Arteconciencias: “Jimmy sat there for the whole two hours, then waited until after the show before he asked me, ‘How did you find out how to make my sound?’” Meet Mr. Jimmy, the Japanese kimono salesman who has dedicated his life to becoming Jimmy Page

“Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons have tried to destroy my reputation over the years. 10,000 Volts is going to make them look like imbeciles”: He may have missed Kiss’ last-ever performance, but Ace Frehley is set to make a statement with his new solo album | What’s the best guitar riff of 2023? | “Our first artist model for a female guitarist”: Kramer’s Lzzy Hale signature Voyager has been unveiled – with a custom body shape and a blinding Holographic Sparkle finish to match

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December 6, 2023

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“Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons have tried to destroy my reputation over the years. 10,000 Volts is going to make them look like imbeciles”: He may have missed Kiss’ last-ever performance, but Ace Frehley is set to make a statement with his new solo album

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The former Kiss guitarist says he's "always been the kind of guy to let the music do the talking" – and that's exactly the plan for his forthcoming record

What's the best guitar riff of 2023?

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Recap a year of riffage and help us find the best of the best

"Our first artist model for a female guitarist": Kramer's Lzzy Hale signature Voyager has been unveiled – with a custom body shape and a blinding Holographic Sparkle finish to match

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The Halestorm leader's new guitar represents a string of firsts for Kramer

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"Jimmy sat there for the whole two hours, then waited until after the show before he asked me, 'How did you find out how to make my sound?'" Meet Mr. Jimmy, the Japanese kimono salesman who has dedicated his life to becoming Jimmy Page

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This is the story of Akio Sakurai, aka Mr. Jimmy, and his lifelong quest to replicate Jimmy Page's guitar style and tone, and perform Led Zeppelin just as Page did back in the day – and, eventually, in front of the man himself

"I thought to myself, 'Nobody's done anything with that for at least 25 years. It looks like a piece of medieval torture instrumentation'": How G7th revolutionized the guitar capo

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The British company has sought to give the humble capo a player-friendly future. As with many great ideas, it evolved from a simple question that designer Nick Campling asked himself while playing an acoustic guitar…

From Guitar Player

"It was a way to kind of memorialize the folks that I lost": Grieving the death of his grandparents and close friend Joey DeFrancesco, jazz guitar ace Dan Wilson found solace in creating his beautiful new album, Things Eternal

(Shane Wynn)

For this dazzling LP, Wilson recorded a stirring array of covers and originals, all the while channeling the lessons he's learned from George Benson, and approaching the material more like a drummer than a guitarist

"I was playing the wrong key and everything, but it didn't seem to matter": Watch George Harrison play a Little Richard classic with Deep Purple in 1984

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"I really enjoyed the show," Harrison said of the rest of Purple's performance that evening. "I sat on the stage for part of the show behind the loudspeakers, and then I walked down and sat right in the center of the hall, and it wasn't too loud. It was really funny"