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Paul McCartney made some surprising revelations about his favorite guitar in our historic interview with him
By Tom Mulhern published
The former Beatle gave Guitar Player insights into "Taxman" and "Blackbird," as well as John Lennon's previously unknown fingerpicking skills

Jeff Beck on his microtonal guitar approach and how he set up his Fender Stratocaster for precision pitch bending
By Lisa Sharken published
The late guitarist shared insights into his influences and techniques in an interviewer for our May 1999 issue

Buddy Guy on the one thing every guitar player needs to play the blues
By Adam Levy published
Guy shared his insights with Guitar Player, saying, "Every interview I've ever had, I get asked 'Can a white man play the blues?' I hate that question!"

Billy Corgan on 30 years of Smashing Pumpkins’ ‘Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness.
By Andrew Daly published
"The record company thought it was the most suicidal career move that you could make," says the Smashing Pumpkins guitarist

Joe Satriani talks Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Beck and the 10 records that changed his life
By Andrew Daly last updated
The guitar virtuoso reveals the groundbreaking albums that shaped him as a musician

"He had that flowing melody thing that feels like you're singing along with the music." Warren Haynes talks Dickey Betts' influence as he prepares to honor the Allman Brothers Band giant in a star-studded concert
By Christopher Scapelliti published
Haynes will join Derek Trucks, Susan Tedeschi and many others for the 'In Memory of Dickey Betts' tribute show in Macon, Georgia, on February 28

How Andy Summers used chord fragments and an Echoplex to change the sound of rock guitar
By Michael Molenda, Joe Bosso published
The former Police guitarist told us how the group's evolution in the midst of punk led him to his breakthrough achievement as a singular guitar stylist

Steve Earle wrote a timeless tale of outlaws in America. It became a hit. Then Tennessee made it the state song
By Joe Matera published
The al-country firebrand says he was just trying to build an audience for himself on rock radio when he wrote "Copperhead Road" in 1988
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