#guitars
10 stories
Paul McCartney's guitar collection
From a humble Epiphone to a rare Gibson Les Paul, how the Beatle built his arsenal.
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How well do you know Beatles guitars?
Test your knowledge of the iconic instruments that helped the Fab Four change music history.
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Johnny Marr is selling the guitars that built the Smiths
Ninety guitars, 111 lots, and the songs that fell out of them, going under the hammer at Christie's.
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Ex-Fender boss builds the guitar Fender doesn't want
Mike Eldred ran the Fender Custom Shop. His first guitar under a new brand is an S-style with a message painted on it.
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Dave Mustaine's life in pointy guitars
From a Les Paul copy to a B.C. Rich Bich that won over Kerry King, the guitars behind Megadeth's sharpest riffs.
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How the Flying V flopped, then conquered the guitar world
Gibson's arrowhead guitar sold about 100 units and died in two years, then the blues, psychedelia and metal turned it into an icon.
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The Czech factory rethinking the acoustic guitar
Petr Furch runs robots and hand work side by side to push acoustic design past tradition, and explains why the next step keeps getting harder.
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Stainless steel frets are taking over
Guitar makers are swapping nickel fretwire for stainless steel, and players say bends have never felt this slippery.
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A Fender master builder went to China
John Cruz left the Fender Custom Shop and spent 273 days building a relic'd S-style for Farida, and only 60 exist.
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Manson builds one-off beasts for President's masked pair
Matt Bellamy's guitar company just made custom seven-strings and basses for British metal's most mysterious new band.
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