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Guitar Center CEO has two favourite guitars, but can’t choose an outright winner: “It’s like asking, ‘Which kid do you love more?’”

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In addition to his strong business track record – with numerous C-suite roles, including his current position as CEO of Guitar Center – Gabe [lees meer]

Guitar Center CEO has two favourite guitars, but can’t choose an outright winner: “It’s like asking, ‘Which kid do you love more?’”marcohageman2025-10-30T16:56:58+01:00

“I got a text saying, ‘Bruce would like to send you something…’” The vintage guitar Bruce Springsteen sent Jeremy Allen White so he could learn to play

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White went into the project having never played guitar. He ended up learning on something rather spectacular, thanks to the Boss...

“I got a text saying, ‘Bruce would like to send you something…’” The vintage guitar Bruce Springsteen sent Jeremy Allen White so he could learn to playmarcohageman2025-10-30T16:26:27+01:00

Sweetwater isn’t waiting for Black Friday – and neither should you, with up to $600 off one of my all-time favourite Les Pauls and loads more in their Early Access Black Friday sale

marcohageman2025-10-30T16:26:25+01:00

With big reductions on popular models from Gibson to PRS, Fender to Strandberg, and so much more, why wait until Black Friday itself?

Sweetwater isn’t waiting for Black Friday – and neither should you, with up to $600 off one of my all-time favourite Les Pauls and loads more in their Early Access Black Friday salemarcohageman2025-10-30T16:26:25+01:00

“I bumped into one of Queen’s techs. He said, ‘Steve, come down to the studio – the lads would love to see you’”: How Steve Howe ended up playing on a Queen track

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The prog legend was asked to channel a flamenco icon for the spontaneous guest spot

“I bumped into one of Queen’s techs. He said, ‘Steve, come down to the studio – the lads would love to see you’”: How Steve Howe ended up playing on a Queen trackmarcohageman2025-10-30T14:53:16+01:00

Megadeth – Ride the Lightning? Here are the clues we’ve got that point to a Metallica cover on Megadeth’s final album

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Dave Mustaine has hinted that a track on Megadeth’s final album is technically a cover song, but one he actually wrote. Fans suspect the [lees meer]

Megadeth – Ride the Lightning? Here are the clues we’ve got that point to a Metallica cover on Megadeth’s final albummarcohageman2025-10-30T13:53:08+01:00

“It’s fun to have shreddiness, but even my dad would say the best solos are the ones you can sing”: Wolfgang Van Halen reveals the Mammoth guitar solo that was inspired by Smells Like Teen Spirit

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The Nirvana classic embodies some soloing advice that Wolfgang once got from his dad, the late, great Eddie Van Halen

“It’s fun to have shreddiness, but even my dad would say the best solos are the ones you can sing”: Wolfgang Van Halen reveals the Mammoth guitar solo that was inspired by Smells Like Teen Spiritmarcohageman2025-10-30T12:51:37+01:00

“This guitar is simply too cool to not be released”: Noel Gallagher’s internet-breaking Oasis reunion Les Paul has been brought to the masses with a Standard launch

marcohageman2025-10-30T12:25:44+01:00

Months after the Custom Shop Murphy Lab reissue sold out, Gibson has brought back one of 2025's most talked about guitars

“This guitar is simply too cool to not be released”: Noel Gallagher’s internet-breaking Oasis reunion Les Paul has been brought to the masses with a Standard launchmarcohageman2025-10-30T12:25:44+01:00

Gibson’s $20k Back to the Future ES-345 is being listed on Reverb for over $100k – as scalpers look to flip the highly sought-after guitars for mega profit

marcohageman2025-10-30T12:25:40+01:00

Limited guitars with sky-high demand – perhaps it was predictable all along that Gibson’s Custom Back to the Future ES-345 and its cheaper Epiphone [lees meer]

Gibson’s $20k Back to the Future ES-345 is being listed on Reverb for over $100k – as scalpers look to flip the highly sought-after guitars for mega profitmarcohageman2025-10-30T12:25:40+01:00

“Instruments that shaped metal forever”: The mystery Gibson SG Kirk Hammett played at Ozzy Osbourne’s last show is heading to auction – along with more than 150 other guitars from his collection

marcohageman2025-10-30T11:51:22+01:00

The SG was used to play a Black Sabbath cover at Back to the Beginning, and it’s headed to the auction block alongside some [lees meer]

“Instruments that shaped metal forever”: The mystery Gibson SG Kirk Hammett played at Ozzy Osbourne’s last show is heading to auction – along with more than 150 other guitars from his collectionmarcohageman2025-10-30T11:51:22+01:00

“I discovered that you need to be anxious – it keeps you motivated. I try to feed off the anxiety and play guitar”: The life and times of Brent Hinds, the visionary guitarist with a maverick style who made Mastodon a big beast of metal

marcohageman2025-10-30T11:51:20+01:00

Guitar World pays tribute to the late Brent Hinds, one of metal's wildest and most inventive players, who died on 20 August

“I discovered that you need to be anxious – it keeps you motivated. I try to feed off the anxiety and play guitar”: The life and times of Brent Hinds, the visionary guitarist with a maverick style who made Mastodon a big beast of metalmarcohageman2025-10-30T11:51:20+01:00

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