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The fabled Infinite Guitar saved one of U2’s biggest hits. But why did Michael Brook’s invention never go into production?

From being horrified by Bill Nelson to sending U2 stratospheric and surviving Robert Fripp’s fiendish time signatures, the ...
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Johnny Marr tried to make his first guitar look like Rory Gallagher’s – and it made him pass out

Rory Gallagher ’s heavily weathered 1961 Stratocaster is a blues-rock icon. So much so that it sold for $1.16m at auction ...
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Billie Joe Armstrong on how his first-ever guitar defined Green Day's sound

Armstrong's cheap Fernandes Strat copy, “Blue”, would make its way onto four and-a-half Green Day albums – and leave a permanent imprint on the sound of punk ...
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In praise of Gibson's L-00 – the small-bodied acoustic that could

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Ibanez miKro GRGM21 review

The Ibanez miKro GRGM21 is a short-scale electric guitar fitted with a pair of high output humbuckers and a versatile five-way pickup selector. It works really well as a guitar for kids, or as a ...
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Ben Kenney on touring with a brain tumor in Incubus – and why he will never hear stereo guitars again

“I went through just a whole ordeal. Like, anyone that's gone through it knows that you got to talk to multiple doctors until someone tells you the truth. And I found a great doctor in L.A.” You may ...
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“Reverlong reunion!” Scott Ian’s 12-year-old son, Revel, reunites with Foo Fighters at Dave Grohl’s studio to jam Everlong – and nails it using Pat Smear’s Gibson ...

Four years after he smashed the track as an 8-year-old during the band's Bourbon & Beyond Festival set, Revel returned to the Foo Fighters lineup during a wholesome jam session ...
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New Found Glory guitarist Chad Gilbert dead at 45 after cancer battle

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Sammy Hagar responds to Alex Van Halen calling him a “complete idiot”

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Marty Friedman’s 12 favorite guitar collaborations from his Japanese variety show channel

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I played my beloved Strat when I opened for Weezer. It got me discovered by Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready. Then I gave it away to a prison

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“His impact will live on for generations”: Wayne Charvel, legendary luthier who built guitars for Eddie Van Halen and gave rise to the Superstrat, dies aged 85

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