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“On a couple of gigs we had Eddie Van Halen playing with us. He said, ‘I can't play on that!’ I said, ‘Yes, you can!’” Albert Lee is the legendary British picker who found his home in country music – and made guitar heroes quake in their boots (opens the original)
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He’s the country boy who was raised in London: one of the most respected pickers on the planet – admired from LA to Nashville – and a man who counts just about every guitar hero among his fans, with Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton and Eddie Van Halen among them. He’s met and jammed with George Harrison, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr. And yet, back in his hometown, he can wander down the street unrecognised. It’d be tempting to say this was unjust, but in some ways, we think this is just how
“It just seemed really distasteful. Eric had been a friend of mine, and I couldn’t possibly have been a party to that”: Why Jimmy Page turned down multiple offers to join the Yardbirds – and why he relented (opens the original)
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The Yardbirds’ revolving mid-’60s line-up is unrivalled when it comes to guitar star power. The London group famously featured Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page, in that order, across a period of just three years. However, what’s less well documented is that there was an attempt to recruit Page to the band’s ranks before Jeff Beck’s arrival, while Eric Clapton was still in the band. Page discussed the clandestine offer in one of his most detailed and candid interviews – a legendary six-hour
“Billie plugs in, puts the guitar on, and plays When I Come Around. He’s like, ‘That's the sound’”: The story of the Marshall Billie Joe Armstrong amp – its first artist signature in 14 years (opens the original)
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It’s impossible to hear the line “Do you have the time to listen to me whine?” without immediately conjuring the sound of Billie Joe Armstrong’s palm-muted modded Marshall tone. Over the last 30 years, Green Day’s 1994 major label debut, Dookie, has become not just a cultural touchstone, but a tonal one. The ultimate distillation of producer Rob Cavallo’s rock sound perfectly partnered with the Green Day guitarist’s chunky power chords, producing one of the most familiar and beloved tones in mod
The pedal that changed me – I asked the Guitar World staff to name the stompboxes that actually made a difference to their playing (opens the original)
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Pedals Week 2026: Guitarists are contrary beasts. We spend hours honing tones, then declare it’s all in the hands. Pine for a simpler time, while excitedly downloading firmware updates. Form unbreakable bonds with gear, while simultaneously looking over our shoulder at the next shiny object. It’s part of the fun. Sometimes, then, I think the most telling way to judge gear is just to see what has actually made enough of a difference to stay with us as players and writers – to set up residence in
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