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Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck pose together with The Yardbirds in summer 1966

Watch Jeff Beck Smash His Guitar to Pieces in Mock Rage

By Rod Brakes

VIDEO Jimmy Page looks on laughing as he completely obliterates the offending instrument.

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Singer/Songwriter Frank Zappa plays DJ for a day at WKLS 96 Rock in Atlanta Georgia. October 25, 1981

A Beginner’s Guide to Frank Zappa

By Gary MacKenzie

Five career-spanning albums from the pioneering guitarist's extensive back catalog.

Freddie King and Leon Russell perform on stage at the Rainbow Theatre, London, 3rd November 1971.

Watch Freddie King Set the Gold Standard in Gibson PAF Humbucker Tone

By Rod Brakes

VIDEO The blues behemoth demonstrates his unbridled mastery of the Gibson ES-345.

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American singer-songwriter and guitarist Samantha Fish, portrait, Germany, 2011

Samantha Fish: My Life in Five Riffs

By Jim Beaugez

Video Five unforgettable riffs that shaped a modern blues maestro.

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Allan Holdsworth performing at Tuts in Chicago, Illinois, September 14, 1983

Five Reasons Why Allan Holdsworth is a Guitar Legend

By Guitar Player Staff

Video From John Coltrane to the SynthAxe, here’s why the jazz fusion savant remains one of the most influential guitarists of all time.

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KT Tunstall performs on stage at The Roundhouse on March 25, 2019 in London, England

How KT Tunstall Rekindled Her Love of Guitars

By Jim Beaugez

The former folkie talks inspiration and musical reinvention.

Steve Lukather speaks onstage at the TEC Awards during the 2019 NAMM Show at the Hilton Anaheim on January 26, 2019 in Anaheim, California

The Five Guitar Commandments of Luke

By Jude Gold

Steve Lukather’s priceless life lessons on making it big as a guitarist.

Amy Winehouse performs on stage as part of "The Miller Strat Pack" concert, at Wembley Arena on September 24, 2004 in London. The event pays homage to the Fender Stratocaster, is in aid of Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy, and celebrates 50 years of the iconic guitar.

Watch Amy Winehouse Blow Wembley Arena Away Using Just Her Voice and a Stratocaster

By Rod Brakes

VIDEO The musical dynamo was far more than just a singer.

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American musician, guitarist and singer Stevie Ray Vaughan (1954-1990) performs live on stage playing a Fender Stratocaster guitar (Number One) behind his head during a concert performance at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival in New Orleans, Louisiana on 2 May 1985.

Watch Stevie Ray Vaughan’s Jaw-Dropping Live Performance of Jimi Hendrix’s “Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)”

By Rod Brakes

VIDEO The Strat-wielding Texas bluesman pays homage to his guitar hero in this epic eleven-minute jam.

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Ritchie Blackmore playing guitar with Deep Purple at Nippon Budokan, August 17th, 1972.

Classic Tones: “Smoke On the Water” – Deep Purple

By Rod Brakes

VIDEO A mystery for decades, here’s how Ritchie Blackmore nailed that benchmark hard rock Strat sound.

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