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A 2014 picture of Peter Capaldi trying out a vintage Yamaha SGV-800 in Hank's, Denmark St. The guitar is pictured in profile on the right.

Peter Capaldi on how he found Doctor Who’s “junk shop” Yamaha electric guitar on Denmark Street

By Jonathan Horsley published

What better guitar for a time-travelling Time Lord to play than a cult electric nicknamed the Flying Samurai...

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TNAG Global founder/CEO Ben Montague [left] and Norman Harris [right] point to each other as they are photographed on the shop floor at Norman's Rare Guitars.

Joe Bonamassa gives his blessing as Norman Harris sells Norman’s Rare Guitars and says the future of his iconic LA store has been secured

By Jonathan Horsley published

TNAG Global, which owns Carter Vintage Guitars, is the buyer, and under CEO Ben Montague, it promises to preserve the soul and grow the business of one of the world's most-loved guitar stores

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Jared James Nichols turns up the heat during his 2025 UK tour as he plays fingerstyle blues on his split-V headstock Gibson Explorer

Jared James Nichols on why he took his Klon off his pedalboard – and what players get wrong about drive pedals

By Jonathan Horsley published

Not everyone is expanding their pedalboards. Nichols explains why he prefers to keep it simple – and to leave the super-rare high-value pedalboard gold at home

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Slash wears a top hat and plays a Gibson SG live with Guns N' Roses, with pink and blue lights in the background.

“The SG that I had at the Ozzy gig, that guitar needed a louder pickup but I still wanted that true-to-life guitar sound that I like”: Slash and Seymour Duncan dial up the raunch with the Guns N’ Roses legend’s signature 3.0 humbuckers

By Jonathan Horsley published

NAMM 2026: Hand-wired in Santa Barbara, they're not just for Les Pauls or SGs. Slash has one in his BC Rich Mockingbird – and they'd work a treat in a hotrodded S-style

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"There is no final curtain here, not really": Bob Weir, Grateful Dead co-founder, dies aged 78

By Will Groves published

Influential rhythm guitarist succumbed to lung issues following cancer battle

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Mark Tremonti throws the horns and points to something during a live performance with Creed. His signature PRS singlecut is strapped on his shoulder.

“I had no idea that he was that good”: Mark Tremonti on Alter Bridge’s “secret weapon” and his soloing strategies

By Jonathan Horsley published

The self-confessed Dumble “addict” talks all things guitar

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Jimmy Page

“I had such a connection with it”: On his 26th birthday, Jimmy Page played his beloved Les Paul Black Beauty in a legendary Led Zeppelin show

By Paul Elliott published

And soon after, that famous guitar vanished

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Buddy Guy [left] smiles as he takes a solo on his Fender Stratocaster. He wears a red jacket and black hat. Billy Gibbons [right] wears shades, a wide-brimmed hat and a red blazer as he plays his custom SG-style electric with the V-style headstock.

Billy Gibbons on the tip Buddy Guy gave him after they jammed a T-Bone Walker classic

By Jonathan Horsley published

Blues guitar's greatest showman shared a little stagecraft after the ZZ Top man's cameo during a live show

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Pat Smear performs onstage during the FIREAID Benefit Concert for California Fire Relief at The Kia Forum on January 30, 2025 in Inglewood, California

“In the classic tradition…”: Pat Smear is out of upcoming Foo Fighters dates after “bizarre gardening accident”

By Will Simpson published

Band announce news with fake National Enquirer front page

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STERLING HEIGHTS, MICHIGAN - AUGUST 31: Ted Nugent performs at Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre on August 31, 2025 in Sterling Heights, Michigan. (Photo by Scott Legato/Getty Images)

Ted Nugent has only qualified praise for Jack White, Green Day and Tom Morello, but calls Yungblud "the real McCoy"

By Will Simpson published

Elderly rocker 'talks music'... but can't resist dipping into politics, too

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