmy Page and the Black Crowes were attacked by Conan O'Brien's Masturbating Bear

"You think a masturbating bear will faze me? The Led Zeppelin jet was flown by a masturbating bear!"

Guitar World

"My first guitar was a beat-up flamenco-style acoustic that my grandmother had in her closet": Slash, Jimmy Page and more remember the guitars that set them on the path to six-string immortality

We dive into some of our classic interviews to rediscover the stories of how famous players got started - featuring Slash, Jimmy Page, Stone Gossard, Albert Lee and more

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"I must say, they were absolutely phenomenal": Jimmy Page's review of the Black Crowes' London show is in

Led Zeppelin maestro Jimmy Page has posted about last week's London show from the Black Crowes

Metal Hammer

"I insist upon being great. You don’t always reach that pinnacle, but I insist upon it": The A-Z of Ronnie James Dio

In his decades fronting Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Dio and more, the little man with the huge voice made a great many friends – and more than a few enemies

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“I had a strong connection with Steve. He was so passionate and knowledgable, really dedicated to the cause.” Jimmy Page pays his respects to Steve Albini, saluting his work on the Walking Into Clarksdale album

Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page salutes the late Steve Albini, who died last week

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These 6 guitar chords are great for classic rock – and more besides

Try these '70s rock-inspired chord shapes for size and then use them to play along to our backing track

Guitar World

“Lightweight construction and exceptional playability”: Can’t afford the Jimmy Page double-neck? Danelectro has you covered with an $899 alternative

The Danelectro 6-12 Double Neck melds together six and twelve-string guitars with an “art deco guise” and pickups that boast “sweet and spicy” tones

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