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Watch Marcus King play a 1955 Gibson Les Paul Custom once owned by Paul Kossoff and Eric Clapton
By Jonathan Horsley published
King was on tour in France when super-collector Matthieu Lucas of Matt’s Guitar Shop dropped by with a very special single-cut in tow
A piece of bass history has been listed on Reverb
By Nick Wells published
What do you mean, you don’t have $7,250 for an original Gibson EB-1?
The 20 heaviest songs before Black Sabbath
By Richard Bienstock last updated
Behold, gentle reader, a sizzlin’ slew of down and dirty tracks that helped forge heavy metal
Jack Bruce: “Jimi Hendrix regarded the guitar as an extension of himself. But in an instrumental sense, I would argue that Eric Clapton was probably better”
By Joel McIver last updated
In this classic 2003 interview, the pioneering bass guitarist and rock legend talks Cream, explains why Clapton was better than Hendrix and confesses his love for gangsta rap
The greatest guitar albums of the ‘60s: From Beatlemania to Electric Ladyland, a rock ’n’ roll revolution takes shape
By Total Guitar editors last updated
As chosen by you, here are the albums that defined guitar music in the swinging ‘60s, featuring the Beatles, Cream and some guy named Hendrix... He could play
Get Eric Clapton’s Cream-era guitar tone from just one pedal
By Matt Parker published
Aclam Guitars’ The Woman Tone is Clapton-in-a-box, a pedal pairing overdrive with a humbucker pickup simulation circuit for pure tonal cream – and it’s painted by ‘the Fool’ artist Marijke Koger
11 essential Willie Dixon covers
By Damian Fanelli published
These covers – by Stevie Ray Vaughan, Led Zeppelin, Jeff Beck, the Rolling Stones, Buddy Guy, Cream, and more – show the influence of this hugely important figure in blues and rock history
The secrets behind Eric Clapton’s guitar tone on Cream’s Sunshine of Your Love
By Chris Gill published
How Slowhand brought the power of his stage rig to bear on a rock classic that inaugurated his his famous “woman tone”
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