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Jeff Beck’s iconic Oxblood Les Paul made history as the most expensive LP to sell at auction – now it’s been revived as an Epiphone signature model

The legendary 1954 LP starred alongside Beck for much of his career and sold for more than $1 million at auction. Now, Epiphone has launched a $1,200 replica

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“I never felt comfortable in standard. In some ways I felt more pressure because the world was so full of great players in standard – I had no interest in competing with them”: Thurston Moore on Sonic Youth’s Sister, and moving from junk guitars to Fender

The NYC noise-rock pioneer looks back to 1987, a time when Sonic Youth were growing up in public and expanding their vocabulary of alternate tunings

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A 15-year-old guitarist was brought onstage by Yungblud to riff in front of 30,000 people – and it was only the second time he’d played live

The aspiring rocker seized his moment and absolutely nailed his time in the spotlight

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The Last Editor: The musical life of Chris Bird, the final Editor of Total Guitar

The musical life of Chris Bird, the final Editor of Total Guitar

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“I watched her write a song from start to finish on her old beat-up acoustic. I taught myself that song by ear from memory and the rest is history”: Justus West, one of John Mayer’s favorite guitarists, reveals what first got him hooked on the instrument

The in-demand session player lent his guitar chops to one of last year’s most anticipated releases

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“Tom Morello said, ‘I can’t see this going on without Jake E. Lee in there somewhere’”: Ozzy Osbourne’s last show will feature an army of heavy metal greats – but it all hinged on Jake E. Lee’s involvement

The show will mark the first time Lee and Ozzy have performed together since the 1980s

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“I could listen to Vernon’s solo on that song a million times. It’s scary and strange, but in a good way”: Frank Swart of Funkwrench Blues has recruited Vernon Reid, Oz Noy and Mike Stern to his cosmic cause – but there’s one solo that haunts him

This San Francisco bass player and producer has a knack for getting top-shelf guitarists to play on his stream of Spotify masterpieces

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“Whatever your opinion is about some music museums, I believe it’s an honor to be recognized”: Wrecking Crew director responds to Carol Kaye’s criticisms of the film – and of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

The esteemed session player recently rejected an invitation to her induction ceremony

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“Vox AC30s lasted half an hour and Fender Twins lasted an hour. 5150s sounded great for about 10 seconds, then they were fried”: Uli Jon Roth’s struggle to contain his brainchild, the Sky guitar – and why he never played Jimi Hendrix’s black Strat

The former Scorpions guitarist on how he blazed a trail in guitar modding, and why he’d like to see the Hendrix guitar on display – but not being used

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“We can see this dividing opinion more than almost any guitar we’ve reviewed”: Atkin JH3001 review

What happens when charmingly bonkers rockstar Justin Hawkins is given free rein to design his own guitar? Guess what? He comes up with something charmingly bonkers!

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“He looked like a ripper to me. He didn’t hesitate to climb over the barricade”: Tyler Bryant invites a fan onstage and shreds the roof off after a mighty mid-song guitar transfer

The guitarist made a 300-mile journey to the show and ended the night on stage with his hero

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“I didn’t take it to the extreme of getting into trouble”: Mark Knopfler recorded this solo on a cheap guitar and did “everything wrong” with it – but it’s still his favorite

One iconic cut from his solo work sticks out for the right reasons, Knopfler believes

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“We feel very fortunate to have known, loved and worked with him”: Patrick Walden, Babyshambles guitarist and Pete Doherty collaborator, dies aged 46

He helped re-launch Pete Doherty’s post-Libertines career, and co-wrote a string of hits on their debut album

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“The biggest pain in all guitar playing”: Jason Isbell names the hardest thing for beginners to learn on guitar – and how mastering it leveled up his own playing

Isbell sympathizes with newbie players struggling with them, but discusses why they’re a vital songwriting tool

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“Acoustic guitarists - meet your new best friend”: ToneWoodAmp2 review

This is a sequel you need to see and hear

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“An amazing and versatile guitarist who had the greatest sense of humor”: Mick Ralphs, guitarist and co-founder of Mott The Hoople and Bad Company, has died at 81

Ralphs' bandmate, Bad Company frontman Paul Rodgers, led tributes to the guitar great

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“At that point, they were making better Les Pauls than Gibson was”: Kiss' Paul Stanley broke new ground by trading his Gibsons for Ibanez guitars – and by teaming up with the iconic Japanese brand for an early signature model

“I was looking for a guitar that I would love,” the Kiss man told Guitar World in a recent interview

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“Only a guitar player would think it's OK to play bass like that!”: Joe Satriani’s best basslines (Yes, he plays bass, too)

The phenomenal guitar playing of Joe Satriani needs no introduction, but he also handled bass duties on his first two albums

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“This is kind of uncommon. A lot of people don't like them”: Molly Tuttle reveals her surprising guitar pick of choice – which has helped shape her distinct bluegrass sound

The bluegrass virtuoso on why plectrum thickness matters – and her top tips for mastering improvisation

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“I’ve always wanted to buy a sunburst Stratocaster from Crowley’s”: Joe Bonamassa visits the store that sold Rory Gallagher his iconic ’61 Strat – and buys his own to mark the occasion

Rory Gallagher bought his now-legendary Strat – which recently sold for just over $1 million – from Crowley’s Music Store for £100 in 1963

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KHDK dives into a Deftones classic with a signature modulation pedal – and it’s the first pedal to ever capture the coveted Digital Bath tone

Chino Moreno has collaborated with the effects specialist to bottle the track’s hypnotic sounds

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“I played the jam with Eric Johnson, Steve Vai and Joe Satriani. I was like, ‘Uh, yeah sure. I’ll come and play G3!’”: All That Remains’ Jason Richardson on surviving the ultimate virtuoso jam, despite fearing improv – and why theory is not 'law'

AntiFragile finds All That Remains dialing up the action with dual solos and some of the most ferocious metalcore you will hear this year. Here Richardson talks technique, tones and explains why dynamics are essential

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“It’s built to reflect how I play”: Ryan “Fluff” Bruce’s Sterling by Music Man signature is finally here – and it’s more than $2k cheaper than the premium model

Fishman Fluence humbuckers make way for “do-it-all” Seymour Duncans, but otherwise, it’s a faithful recreation of the YouTuber’s Swiss Army riff machine

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“Brings the sound of the gods down to the volume-restricted reality of us mere mortals”: Marshall 1959 Modified & JCM800 Modified review

The gatekeepers at Marshall have finally unlocked beastmode, releasing two brand-new Modified high‑gain amps. Time to plug in!

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“I wanted to have the register like a violin. The luthier said to me, ‘I can build you any guitar you like.’ It was a lightbulb moment for me”: Uli Jon Roth on what you get when you cross a Strat and a Les Paul with a violin hybrid

After modifying Strats only got him so far, one luthier came to his rescue and they found that the sky's the limit

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