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“A lot of people told me when I was coming up, ‘Jared, you’re not going to be a professional guitar player unless you use a guitar pick:” Watch Jared James Nichols deliver a masterclass in fingerstyle blues

Nichols once told us his guitar style was like wrestling a bear but there’s more than raw-meat physicality to his playing as he demonstrates how his creativity is set free by fingerstyle

MusicRadar · Nov 10, 2023

Bernie Marsden guitar auction delayed following guitar hero’s death

Gardiner Houlgate has announced it will hold off on the sale for “an appropriate period” as a mark of respect to the late influential guitarist

Guitar World · Aug 30, 2023

“As I came off the stage I said ‘How much do you want for it?' He wanted the princely sum of 600 pounds”: Bernie Marsden plays the blues on “The Beast,” his legendary 1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard, and reveals its origin story

Gary Moore was in awe of its tone, and Jeff Beck played Scatterbrain on it... Here, the late blues-rock guitar titan tells the story of the most famous six-string in his collection

Guitar World · Aug 28, 2023

“On a quick trip to interview Paul Reed Smith I was told we were going to the White House so I’d better pack a suit”: Celebrating 500 issues of Guitarist, one of the world’s greatest guitar magazines

From playing Eric Clapton’s Strats to narrowly avoiding knocking out Slash, Guitarist editors past and present share their favourite – and sometimes most embarrassing – memories of working for the esteemed UK publication

Guitar World · Aug 4, 2023

Gary Moore classic interview: "Obviously I don’t play the same way, but I could do a passable imitation of Peter Green; if you gave me a guitar I could sit here and probably get closer than anybody else"

In 1995 Guitarist magazine met Moore as he prepared to release his album of Peter Green songs

MusicRadar · Aug 2, 2023

Hear Rory Gallagher's iconic live rigs in action in this in-depth exploration of the guitar legend's gear collection

Trace the history of Gallagher's legendary sound through the decades with help from his famed '61 Strat, original Vox AC30, pedalboard and more

Guitar World · Jun 28, 2023

Barry Cadogan plays Rory Gallagher's iconic guitar and amp rigs – including that '61 Strat!

The Little Barrie man proves a wonderful choice to demo the late blues legend's gear

MusicRadar · Jun 28, 2023

Myles Kennedy bought his first PRS guitar after he borrowed one at a gig and accidentally ruined it

The Alter Bridge frontman still uses the red PRS McCarty to this day, proving it wasn’t such a bad move

Guitar World · Jun 27, 2023

Pete Thorn explains why mistakes are part of Jimmy Page’s magic

Though Page's production prowess and legendary chops are usually the focus of praise, Thorn gave credit to a more human aspect of the Led Zeppelin legend's playing

Guitar World · Jun 26, 2023

Steve Lukather voices support for the ‘tone is in the hands’ camp: “There’s no magic guitar, just magic people”

The Toto hero says he's played through both Eddie Van Halen and Jeff Beck's rigs, and came to the same conclusion both times: he sounds like himself no matter what he plays through

Guitar World · Jun 23, 2023