Arteconciencias: “I get off stage, and Paul and Gene want to talk to me: ‘We think you’d be perfect for Kiss. Would you consider playing a Les Paul?’” White Lion’s Vito Bratta on the time he nearly joined Kiss

“Everyone I know that has bought a ’Burst in the last five years is playing that guitar every single day”: Gibson’s Mark Agnesi debunks the myth that its most valuable builds are kept under glass | The world’s longest guitar? This YouTuber built a beastly three-neck acoustic – and somehow made it playable | “If you’re wondering why I’m wearing just socks, it’s just much easier to tap-dance pedals like that!”: Code Orange guitarist Reba Meyers takes pedal demos to new heights in this tripped-out new mega jam

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“Everyone I know that has bought a ’Burst in the last five years is playing that guitar every single day”: Gibson’s Mark Agnesi debunks the myth that its most valuable builds are kept under glass

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The firm's Head of Brand Experience – a former vintage guitar dealer – also says it's time we accept that even a 'Burst needs a re-fret once in a while

The world's longest guitar? This YouTuber built a beastly three-neck acoustic – and somehow made it playable

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Another day, another wild Bernth experiment – and another impressive original single to put the plucky player's crazy build through its paces

"If you're wondering why I'm wearing just socks, it's just much easier to tap-dance pedals like that!": Code Orange guitarist Reba Meyers takes pedal demos to new heights in this tripped-out new mega jam

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15 stompboxes, 3 expression pedals, and only 1 Reba Meyers: The experimental hardcore and metal guitarist is back and making magic in her latest demo

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"I get off stage, and Paul and Gene want to talk to me: 'We think you'd be perfect for Kiss. Would you consider playing a Les Paul?'" White Lion's Vito Bratta on the time he nearly joined Kiss – and his failed Ozzy Osbourne audition

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The '80s shred icon explains what stood between him and the gig of a lifetime with Ozzy – and why he turned down Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley

"My original '60 Stratocaster will always sound the best. This one is right next to the best": Pearl Jam's Mike McCready on why he's playing his more affordable signature guitar live, covering Eruption, and embracing digital amps

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Now onto his second signature Fender, grunge's answer to Stevie Ray Vaughan reflects on his greatest Stratocaster moment, how Eddie Van Halen and Chris Cornell inspired his guitar playing, and why you should be excited for the next Pearl Jam album – oh, and his rock opera about the Seattle scene

From Guitar Player

Vernon Reid: "One of my key reference points is Mahavishnu Orchestra's The Inner Mounting Flame. When it came out, it was the jazz equivalent of Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols"

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In this classic GP interview, the legendary Living Colour guitarist discusses why he embraced his fusion side – despite that word's "dirty, dusty, foul" reputation – on his 2006 solo LP, and how his relationship with two-handed tapping has changed over the years

Albert Lee: "Back in 1963, I bought a second-hand Tele and it changed my life completely. The Tele had a really wiry sound compared to my Les Paul Custom... I immediately began to approach music differently"

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He's played with Eric Clapton, the Everly Brothers, Emmylou Harris, the Crickets, Joe Cocker, and countless others, but – as he told GP in this 2010 interview – Albert Lee is always, still, looking for "that perfect night onstage"

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