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October 31
- Jerry Garcia: "There’s a thing about playing stoned without having pressure to play competently... People pay a lot of money to see us, so it becomes a matter of professionalism. You don’t want to deliver somebody a clunker just because you’re too high”
October 28
- "I’m not as emotionally invested in guitars as I used to be…” Hot Tuna’s electric days will soon be a thing of the past…
October 27
- "Wait a minute – that's the guy that plays guitar with his teeth!" Watch the new official mini-documentary that captures the seven crazy nights the Jimi Hendrix Experience spent opening for the Monkees
October 26
- The Beatles are releasing a new single, Now And Then, and by doing so they're fixing a weird glitch in their back catalogue
October 25
- "The shot heard around the world”: How the Rolling Stones’ debut appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show launched not only them but also the Gibson Les Paul Standard
- "Advice? Sometimes you are going to be so frustrated you want to give up – you’ll hate the guitar. But if you stick with it, you’ll be rewarded.” Jimi Hendrix talks technique, songwriting, making records and more in this 1968 Guitar Player interview
- One of the rarest and most sought-after Japanese-made Teiscos, the 1968 May Queen is a guitar designed for players, not just beginners
October 24
- He played on over 2000 country records, was friends with Leo Fender and played a small role in the development of the Tele – but here's why you should really listen to the Noel Boggs Quintet's Magic Steel Guitar
October 23
- 20 years ago, seeing Buddy Guy changed his life. Now Selwyn Birchwood is an award-winning guitarist who's played with Buddy and recorded with his producer…
- Struggling to string bend on your acoustic? Here are 4 simple tricks that will help…
October 22
- "I wrote a few songs with Joe Strummer. I don't know if they'll ever see the light of day. I like to think that I guard Joe…" Brian Setzer opens up on old friends, new music – and shows us his gear
October 21
- “Paul Reed Smith chooses wood like Stradivari, who used to walk around the Dolomites in Italy tapping on trees, saying, ‘I’ll take that one, not that one.’ He’s a maniac”: John McLaughlin on reuniting with Shakti, his bad year, and his signature PRS
October 20
- “It wouldn’t have worked!” Keith Richards on why Jeff Beck wasn’t the right fit for the Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney’s bass carnage – and why his 5-string Telecaster works
October 19
- Steve Vai was stunned when he heard him, Joe Bonamassa says he’s reinvented the guitar, and Al Di Meola says that it “would take lifetimes to catch up with him.” Meet Matteo Mancuso the man who’s light years ahead of us all
October 18
- Who Needs Black Friday? You Can Get $100 Off Fender Player Plus And $50 Off Player Series Guitars Right Now
October 17
- “People like Yngwie Malmsteen should be forgotten as soon as possible. It’s got very little to do with music...” A classic and very frank interview with Johnny Marr
October 16
- Bonnie Raitt: “I play the way I play, just like I sing the way that I sing. I’m not a schooled guitar player, and I can’t say I’m getting appreciably better, but I know how to do what I do. It’s the songs that change”
October 13
- GP Presents Pat Metheny, November 3-5 in Berkeley, CA – win tickets!
- There’s no need to wait until Black Friday when there’s 20% off all PRS SE guitars from now until Christmas
October 12
- "It was a really dark time for Ronnie and for the band": Vivian Campbell on why Ronnie James Dio had no interest in doing the Hear 'n Aid project featuring Yngwie Malmsteen, Neal Schon, George Lynch and Iron Maiden
October 10
- Why Wait For Black Friday? At Amazon Positive Grid Just Slashed The Price Of Their Spark Smart Amps
- “Freddie King does it like this, Eric Clapton does it like that…” Watch Stevie Ray Vaughan break down the blues masters in rare TV lesson
- Who Needs Amazon's Prime Big Deal Days Sale? Unlock Savings Up To $350 On Fender Aerodyne And Vintera Guitars At The Fender Shop
- "Your solos are terrible!" How Todd Rundgren's harsh advice helped The Pursuit of Happiness’ She's So Young become a power-pop smash
- “I couldn’t even touch a guitar string because the pain was so bad… I had to re-establish the connection between my brain and my fingertips.” The Blasters' Dave Alvin on the highspots and the horrors of his career in five songs
- These 6 epic alternative sales prove Amazon's Prime Big Deal Days event isn't much cop for guitar players
- Amazon is currently slashing the price of Boss products in their Prime Big Deals Days sale - including the Katana!
October 6
- "Everybody was going crazy about Yngwie Malmsteen. Joe Satriani told me, ‘Don’t get too into him...'" Alex Skolnick's Top Five Tips to becoming a better guitarist
October 5
- “I had only one concern: Would Jimi Hendrix like it if he were here?" Carlos Santana on the making of the Supernatural album
October 4
- Fender Enters the Multi-Effects Market with a Bang with Feature-Packed Tone Master Pro Floor Unit
October 3
- John Lee Hooker: "Out of the Younger Generation of the Blues Singers, Who Was My Pride and Joy? Stevie Ray Vaughan... He Could Do Anybody – Albert King, Jimi Hendrix, George Benson – Anybody's Thing. I'd Sit Down and Watch Him Do That"
October 2
- Les Paul: "I Invented Multitracking, So I Know You Can Record Parts Separately, but I Don’t Do That... A Song Has to Have One Feeling – When You Punch in, You’ve Got One Feeling Over Here, Another in the Middle, and Something Different Near the End"
October 1
- Content Funding on Guitar Player