James Burton Guitars & Gear: The Complete Guide to the King’s Guitarist and Chicken...
James Burton Guitars & Gear: The Complete Guide to the King's Guitarist and Chicken Pickin' Pioneer
Keith Richards inducted James Burton into the Rock and...
Hubert Sumlin Guitars & Gear: The Complete Guide to Howlin’ Wolf’s Secret Weapon
He snuck into a show as a boy. Howlin' Wolf was performing. Sumlin was standing outside, watching through a window, perched on empty crates....
Guthrie Govan Guitars & Gear: The Complete Guide to the World’s Most Complete Guitarist
At age nine, Guthrie Govan and his brother Seth played guitar on a Thames Television programme. He was nine years old and already good...
Grant Green Guitars & Gear: The Complete Guide to the Forgotten Genius of Jazz...
He drove a green Cadillac. He wore green suits. He played a guitar he sometimes had painted green. He named albums after himself — Green...
Graham Coxon Guitars & Gear: The Complete Guide to Blur’s Sonic Architect
"It totally changed my life, getting that Marshall."
He was struggling. For a long time, he couldn't get amplifiers to do what he needed them...
Glenn Tipton Guitars & Gear: The Complete Guide to Judas Priest’s Melodic Metal Architect
He didn't pick up a guitar until he was nineteen years old.
That sentence should make every guitarist who started young feel slightly inadequate, and...
Glen Campbell Guitars & Gear: The Complete Guide to Country’s Greatest Guitarist
He played guitar on "Strangers in the Night." He played guitar on "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'." He played guitar on "Be True to...
Ernest Ranglin Guitars & Gear: The Complete Guide to the Godfather of Ska and...
When Ernest Ranglin walked on stage at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in London in 1964, the house band looked at each other. This nervous...
Eric Johnson Guitars & Gear: The Complete Guide to the Most Obsessive Tone Chaser...
There is a story about Eric Johnson claiming he can hear the difference between brands of nine-volt batteries in his pedals. There is another...
Elliott Smith Guitars & Gear: The Complete Guide to Indie Folk’s Most Intimate Sound
Elliott Smith Guitars & Gear: The Complete Guide to Indie Folk's Most Intimate Sound
He tuned his guitar down a step by accident.
"I get mediums...
