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Erja Lyytinen

"Open C Tuning With a Slide Gives It a Whole New Approach": Watch Blues Rocker Erja Lyytinen’s Up-Tempo Live Rendition of Jimi Hendrix’s “Crosstown Traffic”

By Rod Brakes published

Video The Finnish guitarist’s latest track appears ahead of new double live album, ‘Diamonds on the Road – Live 2023’

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Gibson Flying V electric guitar and Gibson GA79-RV amplifier

The History of the Gibson Flying V

By Chris Gill published

A failure when introduced in 1958, the Flying V eventually became one of Gibson's most iconic electric guitars

English guitarist Pete Townshend, wearing his trademark white boiler suit, performs live on stage playing a Gibson SG Special guitar, with rock group The Who during the European leg of the band's Tommy Tour at a venue in England in October 1970.

“I’ll Never Be Able to Play the Kind of Leads I Want”: Pete Townshend Discusses Guitar Solos, Gibson SGs and More in This Fascinating Interview From the ‘GP’ Vault

By Michael Brooks published

“I was happiest listening to Jimi Hendrix – that, to me, was like heaven,” said the Who’s six-string destroyer

Christone "Kingfish" Ingram performs in concert during Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival on June 16, 2023 in Manchester, Tennessee.

"Blues Music Is My First Love": Christone “Kingfish” Ingram Reveals Five Life-Changing Riffs

By Jim Beaugez published

Video The Fender signature artist and Grammy-winning bluesman talks vital influences from Albert King and B.B. King to Jimi Hendrix and Eddie Hazel

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Jeff Beck performs at the Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles, California on April 17, 1999.

Watch Jeff Beck Play Jimi Hendrix’s “Little Wing” and Blow TV Host's Mind

By Rod Brakes published

Video The audience is left stunned while the presenter is rendered speechless by this awesome display of guitar-playing talent

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Jimmy Page performs live on stage in Germany in March 1973. He is using a Gibson EDS-1275 double-neck 12- and 6-string solidbody electric guitar.

Ten Mind-Blowing Rock Guitar Solos Every Player Needs to Know About

By Guitar Player Staff published

From Jimi Hendrix and Jimmy Page to Stevie Ray Vaughan and Slash, here are some of the greatest rock guitar solos ever committed to record

Buddy Guy performs on the American Folk Blues Festival tour in London, October 1965

“He Said, ‘I Just Canceled a Gig, ’Cause I Wanted to See You’”: Buddy Guy Talks Befriending Jimi Hendrix

By Gary Graff published

How the blues icon met Jimi (and was invited to kick Leonard Chess’s butt!)

Jimmy Page and Steve Vai during GRAMMY Special Merit Awards Ceremony - February 12, 2005 at Millenium Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, CA, United States.

“I Could Never Play Like Him”: Steve Vai Talks Jimmy Page, Brian May and Jimi Hendrix

By Mark McStea published

In this insightful interview, the guitarist reveals his “biggest influences” and “favorite rock song in history”

Fender Vibratone

The Fender Vibratone Brought Acid-Tinged Sonics to Recordings by Jimi Hendrix, the Byrds, Cream, Pink Floyd, Todd Rundgren and Stevie Ray Vaughan

By Dave Hunter published

Here’s why many guitarists will never settle for anything less than the sound of a true rotary-speaker cabinet

Jimi Hendrix performs in 1967; Jeff Beck pictured with a Gibson Les Paul Standard in 1967.

“He Swept Us All Aside and Put Us in a Bin”: Jeff Beck On Jimi Hendrix

By Barry Cleveland published

In this fascinating interview extract from the ‘GP’ vault, Beck recalls the impact of Hendrix among his peers

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