Susanna Hoffs (The Bangles) Guitars & Gear: The Complete Guide to the Jangle Pop...
"I decided to seek out a Rickenbacker because I liked the 'really jangly, bright sound' and because the Byrds and the Beatles had used...
Pepper Keenan (COC/Down) Guitars & Gear: The Complete Guide to the Southern Metal Workhorse’s...
"I plugged in that Thunderverb 50, no pedals or anything, and just raked a G chord. It sounded like fucking Malcolm Young! I just...
Prince – The Hidden Guitar Virtuoso
Long before the world knew him as The Purple One, Prince Rogers Nelson was a Minneapolis kid obsessed with guitars. Born in 1958 to...
Richard Thompson Guitars & Gear: The Complete Guide to Britain’s Greatest Unsung Electric Guitarist
"When I started playing Fenders in 1968, it was unfashionable because everyone in England was playing Gibsons and trying to get a big, fat...
Ally Venable Guitars & Gear: The Complete Guide to “The Wounded Warrior” and the...
Ally Venable was riding in the car with her father when she was twelve years old and heard Stevie Ray Vaughan's Texas Flood for...
Peter Green Guitars & Gear: The Complete Guide to the Tone Behind “Black Magic...
When Guitar Player magazine asked Peter Green about his "magic" guitar in 2000, he gave an answer that tells you everything you need to...
John Renbourn Guitars & Gear: The Complete Guide to Pentangle’s Folk-Baroque Guitar Architect
When John Renbourn and Bert Jansch played together in Pentangle, it was described as "downright unfair" — two of the finest acoustic guitarists in...
Bo Diddley Guitars & Gear: The Complete Guide to Rock and Roll’s Most Original...
Bo Diddley Guitars & Gear: The Complete Guide to Rock and Roll's Most Original Inventor
He built his first guitar out of a cigar box,...
Kurt Cobain Guitars & Gear: The Complete Guide to Nirvana’s Pawn Shop Guitar God
He said he didn't care about gear. He was lying.
Or rather — he cared deeply about gear, in a specific way that was entirely...
Lightnin’ Hopkins Guitars & Gear: The Complete Guide to Texas Blues’ Lone Wolf
"I had the one thing you need to be a blues singer," Lightnin' Hopkins used to say. "I was born with the blues."
He wasn't...
