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P.J. Harvey on why she stopped playing guitar onstage — and the real reason she chose her first pair of tour guitarists
Her first proper solo album in 1995 marked a turning point in the iconic performer’s approach to performance
Jeff Beck on frustration, Fender Esquires and the limits of destruction
The Yardbirds guitarist said his battered 1954 Fender could survive almost anything — even his own attempts to smash it.
Melissa Etheridge walked into a guitar shop — and nobody knew who she was
What she learned on her visit helped her become her band’s lead guitarist after years of playing acoustics
Barbra Streisand recorded over 30 takes of “The Way We Were.” Nothing worked. Then the bassist tried something different
Session legend Carol Kaye says the song came alive the moment she ignored the written part
Pat Metheny on how a $100 guitar defined his career — and why he kept a toothbrush in it for decades
The jazz legend’s battered 1958 Gibson ES-175 bore an unlikely repair throughout the most important years of his career
Joni Mitchell on why she invented her own guitar language from more than 50 tunings
Teachers told her to play the masters instead of writing songs, but she was determined to create the sounds she heard in her head
Why Bill Frisell bought Robert Quine’s blue Telecaster after his death
Frisell recalls his friendship with Quine, the New York City jam session that led to the guitar’s purchase, and the modifications that made it his own.
Robbie Robertson on Eric Clapton, the power of subtlety and his ‘Last Waltz’ bronzed Stratocaster
The late guitar giant reflected on the power of saying more by playing less
