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A huge archive of unseen footage from a canceled Van Halen documentary has leaked online
By Phil Weller published
The videos chart the band’s antics on and offstage across six years, including their tour with Black Sabbath and their Monsters of Rock headliner in 1984

Brian May’s new signature Gibson JS-200 features a subtle tribute to Freddie Mercury
By Phil Weller published
May's new acoustic has another quirky feature — reversed string pairs that suit his style of strumming

Why Rory Gallagher rejected the chance to bring Cream back from the dead in 1968
By Phil Weller published
Clapton’s power trio imploded almost as quickly as it had arrived, but the band’s management didn’t want the party to end

Nita Strauss reveals the five riffs that changed her life
By Phil Weller published
She's played two of the riffs on a nightly basis at different times in her career and refers to one Swedish metal band as "my Beatles"

Brian May tells how he fought the naysayers to make the Red Special Queen's secret weapon
By Phil Weller published
The homemade guitar had its issues at first, but the guitarist and his father refused to give up and forged one of rock’s most iconic guitars

Guitar Player Presents Mark Lettieri, March 7 in Napa, California – win tickets
By Jimmy Leslie published
The Snarky Puppy guitarist plays the Blue Note on the first Friday in March

Jimi Hendrix's record collection reveals the artists who shaped his guitar playing
By James Volpe Rotondi published
Kathy Etchingham, Jimi's former girlfriend, treated Guitar Player to a look at the albums he loved while they lived together in London

Gibson spotlights its forgotten Superstrat era in its latest Certified Vintage collection
By Phil Weller published
The prototype models showcase the time when the luthier tried to seduce shredders who defined a decade of guitar playing
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