Latest articles by Christopher Scapelliti
Buddy Guy on how a 150-foot guitar cable, a great big lie and a little kindness got him the gig that launched his career
The legendary guitarist's story reveals the supportive brotherhood hidden beneath Chicago's cutthroat blues scene
Jimmy Page on the Beatle who inspired Led Zeppelin’s most beautiful song — and why it owes a debt to James Taylor
At least one of the Fab Four was no fan of loud guitar rock.
Vince Gill on the guitar that launched his career, and the vintage treasures that have inspired his muse
Purchased at a bluegrass festival in the 1970s, the Martin D-28 Herringbone has play a keyed role in his music
Pete Townshend claimed this guitar innovation was the Who’s idea. The Rolling Stones’ Ronnie Wood proved him wrong
The historical record gave Pete the edge — but Wood delivered proof he had the idea first when his 1965 diary was published
The jazz guitar great who fell into success with George Benson and Michael Jackson has died
Phil Upchurch, whose death last month was just announced, was a giant among a jazz men
The surgeon who tried to save John Lennon's life remembers the night the former Beatle died
Frank Veteran was on call the night Lennon was shot. He was the last doctor to attend to the slain Beatle
The late guitar ace who spurned the jazz world, climbed the pop charts and lived in terror of taking a solo
Wes Montgomery revealed the insecurities that forced his retreat from jazz, even as he was celebrated as a giant of jazz
The late Steve Cropper on his ingenious substitute for a guitar slide on the timeless Sam & Dave hit “Soul Man”
Cropper, who died Wednesday at age 84, was a legend helped define the sound of soul music and the iconic groove of Stax Records
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
I gave the RE-202 an Editor's Pick award when I reviewed it, and it's still on sale for now
Christone "Kingfish" Ingram calls it one of the five pedals he can't do without - and luckily, the MXR FOD Drive is still less than $100 in Sweetwater's Cyber Week sale
Boasting the sound of two legendary hot-rodded amps in one box, the FOD Drive puts powerful stack tones on your pedalboard
Cyber Monday guitar deals 2025: The biggest guitar sale of the year is officially over
Cyber Weekend might be over and done with, but there's still a chance to save big on guitar gear
A U.S.-made limited-edition Fender Tele for just about a grand? Get it now during Sweetwater's Cyber Monday sales event
The Limited Edition American Performer Timber Telecaster recalls Leo Fender's early prototypes, but with the modern features players crave
It’s the preamp pedal heard on tracks by The Edge, Noel Gallagher and countless others. Now it’s 25% off during Cyber Monday
The JHS Colour Box V2 preamp pedal is like having the channel from a Neve console in a stomp box
Chris Buck and Ariel Posen are fans. Now you can get $600 off Victory Amplification’s V40 Deluxe Duchess head during Cyber Week
Offering the sound of classic American combos and the aggressive crunch of vintage British tube heads, the V40 gives you the best of both worlds
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
From PRS guitars to the latest and greatest pedals — Reverb is taking up to 80% off on more than 300,000 items during Cyber Week
The Cream song Eric Clapton doesn’t like — even though it’s the key to his legend as a guitar virtuoso
According to producer Tom Dowd, there may be an even longer version of this classic in the vault — not even Clapton knows for sure
This Klon-style overdrive is nearly 50% off for Black Friday. At just $99, it’s the best way to get the sound favored by John Mayer, Jeff Beck and Warren Haynes
The Warm Audio Centavo Professional Overdrive in limited-edition silver gets you all that classic warm tone, in a box that stands out from the average clone
Black Friday guitar deals 2025: these deals are already live – plus all the info you need ahead of the year's biggest guitar sale
Black Friday has arrived early this year, there are loads of deals available and we've got the best of them
Get the sound Adam Jones and James Hetfield made famous for less than $100 during Sweetwater's Black Friday sales event
The four-pound Diezel VH Micro packs the crunch of the Diezel VH4's celebrated third channel into a compact microamp
The group that stole an idea from the Who to make two of the 1970s’ greatest power-pop hits
Producer Tom Werman admits he was the guilty party: “Pete Townshend was always my main musical inspiration”
Take $100 off the Epiphone “Inspired by Gibson” Hummingbird in Aged Natural Antique finish during Guitar Center’s Black Friday sales event
One of Guitar Center's Top-Sellers, it closely follows the specifications of the original, with solid woods throughout
Walrus Audio’s Qi Etherealizer is my favorite signature artist stompbox of the year. It's now $90 cheaper at Sweetwater's Black Friday sales event
The dream pedal of math-rock guitarist Yvette Young, the Qi Etherealizer is a multi-effect machine that takes your instrument to new sonic spaces
The pedal version of Eddie Van Halen's live rig is 24 percent off at Amazon's Black Friday sales event
Developed by Eddie, EVH and Boss, the SDE-3000EVH Dual Digital Delay re-creates the two-delay setup that was at the heart of his stage gear
