Keith Urban Guitars & Gear: The Complete Guide to Country Rock’s Dumble-Wielding Telecaster Virtuoso
Most country music stars do not own multiple Dumble Overdrive Specials. Most country music stars do not own a 1959 and a 1960 Fender...
Brad Paisley Guitars & Gear: The Complete Guide to Country’s Greatest Telecaster Slinger
Brad Paisley's first amp was a 1970 Fender Deluxe Reverb — a gift from his grandfather. His first serious exposure to what a guitar...
Roy Clark Guitars & Gear: The Complete Guide to the Super-Picker’s Rig
When Brad Paisley was asked about Roy Clark, he didn't talk about Hee Haw. He talked about guitar. "How many guitar players started with...
Wes Borland Guitars & Gear: The Complete Guide to Limp Bizkit’s Living Art Installation
His guitar tech has a name for the process of getting a new instrument ready for use: "Wes-proofing."
Kadaver Dellamorte, Borland's longtime tech, described it...
Vivian Campbell Guitars & Gear: The Complete Guide to Holy Diver’s Guitar Hero
He was twenty years old when he walked into Dio's rehearsal space. He was carrying one guitar — a black Les Paul that he'd...
Vito Bratta Guitars & Gear: The Complete Guide to White Lion’s Forgotten Guitar Hero
In 1987, at the recording sessions for White Lion's Pride album, the producer Al Kooper left the studio and returned carrying a guitar. Vito Bratta knew...
Vince Gill Guitars & Gear: The Complete Guide to Nashville’s Most Respected Guitar Voice
Well-known Nashville luthier Joe Glaser looked at Vince Gill's 1953 blackguard Telecaster and called it "the best one he's ever seen."
This is not a...
Tony Rice Guitars & Gear: The Complete Guide to Bluegrass Flatpicking’s Highest Peak
The guitar has a bullet hole in the top.
Nobody is entirely sure how the bullet hole got there. The guitar is a 1935 Martin...
Tommy Emmanuel Guitars & Gear: The Complete Guide to the CGP Who Plays Three...
Chet Atkins presented Tommy Emmanuel with the Certified Guitar Player award at the 15th Annual Chet Atkins Appreciation Society Convention in July 1999. It...
Tom Morello Guitars & Gear: The Complete Guide to the Man Who Made a...
At the age of twenty-something, Tom Morello went to see two cover bands play a throwaway gig. Both bands had shredders of what he...
