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Hangar 18 is one of Friedman's finest hours with the thrash metal legends, and it taught him an invaluable lesson about guitar composition

“It’s an indescribable guitar,” the Nashville titan says of the late Byrds legend's iconic '54 model. “You could put a hundred Telecasters in a row, and when you plug this guitar in it just has a voice all its own”

“Back then, a guy like that could make or break you. We’ve been friends for 35 years now”

After a chance backstage meeting, Sullivan quickly fell under Guy's wing, forming a close bond with the blues legend that holds to this day

In a 1979 chat with GP, Wilson reflected on the importance of rhythm playing, and how she imbued it – her acoustic work in particular – with more than enough attitude to go 'round

Alongside many other budding British guitar heroes of mid-'60s London, Wood – via Marshall – consistently pushed the boundaries of amplification

“I had been playing Harry Styles when he was in One Direction and giving her tacks to put up their posters,” Harper explained to GP. “But I didn’t tell her why I wanted her guitar, because I didn’t know if I was going to make the track”

Always keen to take his sound into new territory, the late guitar hero never viewed any guitar – even the none-more-iconic Frankenstein – as a great treasure, never to be altered or touched

Gill had already played with the best of the best before joining one of the biggest rock bands of all time – and he's more than happy to play a supporting role

Though guitar gear, of course, has advanced in leaps and bounds since Frank Zappa's heyday, the elder Zappa enthusiastically pushed its technological limits

Through twanging, Gretsch-powered hits like Rebel Rouser, Eddy helped define the guitar sound of early rock 'n' roll

People, it turns out, often went to extreme lengths to get their hands on one...

Saluting the late guitar hero's “beautiful” contribution to his all-star 2024 re-recording of Going Home (Theme From Local Hero), the Dire Straits man expressed regret that the plan never came to fruition

Though the two budding virtuosos had plenty of respect for one another, it perhaps isn't a huge surprise that their respective styles occasionally clashed in the Yardbirds

In a 2017 interview with Guitar Aficionado, the country-rock six-string ace revealed how a sad and deeply personal twist of events brought a prized '59 Les Paul into his life

In a 1990 GP interview, McCartney – typically pigeonholed as the Beatle most inclined to buttoned-up, old-school pop – expressed his personal preference for getting gnarlier rock tones out of his Vox amps, despite his reputation

The rockabilly legend attributes landing on his guitar and amp of choice at a young age mainly to “destiny”

Rock's most famous guitar-smasher (mostly) abandoned that particular act over 50 years ago, but that doesn't mean he's wracked with guilt over his innumerable six-string beatings

No, it's not For the Love of God

Satch is intensely studying the intricacies of the late guitar hero's technical quirks and tone, while trying to avoid outright mimicry. The fine line between paying tribute and copying is an act of needle-threading the virtuoso says he also faced during his tenure in Deep Purple

Though numerous guitarists cycled through Fleetwood Mac in the years following Peter Green's departure, John McVie and Mick Fleetwood remained partial to the crunch of a Les Paul, which Buckingham was hesitant to adopt

As fellow Austin, Texas-based, up-and-coming guitarists in the 1970s and '80s, Vaughan and Johnson developed a close friendship, and had great admiration for one another

The pocket-sized unit features 10 amp models, access to Boss's formidable effects library, and a “stage feel” control that allows users to position the amp's sound in different places in the sound field, “giving the impression of playing with a backline on stage or jamming in a room with friends”

Burton – a major influence on classic rock guitar luminaries like Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood, Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck, and Brian May – was held in very high regard by Presley

Never one to creatively and sonically stand still, Beck – just as he had with the Strat – eventually grew dissatisfied with what he saw as the Les Paul's limitations