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October 29
- How a 1959 Gretsch 6120 Became Pete Townshend’s Steady
October 28
- “I Don’t Come Onstage To Pose and Play Some Pyrotechnic Scales. It’s To Kick Some Serious Ass”: Dick Dale Talks Gigs and Gear
October 27
- Carl Verheyen on the Mesmerizing Sounds and Memories That Make Up His Stellar New Album, 'Sundial'
- Watch Stone Temple Pilots' Classic 'MTV Unplugged' “Big Empty” Performance with Scott Weiland
- “Stop Thinking About the Guys You Idolize. Think for Yourself”: Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown Pulls No Punches in this Incredible Interview From the GP Archive
- Joe Bonamassa Explains Why His “Bludgeon” 1951 Fender NoCaster Is the Best Guitar He’s Ever Owned
- “You Hear These Guys Noodling Around and Playing Fast. It’s Like Listening To Somebody Type”: Joey Santiago Makes It Clear Why He Hates Guitar Solos.
October 26
- Nancy Wilson on the Genesis of Heart's Sound, Her Fingerstyle Influences, and Paying Tribute To Eddie Van Halen
October 25
- “I Suddenly Realized That Everybody Was Trying To Be Eric”: Peter Frampton Talks Finding His Own Style
- Five Reasons Jeff Healey Is a Guitar Legend
October 22
- Vinyl Treasures: Phil Baugh’s ‘Country Guitar’
October 21
- Archive Treasures: John Frusciante, November 1997
- “What Drives Anyone Who Has Obsessive-Compulsive Leanings?” Juliana Hatfield Talks Creativity and Songwriting
- Watch Steve Lukather Shred The Beatles
October 20
- “My Sensei Is Also a Student of Guitar”: Lawson Rollins on the Connection Between Martial Arts and Guitar Playing
- Listen to Malcolm Young’s Definitive Rock ‘n’ Roll Guitar Tone
October 19
- Five Reasons Duane Eddy is a Guitar Legend
- Pete Townshend on the Genesis of His Pop-Art Masterpiece, 'The Who Sell Out'
- Watch Aerosmith Perform Their First Major Hit Live on TV in 1974
October 14
- The Gospel According to Taj Mahal: Resonations From Africa to America
October 13
- Four Reasons Danny Gatton Remains a Guitar Legend
- Paul Gilbert on How He Tamed His Inner Shredder and Found a New Melodic Range with Slide Guitar
- Watch Paul Simon Demonstrate How to Write a Number One Hit Record
October 12
- Gerry Beckley: My Career in Five Songs
- Steve Hackett Reveals the Beatles’ Crucial Influence on Genesis
- Zappa Talks Zappa: Inside the Mind of Guitar Genius
October 11
- “It’s as Much About How It Feels as How It Sounds”: Tone Titan Ariel Posen Talks Gear Epiphanies
- “Girl, How Crazy You Was and How Dangerous It Was”: Blues Icon Jessie Mae Hemphill Looks Back on Her Remarkable Life in Music
October 8
- How Graham Nash Wrote Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young’s “Teach Your Children”
- Tommy Emmanuel’s Top Three Tips for Recording Melodic Acoustic Instrumentals
- The Revivalists’ Guitar Duo Zack Feinberg and Ed Williams Talk Creativity in the Wake of Success
- The Story of Teenie Hodges, Memphis Soul's Greatest Guitar Player
- San Francisco’s Revolutionary All-Female Band the Ace of Cups Talk Music and ‘60s Counterculture
- No One Works Harder to Keep Guitar in the Nashville Sound than Lindsay Ell.
October 6
- Molly Miller on Why She Is an Evangelist for Hybrid-Picking, and the Importance of Improv's Creative Energy
- How Pete Townshend Turned the Trauma of His Aborted Sci-fi Rock Opera into the Triumph of 'Who's Next'
October 5
- How to Write a Hard Rock Classic in Five Minutes: Billy Gibbons Tells the Incredible Story of ZZ Top’s “Tush”
- “Guitar should be utilized for making a song really interesting”: Dylan LeBlanc Talks Songwriting and Gear
October 1
- Engineer Hans-Martin Buff Recalls Life Working with Prince at Paisley Park
- Cindy Cashdollar Explains the Evolution of the Steel Guitar
- “I Played the Track With My Eyes Closed, and I Would See Him”: The Cure Guitarist Reeves Gabrels Talks Recording With and After David Bowie
- “I Made It My Mission to Get Rid of The Slop”: John 5 Talks Tone, Technique, and Telecasters