Arteconciencias: “We’re in the same band with the two black Strats. It’s insane that would happen”: How Little Feat acquired not one, but two of Jimi Hendrix’s Fender Stratocasters

“They have one of the best guitar players in the world”: Watch Nuno Bettencourt inject virtuosic two-hand tapping flair into AC/DC’s Highway to Hell during Extreme and Godsmack’s joint cover | “Can’t believe I get to jam with these legends”: Watch H.E.R trade her signature Fender Strat for a metal-ready Charvel to perform with the Foo Fighters on SNL | “There’s big brands making stuff that’s no better than the $200 Chinese knockoffs you see online. I wanted to make something that could deliver the quality”: Steve Brown wants to shake up the budget guitar market with SBS Guitars’ $379 shred machines

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October 30, 2023

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“We’re in the same band with the two black Strats. It’s insane that would happen”: How Little Feat acquired not one, but two of Jimi Hendrix’s Fender Stratocasters

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Fender made two black Strats for Hendrix – and they both ended up in the Little Feat family

"They have one of the best guitar players in the world": Watch Nuno Bettencourt inject virtuosic two-hand tapping flair into AC/DC's Highway to Hell during Extreme and Godsmack's joint cover

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The two rock outfits shared the stage for a set-closing cover – and gave the Washburn wielder free rein to solo as he saw fit

"Can't believe I get to jam with these legends": Watch H.E.R trade her signature Fender Strat for a metal-ready Charvel to perform with the Foo Fighters on SNL

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It's not the first time the Grammy winner has favored a Charvel Dinky over her Fender model – is a six-string switch on the cards?

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"There's big brands making stuff that's no better than the $200 Chinese knockoffs you see online. I wanted to make something that could deliver the quality": Steve Brown wants to shake up the budget guitar market with SBS Guitars' $379 shred machines

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The Trixter guitarist admits that "people are going to bash these guitars specifically because they hate me", but maintains that the quality of his hot-rodded budget electrics will silence the haters

"We wanted to make something that was atmospheric and not mimicking anything else. But, really, this record is about coming out of grief": Emma Tricca is finding redemption in vintage Martins and fingerstyle folk

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Her guitar approach may be shaped by Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, and John Renbourn, but Aspirin Sun finds Emma Tricca chasing a folk sound that's all her own

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"They had strippers and crabs everywhere... People would get pissed and start shooting at the stage. You had to duck and keep playing!" Stevie Ray Vaughan talks his Number One Strat, Dumbles, and his craziest gigs in this classic GP interview

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On the heels of his sophomore album, Couldn't Stand the Weather, SRV tells tales of jamming with B.B. and Freddie King, and tells GP what it takes to cover Hendrix

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