For Jimi Hendrix, that somewhere was Seattle where he started his six-string journey with an old ukulele. As the story goes, ...

The Hotel Chelsea, built in 1884 on W. 23rd Street in Manhattan, reopened in 2022 after a grueling renovation process. (Chris ...

He’s jammed with Hendrix, hung out with Peter Sellers and ribbed Bob Dylan – you name them, Stephen Stills knows them ...

Ritchie Blackmore was sworn to secrecy from the founder of Marshall Amplification about how he got his extra loud amp.

In 2022, the estates of Jimi Hendrix’s bandmates in the Jimi Hendrix Experience sued Sony Music claiming their rights were being infringed. Sony has been trying to get the lawsuit dismissed ...

Founded by Hendrix just months before his death, Electric Lady Studios was a mind-expanding creative mothership where his ...

Likewise, AC/DC’s guitarists wouldn’t look right onstage without a wall of Marshall amps behind them. For Brian May, his unique Red Special guitar and an unwavering allegiance to Vox AC30 amps have ...

It is some comfort to learn that the greats are no different – even Brian May has a war story to share. In a recent interview with Guitarist, the Queen guitarist recalls an evening in the early days ...

That’s right, no Principal Skinner, no Amos. And that acoustic? It was through an overdriven guitar amp. Unorthodox, yes, but Shirley says that Bonamassa was in a particularly “gritty mood” during the ...

You can cover amplification by connecting sources straight into active speakers, which have amplifiers built into the cabinets, or by opting for a pre/power amplifier pairing where the necessary ...

When Jimi Hendrix was just a young whippersnapper in the US Army, Sgt Louis Hoekstra promptly saw to his discharge. In fact, his letter of recommendation pretty much prognosticated the future for the ...