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Gary Moore performs onstage at Shepherds Bush Empire in London on November 1, 2009
Gary Moore: "When I’d See Peter Green, I Was Hanging on Every Note He Played. When He Would Hit the Note, it Would Just Go Right Through Me"

By Darrin Fox Published

The late blues guitar great discusses channeling Roy Buchanan with a Tele, the best piece of playing advice he ever got, and the hard-rock guitar icon who borrowed liberally from his "Parisienne Walkways" melody in this 2007 GP interview.

Guitarists
Peter Green's 1962 Silvertone Speed Demon
Peter Green’s 1962 Silvertone Speed Demon Recently Showed Up on Reverb – and Was Quickly Snapped Up

By Jackson Maxwell Published

Said to be in “amazing” condition, the vintage six-string features a trio of Speed Bump-style soapbar pickups.

Pedals & Pedalboards
Jimmy Page performing on stage at the Seattle Coliseum, playing Gibson Les Paul guitar
Three Sure-Fire Ways to Break out of That Old Minor-Pentatonic Deadlock

By Mac Randall Published

Completely alter your use of the minor pentatonic scale using these examples in the style of Jimmy Page, Noel Gallagher, Robert Fripp, Peter Green and Eric Clapton

Lessons
Photo of Peter GREEN; posed, studio, holding the Gibson Les Paul guitar he sold to Gary Moore
Want to Know the Secret to Peter Green’s Guitar Setups?

By Rod Brakes Published

Restoration expert and ‘Famous Frets’ author Steve Clarke reveals this surprise from Bonham’s Peter Green Collection

Music
Mick Fleetwood and Noel Gallagher perform Peter Green's "The World Keep on Turning" at the London Palladium on February 25, 2020.
Watch Noel Gallagher’s Breathtaking “The World Keep On Turning” Peter Green Tribute Performance

By Christopher Scapelliti Published

Video The Oasis guitarist gives a stellar rendition of the British blues hero’s 1968 acoustic number

Video
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Massive Peter Green Guitar Auction at Bonhams Announced

By Rod Brakes Published

Running June 16-28, the Peter Green Collection comprises 150 guitars plus amps and pedals

Amps
L-R: Chuck Berry, Eric Clapton, Carlos Santana and Kurt Cobain
The 40 Most Important Guitar Solos of the 20th Century

By Guitar Player Staff Published

From bluesy beginnings to metallic peaks, we trace the evolution of the electric rock solo

Guitarists
A group of young men outside the Eel Pie Island Hotel London, 28th August 1960. The Hotel, on Eel Pie Island in the River Thames at Twickenham, is the venue for a jazz club popular with teenagers.
“The Anteroom of Paradise, Or Is It Hell?” Watch this Incredible Mini Doc on London’s Mysterious Rock ‘n’ Roll Island

By Rod Brakes Published

Video Home of the Rolling Stones and a playground for budding guitar heroes, Eel Pie Island was a musical hub of the '60s.

Video
Seymour Duncan vintage humbuckers, the Green Magic, '78 Model and High Voltage
Seymour Duncan Offers Legendary Humbucker Tone with the 78 Model, Green Magic and High Voltage

By Rod Brakes Published

If you’re looking to up your ‘bucker game then check out these vintage-style builds.

Guitars
Peter Green (right) and bassist John McVie, of British rock group Fleetwood Mac, rehearsing at the Royal Albert Hall, London, 22nd April 1969.
The Extraordinary Les Paul Lineage of Peter Green, Gary Moore and Kirk Hammett

By Rod Brakes, Guitar Player Staff Published

The torch of 'Greeny' has been handed to guitar luminaries since 1959.

Amps
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