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- March 8
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- “It's 1969, I'm in New York, and I get a phone call: 'Jimi's in the studio. Would you come down?'” Andy Fairweather Low on 3 a.m. jams with Jimi Hendrix and sleepless nights with George Harrison
- "He was a great guy. And he had my face tattooed on his chest!” Ace Frehley offers his opinion of three guitarists who have called the first Kiss axeman their six-string inspiration
- “The guy jumped in a car, drove to Guadalajara and kidnapped my guitar!” George Harrison recounted how his "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" Les Paul was stolen in 1973 — and the extremes he went through to get it back
- “It was easier. There was something about the sound." Courtney Barnett explains why switching to a Fender Jaguar proved to be a pivotal moment in her career
- March 7
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- "I had to sit back and go, 'Is this really happening?'” Phil X on playing "Livin' on a Prayer" with Richie Sambora at a Bon Jovi show — and how he adapted his guitar playing to make the moment happen
- “Nobody will be able to afford to make music.” Queen’s Brian May blasts a new law that will make it easier for AI to use artists' music
- "I saw Stevie Wonder with one about four years ago. Another guitar player gave me this. No one else has got one." Jeff Beck demonstrates his 'Blow by Blow'-era rig in 1974
- “I have plenty of impressive cheap guitars.” Yvette Young explains why your guitar and amp shouldn't get equal treatment when it comes to your gear budget. Here's what you should know
- March 6
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- "That’s my favorite incarnation of the Firebird, because you’ve got the tuners on the top side.” Gibson's 1965 Firebird revival brings a classic back to life with the most unusual guitar name you've ever heard
- "There’s so much that I can’t share with him. There’s just this black hole.” Wolfgang Van Halen on life without Eddie and how his grief pushed him into a new chapter
- Eddie Van Halen asks: “Do you guys ever run out of film?" A private collection of unseen video from Van Halen's classic era is online. Here's what's in it
- March 5
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- "I have a Mercury on the guitar now, which makes me very happy.” Brian May’s new signature Gibson SJ-200 features a subtle tribute to the late Queen singer Freddie Mercury
- “He felt that he would never be his own man.” Rory Gallagher rejected the chance to bring Cream back from the dead when Eric Clapton left the group in 1968
- March 4
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- “Playing this song onstage was my rock-star moment.” Nita Strauss reveals the five riffs that changed her life and made her one of the most sought-after guitarists in hard rock
- “Everyone had told us it’s never going to work. But hearing it back through the speakers, we thought, We can conquer the world!” Brian May tells how he fought the naysayers to make the Red Special Queen's secret weapon
- Guitar Player Presents Mark Lettieri, March 7 in Napa, California – Win Tickets
- "What he really liked and what he really played at home was the blues." Jimi Hendrix's record collection reveals the artists who shaped his guitar playing. But you'd never guess what record was his favorite
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