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“He wanted all that at an undoable selling price”: Mesa/Boogie founder Randall Smith confirms rumours that it built James Hetfield a signature model – and it combined three iconic amps in one
By Jonathan Horsley published
A Diezel, a JC-120 and a Mark IIC+ all in one? That would have cost a whack – and it would have, which is why the Metallica frontman's prototype never got released

Jon Bon Jovi says he’s still “heartbroken” by the way Richie Sambora left the band
By Will Simpson published
Sambora quit Bon Jovi in 2013

Bon Jovi guitarist Phil X shares details about upcoming signature Gibson – an SG like no other?
By Jonathan Horsley published
The Drills frontman and lead guitarist for the New Jersey rock legends says he is on Prototype #3 – does this suggest that we could be close to seeing the finished article sometimes soon?

“People are craving more music that’s authentic”: Christone ‘Kingfish’ Ingram talks about his new blues label
By Will Simpson published
Its first release is his third album Hard Road

“I wrote it so that Joe and I could play even harder than on Hotel California”: Don Felder's heavy 'lost' Eagles song
By Paul Elliott published
"It had harmony parts, trading-off solos and a much harder rock edge"

Derek Trucks on the unlikely triumph of Tedeschi Trucks Band and Leon Russell’s “intense” Mad Dogs & Englishmen set
By Jonathan Horsley published
TTB and Leon Russell's Mad Dogs & Englishmen Revisited set at LOCKN' 2015 was a historic moment as the key players from the 1970 tour reunited for the first time. With the live album out now, Trucks tells us how it all went down

Misha Mansoor teams up with Neural DSP for Archetype plugin that nails his Periphery tone – but does so much more
By Jonathan Horsley published
Neural DSP's most ambitious plugin yet? Archetype: Misha Mansoor X collects three amps, virtual stompboxes, from the everyday to exotic granular and pitch-shifting effects, CabSims, EQs and more

With A Little Help From His Friends: Jack White joins Ringo Starr on stage for a Beatles classic
By Will Simpson published
Do you need anybody? Some famous friends, it turns out
![Joe Bonamassa wears a blue suit and plays his P-90 loaded Epiphone signature Les Paul [left] and BB King cups his hand to his ear to ask for some more from his audience at a 1991 show in Chicago.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/pGzJdAHFic3RJjgCi33Ejh.jpg)
Joe Bonamassa announces all-star album celebrating life of BB King on the King of the Blues’ 100th birthday
By Jonathan Horsley published
BB King’s Blues Summit 100 is out Feb 6 and features guest spots from Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks, George Benson, Eric Gales and more
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