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He was regarded as one of the world's greatest under-the-radar guitarists – watch him solo with a beer bottle and a towel
Steve Vai once said that the guitarist in question, Danny Gatton, “comes closer than anyone else to being the best guitar player that ever lived”
He started playing at the age of three, at 13, he came across something that would help define his unique sound
One of the most distinctive (and underrated) blues guitar players of his era, Jeff Healey adopted his radically unconventional approach to the instrument at a very young age
Gary Clark Jr. dons a Strat to cover Stevie Ray Vaughan classics at Austin City Limits' 50th Anniversary televised special
As a nod to SRV, Clark Jr. and fellow blues guitarist Eve Monsees wielded Strats for the stirring performance
Orianthi names her favorite guitars – and tells us why her PRS sounds better than a holy grail Les Paul
The Australian virtuoso is a guitar nut with an extensive collection, but if it came down to a choice of three, these would be the guitars she could not bear to let go
The incredible untold story of the mystery Martin that was specially commissioned in 1973 – and went viral with John Mayer 50 years later
Mayer's viral performance with Sheryl Crow in 2023 sent the guitar world into a frenzy when he took to the stage wielding on unidentified small-bodied 12-string acoustic – now its astonishing history has finally come to light
Huey Lewis and the News' Chris Hayes looks back on his friendship with Stevie Ray Vaughan – and the blues great's notorious guitar setup
SRV served as Huey Lewis and the News' opening act on their ’84 tour – an experience Hayes describes as, “Every night, it was like a guitar lesson for me”
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Adrian Smith and Richie Kotzen come from different worlds, but it all comes back to the blues
Returning with one of the hard-rock records of the year, the dynamic duo talk tone, collaboration, and the limits of technique and gear
Mick Rogers may be in possession of Jeff Beck's last-ever studio recording
Mark Knopfler’s charity single Going Home, released in March 2024, was widely thought to be Beck’s final recording, but Rogers says he has an unreleased studio track that may very well take that crown
