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Friedman IR-X
"Having played through Friedman's amps, I'd say the IR-X captures their very useable foundations…" Why you need to check out this new tube amp and pedal combo

By Dave Hunter Published

Review: the Friedman IR-X Dual Tube Preamp and IR Pedal

Pedals & Pedalboards
Jared James Nichols with Epiphone guitar
"We started jamming and he stopped playing and looked at me and, serious as can be, he said, ‘Slow the f*** down!’ He meant it": Leslie West's invaluable advice for Jared James Nichols

By Joe Bosso Published

Blues rocker Jared James Nichols learnt from the very best. Passing on those invaluable tips, here's his five ways to bring out your own best

Advice & Tips
Vintera II ’50s, Jazzmaster, ’60s, Telecaster and ’70s Mustang.
"A reminder of just how far ahead of the curve Leo Fender was in 1950": Here's why the Vintera II series guitars sound as good as they look

By Art Thompson Published

Reviewed: Vintera II ’50s, Jazzmaster ’60s, Telecaster and ’70s Mustang.

Guitars
1970 Kimberly Deluxe
"A guitar that sounds as aggressive as it looks, with four gold-foil pickups wired in series, resulting in a very hot output…" The green monster that is the 1970 Kimberly Deluxe

By Terry Carleton Published

More attitude than Godzilla, it's a mean-in-green Japan-made classic

Guitars
Parlor guitar
"It was all there in the parlor guitar: that depth and inspirational tone. The only reason guitars got bigger was to compete with barking dogs and juggling children in vaudeville…" The big history of small acoustics

By Jimmy Leslie Published

Richard Hoover unravels the history and mystery of parlor guitars

Guitars
Santa Cruz
"The Bryn Athyn Cathedral in Pennsylvania called me about a stack of leftover Brazilian rosewood that would have been a living tree in the 1700s": How Santa Cruz's Richard Hoover sources antique materials for his luxurious lutherie

By Jimmy Leslie Published

Santa Cruz captain Richard Hoover applied his ultimate artistic expression to his historic Vault Series that made its stunning debut at NAMM 2024 last week.

Guitars
Joe Satriani
Eric Clapton's "Beano" Les Paul, George Harrison's 1965 Rickenbacker, Joe Satriani's "Pearly" prototype: Six stolen guitars that are still missing

By Guitar Player Staff Published

The stories behind six famous purloined axes.

Guitars
Randy Bachman's lost Gretsch
“I used to fall asleep with it on my chest — it’s literally a one-of-a-kind, unreplaceable keepsake": Randy Bachman on the trauma of having his prized 1957 Gretsch 6120 stolen and the remarkable story of how he was reunited with it

By Richard Bienstock Published

Stolen 45 years ago, the tale of the Gretsch's global journey is now the focus of a new documentary.

Guitarists
Beatles Pete Best line-up, December 17,1961
"Do you know what happened to my lost bass, the one that got pinched?" How Paul McCartney's simple 2019 query over coffee in a studio led to a forensic hunt for the iconic Höfner 500/1 violin bass

By Christopher Scapelliti Published

The theft of Paul McCartney’s 1961 Höfner bass is a 50-year-old mystery that spans from Hawkwind to the Who. Here's how the Lost Bass project filled a gap in rock and roll history.

Guitarists
Oz Noy on stage
"It’s always going to be random — it’s never going to sound the same. Sometimes it’s great, sometimes it’s not so great": Jazz guitarist Oz Noy on the spontaneity and experimentation of looping and "dancing on the pedals"

By Bill Milkowski Published

His new live album Triple Play is a laboratory of sonic experimentation. Oz Noy tells us how fusing modern effects with inspiration from legendary jazz and blues heroes became central to his process

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