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The Beatles rehearse for their performance on the BBC-TV's 'Top Of The Pops' at BBC Television Centre in London, June 1966., Standing behind drummer Ringo Starr are left to right: John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison.
“We’re Liverpool boys, and they say Liverpool is the capital of Ireland.” Paul McCartney explains how the Beatles introduced harmonized guitar leads to rock and roll with one remarkable song
A photo of NYC guitarist Ricky Burd performing with a black Fender Telecaster
“There was something about hearing 'Truth' as a teenager that made me want to pick up a Les Paul.” Ricky Byrd reflects on Jeff Beck, the Who, Humble Pie and the 10 records that changed his life
LEFT: Rudy Sarzo performs with Blue Oyster Cult at Seminole Casino Coconut Creek on February 7, 2012 in Coconut Creek, Florida. RIGHT: Guitarist Randy Rhoads is shown performing on stage during a live concert appearance with the Blizzard of Ozz on August 26, 1981.
“I would hear Randy pick up the classical guitar. I’d say, ‘You can play that!?’ He said, ‘Yeah, that’s my first instrument.’” Rudy Sarzo on Randy Rhoads, Steve Vai and other guitar greats he’s played with
A photo of Swedish guitarist Rebecca Mardal
"It's so easy to get dynamic when you have a soft touch.” Rebecca Mardal is quietly making a whole lot of noise with her minimalist guitar improvisations
Alex Lifeson, posed, backstage, holding Gibson ES-355 guitar in 1977
“I don’t see why I have to go through all the BS of high school to learn music." Watch 17-year-old Alex Lifeson argue with his parents about his future with Rush in a 1971 documentary
Alex Lifeson
“I bloomed on this record. There are guitar solos!” Alex Lifeson says digital technology made him a believer on his new album with Envy of None: “They don't sound like plug-ins; they sound like real amps”
Larry DiMarzio
“Gibson had lost the recipe — not only for guitar building but for making pickups based on their original design.” How Larry DiMarzio’s pickup revolution defined the sound of 1970s guitar rock 
Nels Cline of Wilco performs at TOdays Festival 2023 at sPAZIO211 on August 25, 2023 in Turin, Italy.
“I would love to make a record with no guitar solos. I don't want to hear me that much.” Nels Cline sets aside guitar improvisations — and strings up with flatwounds for the first time — on his debut release with Consentrik Quartet
Peter Green and Kirk Hammett pose with Hammett's "Greeny" Les Paul, formerly owned by Green and guitarist Gary Moore
"I ask, 'Does this guitar have riffs in it?' I'll play it for 15 minutes." As Gibson Publishing drops his new tome, 'The Collection,' Kirk Hammett takes us deep into the methods behind his six-string madness
Two Rickenbacker guitars sit against a Vox amp. In the background is a drumkit. The bass drum says "let it Be".
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