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Dave Keuning warms up with his Gibson Explorer before a live performance at Dingwalls in London, December 10, 2018.
Dave Keuning’s Top Five Career-Defining Tracks The Killers’ axeman discusses five memorable hits and deep cuts from his extensive rap sheet
Actors Cheech Marin (L) and Tommy Chong attend a signing of a Gibson Art Guitar for GuitarTown Sunset Strip at The Roxy Theatre on November 16, 2010 in West Hollywood, California.
Trash & Treasure: a Guide to the Far-Out Guitars of the 1970s Shameless ‘modernistic’ rip-offs, hippie-wood finishes and more brass than a marching band – welcome to our fabulous six-string freakshow!
Eddie Van Halen from American rock group Van Halen performs live on stage at the Rainbow Theatre in Finsbury Park, London on 22nd October 1978.
“I Am Just a Punk Kid Trying to Get a Sound Out of a Guitar That I Couldn't Buy Off the Rack”: a 23-Year-Old Eddie Van Halen Talks Building His Own Guitars Screwdrivers, chisels, drills and chainsaws – the young prodigy reveals all in this amazing interview from the GP archive.
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  1. K.K. Downing (left) and Glenn Tipton  perform at Rockford Speedway,  Loves Park, Illinois, July 27, 1980.
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    “It Was Pretty Obvious It Was a Song That Was Going to Go a Long Way”: Glenn Tipton Explains How John Lennon’s Home Inspired Judas Priest’s 1980 Classic “Living After Midnight”
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    Listen to Tropical F*ck Storm's Epic Cover of Jimi Hendrix’s “1983... (A Merman I Should Turn to Be)”
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    Get That Classic Rockabilly Sound, EVH Girth, Bathroom Ambience and Much More With Electro-Harmonix’s New Slap-Back Echo
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    Joe Bonamassa Announces Expansive New Live Album, ‘Tales of Time’
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    Listen to Bill Connors’ ‘Of Mist and Melting’ – ECM Jazz at Its Finest

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