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June 30
- Hard to Find but Worth the Hunt, Yamaha’s Prized ‘Flying Banana’ SG-3c Is One of the Best Holy Grail Oddball Guitars on the Vintage Market
- A Favorite of Jimmy Page, Don Felder and Slash, the Gibson EDS-1275 Double-Neck Solidbody Started out Here
- Starring Jazz Guru Bill Frisell, Here's Why Paul Motian’s ‘On Broadway Vol. 1’ Is Essential Listening for Every Guitar Player
- “You Wanna Get It Right, Let’s Get It Right!” Watch Chuck Berry Schooling Keith Richards in This Tense Scene
June 29
- Ten Mind-Blowing Rock Guitar Solos Every Player Needs to Know About
- The Essential Eddie Van Halen Guitar Lesson
- “When the Vocal Stops, You Want to Make Sure That the Audience Isn’t Bored”: Neil Giraldo Details His Philosophy for Crafting Great Guitar Solos and Reflects on Career Highlights From Rick Derringer to Pat Benatar and Beyond
June 28
- Warm Audio Releases the ODD Box V1 and Mutation Phasor II
- “Being an Engineer for Pink Floyd Was Arguably the Biggest Challenge I Ever Gave Myself”: Alan Parsons Takes Us Behind the Recording Sessions and Guitar Gear for ‘The Dark Side of the Moon’
- “Nobody Can Be the Best Guitar Player. There’s No Such Thing”: Mind-Blowing Guitarist Harvey Mandel Riffs With ‘GP’ on His Music, Guitar Technique and a Certain Player by the Name of Eddie Van Halen
- Rediscover Pink Floyd’s ‘The Dark Side of the Moon’ With Our Insightful Listening Guide
June 27
- Before It Was an Album, ‘The Dark Side of the Moon’ Was a Tour. Here, We Trace the Origin of Pink Floyd’s Masterpiece
- Listen to Jeff Beck’s Newly Released “Superstition” Live Recording Ahead of the Epic Beck, Bogert & Appice Boxed Set
- “I Still Get Excited About New Music”: Stone Gossard’s Loosegroove Records Returns After a Long Hiatus With New Discs From Jonny Polonsky, Brittany Davis and Brad
- “I Record Pretty Much Everything at My Apartment”: Jonny Polonsky’s Credits Include Johnny Cash, Donovan and Tom Morello, but His New Solo Album, ‘Rise of the Rebel Angels,’ Is a Homemade Marvel
June 26
- 10 Under-the-Radar Albums Every Guitar Player Needs to Hear
June 25
- “There’s Guitar Madness All Over This”: Prince Talks Gear, Recording and His Creative Process in This Essential Interview From the ‘Guitar Player’ Vault
June 23
- Six Ways Tony Iommi Broke the Rulebook and Invented Heavy Metal Guitar
- Sting, James Taylor and Elton John Have Covered George Harrison's "Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)" – Here's Why Every Acoustic Guitarist Needs to Learn It
June 22
- Joe Walsh, Jeff Lynne, Glen Ballard, and More Highlight Electrifying 2023 Songwriters Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
- “The Album Is My Way of Honoring the Men and Women Who Think Nothing of Putting Their Lives on the Line to Protect Our Freedoms”: Billy Dawson Honors Members of the U.S. Military With ‘Warrior Life’
- PRS SE Zach Myers Signature Review
- If You Like Analog Delay You’ll Love the New Boss DM-101 Delay Machine
June 21
- Cole Clark True Hybrid TL2EC-BLBL-HSS Review
- “The Concept Is Simple: Plug a Great Guitar Into a Great Amp, and Don’t Let Anything Get in Between”: Billy Squier Explains How He Honed His Tone on Five Classic Tracks
- “I Think Tone Is in the Hands – From the Hand to the Heart”: Angela Petrilli Talks Guitar Tone and Recording at the Fabled Sunset Sound Studios
- “If I Can Lift Myself With a Solo or Riff, It Can Re-Ignite Me and Save the Show”: Taylor Goldsmith Talks Dawes’ Latest Genre-Extending Effort and the Power of Lead Guitar
June 20
- Master Guitarist Steve Morse’s Top Five Tips on How to Improve Your Playing
- Explore the 2023 NAMM Show Acoustic-Electric Highlights: Exciting New Gear From Martin, Taylor, Yamaha, L.R. Baggs, Universal Audio, Lava Music and More
- Danelectro ’59 Triple Divine Review
- Could This Be the Last Mark Amp Randall Smith Will Design? The Mesa/Boogie Mark VII Is a Stunning Tribute to His Five Decades of Developing Ultimate Tone Tools for Guitarists
June 19
- EHX Lizard Queen Octave/Distortion Review
June 16
- Discover How David Gilmour’s Melodic Mastery Helped Illuminate Pink Floyd’s 1973 Masterpiece, ‘The Dark Side of the Moon’
- With Its Combination Fuzz-Phase Effect, Roland’s Jet Phaser AP-7 Can Sound Like a Jet Taking Off
- John Lennon Played It on Repeat and Frank Sinatra Called It the Best Song of the ‘70s – Here’s How a Simple C9 Chord Inspired Little River Band’s Top-Ten Hit “Reminiscing”
- Gator Cases GTR Minivault E2 Review
June 15
- How the Smiths and R.E.M. Gave Rickenbacker Guitars Renewed Appeal in the Early ‘80s
- The History of Rickenbacker 360/365/370/375 Capris
June 14
- This Experimental 1951 Fender Telecaster Has a Story Like No Other Vintage Guitar
- Half a Century of Killer Guitar Tone and Now More Popular Than the Beatles, Led Zeppelin and the Rolling Stones on Spotify, Queen Are Still Delivering their Unique Kind of Magic
- Steve Howe Reveals the Awesome Guitars Used on Yes’s Expansive New Album, ‘Mirror to the Sky’
- The Incredible Story of How a Guitar Magazine Helped Find John Lennon’s Long-Lost Gibson J-160E
June 13
- Watch Ritchie Blackmore Savagely Obliterate His Fender Stratocaster
- Watch George Harrison and Bob Dylan's “If Not for You” Acoustic Rehearsal at the Legendary Concert for Bangladesh
- "I Didn’t Like Playing a Whole Lot of Chords – I Just Liked Playing the Crap Out of Those Single-note Lines!" George Benson looks back
- Rock Virtuoso Rafael Moreira Relives the Musical Adventures – and Demonstrates the Stunning Guitar Techniques – That Have Made Him a Top-Call California Guitar Ace
June 12
- Norman’s Rare Guitars Just Sold One of the Gems of its Collection to Joe Bonamassa
- Nuno Bettencourt: This is Something About the Progression of Eddie Van Halen's Tone that “Nobody Talks About”
June 9
- “I’ve Dedicated My Life to the Blues, and a Lot of Other People Have, Too. What Did We Do to Be Treated Like That?”: Buddy Guy Has, Most Definitely, Still Got the Blues
- Create Music That Sounds Fresh and Fun With This Simple Chord Concept
- Here's Why José Feliciano Is a Musical Melting Pot as Well as an Amazing American Story
- “Anybody Would Say, ‘That’s Enough”: At 86, Buddy Guy Says It’s Finally Time to Come off the Road
June 8
- Watch Stray Cats Reignite ‘50s Rock and Roll at the 1981 Montreux Jazz Festival With Their Classic Hit “Stray Cat Strut”
- The History of the Gibson ES-335TD
- Watch the Essential ‘Love Letters: Samantha Fish Live from New Orleans’ Documentary Concert Special
- Watch the Claypool Lennon Delirium’s Cosmic “Blood and Rockets” Performance
June 7
- Peter Buck and Krist Novoselic Pick Their Gigs Carefully, but Hector Tellez Jr. Got Both Rock and Roll Hall of Famers
- Introduced in the 1970s, Morley’s PWF Power Wah Fuzz Pedal Was the Final Word in Unrelenting Fuzz-Wah Tone
- Best Guitar Capos 2024: Acoustic And Electric Options For Every Budget
- “He Said, ‘I Just Canceled a Gig, ’Cause I Wanted to See You’”: Buddy Guy Talks Befriending Jimi Hendrix
- “I Always Want to Transcend the Technical Aspects of the Guitar to Move People”: Joe Satriani’s Top Five Career-Defining Tracks
June 6
- PRS's Best-Selling SE Silver Sky Model is Now Available with a Maple Fretboard
- Epiphone Unveils New, White-Finished Emily Wolfe Signature Sheraton Guitar
June 5
- ‘GP’ Presents Al Di Meola, June 11 in San Francisco, CA – Win Tickets!
- “Somebody called and told him I sounded pretty good, and he decided to come by and see for mimself”: When Buddy Guy met Muddy Waters
- Reverend Pete Anderson Eastsider Custom and Rick Vito Soul Agent Review
- K-Line Bevo and Manchester Reviews
June 2
- Best looper pedals 2024: Our top pick of loop pedals from practice to live performance
- The History of the Gibson Super 400CES
- Les Paul Said He Gave Gibson All of His Secrets for This Guitar, but Why Didn’t It Sell?!
- Take a Deep Dive Into David Gilmour’s ‘The Dark Side of the Moon’ Gear, Tone and Technique With the July 2023 Issue of 'Guitar Player'
- “Furch Guitars Sound Quite Distinctive and Special”: These Sublime Acoustics Deserve Your Serious Attention
- Best bass amps 2024: Low-end tone machines
June 1
- “’Sunday Bloody Sunday’ Was an Absolutely Pivotal Song for Us”: Three Albums Into Their Career, U2 Found Their Triumphant Sound and Activist Voice on ‘War’
- The History of the Martin 0-18
- “There Were No Rules With This Project”: The Edge Reveals the Secrets Behind U2’s New Album, 'Songs of Surrender' – a Whopping Collection of “Reimagined” Songs From Their Back Catalog
- “I Got to Chicago on September the 25th, 1957. And I’m Still Here”: How Buddy Guy Went From Diddley Bow “Country Boy” to Chicago Blues Legend