Pat Metheny on how a $100 guitar defined his career —and why he kept a toothbrush in it for decades

The jazz legend’s battered 1958 Gibson ES-175 bore an unlikely repair throughout the most important years of his career ...
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How Eric Gales enlisted Buddy Guy, Kingfish, Joe Bonamassa (and his guitar collection) to pay tribute to his brother

With a little help from Bonamassa and Josh Smith, Eric Gales put together one of the great 21st-century blues albums to honor ...
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Country star John Osborne’s signature Tele comes factory modded with a distressed nitro finish, custom pickups – and it’s even got a B-bender too

Fender has cooked up an exquisite signature Telecaster for country superstar John Osborne, that comes fresh out the factory with what we would really have to describe as a Custom Shop modded vibe. It ...
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Eastwood bravely recreates Mike Bloomfield’s mangled Bob Dylan Telecaster

Bloomfield famously used the Telecaster before its brutal cutaway mod when Bob Dylan went electric at the Newport Folk Festival – and now it’s been remade in all its grisly glory ...