Freddie Salem Former Outlaws guitarist Freddie Salem dies at 70 The Les Paul-wielding guitarist featured on four studio albums and one live album with the Southern rock band, and would later go on to record with Barbra Streisand 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 ARTICLES1David Gilmour says guitars are ultimately just “the tools of my trade,” but these are the ones he’d never auction off2Best Noise Gate Pedals 2024: Bring some silence to your sound with noise gates for all budgets3“Anyone who has laid hands on one of his guitars – before, during, or after Fender – will understand that Ron Thorn crafts guitars to within an iota of perfection”: Any way you choose to look at it, the Florentine Empirial is a stunner 4“One of the loudest D-18s I have ever heard – the sound makes you tremble”: Lester Flatt’s Martin D-18 – considered the first ever bluegrass guitar – and Eddie Van Halen/Steve Ripley design set to headline massive auction of over 400 historic guitars5“The idea was that we would do a half-hour set, but I said, ‘I’m not rehearsing to do a half-hour set! We’ve got Live Aid to correct, and the Atlantic 40th’”: Jimmy Page on how Led Zeppelin's triumphant 2007 reunion took shape, and the tour that never was