Arteconciencias: “It was complete carnage... Keith and Ronnie were on their feet. The roof left the building”: Andrew Watt gifted Paul McCartney a ‘64 Höfner with a built-in Univox Super Fuzz circuit – and the Beatle used it on the new Rolling Stones album

“The sound is pure ’Burst”: a 1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard known as ‘Miss Swiss’ has come up for sale – with an asking price of $450,000 | “Not just a one-trick pony”: Epiphone has expanded its entry-level Power Players lineup with… a multi-effects pedal? | The Rolling Stone 250 greatest guitarists list gets a lot of things right – but some of its exclusions are just plain wrong

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October 18, 2023

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“It was complete carnage... Keith and Ronnie were on their feet. The roof left the building”: Andrew Watt gifted Paul McCartney a ‘64 Höfner with a built-in Univox Super Fuzz circuit – and the Beatle used it on the new Rolling Stones album

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Once McCartney released the full potential of his new Höfner, "his eyes widened, and he just started ripping on it"

"The sound is pure 'Burst": a 1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard known as 'Miss Swiss' has come up for sale – with an asking price of $450,000

(Carter Vintage)

The valuable vintage guitar has been hailed by its dealer as one of the "cleanest" 'Burst examples it's seen

"Not just a one-trick pony": Epiphone has expanded its entry-level Power Players lineup with… a multi-effects pedal?

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Is this the first sign of multi-effects moves from the Gibson/Epiphone family, or just a beginner-friendly stompbox?

Features

The Rolling Stone 250 greatest guitarists list gets a lot of things right – but some of its exclusions are just plain wrong

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The publication should be commended for pushing the conversation forward, but not at the expense of some of the guitar world's indisputable game-changers

"I'd like to remind all the perfectionist guitar nerds to listen to Jimmy Page's solo on In the Evening. It sounds like the guitar is falling down the stairs… It's brilliant": Soundgarden's Kim Thayil dissects his "dangerous" approach to guitar playing

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The Soundgarden guitarist looks back on his most iconic riffs and solos, as well as the gear and tunings that guided him deep into the creative superunknown

From Guitar Player

"People like Yngwie Malmsteen should be forgotten as soon as possible. It's got very little to do with music..." A classic and very frank interview with Johnny Marr

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At the start of the 90s, Guitar Player sat down with Johnny Marr to talk about The Smiths, his influences, and his attitude to guitar playing and so-called guitar heroes…

Erja Lyytinen on influences, conservatory schooling, and digging deeper into blues history

(Dirk Eidner)

The Finnish blues-rock phenom walks us through her journey with the guitar, from music school to the stage

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Buyer's Guides

$100 savings on Player Plus guitars and $50 off the Player series is like Black Friday come early – but only while stocks last

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With sales on everything from the Stratocaster to the Meteora, now's the perfect time to bag a gig-ready guitar at a healthy discount

Lessons

He's considered one of the top blues guitarists in the world, but nobody plays pentatonics like Eric Gales – learn his tastiest licks

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Get to grips with the extraordinary, topsy-turvy playing style of one of the greats of modern blues-rock guitar – the player who Joe Bonamassa and many more have called the greatest