How Gibson became an icon of acoustic guitar – 100 years on from its first flat-top

Gibson’s Mat Koehler charts a century of flat-tops – and how the J-45, SJ-200, Dove and Hummingbird took over the world ...
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Jim Root’s made-for-metal Telecaster just got more metal with a makeover from the golden era

The Slipknot guitarist's EMG-loaded Telecaster is now available with one of the OG metallic custom colour Fender finishes ...

How ‘The Vampire Lestat’ Created a Rock God, Bloody Guitar and All

The Vampire Lestat' star Sam Reid, costume designer, makeup artist, hairstylist and more talk about making Lestat a rock star and his Fender guitar.

“I was nervous for about a minute and said, ‘Forget it’” Steve Vai on replacing Eddie Van Halen as David Lee Roth’s guitarist for ‘Eat ‘Em and Smile’

On the album’s 40th anniversary, we revisit Vai’s classic Guitar Player interview when he stepped into rock guitar’s most ...