Inside the final Gary Moore gear auction – from the amps behind his sound to the red Strat that unleashed his blues power

With the last of Moore’s guitars going under the hammer, we join Claire Tole-Moir of Bonhams and Neville Marten, former ...

EMG founder on why this Metallica guitarist’s pickup set was the most challenging he’s ever made

EMG pickups founder Rob Turner has said that working with James Hetfield forced the firm to completely reinvent its ...
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EMG Founder Says Metallica Guitarist Kirk Hammett Made His Company “Metal”

In a recent interview with Kris Barocsi and Guillaume Chenin from Thomann, EMG founder Rob Turner said the company benefitted ...
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Ken Parker, who sought to reinvent the guitar, dies at 73

Ken Parker, an iconoclastic guitar maker who upended entrenched luthier traditions by producing hyper-engineered, flyweight guitars seemingly designed for an art gallery, if not the 23rd century, died ...
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Maricela Juarez is a legend in the pickup game – and she was given the ultimate shoutout by Joe Bonamassa and Josh Smith

The Seymour Duncan Custom Shop manager says working with Peter Frampton was her greatest achievement – until this touching ...
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Steve Morse on gear-buying, his ‘FrankenTele’ and why he needs four pickups – no more, no less

This month in Bought & Sold, the venerable rock guitar legend Steve Morse checks in to discuss his greatest gear hits and ...
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EMG Founder Credits METALLICA's KIRK HAMMETT For Making The Pickup Company "Metal"

Turner continued: "He was in a band and they were trying to get a record deal and all of that. But he had this purple Stratocaster that he brought up… it had two single coils and a humbucker in it, ...