Guitar Player Staff
Guitar Player is the world’s most comprehensive, trusted and insightful guitar publication for passionate guitarists and active musicians of all ages. Guitar Player magazine is published 13 times a year in print and digital formats. The magazine was established in 1967 and is the world's oldest guitar magazine. When "Guitar Player Staff" is credited as the author, it's usually because more than one author on the team has created the story.
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Save up to $160 on Martin Acoustics in Guitar Center’s Epic Sale This Cyber Weekend
By Guitar Player Staff published
Bag any of these Martins now for well under a grand
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At $14, the Question Is: Can You Afford NOT to Buy the Behringer SF300 Super Fuzz in Sweetwater’s Black Friday Deal?
By Guitar Player Staff published
Get some classic Japanese fuzz flavor on your pedalboard right now for the price of a pack of strings
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Save $$$ on These 40th Anniversary Gold Edition Squiers in Fender’s Epic Black Friday Sale
By Guitar Player Staff published
With up to $240 off the regular price, we think these are some of the best guitar deals around right now
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Our Latest Issue Features the All-Time Best John Frusciante Interview We’ve Ever Read
By Richard Bienstock, Guitar Player Staff last updated
Don’t miss this incredible Red Hot Chili Peppers special – out now!
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Get a Close Look at John Frusciante’s Iconic Martin 00-15
By Richard Bienstock, Guitar Player Staff last updated
See this vintage guitar and more from the Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist's collection in our latest issue, including rare Stratocasters, a Telecaster Custom and a White Falcon
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Here’s How Guitarists Revolutionized Music in the Mid-‘60s
By Guitar Player Staff published
From 1965 onwards, rock ‘n’ roll was never the same
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Vote for Your Favorite New Blues Guitarist
By Guitar Player Staff published
Take part in our “New Breed of Blues” poll
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Don’t Miss This Special Streamed Screening of ‘In the Court of the Crimson King, King Crimson at 50’
By Guitar Player Staff published
This global event features a live introduction by Robert Fripp and a Q&A with the director and band members
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Definitive Allman Brothers Band Biography, ‘Brothers and Sisters,’ Set for July ’23 Anniversary Release
By Guitar Player Staff published
Best-selling author Alan Paul’s new book is a deep dive into the time before and after 1973’s Brothers and Sisters
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Gear Up with Great New Guitars, Amps, and Pedals from Gibson, Epiphone, Kramer, Maestro, and Mesa/Boogie
By Guitar Player Staff published
We take a look at some of the hottest – and coolest – products to come out of the Gibson stable in 2022
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How to Play Slide Guitar Like Derek Trucks
By Guitar Player Staff published
These five useful techniques will help you become a bottleneck virtuoso
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Bixonic offers legendary distortion with modern flexibility with the new Axentrix A1 effect pedal
By Guitar Player Staff last updated
Four selectable drive modes, ‘Accent’ adjustment for wide range of expressions, three Memory functions and much, much more
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Five of Steve Morse’s Best Tips for Guitar Players
By Guitar Player Staff last updated
The Dixie Dregs and Deep Purple axeman dishes out some of his finest advice.
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My Favorite Guitar Solos by Brian Setzer
By Guitar Player Staff last updated
Rock'n'roller Brian Setzer chooses three classic solos: two rock'n'roll firestarters – and one prog rock staple?
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Joe Satriani Recommends Listening to these Five Lesser-Known Guitar Solos
By Guitar Player Staff, Rod Brakes last updated
Lesser known but no less great these deep cuts inspired one of the world’s most famous guitarists.
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GP Presents Spirit Hustler on July 29 in San Francisco – Win Tickets
By Guitar Player Staff last updated
Win tickets to an existential evening of psychedelic rock at the Chapel.
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