John McLaughlin Guitars & Gear: The Complete Era-by-Era Guide to the Mahavishnu’s Tone Arsenal
There's a story about the early 1970s when Jeff Beck first heard the Mahavishnu Orchestra and reportedly walked out of the venue in a...
John Fogerty Guitars & Gear: The Complete Guide to Creedence Clearwater Revival’s Swamp Rock...
He gave his guitar away to a twelve-year-old boy named Louie.
It was 1970. Creedence Clearwater Revival were at the peak of their commercial power...
Joe Pass Guitars & Gear: The Complete Guide to Jazz Guitar’s Most Complete Master
Jim Hall called him the most complete jazz guitarist ever.
This is not an understatement. Joe Pass could play bass lines, chord accompaniment, and melody...
Joe Bonamassa Guitars & Gear: The Complete Guide to Blues Rock’s Greatest Gear Collector
He had nine 1959 Gibson Les Paul Sunbursts. At the same time.
They each have names. "Snakebite" — his favourite, with two side-by-side screw holes...
João Gilberto Guitars & Gear: The Complete Guide to the Father of Bossa Nova
In 1956, João Gilberto moved into his sister's house in Diamantina, a small colonial town in the interior of Minas Gerais, Brazil. He was...
J Mascis Guitars & Gear: The Complete Guide to the King of the Jazzmaster
He wanted a Stratocaster. He couldn't afford one.
In his hometown guitar shop in Amherst, Massachusetts, there was a Jazzmaster for $300 and a Jaguar...
Jerry Cantrell Guitars & Gear: The Complete Guide to Alice in Chains’ Dark Architect
He was working at a guitar shop in Dallas, Texas in 1985. He was nineteen years old and had just quit his first year...
Jennifer Batten Guitars & Gear: The Complete Guide to Michael Jackson’s Guitar Virtuoso
Picture the 1993 Super Bowl halftime show. Over 1.3 billion people watching worldwide — the largest live music television audience in history at the time....
Jason Becker Guitars & Gear: The Complete Guide to Shred’s Most Inspiring Guitarist
In 1990, Jason Becker was twenty years old. He had already recorded Perpetual Burn — one of the most technically advanced guitar albums of the decade....
Janick Gers Guitars & Gear: The Complete Guide to Iron Maiden’s Wildest Guitarist
He is left-handed. He plays right-handed. He buys his first guitar in a music shop in Złotów, Poland, during one of his regular teenage...
