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“I was playing the Fender Strat that Jimi Hendrix gave me”: Billy Gibbons on the making of ZZ Top's greatest blues song
By Paul Elliott published
"For some reason the guitar wasn’t working through the amp," Gibbons recalled

Kirk Hammett orders up custom version of Jack White’s Triplecaster – and gets one for White, too
By Jonathan Horsley published
Jack White's been giving out his Triplecaster to all and sundry and now Hammett returns the favour, with a "cool mod" that White hopes will duly upset Telecaster purists

“I don’t have many guitar players’ albums on my iPhone, but Jeff is there”: John McLaughlin on the magic of Jeff Beck
By Andrew Daly published
"His tone was like butter," McLaughlin says of his late friend

Megadeth to come to an end – Dave Mustaine announces final album and farewell tour for 2026
By Jonathan Horsley published
Next year will see the release of the final Megadeth studio album before Mustaine and co ride off into the sunset – and there will be a tell-all memoir coming too
![A composite image of Steve Vai [left] playing his green PIA Ibanez signature guitar onstage with the Satch/Vai band, and right, the late, great Allan Holdsworth playing an S-style with a cigarette smoking wedged on the strings.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4rRFNyBs8iuRk62px4U6yj.jpg)
Steve Vai on why Allan Holdsworth – the fusion virtuoso who wrote his own rules – was the GOAT
By Jonathan Horsley published
Most players Vai can work out where they were coming from. Holdsworth, he admits, was something different entirely

Aerosmith’s Joe Perry and Brad Whitford on the support act who completely upstaged them
By Will Simpson published
It happened at a Central Park festival

“Steven just doesn’t want to tour, and he can’t tour”: Joe Perry confirms no more touring for Aerosmith
By Will Simpson published
... Though he still has his eye on one final show

Gibson unveils Custom Noel Gallagher Les Paul: hand-signed, limited run – the ultimate Oasis guitar?
By Jonathan Horsley published
Limited to 25, each hand-signed, replicas of Noel Gallagher's super-cool black Les Paul Standard will be available on August 21 at the Gibson Garage London
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