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“It was heartbreaking. I remember the day I saw that album and those erroneous credits for the first time. It was like a punch in the solar plexus”: Bob Daisley on not receiving credit for playing on Ozzy Osbourne’s Diary of a Madman

Daisley still insists he was cheated out of credits and royalties over the years

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“People are gonna be like, ‘What is that?!’” PRS is championing a new tonewood – and it’s already been adopted for an artist signature

The unconventional wood has been used on six different models across the Core range – but only 200 of each will be made

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“Itwas a very conscious decision on Peter’s part tocome up with material that would make avery good and accessible record”: Guitarist David Rhodes on the making of Peter Gabriel’s chart-smashing classic So

For former Genesis man Peter Gabriel, 1986 was Sledgehammer time, and guitarist David Rhodes takes us back to the So sessions

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“If they were around in 1983, they would have been very popular. They have an unashamed appreciation for what came before them”: How K.K. Downing ended up working with fast-rising British metal stars Tailgunner

The Metal God lent his omniscience to the control room as the English metallers committed their latest full-length rager, Midnight Blitz, to tape

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“I don’t think that bassline is playable by anyone else”: How Stevie Wonder recorded one of the funkiest basslines in existence

Stevie Wonder played one of music’s all-time craziest contraptions on this classic track

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“A friend of mine called me up and said, ‘I’ve got a couple of guitars you might be interested in…’” Joe Bonamassa’s storied Lazarus Les Paul, which was once brought back from the dead, has been bought by a pop-punk guitar hero

Lazarus was reissued as a Bonamassa signature Epiphone a few years ago – now it has a new owner

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“They were sending me leftovers that other people hadn’t picked up. After Ultimate Sin, I felt I should have something a bit more personalized”: Charvel pays tribute to Jake E. Lee’s Ozzy Osbourne era with newest signature model

New model pays homage to the peak of Lee's Ozzy career, and rocks a tasty Seymour Duncan and DiMarzio HSS pickup setup

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“I hope this journey inspires more young musicians from our region to pursue their passion”: Ibanez welcomes its first-ever female Indian endorsee – fast-rising guitarist, Imnainla Jamir

A few years ago, Jamir went viral after performing the Indian national anthem on electric guitar – and has since gained a reputation as one of India’s most exciting new players

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"An enlightening instrument that will force you to think about new ways to play the guitar – but it won't be for everyone": Taylor Jacob Collier Academy 22e 5-string review

Jacob Collier has become a modern day guitar hero, and his unorthodox five-string guitars have helped him carve out a new path for guitar playing

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“Is it worth it when you add the cost of the new upgrades to the hardware itself?” Kemper Profiler Player review

With the pedalboard user in mind, Kemper has downsized for its compact new Profiler Player

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“It felt like the worst moment of my life. I walked up to the truck, saw the padlock on the ground, and my heart sank”: The moment Wings’ former sound engineer had to tell Paul McCartney his priceless Höfner bass guitar had been stolen

The 500/1 violin bass was a cornerstone of the Beatles’ early successes, but went missing for 50 years after it was stolen in 1972

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Steve Vai, Joe Satriani and Pete Thorn trade solos over Led Zeppelin classic at recent SatchVai Band show

Huge tunes from Led Zep and Steppenwolf, and three shredders brought the house down in Portland

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“Ithought, ‘Is the guitar in open G tuning?’ But I soon discovered it wasn’t a standard guitar at all”: Charlie Starr on the magic of the B-Bender – and 5 bender-inspired licks you can play on any electric

The Blackberry Smoke guitarist gives us a lesson in how to sound like you've got a B-Bender, even if you don't

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Former Fleetwood Mac guitarist Lindsey Buckingham’s alleged attacker charged with stalking and threatening his family for years

On March 25, Buckingham was allegedly attacked with an unknown substance by an assailant who claimed to be his daughter

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“I didn’t expect this to inspire me so much”: Jackson finally releases Misha Mansoor’s Surfcaster – one of the most anticipated offset guitar releases of the modern era

Almost two years after the Periphery maestro first showed off his baritone Surfcaster, Jackson has made it available as a limited-edition custom shop model

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“I turned up at my first audition with my Squier Telecaster – that was all I owned”: The 18-year-old who replaced one of Britpop’s most revered guitarists

In his late teens, Richard Oakes joined Suede at a point when they had released two hit-and-miss albums and were desperate for a global breakthrough

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“On our earlier recordings, we experimented with low tones that only dogs can hear”: Sunn O))) on the challenge of working with 130 guitar tracks and why their live shows are like jumping into a frozen lake

Stephen O'Malley and Greg Anderson on the drone pioneer's Sub Pop debut, the restorative but draining power of volume and the gear behind their sound

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“He’s not doing any of the lead work he’s known for. He came up with 10 tracks of textures and atmospheres”: His main band went on indefinite hiatus. Now this cult prog guitarist has enlisted Alex Lifeson and Peter Frampton for an all-star solo album

Tiles guitarist Chris Herin returns with Hiding in Plain Sight, a poignant, brilliant album inspired by his father's battle with dementia

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“I couldn’t be more excited about what’s ahead”: ESP appoints new US CEO – as outgoing head retires after 39 years

Todd Binder has been appointed as the firm's new CEO

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“If I can help wake up a new generation of African or female players, that makes me twice as proud”: Fatoumata Diawara on Hendrix’s genius, the making of her Epiphone SG – and the message she wants it to send

With its Malian-inspired graphic finish and expanded switching options, Diawara's signature model is one cool guitar

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“Guitars haven’t changed that much in the last 50 years. We’re about to change that”: Guitar Center is setting up its own in-house guitar brand – and it’s asking players for their help

Guitar Center CEO Gabe Dalporto says the retailer is going to build “the best guitar that has ever been made”

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“I don’t know how it happened, but somewhere along the way, my right hand just wasn’t doing the job anymore”: Dethklok’s Brendon Small started struggling to play, so he took a lesson with a metal virtuoso

Ahead of touring with Amon Amarth, Small reveals the positive side of having a dozen guitars stolen, the “perpetual motion” of his band’s shows, the best guests on Metalocalypse, and his quest for the perfect concert

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“I was playing baseball in the backyard when I heard Eruption. That afternoon I decided what my life would be”: How recording in Eddie Van Halen’s 5150 Studios inspired Alter Bridge to make their most riff-heavy statement yet

The latest album from Mark Tremonti and Myles Kennedy finds Alter Bridge going full-throttle in EVH’s studio

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“I don’t have any favorite guitarists from the ’90s. I wasn’t following those trends”: He wrote some of the defining anthems of the decade with Smash Mouth. Now Greg Camp is focusing on his Nashville punk-rock supergroup

Camp started out as a drummer before EVH made him realize the advantages of guitar. The young Carson Daly helped make his band famous. Now he’s powering forward with supergroup The Defiant’s second album

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“My student tricked me into getting an Instagram”: The off-hand advice from a student that helped kickstart Yvette Young’s career

The virtuoso may now be one of the most recognizable guitarists on social media, but Young admits she was initially reluctant to share her chops online

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