“Every artist that has played it goes crazy about it – it has been owned by two legends for a reason”: Up close with the Les Paul Custom that both Paul Kossoff and Eric Clapton owned
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Angine de Poitrine on why they’re one of 2026’s biggest success stories: “It would be presumptuous to think that it’s only about the music”
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“The thing that they do so well, when they’re weaving together and listening to each other and responding to each other is alive and well”: Mick Jagger talks about Keith and Ronnie Wood’s guitar work on new Stones song
“I was set up in the garage with Rick Rubin. Tom picked up my Broadcaster. He just started playing that rhythm. That’s what ended up on the record”: Mike Campbell on 5 classic Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers tracks recorded with his Fender Broadcaster
1010music updates its Blackbox sampling workstation with a better screen, onboard battery and USB audio streaming
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“I was like, ‘Oh my god, I’ve never done this before. If I move, he will fall over”: Dan Hawkins on the time he jammed “back to back” with Brian May onstage
“Iron Maiden was the hardest to get right. Musically, it’s not the most challenging, but we choreographed the entire song”: You have to be top of the class – of 80,000 students – to make it on the School of Rock AllStars tour
“He was one of the world’s top authorities on guitars. His depth of knowledge really was that astounding”: The life and times of game-changing guitar journalist Dave Burrluck
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