'Conan O’Brien asked me: 'What do you consider your greatest contribution to music?' I said, 'Not singing.' I never had a good voice for singing, so I took it out on the guitar.' An epic Duane Eddy interview by Bill Nelson trib.al/8NKKOlR

June 2024 Guitar Player lesson audio trib.al/iO3dI3y

“I was plugged into a souped-up Magnatone amp. It ran at 100 watts, and stayed clean and wouldn’t break up no matter how hard you hit the note”: How Duane Eddy wrote his twanging, game-changing instrumental smash, Rebel Rouser trib.al/zk85gtl

Duane Eddy, a Gretsch-wielding rock 'n' roll legend who helped pioneer the rock guitar instrumental, has died at the age of 86

“I carried Ed’s guitar picks like a little old lady carrying her purse”: Eddie Van Halen loved throwing guitar picks into the crowd – but the simple act often had unintended consequences trib.al/iL6M7xD

“Jeff was just something other, you know?”: Mark Knopfler says he had begun planning to record an album with Jeff Beck shortly before Beck's death trib.al/ulcNqxH

“Kudos to Jack White and Donner for creating this great-sounding and affordable piece of hardware”: Donner Triple Threat review trib.al/dolAnr4

Best Klon Clones 2024: Bringing The Unattainable Overdrive Icon Into Arm’s Reach trib.al/u0PU7te

“I was doing what I was supposed to do, while something totally different was coming from Jeff… There were parts where it just did not work”: Jimmy Page reflects on the Yardbirds, and his short-lived two-guitar tandem with Jeff Beck trib.al/UWW3Gpn

“We all grew up with their music, looking at the album covers, and learning these classic guitar riffs and parts”: Jackson Browne, John Mellencamp, Mavis Staples honored by Bruce Springsteen at second annual American Music Honors show trib.al/mYn3vuN

“If we were recording at Olympic Studios, we would often hear Led Zeppelin. I’d see Jimmy Page sitting there, overdubbing in darkness”: Peter Frampton reveals the stories behind five of his classic tracks trib.al/59khj1g

Three guitars that exemplify the PRS SE line in 2024 – reasonably priced, impeccably put-together, and versatile in terms of both tone and playability: PRS SE CE24, SE Custom 24 Quilt and SE Swamp Ash Special review trib.al/OVXeSfx

“I bought my ’59 sunburst Les Paul from my first wife’s brother... he’d gotten sick – he called me and said, ‘I’m probably not gonna make it. Will you buy my Les Paul?’ Now it gets to live on and still make music”: Vince Gill on his beloved 'Burst trib.al/MRLjSwo

“Noel’s process is purely guitar. He’s so in love with the chords, and he was cycling through and through... He wouldn’t stop until he was satisfied”: How Noel Gallagher and Beck helped bring the Black Keys' latest funky full-length, Ohio Players, to life trib.al/oaNSieO

Best amp modelers 2024: Get your dream guitar tone with our top picks trib.al/qsOKizr

Best overdrive pedals 2024: Strap in, it's time to drive trib.al/M7Jo2T0

“A lot of times when someone says, ‘They have good technique, but there’s something missing,’ what’s actually missing is part of the technique”: Paul Gilbert on the essentials of great guitar playing trib.al/Tp1D79f

“Sometimes things like that just come together, like a piece of magic. I wrote that song in just five minutes”: Dickey Betts on dueling with Duane Allman, composing Allman Brothers' biggest hit, and the oddball Les Paul/SG hybrid he “personally designed” trib.al/fSBijLU

“When I heard Lindley play that, I went, ‘That’s the most incredible thing I’ve ever heard in my entire life’”: All-star tribute show in honor of David Lindley, one of the greatest sidemen of all time, announced trib.al/eJ20X4t

“We all knew it was really good… The guitar playing is just amazing”: How Dickey Betts made “Ramblin’ Man”, triumphed over tragedy and led the Allman Brothers to their greatest success trib.al/Q3H47My