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Pete Townshend talks originality, playing loud and which guitarist was first to use feedback
He says Marshall's '60s amps were rife for experimentation while discussing his “musical” use of screaming amps
See Pete Townshend and David Gilmour team up to perform tracks by the Who, Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup, Screamin' Jay Hawkins and more in 1985
The legendary guitarists had previously contributed to each other's solo releases, culminating in two nights at London's Brixton Academy — and a setlist of rock and roll classics
Blitzen Trapper's Eric Earley reveals how his beloved 1964 Gibson Hummingbird was improbably brought back to life
After presuming the worst in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, the guitarist couldn't believe it when his luthier brought the vintage Gibson back from the dead
Ronnie Wood on the early days of Marshall, and his loudness war with the Who
Alongside many other budding British guitar heroes of mid-'60s London, Wood – via Marshall – consistently pushed the boundaries of amplification
“The music I might hear, I can’t get on the guitar. It’s a thing of laying around daydreaming... If you pick up your guitar and just try to play, it spoils the whole thing”: Jimi Hendrix on translating his ideas to the guitar, and the joys of club gigs
In 1970, at the peak of his stardom, Hendrix sat down with GP for a chat about songwriting, informal jams, and some of his favorite guitar players
“Young kids that buy their first really good guitar end up in a love relationship with it – I've never had that”: Why Pete Townshend won't apologize for his '60s-era guitar-smashing antics
Rock's most famous guitar-smasher (mostly) abandoned that particular act over 50 years ago, but that doesn't mean he's wracked with guilt over his innumerable six-string beatings
“I got into the Who when I was playing my Mom’s Martin. I thought it looked cool to do the windmill, but when my Mom saw how badly I scratched her guitar she said, ‘No more pick for you’”: Carolyn Wonderland on Tele Thinlines and Houston guitar heroes
In this classic GP interview, the Texan with the stunning voice (and equally impressive six-string chops) discusses her tonal inspirations, and why – decades after her early windmilling damage – she continues to stick with fingerstyle
"The Whole Song Turned Into Kind of a Guitar Dialogue Back and Forth": Watch Robbie Robertson and Eric Clapton's Infamous ‘Guitar Duel’
Video “Duel? It was more of a guitar conversation – with a lot of passion,” said Robertson
“I’ll Never Be Able to Play the Kind of Leads I Want”: Pete Townshend Discusses Guitar Solos, Gibson SGs and More in This Fascinating Interview From the ‘GP’ Vault
“I was happiest listening to Jimi Hendrix – that, to me, was like heaven,” said the Who’s six-string destroyer
50 Years Ago, Rock and Roll Experienced One of Its Greatest Years: Here’s Why
With debut albums from Queen and Aerosmith, epic masterpieces by Mike Oldfield and Elton John, plus Pink Floyd’s ‘The Dark Side of the Moon’ and Led Zeppelin’s ‘Houses of the Holy,’ 1973 was a multi-genre, stylistically freewheeling musical jamboree
