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Eddie Van Halen's Hot for Teacher Kramer is going up for auction

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April 10, 2023

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Eddie Van Halen's Hot for Teacher Kramer is going up for auction

(Van Halen/YouTube)

Used in the song's iconic music video – and extensively by EVH in 1983 and 1984 – the guitar is projected by Sotheby's to sell for between 2 and 3 million dollars

Watch David Gilmour wail on the Black Strat in 1975 in newly unearthed 8mm Pink Floyd live footage

(Speedy/YouTube)

Featuring The Dark Side of the Moon in its entirety – and a number of songs from the then-yet-to-be-released Wish You Were Here and Animals – the footage (complete with killer audio) captures Floyd at a fascinating stage in their evolution

Lasse Wellander, guitarist for Swedish pop icons ABBA, has died at 70

(Gus Stewart/Redferns)

"The importance of his creative input in the recording studio as well as his rock solid guitar work onstage was immense," ABBA said of Wellander in a statement

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Kiss's Tommy Thayer names 11 guitarists who shaped his sound

(Francesco Prandoni/Getty Images)

The Spaceman offers his pick of the greatest riff-masters, salutes the player who invented the power chord, and reveals the guitarist his bandmates compare him to (and it's not Ace Frehley)

Joe Bonamassa on why he loves the Gibson Les Paul: "Pretty much all of the English guitar legends of the 1960s, that's what they were holding"

(Marco van Rooijen)

Bonamassa has a dazzling array of guitars – but he always goes back to the '59 LP he describes as "perfect" for him...

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From Guitar Player

Prolific, confessional, and a no-bullsh*t character: Memphis Minnie was one of the most incendiary guitarists of her day

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You can't talk about the leading lights of blues without mentioning this legendary Louisiana native

The iconic Rickenbacker 325 has a story like no other electric guitar

(Future)

Favored by John Lennon, this short-scale model was the first in Rickenbacker's defining Capri range

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Japanese Maintenance Trains

"Swallows Return"
(Microseason 13)
It's the time of the year when swallows, which are a summer bird in Japan, begin to migrate back after spending the winter in more temperate Southeast Asia. Swallows have no interest in our crops, and instead feed on pests that do. It's for this reason that swallows have always been adored in Japan and their return often signaled the beginning of the farming season.

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Unsung Heroes

This week we're revisiting the work of 77-year old artist Masami Onishi, who creates these ultra-realisitc drawings of Japanese maintenance trains. Most people have never even seen them before because they only operate at night. But they're the reason Japan has so few derailments.

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Cafe with a view (of trains)

Speaking of trains...now that the weather is warming up, the Breeze Bird Cafe in Kamakura is the perfect spot to sip an ice coffee while watching the quaint Enoden trains go by.

Noma Kyoto

Lastly, we check out the interiors of Noma Kyoto. Last month, world-renowned chef René Redzepi shuttered his groundbreaking Denmark restaurant and relocated his 95-person staff to Kyoto for 3 months.

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Experience Japanese tea time at home with Sakuraco, a subscreiption snack box with an emphasis on the authentic tradition of tea and wagashi. (sponsor)

tidbits from all corners of Japan

We were saddened to learn that the kokeshi phone box, which stood as a symbol of Naruko-Onsen since the 70s, was permanently removed earlier this month. (admittedly, it was a little scary)

In this colorized photo of Shibuya crossing taken in 1952, a few landmarks still exist today: the Hachiko statue can be seen in the bottom left and the Sanzenri Pharmacy is in the bottom right.

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