“I was one of Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck and Jimi Hendrix’s best-kept secrets”

<p>Art Thompson is senior editor of <em>Guitar Player</em> magazine and he has authored stories with numerous guitar greats, including B.B. King, Bonnie Raitt, Carlos Santana, Billy Gibbons, Steve Miller, Prince, Reeves Gabrels, Joe Perry, Robben Ford, Brian Setzer, Sonny Landreth, Zakk Wylde, Eric Johnson, Robin Trower,</p> <p>Scotty Moore, James Burton, Merle Haggard, Roy Nichols, Jimmie Vaughan and many others.&nbsp;</p> <p><br></p> <p>He has interviewed gear innovators such as Paul Reed Smith, Randall Smith, Mark Sampson and Gary Kramer, and he wrote the 1998 <em>GP </em>cover story/review of 150 vintage stomp boxes – an article that helped spark renewed interest in pedals from the ’60s, ’70s and ’80s. He also wrote the first book on the subject, <em>Stompbox</em>.</p> <p><br></p> <p>As a guitarist, he has shared stages with Gregg Allman, Stray Cats, Joe Ely, Dick Dale, Robben Ford, Lonnie Brooks, Kansas, Marshall Tucker, Foghat, Little Charlie and the Nitecats, Kenny Vaughan and Clarence Clemons, and he maintains a busy performing schedule with three stylistically diverse groups, all of which provide ample opportunity to test-drive new guitars, amps and effects, many of which are featured in the pages of <em>GP</em>.</p>

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Chuck Berry was buried with a Gibson ES-355. His son reveals his family's brain-twisting task to honor the Father of Rock and Roll

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“Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones, a master of layering multiple guitar parts, refers to the process as the ‘ancient art of weaving’”: Charlie Starr on the delicate art of overdubbing - Guitar World

“Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones, a master of layering multiple guitar parts, refers to the process as the ‘ancient art of weaving’”: Charlie Starr on the delicate art of overdubbing  Guitar World

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A Private Guitar Lesson with Rodrigo y Gabriela. We’re Not Kidding. - The Colorado Sound

A Private Guitar Lesson with Rodrigo y Gabriela. We’re Not Kidding.  The Colorado Sound

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Fleetwood Mac authorized documentary arrives as Lindsey Buckingham hints at future activities: “Quite a few things will reveal themselves”

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Tony Iommi bassist Becky Baldwin shares “Stormwatcher” playthrough video, recalls thinking studio invite was a hoax

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George Harrison “always seemed conflicted,” says Beatles friend Klaus Voormann: “That whole ‘quiet Beatle’ thing is nonsense”

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