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“My brother’s trying to knock Norm down in price. He’s worth $800 million. He goes, ‘I’ll give you a bottle of whiskey on top’”: Frank Stallone on the prized vintage Epiphone that Sylvester bought him – and the guitar’s mysterious origins

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Frank's brother, Sylvester Stallone, bought the prized instrument for him from Norman’s Rare Guitars, but who owned the guitar for the first 20 years [lees meer]

“My brother’s trying to knock Norm down in price. He’s worth $800 million. He goes, ‘I’ll give you a bottle of whiskey on top’”: Frank Stallone on the prized vintage Epiphone that Sylvester bought him – and the guitar’s mysterious originsmarcohageman2025-04-26T10:31:43+02:00

“They said, ‘We don’t have a direction yet, but you got the gig!’ I said, ‘Well, let me think about it'”: Yngwie Malmsteen on why he turned down UFO

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The two offers came in the space of 24 hours as the bands looked to forge their next chapters with the Swedish virtuoso by [lees meer]

“They said, ‘We don’t have a direction yet, but you got the gig!’ I said, ‘Well, let me think about it'”: Yngwie Malmsteen on why he turned down UFOmarcohageman2025-04-26T06:31:16+02:00

“A huge shake-up in the amp modeler market”: These are the gear releases that have caught my eye this week – and the ones you might have missed

marcohageman2025-04-25T20:28:54+02:00

An amp modeler update that players have been waiting months for, a sustainable build from Martin and a premium collaboration between Gibson and Serj [lees meer]

“A huge shake-up in the amp modeler market”: These are the gear releases that have caught my eye this week – and the ones you might have missedmarcohageman2025-04-25T20:28:54+02:00

“You’ve gotta lose the fuss. You grab the new guitar, you scratch it. Grab the key right away”: Kiko Loureiro on why players shouldn’t be too precious about their guitars

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The shredder says if a guitar looks pristine, it isn’t being played enough

“You’ve gotta lose the fuss. You grab the new guitar, you scratch it. Grab the key right away”: Kiko Loureiro on why players shouldn’t be too precious about their guitarsmarcohageman2025-04-25T16:37:27+02:00

“I loved working with David Gilmour… but that was an uneasy collaboration”: Pete Townshend admits he’s not a natural collaborator – even with bandmates and fellow guitar heroes

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That said, the Who guitarist did recently collaborate with an up-and-coming singer-songwriter...

“I loved working with David Gilmour… but that was an uneasy collaboration”: Pete Townshend admits he’s not a natural collaborator – even with bandmates and fellow guitar heroesmarcohageman2025-04-25T16:37:25+02:00

ENGL packs its legendary Fireball amplifier tone into a “powerhouse” IR pedal

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ENGL has launched a new pedal that delivers the tone of its famed Fireball amp tone in a compact and “feature rich” unit. The [lees meer]

ENGL packs its legendary Fireball amplifier tone into a “powerhouse” IR pedalmarcohageman2025-04-25T16:37:01+02:00

“He brought something out of me that just ain’t the same without him”: The song Sammy Hagar wrote with Joe Satriani after dreaming about Eddie Van Halen is here – and as promised, it features some stellar guitar work

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The singer says the song is meant as a “thank you” to the late virtuoso

“He brought something out of me that just ain’t the same without him”: The song Sammy Hagar wrote with Joe Satriani after dreaming about Eddie Van Halen is here – and as promised, it features some stellar guitar workmarcohageman2025-04-25T15:39:57+02:00

“I was playing stuff I don’t think James Brown understood. He told me, ‘You have to play the one – you’re playing too much’”: Six years after he quit touring, Bootsy Collins reflects on James Brown and George Clinton, and what he gets out of playing today

marcohageman2025-04-25T15:39:55+02:00

One of the world’s greatest bassists talks switching from guitar, how LSD helped him become a songwriter and why he’s finally embracing five-string bass

“I was playing stuff I don’t think James Brown understood. He told me, ‘You have to play the one – you’re playing too much’”: Six years after he quit touring, Bootsy Collins reflects on James Brown and George Clinton, and what he gets out of playing todaymarcohageman2025-04-25T15:39:55+02:00

“It was the first and last time I’ve ever argued with Brian May. He was so adamant about us not doing it”: Nuno Bettencourt recalls Extreme’s rebellious Queen medley at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert

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All bands were banned from playing Queen songs, but Bettencourt wanted to pay tribute to “one the greatest composers of all time” in his [lees meer]

“It was the first and last time I’ve ever argued with Brian May. He was so adamant about us not doing it”: Nuno Bettencourt recalls Extreme’s rebellious Queen medley at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concertmarcohageman2025-04-25T15:39:53+02:00

“This guy kept calling saying, ‘I’ve never been in a band before, but I’m the best guitarist ever.’ When I heard him play it was like a fire from heaven”: The life and times of Killing Joke visionary Geordie Walker – the guitar hero’s guitar hero

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He influenced Kurt Cobain, Metallica, Tool, Nine Inch Nails and counted Jimmy Page as a fan. We pay tribute to a true guitar original

“This guy kept calling saying, ‘I’ve never been in a band before, but I’m the best guitarist ever.’ When I heard him play it was like a fire from heaven”: The life and times of Killing Joke visionary Geordie Walker – the guitar hero’s guitar heromarcohageman2025-04-25T13:29:44+02:00

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