Top 5 Guitarist Tweets of the Week (2-16-11)

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Here's a taste of what your favorite guitarists have been chirping about this week in the Twitter-sphere. Make sure to follow us @GuitarWorld to stay up to date on all the comings and goings in the guitar world.

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Richard ZK
“I didn’t know him or trust him. But I gave him all of that money in the hope he would bring me a Strat. I had no idea if I’d see him again”: Rammstein’s Richard ZK on the coffee shop rendezvous in East Germany that got him his first Fender
Vince Gill
“I said, ‘You can’t make a guitar as good as my old one.’ They tried and it wasn’t great”: Vince Gill’s 1953 Telecaster is one of the most coveted Teles of all time – but the Eagles guitarist turned down Fender’s offer to make a signature recreation
Dean DeLeo
“What started out as an instrumental album quickly changed”: Stone Temple Pilots’ Dean DeLeo announces One More Satellite – a new collaborative project that stars a host of special guests
A wall of Fender guitars
“It's the unpredictability and suddenness of the tariffs. Companies do not have the time to plan, adapt or evolve”: Guitar industry leaders meet in Washington D.C. to advocate for the market as it braces for the “devastating” effects of the Trump tariffs
Barry Goudreau
“Tom thought I was trying to make myself look like the guy who was behind Boston. After that, he said he wasn’t going to work with me anymore”: Barry Goudreau opens up on his bitter parting with Tom Scholz
John Sykes and Slash
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Left-Suzanne Vega performs at The Royal Festival Hall on March 02, 2023 in London, England; Right-Prince performs onstage at the 36th Annual NAACP Image Awards at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion on March 19, 2005 in Los Angeles, California
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Yngwie Malmsteen and Eddie Van Halen
“I hear the promoter got a phone call from Eddie, who said, ‘If Yngwie Malmsteen is playing, I'm not playing’”: Yngwie Malmsteen claims Eddie Van Halen felt “threatened” by him
Joe Perry and Brad Whitford
Joe Perry announces his first big post-Aerosmith tour – and he’ll be playing with members of Aerosmith, Black Crowes and Stone Temple Pilots
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