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- December 6
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- “One of the nurses said, ‘John Lennon.’ I thought, What does John Lennon have to do with it?” A surgeon remembers the night he tried to save the former Beatle’s life
- “I was packing up to leave when Dylan asked, ‘Where’s he going?’ and I wound up playing on the whole album.” The guitarist Bob Dylan insisted he had to have for his country music breakthrough
- December 5
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- “They put us on the bill with Humble Pie and Johnny Winter.” As Joe Perry teams up with Yungblud for a new EP, he tells tales of his adventures with guitar icons Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Slash and other rock greats
- “We were just jamming when our organ player started to yodel.” The Dutch prog-rock band that combined Chuck Berry guitar riffs and yodeling to score a top-10 hit
- “So even after he passed, Jimmy found a way to join the party.” Kenny Chesney reveals Jimmy Buffett's ashes were smuggled into his Rock Hall induction for a performance with James Taylor and Mac McAnally
- “We were trying to be the Beatles, the Hollies, and the Beach Boys, all in one.” Randy Bachman on the rehearsal accident that led him to became the the guitarist for Canada's biggest American hitmakers
- December 4
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- “He told me I’d never see him with it, but he used it to record.” Jeff Beck had a secret love affair with a PRS guitar. Paul Reed Smith is trying to track it down
- ““Why do I need a pick? I have five right here on this hand.” Fingerstyle virtuoso Marcin on why a plectrum is “the most limiting thing in the world”
- Best acoustic guitar pedals 2025: Boost your tone with the top effects pedals for acoustic guitar
- “He said, ‘You have something that these other guys here don’t.’” Jimmy Page says this separated Steve Lukather from his peers
- “I kept it right on my knee. Couldn’t move too much, ’cause it would vibrate off.” The late Steve Cropper on his ingenious substitute for a guitar slide on the timeless Sam & Dave hit “Soul Man”
- December 3
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- “I said, ‘Man, look at this.’ I didn’t know what a hippie was. But they were going crazy.” Buddy Guy on Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page — and the famous guitarist in the audience he thought he was a cop
- “I was sitting in the dressing room, and he came straight in like a rabid dog.” Tommy Emmanuel on the night he showed up an electric guitar legend before a full house — and was promptly put in his place
- "Real artists teaching their own material adds an extra layer of inspiration that few competitors can match": Gibson: Learn to Play Guitar review
- “I never practice. From time to time, I just open my case and throw in a piece of raw meat.” A rare interview with the guitar ace who spurned the jazz world, climbed the pop charts and lived in terror of taking a solo
- December 2
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- “I said, I think I can help you. Hold my beer.’” Joe Bonamassa on the artist who demanded Eric Clapton play “The Thrill Is Gone” — and why only an icon can tackle the B.B. King hit
- “They are a pack of bastards!’” Former Thin Lizzy guitarist Eric Bell on his regret-filled experience playing “Whiskey in the Jar” with Metallica
- Black Friday and Cyber Monday might be over, but these 69 deals for guitarists are still live – act fast before they're gone forever
- A U.S.-made limited-edition Fender Tele for just about a grand? Get it now during Sweetwater's Cyber Monday sales event
- It’s the preamp pedal heard on tracks by The Edge, Noel Gallagher and countless others. Now it’s 25% off during Cyber Monday
- December 1
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- Chris Buck and Ariel Posen are fans. Now you can get $600 off Victory Amplification’s V40 Deluxe Duchess head during Cyber Week
- Matteo Mancuso's a fan, and Mike Stern has a signature model: Save up to $300 on the Yamaha Pacifica range at Sweetwater
- A Gretsch for $1700 off? An EVH Frankie discounted more than $500? I went fishing for Cyber Week deals at Reverb. Here’s what I found
- I’ve put 14 patch cables through their paces this year and five of my top six are on sale for Cyber Monday – grab yours from just $2.49 per cable
- I stand by the Boss RE-202 as one of the most convincing tape echo pedals around - and you can still bag a hefty 21% off in this last-minute Cyber Monday saving
- As a gigging musician, I like my guitar strings fresh, but maintaining that new string sound means buying a lot of them! Here are the internet's best string deals to keep the cost down
- Fender's Player II Telecaster deal has sold out, but this one is still available right now with $190 off – and it's got an even better finish
- “I wouldn't be at all surprised if we weren't lost at that point in the song.” The Cream track Eric Clapton doesn’t like — even though it’s the key to his legend as a guitar virtuoso
- The Wampler Tumnus is the one pedal that will never leave my 'board, and its golden Klon-style overdrive goodness is now even cheaper for a limited time!
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