Arteconciencias: “He hit the strings on his guitar, laid it on the floor, had the amp cranked and left his studio – and left it on for days. That was his torture test”: Eddie Van Halen rig builder Dave Friedman discusses the guitar legend’s gear testing process

“Show the kids out there how it's done”: Watch Keith Richards play Rolling Stones classics on a 5-string guitar with Jimmy Fallon | “The worst condition I’ve ever seen”: A lost Gibson Les Paul Junior from the 1950s has been found in a near-unsalvageable state – and it could be a first-year model | Guitar cables vs speaker cables: what’s the difference?

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October 27, 2023

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“He hit the strings on his guitar, laid it on the floor, had the amp cranked and left his studio – and left it on for days. That was his torture test”: Eddie Van Halen rig builder Dave Friedman discusses the guitar legend’s gear testing process

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The Friedman Amps founder worked on Van Halen's guitar amps and rigs, and says the 5150 III's marketing was not a bluff

"Show the kids out there how it's done": Watch Keith Richards play Rolling Stones classics on a 5-string guitar with Jimmy Fallon

(The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon)

Fallon proclaimed the riff-master to be "the greatest guitarist of all-time," to which Keef said, with a chuckle, "Segovia might disagree"

"The worst condition I've ever seen": A lost Gibson Les Paul Junior from the 1950s has been found in a near-unsalvageable state – and it could be a first-year model

(Matthew Scott/YouTube)

Musician and YouTuber Matthew Scott plans to try and restore the battered instrument to its former glory. But, as his latest video shows, he's got his work cut out

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Guitar cables vs speaker cables: what's the difference?

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Learn how the physical properties of cables can interact with your guitar's circuitry – and why you shouldn't get the two mixed up

"Sometimes bad gear can give you a good idea! I'll go with whatever's around. There are no rules": Code Orange's Reba Meyers on writing "pure evil" riffs and why she'd rather play a guitar that "sounds a little sh**tier" than a studio classic

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The Pittsburgh metalcore crew's new album, The Above, finds them pushing at the extremes – just don't take those clean tones as some kind of '90s revival

	TWA OCTOVERDRIVE The limited-edition TWA Octoverdrive offers two channels of diabolical dirt: TREAT - A thick, harmonically rich tube-like drive with the perfect degree of compression. TRICK - Adds a haunting, high-octave harmonic to the drive signal. Learn More

From Guitar Player

"The shot heard around the world": How the Rolling Stones' debut appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show launched both them and the Gibson Les Paul Standard

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The Stones' first appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show shocked parents, thrilled kids, and gave many people their first glimpse of “the most historically important ‘Burst” – Keith Richards’ 1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard

The Beatles are releasing a new single, Now And Then, and by doing so they're fixing a weird glitch in their back catalog