Elliot Easton Guitars & Gear: The Complete Guide to The Cars’ Unsung Guitar Hero
He is left-handed. He plays left-handed. He collects left-handed vintage guitars in a world where left-handed vintage guitars are extraordinarily rare. The most incredible...
Elizabeth Cotten Guitars & Gear: The Complete Guide to the Woman Who Invented Cotten...
She didn't name herself.
Elizabeth Cotten was born in Chapel Hill, North Carolina in 1893. Her parents, George and Louisa Nevills, couldn't agree on what...
Eddie Hazel Guitars & Gear: The Complete Guide to Funkadelic’s Guitar God
George Clinton told him to play like his mother just died.
This is the founding legend of "Maggot Brain" — the ten-minute guitar solo on...
Duane Eddy Guitars & Gear: The Complete Guide to the King of Twang
He needed an echo chamber. His producer Lee Hazlewood's recording studio in Phoenix, Arizona didn't have one. They couldn't afford to build one. So...
Doc Watson Guitars & Gear: The Complete Guide to the Father of Flatpicking
Before Doc Watson, the guitar in a string band was a rhythm instrument.
The fiddle played the lead melody. The banjo played the lead melody....
Dean DeLeo Guitars & Gear: The Complete Guide to Stone Temple Pilots’ Underrated Guitar...
The first Les Paul he ever got was a sunburst. He bought it brand-new at Manny's on October 29th, 1978.
He remembers the exact date....
Dave Murray Guitars & Gear: The Complete Guide to Iron Maiden’s Stratocaster Warrior
In 1976, a twenty-year-old guitarist in East London saw an advertisement in Melody Maker. A Fender Stratocaster was for sale. The previous owner: Paul...
Dave Davies Guitars & Gear: The Complete Guide to The Man Who Accidentally Invented...
He'd had an argument with his girlfriend.
"I was very depressed and fooling around with a razor blade. I could easily have slashed my wrists,...
Danny Gatton Guitars & Gear: The Complete Guide to The Humbler
Steve Vai said he "comes closer than anyone else to being the best guitar player that ever lived."
Les Paul said: "The higher you get,...
Christone “Kingfish” Ingram Guitars & Gear: The Complete Guide to Mississippi Blues’ New King
His teacher gave him the name.
Bill "HowlNMadd" Perry — one of the instructors at the Delta Blues Museum Arts and Education Program in Clarksdale,...
