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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The Beatles Get Back Documentary: How To Watch It And Why
By Guitar Player Staff published
How to see and what people are saying about Peter Jackson's Beatles opus, Get Back.
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The Supro Delta King 8 Looks Like You Could Eat It With A Spoon And Now Has a Tasty $120 Off Too
By Guitar Player Staff published
Who says amps have to be boring black boxes? This stylish and compact tube amp is versatile and more affordable than ever.
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30 Classic Acoustic Albums You Must Hear
By Guitar Player Staff published
30 classic acoustic albums handpicked to inspire your playing.
![Beverly “Guitar” Watkins, 2010](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/YZmveG4tQqTJZEHrWu23yk-320-80.jpg)
5 Reasons Beverly “Guitar” Watkins Remains a Guitar Legend
By Guitar Player Staff published
A dedicated blues artist she cut her debut solo record at the age of 60.
![Two girls strumming Tri-Pop guitars, one sitting on couch with red guitar. Older girl on floor with blue guitar. really easy-to-learn](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/EWjiueyLfwozUwhajS35oB-320-80.jpg)
Meet the Donner Tri-Pop, the ingenious three-string guitar that will get you up and playing in no time
By Guitar Player Staff published
Donner’s new guitar design streamlines the learning process for adults and children alike
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Five Reasons Jeff Healey Is a Guitar Legend
By Guitar Player Staff published
His superlative technique and lifelong commitment to music remains an inspiration.
![Duane Eddy, New York, 1958.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2XxyqCNup7vJYHGAGwPGyA-320-80.jpg)
Five Reasons Duane Eddy is a Guitar Legend
By Guitar Player Staff published
The Titan of Twang is an original guitar hero of the highest order.
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Discover Taylor's American Dream Series
By Guitar Player Staff published
Welcome to the American Dream, a trio of Grand Pacific guitars from Taylor featuring all-solid tonewoods and V-Class bracing at an exceptional value.
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Four Reasons Danny Gatton Remains a Guitar Legend
By Guitar Player Staff published
Known as “The Humbler” and “the world’s greatest unknown guitarist” he was adored by his peers.
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Five Reasons Alan Wilson Remains a Guitar Legend
By Guitar Player Staff published
The Canned Heat founder helped bring Son House out of retirement and was dubbed “the greatest harmonica player ever” by John Lee Hooker.
![Ryder ES-16](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ZufHuAMDTScnNpe6kCb4s8-320-80.jpg)
When is a Rickenbacker Not a Rickenbacker?
By Terry Carleton, Guitar Player Staff published
When it’s an Uber-Rare Ryder ES-16.
![A guitarist taps their way along the fretboard](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/jFeJe3U9WazqXqSi4dkmG4-320-80.jpg)
The Greatest Guitar Solos of All Time – Vote in Guitar Player’s Readers’ Poll
By Guitar Player Staff published
What’s the greatest guitar solo of all time? Here’s your chance to tell us!
![Lenny Kaye, 2019](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HSEFqih9uJdDC7g3u5AiRe-320-80.jpg)
Five Reasons Lenny Kaye is a Guitar Legend
By Guitar Player Staff published
The renaissance man who helped spark the punk revolution.
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Randy Rhoads: The Magical Techniques of the Wizard of Ozz
By Guitar Player Staff published
Explore the main techniques behind Randy Rhoads' outstanding, unforgettable guitar playing.
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Experience the Taylor AD27e
By Guitar Player Staff last updated
The American Dream Series features all-solid tonewoods and V-Class bracing boasting a rich midrange response, warm lows, and enough power and sustain for virtually any musical situation.
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"I'm a Guitar Freak. I Spend my Money on Snakes, Cars and Guitars": How I Recorded Use Your Illusion by Slash
By Guitar Player Staff published
Guns N' Roses 'Use Your Illusion' albums came out in September 1991. Slash told Guitar Player how he got his sound in this insightful interview from the archive.
![David Gilmour, 2016](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/V9TaBPCmd648D64rPj9BED-320-80.jpg)
David Gilmour’s Five Acts of a Legend
By Guitar Player Staff published
From borrowing his neighbor’s guitar to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
![Liona Boyd seated in her apartment in Toronto, 2014.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/GRvGVzZnm93NHFTbozLY2W-320-80.jpg)
Five Reasons Liona Boyd is a Guitar Legend
By Guitar Player Staff published
The “First Lady of the Guitar” is a classical master.
![(From left) Alex Skolnick, Myles Kennedy, Paul Gilbert, and Marty Friedman](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/nb5p6ksSgM7r3YoxnrPqvc-320-80.jpg)
Home Rigs of the Stars: What Do Guitar Heroes Play When They’re Off the Clock?
By Guitar Player Staff published
John Petrucci, Paul Gilbert, Sonny Landreth, and five other axe slingers reveal the gear they use every day.
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