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“I’d say, ‘How is your latest record, Jeff?’ And he’d go, ‘Oh, it’s a lot of rubbish’”: Ritchie Blackmore on Jeff Beck’s imposter syndrome

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Both guitarists revolutionized rock guitar – but Beck wasn’t always the biggest fan of his own work

“I’d say, ‘How is your latest record, Jeff?’ And he’d go, ‘Oh, it’s a lot of rubbish’”: Ritchie Blackmore on Jeff Beck’s imposter syndromemarcohageman2025-11-03T15:27:06+01:00

“The quality of guitars didn’t plummet overnight – some might argue that it remained high for at least a decade”: Fender CBS guitars get a bad rep – but what actually changed?

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The CBS takeover of Fender was many things but it was not an overnight revolution. Here we track the key changes to its builds [lees meer]

“The quality of guitars didn’t plummet overnight – some might argue that it remained high for at least a decade”: Fender CBS guitars get a bad rep – but what actually changed?marcohageman2025-11-03T12:58:10+01:00

“Let’s hop to it”: James Hetfield wins Halloween by donning inflatable kangaroo costume to rip through a thrash classic – and he doesn’t miss a beat

marcohageman2025-11-03T12:58:08+01:00

Two Metallica members didn’t get the Halloween memo for the gig

“Let’s hop to it”: James Hetfield wins Halloween by donning inflatable kangaroo costume to rip through a thrash classic – and he doesn’t miss a beatmarcohageman2025-11-03T12:58:08+01:00

Dark Souls/Elden Ring finishes: Rabea Massaad’s new Sterling By Music Man signature comes in two colourways inspired by his favourite video games

marcohageman2025-11-03T12:58:04+01:00

We’ve seen a slew of new signature guitar launches in the past couple of weeks, including a newly finished Fender Telecaster Deluxe for blues [lees meer]

Dark Souls/Elden Ring finishes: Rabea Massaad’s new Sterling By Music Man signature comes in two colourways inspired by his favourite video gamesmarcohageman2025-11-03T12:58:04+01:00

“He had Double Trouble on a couple of his records. He had a relationship with Stevie Ray Vaughan. He was a touring machine who did it the hard way”: Eric Gales on his all-star blues tribute to his brother, the man who started him on guitar

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With a stirring tribute to his older brother Manuel, who performed as Little Jimmy King, the master southpaw returns with one of thefinest albums [lees meer]

“He had Double Trouble on a couple of his records. He had a relationship with Stevie Ray Vaughan. He was a touring machine who did it the hard way”: Eric Gales on his all-star blues tribute to his brother, the man who started him on guitarmarcohageman2025-11-03T11:57:08+01:00

Legendary Leo Fender-founded guitar brand G&L reportedly shutting down – with Fender acquiring its intellectual property

marcohageman2025-11-03T11:57:04+01:00

Over the past few weeks, reports have surfaced suggesting that G&L – the guitar company Leo Fender co-founded in 1979 and championed by the [lees meer]

Legendary Leo Fender-founded guitar brand G&L reportedly shutting down – with Fender acquiring its intellectual propertymarcohageman2025-11-03T11:57:04+01:00

Kirk Hammett is auctioning his silver Gibson CEO4 SG from Black Sabbath’s farewell show – plus more than 150 guitars from his collection

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Remember that silver Gibson SG Kirk Hammett mysteriously pulled out during Black Sabbath’s farewell show earlier this year? The one that had Metallica fans [lees meer]

Kirk Hammett is auctioning his silver Gibson CEO4 SG from Black Sabbath’s farewell show – plus more than 150 guitars from his collectionmarcohageman2025-11-03T11:26:24+01:00

Bill Finnegan is auctioning another newly-built gold Klon Centaur – and the current bid’s already over $2,000

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You might never stumble upon the Holy Grail, but you can try your luck with the next best thing – an original, gold-finish Klon [lees meer]

Bill Finnegan is auctioning another newly-built gold Klon Centaur – and the current bid’s already over $2,000marcohageman2025-11-03T10:56:02+01:00

AC/DC: Aussie Tour Edition is a lavish, collectible tribute to the world’s greatest rock band

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Available from all good newsagents.

AC/DC: Aussie Tour Edition is a lavish, collectible tribute to the world’s greatest rock bandmarcohageman2025-11-03T04:27:10+01:00

“I would run across the stage and ‘break’ the bass over my head while our sound guy played samples of trees cracking”: Described as the 4-string equivalent of painting with a sledgehammer, Van Halen’s Ultra Bass was not your typical bass solo

marcohageman2025-11-02T20:27:35+01:00

Michael Anthony’s Yamaha BB2000 would get rebuilt after every show following his foundation-shaking solo spot

“I would run across the stage and ‘break’ the bass over my head while our sound guy played samples of trees cracking”: Described as the 4-string equivalent of painting with a sledgehammer, Van Halen’s Ultra Bass was not your typical bass solomarcohageman2025-11-02T20:27:35+01:00

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