News John Lennon’s 1971 secret letter to Eric Clapton asking him to start a “ballsy” new rock band is headed for auction Lennon's letter, now headed to auction, was in part an attempt to help Clapton out of his heroin addiction Gary Rossington's 1961 Gibson SG returns to the stage for the first time in years The southern rocker's gear, including his amps, will soon be used onstage by "some very big acts" Get shred-ready this Black Friday with massive savings of up to $400 off Charvel's Superstrats With a whole bunch of Style 1 models in the Pro-Mod range discounted, Sweetwater’s Black Friday sale is the place to go for a fast-playing, high-gain Superstrat at an unmissable price Latest news David Gilmour says he can't shred so he chose to be tuneful. It made all the difference in creating his signature style By Phil Weller published 27 November 24 Following on from recent comments by Noel Gallagher, the prog legend discusses why playing fast shouldn't be every guitarist's ultimate goal U.S. Customs seize $18 million worth of fake guitars with the help of Gibson By Phil Weller published 26 November 24 The 3,000-strong collection of counterfeits comes after a major operation worked to “identify and intercept” Gibson counterfeits Win tickets to GP Presents' 20th Anniversary Bash By Jimmy Leslie published 26 November 24 Sgt. Splendor feat. Eric McFadden plus Spirit Hustler feat. Jimmy Leslie, Jules Leyhe, Bryan Kehoe, Benjamin Andrews & more at Ivy Room on Thursday, December 5 Fender just unleashed its first-ever Player II deals, including $240 off my favorite Forest Green Strat and Tele By Daryl Robertson published 26 November 24 The Player II only launched back in July, but that hasn't stopped Fender from discounting two models this Black Friday With an insane up to 50% off, here are our top 8 deals from the Fender Black Friday sale By Daryl Robertson published 26 November 24 Save big on everything from Player to Classic Vibe, Aerodyne to Vintera and so much more this Black Friday Quick! Our #1 online lessons platform for intermediate guitarists has a huge discount for Black Friday By Ross Holder published 25 November 24 Guitar Tricks’ $800 saving makes Black Friday the perfect time to take your playing to the next level – here's everything you get in the bundle The world's best desktop guitar amp just got its first-ever discount in the Positive Grid Black Friday sale By Matt McCracken published 25 November 24 You can get up to 50% off in the Positive Grid Black Friday sale but there's one particular discount that's caught our eye Robert Fripp's tunings and rhythms resulted in songs his band couldn't safely perform live By Phil Weller published 25 November 24 Jakko Jakszyk says Fripp's intricate songs could became “a complete car crash” if anyone slipped up Why did the Beatles play Epiphone Casinos? It all comes back to one man By Christopher Scapelliti published 23 November 24 John Mayall brought some famous guitarists to the fore. He also turned the Beatles on to one of their defining guitar models A more affordable Jimmy Page Double-Neck returns with uncanny accuracy, thanks to 3-D scanning By James Volpe Rotondi published 23 November 24 The Gibson Custom Jimmy Page EDS-1275 VOS arrives December 3 with parts that match exactly what the company used in 1968/’69 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Archives Get The Pick NewsletterAll the latest guitar news, interviews, lessons, reviews, deals and more, direct to your inbox!Contact me with news and offers from other Future brandsReceive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors LATEST ARTICLES1Gary Rossington's 1961 Gibson SG returns to the stage for the first time in years2“Buying it was a leap of faith. But It looks stunning, plays beautifully and sounds unique.” A rare 1964 solidbody guitar turned out to be completely different from what it seemed3Get shred-ready this Black Friday with massive savings of up to $400 off Charvel's Superstrats4David Gilmour says he can't shred so he chose to be tuneful. It made all the difference in creating his signature style5U.S. Customs seize $18 million worth of fake guitars with the help of Gibson
David Gilmour says he can't shred so he chose to be tuneful. It made all the difference in creating his signature style By Phil Weller published 27 November 24 Following on from recent comments by Noel Gallagher, the prog legend discusses why playing fast shouldn't be every guitarist's ultimate goal
U.S. Customs seize $18 million worth of fake guitars with the help of Gibson By Phil Weller published 26 November 24 The 3,000-strong collection of counterfeits comes after a major operation worked to “identify and intercept” Gibson counterfeits
Win tickets to GP Presents' 20th Anniversary Bash By Jimmy Leslie published 26 November 24 Sgt. Splendor feat. Eric McFadden plus Spirit Hustler feat. Jimmy Leslie, Jules Leyhe, Bryan Kehoe, Benjamin Andrews & more at Ivy Room on Thursday, December 5
Fender just unleashed its first-ever Player II deals, including $240 off my favorite Forest Green Strat and Tele By Daryl Robertson published 26 November 24 The Player II only launched back in July, but that hasn't stopped Fender from discounting two models this Black Friday
With an insane up to 50% off, here are our top 8 deals from the Fender Black Friday sale By Daryl Robertson published 26 November 24 Save big on everything from Player to Classic Vibe, Aerodyne to Vintera and so much more this Black Friday
Quick! Our #1 online lessons platform for intermediate guitarists has a huge discount for Black Friday By Ross Holder published 25 November 24 Guitar Tricks’ $800 saving makes Black Friday the perfect time to take your playing to the next level – here's everything you get in the bundle
The world's best desktop guitar amp just got its first-ever discount in the Positive Grid Black Friday sale By Matt McCracken published 25 November 24 You can get up to 50% off in the Positive Grid Black Friday sale but there's one particular discount that's caught our eye
Robert Fripp's tunings and rhythms resulted in songs his band couldn't safely perform live By Phil Weller published 25 November 24 Jakko Jakszyk says Fripp's intricate songs could became “a complete car crash” if anyone slipped up
Why did the Beatles play Epiphone Casinos? It all comes back to one man By Christopher Scapelliti published 23 November 24 John Mayall brought some famous guitarists to the fore. He also turned the Beatles on to one of their defining guitar models
A more affordable Jimmy Page Double-Neck returns with uncanny accuracy, thanks to 3-D scanning By James Volpe Rotondi published 23 November 24 The Gibson Custom Jimmy Page EDS-1275 VOS arrives December 3 with parts that match exactly what the company used in 1968/’69
