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#iconic instruments #blowtorch #blues rock #delaware destroyers #epiphone #eric clapton #george harrison #george thorogood #gibson es-125 #guitar modification #johnny marr #pawn shop

The $200 Gibson that made George Thorogood
A last-minute pawn shop find became the signature guitar that defined a rock legend's five-decade career.
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Johnny Marr's blowtorch guitar disaster
The Smiths guitarist nearly killed himself trying to recreate Rory Gallagher's iconic weathered Stratocaster as a teenager.
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How Eric Clapton rescued a Beatles classic
George Harrison wrote one of the White Album's best songs, and his own band shrugged until an outsider walked in.
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