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March 31
- Listen to Sergio and Eduardo Abreu Morph Into a Single Entity with 20 Digits and 12 Strings
- From Satan to Jesus, Skip James Played Through Shadow and Light on These Five Essential Tracks
- Watch Clarence White Demonstrate His Innovative B-Bender Telecaster in 1968
- “Surf Music Is a Heavy Machine-Gun Staccato Picking Style”: How Dick Dale Pushed Leo Fender into Pulling Out the Big Guns
March 30
- This Unique Pair of Vintage Goldtops Has Some Extra-Special Bling
- “Put the Microphone Over There On the Other Side of the Room Because I’m Going to Play Loud”: How Eric Clapton Took Volume to 11
- Here’s Why Eddie Van Halen was a Guitar Gear Pioneer
- Rickenbacker Boss John Hall Endorses “Definitive” New Book at London Launch
March 29
- “All This Equipment is Just to Make a Sound Like We Used to Get Years Ago”: Watch Andy Summers Demo His Massive Effects Rig in 1987
- The Gretsch Double Anniversary is a Budget Ride to Atkins Country
- “We Started to Make Our Act Aggressive”: Watch Pete Townshend Attack his Marshall in Footage from ‘Lost’ 1966 Interview
- Sonny Landreth Shares Some Sweet Memories of "Colorful Genius" Howard Alexander Dumble
March 28
- Best Martin Guitars: 11 Top Choices From Budget To Premium
March 25
- Hear Robin Trower's Fiery New Track, The Razor's Edge
- Amid Shortage, Western Electric is Preparing to Expand into Guitar Tube Manufacturing
- May 2022 Guitar Player Lesson Audio
March 24
- Listen to Jazz Innovator Charlie Christian Bringing Electric Guitar to the Forefront of Music
- When Is a Telecaster Not a Telecaster? When It’s a Dual-Pickup Esquire
- “I Was Convinced That I Might Die”: Lance Keltner Talks New Album After Brush with Death
- Boss Enters a New Age of Space Echo with the RE-2 and RE-202
March 23
- Watch Looping Innovator Robert Fripp's 1979 Frippertronics TV Demonstration
- Flat-Top Revelations from ‘The Beatles: Get Back’
- Want to Branch Out with Some Jazz Fusion? Learn Oz Noy’s Harmonically Inventive “She’s Not There” Solo
- Watch Ric Ocasek’s Inspiring Solo Acoustic “Drive” Performance
March 22
- A Guide to Guitar Pedal Order
- The Gibson ES-355 was the Cadillac of Classic Thinline Semis
- “It’s Like Holding a Candle Up Between Two Mirrors”: Roger Mayer Talks Bringing Jimi Hendrix’s Sound Into Another Dimension
- Mike McCready Names His Top Five Career-Defining Tracks
- Fender Custom Shop Limited-Edition Double-Bound Stratocaster Journeyman Relic Review
March 21
- “I Was Like a Mad Scientist, Always Refining”: Steve Morse Reveals How He Wrote “Take It Off the Top”
- Watch Dan Patlansky’s Low-Down Dirty “Bad Soul” Music Video
- GP Presents Oz Noy this Thursday, March 24, in Oakland – Win Tickets!
- This 'Time Capsule' 1958 Fender Precision Bass is a Holy Grail Vintage Guitar
March 20
- Tube Amps Explained: How They Work, the Tube Types Available and the Tones They Produce
March 18
- Watch a Recently Rediscovered Documentary on Gibson’s Former Kalamazoo, Michigan Factory from 1967
- Joe Satriani Fuses Funk With Shred on Bouncy New Single, Pumpin'
- Gibson Introduces a New Body Shape with the Theodore, Inspired by a 65-year-old Ted McCarty Sketch
- Multi-FX Vs Single Pedals: Which Is Right For You?
March 17
- Mackie Thrash215 Powered Loudspeaker Review
- This Experimental Stratocaster was Made and Owned by Co-Designer Bill Carson
- Watch “Saharan Hendrix” Mdou Moctar’s Astounding Live Performance on KEXP
- Watch Joe Bonamassa’s Surreal "Mind's Eye" Music Video
March 16
- Fender Mustang Micro Review
- “I'm Just Like a Color Over the Top. He's the Solid Thing”: Angus Young on Malcolm Young and the Vital Chemistry of AC/DC
- Watch John Lee Hooker Bringing the Blues to London in 1964
March 15
- Eastman T184MX Review
- Eastman T64/v Review
- Taylor American Dream AD27e Flametop Review
- Watch Lightnin’ Hopkins Play “the Best Blues Performance Ever”
March 14
- Strymon Iridium Amp and IR Cab Pedal Review
- The History of the Fender Telecaster
- “I’m feeling Like FrankenStern – Kind of Rewired and Half Bionic”: Mike Stern Reveals How He Perseveres One Gig At a Time
- “The Fire of Youth is the Fuel for Rock and Roll”: Luther Dickinson Talks Tone, Inspiration, and the Future of Roots Rock
March 11
- The Keith Richards Guide to Distortion
- Watch Chuck Berry Perform His Breakthrough Hit, “Maybellene,” Live on TV
- “My Music is a Reflection of My Life, Which Has Been a Little Bit All Over the Place”: Jesse Cook Talks Diverse New Album ‘Libre’
- Hendrix, Van Halen Lead List of Gear Innovators Inside the New Issue of Guitar Player
March 10
- Here’s Why People Love the 1957 Fender Stratocaster
- Break Out of Your Box with the CAGED System
- Fans Demand Rolling Stones Release Entire ‘Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out’ Live Recordings
- Watch The Edge Demonstrate How the Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Memory Man Helped Define the Sound of an Era
March 9
- A Guitar Fit for a King: Watch Elvis Hit the Stage With His Customized Gibson Dove
- Taylor Guitars Named on List of World’s Most Innovative Companies
- Wayne Kramer Reanimates MC5 with New Album 'Heavy Lifting'
- Telecaster Master Jim Weider Drops New Album with the Weight Band
March 8
- Luther Dickinson Reveals His Fingerpicking Secrets
- Clash of the Blues Titans! Watch Eric Gales Slug It Out with Joe Bonamassa
- 10 Lesser-Known Chuck Berry Songs You Need to Hear
- Three Chords, the Truth and Some Marker Pens: Watch Bob Dylan’s Groundbreaking “Subterranean Homesick Blues” Music Video
March 7
- Watch Stevie Ray Vaughan Tear it Up at the “Biggest Party In History”
- Howard Alexander Dumble Reportedly Built One of His Final Amps for Slash
March 4
- Listen to John McGeoch’s Haunting Siouxsie and the Banshees “Happy House” Debut and Watch the Iconic Music Video
- Alt-Rock Pioneer Bob Mould Names His Top Five Career-Defining Tracks
- Living Legend Larry McCray Releases New Bonamassa/Smith-Produced Track “Breaking News”
- Listen to the Red Hot Chili Peppers' Wah-Drenched "Poster Child" Single Here
March 3
- “People Don't Buy a Guitar Solo. They Buy a Song”: Steve Lukather Talks Soloing, Songwriting and Success
- 10 New Gain Pedals You Need to Know About
- “I Have a Whole Career That’s Based Around Crazy Ideas”: Sammy Hagar Reveals How Inspiration Struck Him and Eddie Van Halen
- Boss Announces the New GX-100 Guitar Effects Processor
March 2
- The Whatchamacallit: an Unusual Instrument with an Even More Unusual Story
- Watch Jeff Beck and Jennifer Batten’s Dazzling Display of Guitar Wizardry on ‘Letterman’
- ThorpyFx Squeezes All Tone Bender Variants into One Germanium Fuzz Pedal with the Boneyard
March 1
- Here's Why Junior Brown is Bar-Band Virtuosity Personified
- Five Times Famous Musicians Stole from Chuck Berry
- Erica Synths Donates All Income from Snazzy FX Pedals to Assist Humanitarian Aid Efforts in Ukraine
- Watch the Explosive “Drain You” Performance from Nirvana's Final Show