Slash

Slash

Still Burning

May 4, 2016 · Oscar Jordan

When a poll by BBC Radio tells you you’ve written the second greatest guitar riff of all time, (Jimmy Page’s…

Walter Jr.

A Taste of (and from) Louisiana

July 13, 2020 · John Heidt

Walter Jr.’s blend of soul, funk, R&B, and everything-in-between never wanders far from home. It’s not hard to tell from…

Shannon McNally

The Waylon Sessions

March 4, 2022 · Michael Dregni

Does the world really, truly need yet another tribute to quintessential country outlaw Waylon Jennings? Yes – especially when it’s…

Eric Johnson

Getting Up Close With Eric Johnson

November 27, 2013 · Oscar Jordan

Eric Johnson’s latest release, Up Close, is his most lively studio project to date. With a looser vibe and the…

Christopher Thorn

Alt-Rocker/Studio Guru

June 14, 2022 · Greg Prato

Best known as half of the guitar tandem in the ’90s alternative-rock band Blind Melon (that’s his rhythm on “No…

Shane Fontayne

Cool Under Pressure

March 31, 2023 · Pete Prown

Shane Fontayne has held down the guitar hot seat for top artists including Bruce Springsteen, Ian Hunter, Sting, Joe Cocker,…

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    Carr Skylark Special 1×12

    Take Flight

    Arriving a little more than 10 years after the original Skylark, Carr Amplifiers’ new Skylark Special adds versatility and enhanced tonal depths to squeeze a lot more into this diminutive…

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Tom Keifer

Thick and Thin

February 10, 2014 · Ward Meeker

Tom Keifer is a tad young to be on the (very) long list of musicians inspired first and foremost by…

Eric Bibb

Beyond the Blues

June 30, 2022 · Pete Prown

It’s almost a curse to categorize a musician a “blues artist,” as it implies someone who simply plays standard I-IV-V…

Pete Seeger

Pete Seeger

1919-2014

September 8, 2014 · Ward Meeker

Renowned folk singer/songwriter, musicologist, organizer, and political activist Pete Seeger died January 27 at a hospital in New York City.…

Rocky Athas’ Texas ’Tude!

September 26, 2024 · Vintage Guitar

Genuine Lone Star Jams Dallas guy Rocky Athas built a career playing blues in the vain of T-Bone and SRV,…


CLASSIC INSTRUMENTS

Yamaha SA-15

May 27, 2025 · Michael Wright

Our perception of Japanese guitars has evolved slowly. At one point, they were cheap toys, at other times imperfect copies,…

The Hagstrom EDP46 DeLuxe

June 20, 2025 · Michael Wright

World War II was responsible for an unbelievable amount of what we today know as the modern world, from computers…

Hofner 185

April 14, 2016 · Peter Stuart Kohman

Have you heard the line, “If Hendrix had a Magnatone, Strats would be worth $200 now?” A highly debatable proposition,…

John Oates’ Prized Guild F-30

Roots Return

October 8, 2019 · Oscar Jordan

Most people know Hall & Oates as a pop-music hit machine that has sold millions of records. What you may…


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APPROVED GEAR

Gretsch G5191BK Tim Armstrong Electromatic

Cool Player, Punk Heart

November 5, 2013 · Sean OBryan Smith

Few punk-rock guitarists have made their mark like Tim Armstrong. Through his work with renowned punkers Rancid, Armstrong has torn…

Avante Gryphon

Avante Gryphon

Game Changer?

February 3, 2016 · Pete Prown

Avante Gryphon Price: $1,495 (street) Info: www.veilletteguitars.com People bandy about the term “game changer” so often these days it barely…

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Tremcaster Single Ninety

Best of Both Worlds

January 7, 2014 · Sean OBryan Smith

Today’s guitar market is one of extreme preferences. For some, the idea of countless options and exotic woods and craftsmanship…

Fender Player II Series Telecaster

Twang Banger

May 30, 2025 · Dave Hunter

As the world’s first mass-production solidbody electric guitar fast approaches its 75th birthday, Fender continues to offer variations on the…

WHAT ELSE IS NEW

Mojo Hand Swim Team Chorus Flanger

Double Duty

April 4, 2023 · Phil Feser

Michigan-based Mojo Hand Effects has been building a variety of hand-assembled pedals since 2010. Their latest, the Swim Team, pulls…

The Eastwood Super Axe

Chet Powered!

December 5, 2025 · Pete Prown

Wait – what? Did Eastwood just bring back the Super Axe, that incredibly rare bird from the late ’70s? Indeed,…

2022 December Issue on Spotify

December 2, 2022 · Vintage Guitar

This month we feature Smith/Kotzen, Jeff Berlin, Mike Morgan, Marty Robins, The Sheepdogs, GA-20, Rolling Stones, Marshall Tucker Band, Creedence…

Black Sabbath

Vol. 4 Super Deluxe

October 14, 2021 · Pete Prown

Sabbaholic Must-Have In May of 1972, Black Sabbath retreated to Los Angeles to record its fourth album, along with a…

Martin D-13E Ziricote

Contemporary Cannon

March 3, 2022 · Michael Shirek

From the time the first self-branded models shipped from Nazareth, Pennsylvania, in the early 1930s, the Martin dreadnought has been…

Dave Stryker

Strings Meet Strings

January 4, 2023 · Pete Prown

When you say “jazz with strings,” many people imagine smooth, sugary instrumentals. But in the hands of guitarist Dave Stryker,…

Neil Young

November 24, 2014 · Dennis Pernu

In more ways than one, Journey Through The Past – the title of Neil Young’s 1972 directorial film debut –…

Duane Betts

Father to Son

April 28, 2024 · Greg Prato

It’s understandable if you detect a certain Southern-rock flare in the music of singer/guitarist Duane Betts. After all, his father…

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Hosts “Storied Strings” Exhibit

Guitars In Art

August 10, 2023 · Ward Meeker

Dr. Leo Mazow’s vision for the new “Storied Strings: The Guitar in American Art” exhibition at the Virginia Museum of…

Traynor YGM-4 Studio Mate

Behind The Eight Ball

April 15, 2024 · Dave Hunter

Vintage-amp bargain hunters often compare the quality and features of smaller Traynor combos to Fenders and those of the larger…

Omar & the Howlers

What’s Buggin’ You?

October 29, 2024 · Dan Forte

Omar Dykes is back! In 2017, the Austin blues-rocker was stricken with a mysterious flesh-eating rash that rendered his massive…

Remembering Jeff Beck

January 24, 2023 · Greg Martin

This is a regular series of exclusive Vintage Guitar online articles where The Kentucky Headhunters’ Greg Martin looks back on…

Marshall Amplifiers

From Birth to the 21st Century

April 11, 2018 · Edward B. Driscoll Jr.

From the first JTM to models for Clapton and Townshend, Jim Marshall has been building amps since the early 1960s.…

Billy Mure

Supersonic Guitarist Remembered

February 29, 2016 · Dan Forte

Guitar great Billy Mure (born November 4, 1915) passed away September 25, at the age of 97. He last performed…

Rockin’ Independence Day

July 3, 2025 · Vintage Guitar

Vintage Guitar has put together a Rockin’ 4th of July playlist. Listen and enjoy! Spotify is free or available without…

Fender Coronado XII Wildwood

Instrument Profile

June 10, 2020 · Michael Wright

Sex, drugs, and rock and roll. Yea, baby! Okay, to be honest, there’s no real evidence that this 1967 Fender…

The Siegmund Doppler Vibe

The Faster We Go, the Rounder We Get

December 19, 2013 · Tom Guerra

Siegmund Doppler Vibe Price: $495 Info: www.siegmundguitars.com. It’s been said that Buddy Guy was the first guitarist to put his…

Fender 6G6-C Bassman

Brown Sound

July 31, 2024 · Dave Hunter

There are several revered classics amid the ever-evolving circuits in the amplifier known as the Bassman, but one of the…

Johnny Winter

Guitar Slinger

May 13, 2024 · Bret Adams

Texas-born guitarist/vocalist Johnny Winter, who died at 70 in 2014, was steeped in the blues, but many of his big…

Peter Rowan

Carter Stanley’s Eyes

July 5, 2018 · Rich Kienzle

Peter Rowan spent 1963 through ’67 as lead singer/guitarist with Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys before his own…

Phil Manzanera

Glam Jam

September 9, 2024 · Pete Prown

 Some 50 years ago, glam-rock hero Phil Manzanera made his name as the flashy axeman for Roxy Music – and…

Carl Martin’s Roadie Bandmate 15

Tone-Rich Traits

May 21, 2019 · Oscar Jordan

Denmark’s Carl Martin has built a following with its PlexiTone series of overdrives and effects pedals used by stars the…

Joanna Connor

Still Rising

February 3, 2022 · Oscar Jordan

Joanna Connor’s new album is a killer batch of tunes with a live feel infused by the spirit of Chicago’s…

Eric Sardinas

Eric Sardinas

Resonator Rock

May 3, 2015 · Oscar Jordan

Resonator/slide specialist Eric Sardinas is no blues curator. While he pays homage to the music that inspires him, Sardinas is…

Have Guitar Will Travel 077 – Patrick Davis

June 9, 2022 · Vintage Guitar

For Ep 77 of “Have Guitar Will Travel,” host James Patrick Regan speaks with Patrick Davis, from Songwriters in Paradise.…

Weymann Model 890 Jimmie Rodgers Special

Hey Hey, Tell ’Em About US

May 19, 2025 · Peter Stuart Kohman

Jimmie Rodgers has been called many things; while active from 1927-’33 he was billed as “the Singing Brakeman” and ”America’s…

Miko Marks and the Resurrectorsd

Feel Like Going Home

October 28, 2023 · Michael Dregni

Miko Marks can sing the hell out of country, blues, and soul. And with guitarist/songwriter/producer Steve Wyreman again at her…

Ronnie Wood’s ’69 Hiwatt 100 DR103

January 3, 2014 · Dave Hunter

1969 Hiwatt 100 (Model DR103 Preamp tubes: four ECC83 Output tubes: four EL34 Rectifier: solidstate Controls: Normal Vol, Brill Vol,…

Sam Williams

Sinister Surf

January 4, 2023 · Pete Prown

Sam Williams is known as the guitarist for the roots-punk band Down by Law, but now he’s shaking it up…