Arteconciencias: “Jerry's most sophisticated guitar setup… the culmination of decades of experimentation with state of the art gear”: Jerry Garcia’s final touring rig – featuring Bob Weir’s revered Wall of Sound McIntosh amp and an embedded pedal panel

“McFly vibes from that 345!” Watch Jason Isbell and Bob Weir perform Johnny B. Goode for Michael J. Fox, as Isbell tips his cap to the famously inaccurate Back to the Future guitar – the Gibson ES-345 | “The solos are so perfectly composed... they remind me of what Bach would do if he had a Les Paul, a Marshall, and a space alien costume”: Paul Gilbert explains why he loves Ace Frehley’s playing | “Chris Cornell said I created ‘a symphony of chaos’ – it was his favorite thing about the track. It meant even more because he was gone less than a year later”: Meet Ryan Wariner, go-to session guitarist for everyone from Dave Mustaine to Ann Wilson

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November 15, 2023

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“Jerry's most sophisticated guitar setup… the culmination of decades of experimentation with state of the art gear”: Jerry Garcia’s final touring rig – featuring Bob Weir’s revered Wall of Sound McIntosh amp and an embedded pedal panel – is up for auction

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The Grateful Dead guitar legend's final rig is open to bids, and features a bit of 2-for-1 gear history

"McFly vibes from that 345!" Watch Jason Isbell and Bob Weir perform Johnny B. Goode for Michael J. Fox, as Isbell tips his cap to the famously inaccurate Back to the Future guitar – the Gibson ES-345

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The guitarist and songwriter chose a particular Gibson to perform in front of a crowd of celebrity guests at Fox's recent fundraiser

"The solos are so perfectly composed... they remind me of what Bach would do if he had a Les Paul, a Marshall, and a space alien costume": Paul Gilbert explains why he loves Ace Frehley's playing

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The shred guru picked out a recording of the band's "infallible feedback magic" as his highlight of the hard-rock icons' remarkable 50-year run

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"Chris Cornell said I created 'a symphony of chaos' – it was his favorite thing about the track. It meant even more because he was gone less than a year later": Meet Ryan Wariner, go-to session guitarist for everyone from Dave Mustaine to Ann Wilson

(Criss Cain)

He may be a Nashville session cat, but Ryan Wariner doesn't play country. Music City's resident rock guitar enthusiast reveals how he ended up playing slide with Megadeth, what it takes to perform a last-minute show with Gene Simmons, and why he sought a different path to his father, country legend Steve Wariner

"He's real tough, and when he's liquored up, he can really play!" Pat Hare influenced Stevie Ray Vaughan, beat Cream and Led Zeppelin to the blues-rock punch, and recorded an eerily prescient guitar knockout called I'm Gonna Murder My Baby

(PBS)

A remarkably gifted, but equally volcanic, guitarist who played with Howlin' Wolf, James Cotton, Muddy Waters, and Bobby Bland, Hare made a seismic (and largely forgotten) impact on the development of blues-rock, before receiving a life sentence in prison

	9 lbs. of Legendary Fishman Acoustic Tone Loudbox Micro packs 40W of clean acoustic power into a two channel lunchbox-sized acoustic combo. Featuring Master Volume, Instrument & Mic Channels, Digital Reverb & Chorus, 1/8" Aux Input, Balanced XLR D.I. Output, and a 3.5mm Headphone Output. Learn More

From Guitar Player

Steve Lukather: "I realized it was okay to play a bad note when I saw Larry Carlton six years ago. He broke his E string, and everybody was like 'Oh, no.' Then he took his clippers and clipped off the B and G strings and played a killer solo!"

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In this classic GP interview, the session guitar and Toto king reveals how Carlton (especially his work on Steely Dan's Royal Scam) changed his view of what was possible within the confines of rock guitar playing

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Welcome to Sophie Lloyd's melodic rock soloing masterclass – learn essential techniques to take your lead playing to the next level

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This video lesson finds the British shredder sharing an exclusive close look at her signature soloing style – and it'll take you from pentatonics to melodic tapping and beyond