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Orianthi performs at Guitar Player Presents in Oakland, California — Win Tickets
By Jimmy Leslie published
The PRS signature guitarist will make her debut appearance at the monthly concert series with shows on April 16 and 17

Shaquille O’Neal stuns fans by playing a Three Days Grace song on an acoustic guitar. Or is it a ukulele?
By Elizabeth Swann last updated
Fans were shocked by the former basketball pro's guitar talents — and even more by how tiny the guitar looks in his hands

Ritchie Blackmore is unable to fly after suffering a heart attack a year and a half year ago
By Elizabeth Swann published
The Blackmore's Night guitarist will not be able to perform in Europe for the foreseeable future according to his wife and band mate, Candice Night

Don't bother giving Chrissie Hynde a guitar. She's set for life with her Ice Blue Fender Telecaster
By Phil Weller last updated
The Pretenders' frontwoman says guitar companies have tried to tempt her into playing their wares, but the punk guitarist in her has no mind to shop around

Andy Summers isn’t a fan of King Crimson — but his collaboration with Robert Fripp came at just the right time
By Phil Weller published
He’d made his name in the mainstream, but after several albums with the Police, Andy Summers was looking for another guitarist to get weird with

How a candid moment caught on camera became the final Beatles song the band recorded together
By Phil Weller published
"I Me Mine" wasn’t intended to make the 'Let It Be' album, but an executive decision forced what remained of the Beatles back into the studio to record it for one last hurrah

The story of Joe Satriani’s showstopping Crystal Planet Ibanez JS prototype — which has just sold for $10,000
By Phil Weller published
The custom-built prototype takes see-through specs to a whole new level, making it one of the most intriguing JS models in ever made

Martin unveils its reissue of Eric Clapton’s 'Unplugged' acoustic — but his affinity for the brand began long before that seminal show
By Phil Weller published
The two new acoustics celebrate 30 years of collaboration between Martin and Clapton, but the luthier’s builds were shaping his career decades earlier
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