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Leslie West revealed the picking techniques that made him a singularly great guitar hero to Eddie Van Halen, Randy Rhoads and Pete Townshend
Speaking to Guitar Player in 1972, the Mountain guitarist laid out his use of "harmonic jumps" and high volume to achieve a wide range of articulations
Pete Townshend said no one can touch him on guitar when it comes to one particular skill
He claimed Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton both praised him for his talent, which he honed in response to the performance style of his bandmates in the Who
Pete Townshend talks originality, playing loud and which guitarist was first to use feedback
He says Marshall's '60s amps were rife for experimentation while discussing his “musical” use of screaming amps
Myles Kennedy says an onstage disaster forced him to buy a PRS guitar he couldn't afford
The guitarist felt obliged to write a check for the borrowed guitar, having previously been priced out of owning a PRS
See Pete Townshend and David Gilmour team up to perform tracks by the Who, Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup, Screamin' Jay Hawkins and more in 1985
The legendary guitarists had previously contributed to each other's solo releases, culminating in two nights at London's Brixton Academy — and a setlist of rock and roll classics
Ronnie Wood on the early days of Marshall, and his loudness war with the Who
Alongside many other budding British guitar heroes of mid-'60s London, Wood – via Marshall – consistently pushed the boundaries of amplification
“Young kids that buy their first really good guitar end up in a love relationship with it – I've never had that”: Why Pete Townshend won't apologize for his '60s-era guitar-smashing antics
Rock's most famous guitar-smasher (mostly) abandoned that particular act over 50 years ago, but that doesn't mean he's wracked with guilt over his innumerable six-string beatings
“I didn’t want to be the flashy lead player. Whether it was Keith Richards, Pete Townshend, David Crosby or Richie Havens, what the left hand was doing was more fascinating to me than what the right hand was doing": The Paul Stanley interview
As Kiss hang up their guitars, Paul Stanley looks back on the instruments and musicians that shaped his musical personality
