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Slash recalls how a jam with Jeff Beck nearly ended his idol's career
By Phil Weller published
After waiting years to play with his hero, Slash's cranked Marshall amps nearly deafened him

“I might have done better in the Bluesbreakers." Jeff Beck said he turned down John Mayall
By Phil Weller published
The coveted role was offered to him on a plate, but Beck was looking for a different kind of musical identity

Jimmy Page reflects on the Yardbirds and his short-lived two-guitar tandem with Jeff Beck
By Jackson Maxwell published
Though the two budding virtuosos had plenty of respect for one another, it perhaps isn't a huge surprise that their respective styles occasionally clashed in the Yardbirds

Steve Cropper says his guitar playing “sucks” — but he knows what sells
By Phil Weller published
Steve Cropper has worked with some of the world’s top musicians but believes it’s more important to be versatile than virtuosic

Martin Barre talks about sharing stages with Jimi Hendrix and Jeff Beck after Jethro Tull took a "big risk" hiring him in 1968
By Phil Weller published
Barre explains how performing concerts with Hendrix, Beck and Jimmy Page made him a better guitar player

Steve Morse pays tribute to Jeff Beck with Cause We’ve Ended As Lovers cover – and reimagines a jazz fusion classic with Angel Vivaldi
By Phil Weller published
In addition to covering the Beck tune, Morse reimagines a Jon-Luc Ponty jazz-fusion classic with prog-metal guitarist Angel Vivaldi

David Kowalski’s Rare Earth Germanium Device is one of the most innovative fuzzboxes we’ve seen
By Dave Hunter published
We put the Rare Earth Germanium Device to the test and discovered an inspiring variation on the iconic germanium fuzz

Watch Steve Lukather cover Jimi Hendrix’s Little Wing, with Jeff Beck's White Strat
By Jackson Maxwell published
The Toto guitarist revealed that Beck's camp has offered a number of other guitar heroes – including Billy Gibbons and John Mayer – a chance to use the Strat onstage as part of an ongoing tribute to the late guitar hero

Gibson's Custom Shop recreates Jeff Beck’s 1959 ‘YardBurst’ Les Paul Standard
By Phil Weller published
Boasting specs and aesthetics mirroring the original version of Beck’s cherished guitar, only 130 of this premium instrument will be produced

Watch John Mayer play Jeff Beck’s custom Strat during Dead & Company’s The Sphere residency
By Phil Weller published
Fans had theorized that the reverse headstock-equipped white Strat was a custom build saluting one of Mayer's heroes, but Joe Bonamassa has confirmed that the guitar is the real deal
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