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Guitar Center wants players to test its “revolutionary” guitar design as the launch of its in-house brand draws near
By Phil Weller Published
"We’re looking for genuine players who are willing to share honest opinions…"

New video shows Les Paul’s home and workshop in ruins just before demolition: “It made me sick”
By Phil Weller Published
Guitar collector Perry Margouleff filmed the Mahwah property in its final days, while Les Paul’s son questions why preservation was never pursued

Behind the Beatles’ Abbey Road cover with Paul McCartney and its designer: “I thought, I’ve got to do this and get it out on Wednesday?”
By Phil Weller Published
As Sam Mendes re-creates the iconic image for his new Beatles films, we revisit how the original cover photo became an icon

Roger Daltrey says the Who invented metal before Black Sabbath
By Phil Weller Published
The singer says the Who's pioneering use of volume, feedback and Marshall amps laid the foundations for metal years before Black Sabbath arrived.

Fender serves a cease-and-desist to PRS, but does this latest target meet Fender’s copyist criteria?
By Phil Weller Published
PRS confirms it received a cease-and-desist letter over the Silver Sky — John Mayer’s massively successful signature model. But does this latest target meet Fender’s copyist criteria?

Studio legend Glyn Johns on Paul McCartney's shocking request to work on what became the Beatles' final album
By Phil Weller Published
The album’s roots live on as 'Let It Be,' but Johns says the rest of the band didn’t get McCartney’s “really interesting” idea

From Taylor Swift to Phoebe Bridgers and Wilco's Jeff Tweedy — how indie rockers came to adopt a guitar bridge born from parts in Home Depot's toilet aisle
By Phil Weller Published
Rubber-bridge guitars have changed the sound of acoustic guitar over the past 10 years. And it's all down to one man's invention

Recording engineer Glyn Johns on why he never used click tracks when working with the Stones, Beatles, and Led Zeppelin
By Phil Weller Published
He’s recorded and mixed seminal records by some of rock’s biggest artists, and click tracks were always left out in the cold
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