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“You tell me, Professor, when you’re ready to go!” Conan O’Brien invites Jack White – and his wild custom Fenders – to swap solos on White Stripes and Eddie Cochran classics at the Newport Folk Festival

White took up position behind a custom Acoustasonic and a variant of his infamous Low Rider Telecaster to tackle two tracks during O'Brien's Newport set

Guitar World

“It was in quite a parlous state… Scott’s blood was on there – his physical remnants were on the guitar”: Richard Hawley on how he came to own Scott Walker’s Fender Telecaster

Hawley recalls the Pulp recording session that served as the catalyst to him and Walker's friendship

Guitar World

“The White Falcon is a guitar of extreme beauty... there’s just no other way of looking at it. But I really couldn’t get on with it”: Darrel Higham on his Gretsch highs and lows – and why a 21st century rockabilly ace has a cheap Zoom multi-FX in his rig

A stolen treasured Gretsch and an unexpected love/hate relationship with White Falcons are all part of this rock ’n’ roller’s life in gear

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10 brilliant, bizarre and utterly WTF Lemmy collaborations

From Slash and Dave Grohl to glamour models and 80s girl groups, Lemmy worked with ’em all

Metal Hammer

How the Gretsch 6120 Chet Atkins became a rock ’n’ roll icon, played by Pete Townshend, Randy Bachman and more – before enjoying a triumphant second act in the hands of Brian Setzer

There are few cooler hollowbody electrics than the Gretsch 6120 Chet Atkins/Nashville, few more versatile. It has done country, rock 'n' roll, rockabilly and rock. This is its story

Guitar World

“I had a couple of passes at the solo, and that was it. Keith’s playing great – and it’s unusual to hear me playing at full acceleration outside of Led Zeppelin”: Jimmy Page on his surprise Rolling Stones collaboration, and the gear that made rock history

In this all-encompassing 2020 interview, the Led Zeppelin legend reflects on the evolution of his guitar rig, writing rock’s greatest albums – and how the Beatles shaped the sound of Whole Lotta Love

Guitar World

“I’ve always found them to be extraordinarily versatile guitars – you can play any kind of music on them”: Rockabilly great Darrel Higham on why he uses only Gretsch guitars – and that time he bought a 6120 he found lying around Jeff Beck’s house

A lifelong Eddie Cochran fan who partnered with Jeff Beck for a tour celebrating the music of Cliff Gallup, Higham tells us why he can’t get enough of That Great Gretsch Sound

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“People who play solidbody guitars don’t have this happen. The whole thing shakes. You feel it. It’s the best thing in the world, for me”: Brian Setzer on his lifelong love of Gretsch guitars

The rockabilly royal reflects on his evergreen affinity for the hollowbody 6120 model – and why he favored a “Telecaster-like” Duo Jet for much of his most recent record

Guitar World

“I've never been a fan of tapping, tricks or whammy bars. There have been a few greats, like Edward Van Halen and Randy Rhoads, but what they did came from somewhere”: Kiss's Paul Stanley names 11 guitarists who shaped his sound

The stalwart rhythm guitarist gets back to the roots of his brand of hard-rock showmanship: why AC/DC and Kiss share a similar guitar mentality, how Mitch Mitchell elevated Jimi Hendrix, and what makes Jimmy Page the Beethoven of guitarists

Guitar World

Newcastle United evening headlines as Guimaraes hails Magpies' strategy and Gordon's England recognition

A look at the latest Newcastle United news this evening

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Newcastle United's three-pronged strategy for success is ready for next big move

The Magpies are not just looking at one way to bring glory back to St James' Park

Chronicle Live

10 great heavy metal songs that came before Black Sabbath

Black Sabbath may have been the official ground zero for metal, but these heavy-as-lead bangers all predate that classic first album

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