Roy Buchanan Guitars & Gear: The Complete Guide to the World’s Greatest Unknown Guitarist
The Rolling Stones asked him to replace Brian Jones. He said no.
He preferred to play local bars in the Maryland suburbs. He preferred to...
Robby Krieger Guitars & Gear: The Complete Guide to The Doors’ Fire-Starting Guitarist
Most people, when they think about The Doors, think about Jim Morrison. The leather pants. The poetry. The lizard king mythology. And fair enough...
Richie Sambora Guitars & Gear: The Complete Guide to Bon Jovi’s Most Underrated Guitar...
In 1989, at the MTV Video Music Awards, Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora walked onstage with acoustic guitars, sat on stools, and played...
Richard Thompson Guitars & Gear: The Complete Guide to Britain’s Greatest Unsung Electric Guitarist
"When I started playing Fenders in 1968, it was unfashionable because everyone in England was playing Gibsons and trying to get a big, fat...
Phil Manzanera Guitars & Gear: The Complete Guide to Roxy Music’s Sonic Adventurer
In 1973, Phil Manzanera saw an advertisement in the back of Melody Maker. A guitar for sale, private individual. He called the number. A...
Peter Green Guitars & Gear: The Complete Guide to the Tone Behind “Black Magic...
When Guitar Player magazine asked Peter Green about his "magic" guitar in 2000, he gave an answer that tells you everything you need to...
Peter Buck Guitars & Gear: The Complete Guide to R.E.M.’s Jangle Architect
His Telecaster was stolen in 1980. He went to a music store called Chick Piano and found a blonde Rickenbacker 360 with flatwound strings....
Paul Weller Guitars & Gear: The Complete Guide to The Modfather
He sold all his Rickenbackers when The Jam ended.
"I used to have loads and loads of Rickenbackers, from about 1975 to 1982," he told...
Paul Kossoff Guitars & Gear: The Complete Guide to Free’s Tone Alchemist
He was 20 years old, standing on a stage at the Isle of Wight Festival in front of an estimated 600,000 people, holding a...
Paul Gilbert Guitars & Gear: The Complete Guide to the World’s Fastest Alternate Picker
Picture this: a fifteen-year-old kid from a small Pennsylvania farm town, sitting on a plot of land where there was, as he later described,...
