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A visit to Clarence White’s widow led to one of vintage guitar’s greatest bargains — and placed one of the most influential Telecasters ever built in Stuart’s hands.

Hired to produce Behind the Sun in 1985, Collins saw one of rock’s greatest guitarists stuck in a creative rut. Here’s how he challenged Eric Clapton to get off autopilot and start writing again

Dylan called Mike Bloomfield “the best guitar player I ever heard.” But his intensity and brilliance obscured a deep-seated discomfort with success

Vega reveals how the harrowing tune was transformed into a 1987 chart hit — and why its deeper meaning remained hidden for decades

Between the effect's creation and its development as a guitar pedal, interest was kept alive by a trio of fuzz-loving musicians

The making of Rubber Soul marked the moment the Beatles began taking control of the recording process, launching the sonic experimentation that would define Revolver and Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band

Asked to write a song for Nicks, Petty nearly gave away a cut he considered one of his best

As Rubber Soul gets a Super Deluxe reissue this October, we revisit the surprising Elvis-inspired origins of Lennon’s darkest Beatles cut

A last recorded meeting between Lennon, McCartney and George Harrison revealed how they might have carried on despite their growing differences

After more than 60 years of performing, the Patti Smith Group guitarist has finally made an album of his own: ‘Goin’ Local’