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I believe every guitar player inherently has something unique about their playing. They just have to identify what makes them different and develop it.”

– Jimmy Page

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– Jimi Hendrix

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– Eddie Van Halen

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87-year-old learns to play both guitar and piano turning her into an online sensation

At the ripe age of 87, retired nurse Mary Collins has finished mastering her second instrument and her videos demonstrating her newfound talents receive thousands of views daily with many of those viewers stopping her in the street to talk about them. This attention...

Dr Z collaborates with Joe Walsh for Z-Plus guitar amp

Dr Z has collaborated with Eagles legend Joe Walsh on the Z-Plus amp, based on Walsh’s single-ended Tweed tones from his James Gang days. The Z-Plus is a Class A, 15W combo with two 6V6 power tubes run in parallel for increased clean headroom. A half-power switch is...

Clapton on the future of guitar: “It’s not about what’s to be. It’s already there”

"It is still the most flexible instrument," insisted legendary guitarist, Eric Clapton. "You can improvise on it. You have such freedom. I don't think there is a limit to it." Where previously, against a gloomy backdrop of declining instrument sales, Clapton had...

Blues guitar legend shops local before big gig!

Blues guitar great Joe Bonamassa didn't just melt faces last week in Evansville, he also shopped at local guitar shops. The 40-year old musician has an affinity for vintage music gear. Like he's done in the past, he stopped by a local guitar shop called Musician's...

A stolen guitar nearly ‘derailed’ a teen’s pursuit of music. 23 years later, she found it on Ebay!

When Nicole Pompa's guitars were reported stolen in a 1994 Skokie residential burglary, she lost her zeal for music but always kept her eye out for the stolen instruments. "I hit up all the pawn shops in Chicago until the 2000s," she said. "When I moved to Arizona, I...

Ola Englund Launches Solar Guitars

                               Type A                                                                                                 Type E                                 Type S                                                                                        ...

Celtic guitar legend Tony McManus in Maine for one performance only

New England Celtic Arts will present Celtic guitar legend Tony McManus in concert at 49 Franklin in Rumford on Wednesday, Dec. 6, Doors open at 6 p.m. with show at 7 p.m. To find a unique voice on so ubiquitous an instrument as the acoustic guitar is quite an...

OD Guitars Unveils the Cybele

Offering a line of models for progressive metal players, OD Guitars has designed the new age of extended range guitars. Among 5 different crafted models, the Cybele is a modern shaped single-cut guitar that has now the brand’s Natural Geometric design theme and is...

Yamaha Guitars Unveils the APX600 and CPX600

APX600CPX600 Yamaha recently announced the APX600 and CPX600 acoustic-electric guitars. These are instruments that build and improve on the excellent craftsmanship, handsome design, rich tones, and easy playability of the top selling APX500III and CPX500III. These...

Bob Dylan guitar sells for nearly $400,000

[UPDATE] Heritage Auctions in Dallas says a buyer requesting anonymity paid $396,500 Saturday for Dylan's 1963 Martin D-28 acoustic guitar. The guitar was sold by Larry Cragg, who was Dylan's guitar repairman. The original 1977 purchase receipt, which was included in...

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