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Guitarist Magazine@Guitarist_Mag · Jul 25

“This is probably the only time you will read Julian Lage and Nigel Tufnel’s names in the same sentence”: Every guitar featured in the trailer for Spinal Tap II, from St. Vincent’s Music Man to Joe Satriani’s Ibanez JS-3 guitarworld.com/artists/bands/…

Guitarist_Mag's tweet card. The Spinal Tap II trailer is finally here – and this is what Nigel Tufnel, David St. Hubbins and Derek Smalls will be playing in the movie

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Guitarist Magazine@Guitarist_Mag · 5 h

“The truth of the matter is, I don’t believe that anybody asked us”: James LoMenzo reveals Megadeth weren't invited to Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath's final show guitarworld.com/artists/bands/…

Guitarist_Mag's tweet card. The other members of the Big Four of thrash metal – Metallica, Slayer, and Anthrax – all participated in Back to the Beginning

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Guitarist Magazine@Guitarist_Mag · 6 h

“Martin and Taylor, watch out. There’s a new small-bodied build on the block”: This is all the new guitar gear that has caught my eye this week – and I think I've been convinced to finally go wireless guitarworld.com/gear/guitar-ge…

Guitarist_Mag's tweet card. All-new drops from PRS, Furch, Victory and more

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Guitarist Magazine@Guitarist_Mag · 24 h

“Should anybody be remotely interested…” Noel Gallagher shares pics of his Oasis reunion live rig – and we are definitely maybe interested guitarworld.com/artists/guitar…

Guitarist_Mag's tweet card. There are a biblical amount of boost options on Gallagher's board, but it is his SIB Echodrive that we'd swap our lasagna for

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Guitarist Magazine@Guitarist_Mag · Jul 25

“Bears clear indication of its historical significance”: Randy Rhoads’ Quiet Riot Les Paul – which features on the back cover of their debut record – expected to sell for up to $200,000 at auction guitarworld.com/gear/electric-…

Guitarist_Mag's tweet card. His heavily worn pre-Ozzy axe is expected to fetch $200K when it sells next month

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Guitarist Magazine@Guitarist_Mag · Jul 25

“He called me and said, ‘Paul! Paul! I need your help. Eddie’s coming up”: Paul Reed Smith on the time Kramer asked him to build a guitar for Eddie Van Halen guitarworld.com/artists/guitar…

Guitarist_Mag's tweet card. Smith was asked what he would have made if Van Halen had ever asked for a PRS guitar – but it turned out to be something of a trick question

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Guitarist Magazine@Guitarist_Mag · Jul 25

“Pivotal throughout the band's pre-fame era and used for seminal recordings from Appetite for Destruction”: Slash’s famed B.C. Rich Warlock – which once went missing for 30 years – is going up for auction (again) guitarworld.com/gear/electric-…

Guitarist_Mag's tweet card. The guitar, which was one of Slash’s most-used axes in the band’s early days, is expected to fetch $200K

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Guitarist Magazine@Guitarist_Mag · Jul 25

“I compared the two and the $140 Squier Telecaster, to me, sounded better”: Why Skunk Baxter chose to buy a beginner guitar over a “bazillion” dollar vintage Telecaster guitarworld.com/artists/guitar…

Guitarist_Mag's tweet card. Baxter pitted the two guitars against each other during a trip to Guitar Center – and there was a clear winner

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Guitarist Magazine@Guitarist_Mag · Jul 25

“Page must be mental giving away such a terrific guitar as this”: 50 years ago, Jimmy Page gave a guitar away for free in a magazine competition – now it's expected to fetch over $67,000 at auction guitarworld.com/gear/electric-…

Guitarist_Mag's tweet card. The 1957 Gretsch Chet Atkins 6120 was originally bought by Page in Nashville, back in 1972

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Guitarist Magazine@Guitarist_Mag · Jul 25

“The revised big board du jour”: Seal, a self-confessed guitar pedal fanatic, shares the secrets of his pedalboard – and it's filled with surprise boutique stompboxes guitarworld.com/artists/guitar…

Guitarist_Mag's tweet card. While the Kiss from a Rose hitmaker tends to prefer amp modelers for touring, he has a penchant for collecting and experimenting with different pedals when he's in the studio

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Guitarist Magazine@Guitarist_Mag · Jul 25

“Everything is set as loud as it can go without collapsing. All my heroes played loud – Clapton played loud, Jimi Hendrix played loud”: Joe Bonamassa breaks down his epic onstage guitar rig – and why your volume control is a tonal superpower guitarworld.com/artists/guitar…

Guitarist_Mag's tweet card. Amid the mayhem of his European tour, Joe gives us a guided tour around his 2025 live gear and tells us why his mighty multi-amp rig has to be run at breaking point. All in the name of tone

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Guitarist Magazine@Guitarist_Mag · Jul 25

“Refining the standard that players should expect from their digital rigs”: Laney’s LFR-110 is a portable powerhouse FRFR that looks to set a new benchmark for amp modeler users guitarworld.com/gear/speaker-c…

Guitarist_Mag's tweet card. Laney’s acclaimed FRFR series is bolstered with a feature-packed, best-in-class unit that might just be the FRFR speaker you’ve been waiting for

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Guitarist Magazine@Guitarist_Mag · Jul 25

“I’m so sorry I couldn’t spend more time with you on the weekend”: Jake E. Lee shares the last text message he received from Ozzy Osbourne guitarworld.com/artists/guitar…

Guitarist_Mag's tweet card. The Prince of Darkness, who passed away this week, reached out to his former guitarist after the historic Back to Beginning farewell show

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Guitarist Magazine@Guitarist_Mag · Jul 25

“The story is nuts. I was sat in the control room when our receptionist rang through and said, ‘Bob Dylan’s on the phone’”: How Eurythmics legend Dave Stewart became friends with his hero – after what he thought was a prank call guitarworld.com/artists/guitar…

Guitarist_Mag's tweet card. Stewart was alone in the studio when he received a call from what he thought was prankster

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Guitarist Magazine@Guitarist_Mag · Jul 25

“I asked Olivia, ‘I’d love to play one of George’s guitars.’ She just said, ‘Of course – which one?’” How a Gypsy jazz guitarist came to play George Harrison’s iconic Beatles guitars on a new tribute album guitarworld.com/artists/guitar…

Guitarist_Mag's tweet card. Recorded in Harrison’s home studio using his most famous instruments, Robin Nolan’s Gypsy jazz covers reimagine the quiet Beatle’s best moments – and finally completes Harrison’s ‘lost’ song…

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Guitarist Magazine@Guitarist_Mag · Jul 25

“Countless Zoso wannabes have tried to decipher Jimmy Page’s tone secrets”: Hands-on with the ultimate Led Zeppelin amps – Sundragon’s painstakingly accurate replicas of the guitar hero’s elusive backline guitarworld.com/gear/amps/sund…

Guitarist_Mag's tweet card. It’s not guaranteed that they’ll make you sound like Jimmy Page, but Sundragon’s fastidiously accurate replicas of two of his favorite amps may well get you close

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Guitarist Magazine@Guitarist_Mag · Jul 24

Guitar Center secures three-year debt extension to ensure it can deliver on its business plan guitarworld.com/music-industry…

Guitarist_Mag's tweet card. The announcement comes amid increasing challenges for brick-and-mortar guitar stores and ongoing changes at Guitar Center to battle competition from digital retailers

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Guitarist Magazine@Guitarist_Mag · Jul 24

Golden Earring guitarist George Kooymans and driving force of Europe’s hard rock evolution dies aged 77 guitarworld.com/artists/guitar…

Guitarist_Mag's tweet card. One of the Netherlands’ most prominent guitarists, he leaves behind hits including the driving anthem Radar Love and The Twilight Zone

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Guitarist Magazine@Guitarist_Mag · Jul 24

“We have incurred anywhere between $500,000 to $750,000 in additional costs”: Will the price of guitar strings skyrocket on August 1? As tariff deadline looms, D’Addario’s CEO reveals how the firm has been weathering the storm guitarworld.com/music-industry…

Guitarist_Mag's tweet card. The firm exports nearly 45% of its products to 120 countries, with Japan being its biggest foreign market

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Guitarist Magazine@Guitarist_Mag · Jul 24

“You’re not going to find a guitar like this anywhere, unless you're at a dump site": Brendon Small says a studio break-in prompted him to downsize his gear collection – so he’s set up a Reverb shop guitarworld.com/artists/guitar…

Guitarist_Mag's tweet card. After his studio was broken into in 2022, the Metalocalypse creator is now parting ways with bizarre prototypes and oddball modded guitars

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