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Keith Richards: “They haven't really improved the electric guitar since Les Paul and Leo Fender put their touch to it. Everything else is trying to sound like them”
By Alan di Perna published
In this classic interview from 2002, The Human Riff reflects on the key guitars, songs, and sounds from 40 years with The Rolling Stones

Is this the guitar Keith Richards used at the Rolling Stones’ first-ever gig?
By Jamie Dickson published
Many British guitar heroes of the ’60s started out on budget archtops that retain nostalgia value today. But what if you thought you had found Keef’s actual guitar?

Should Bill Wyman have gotten a songwriting credit for The Rolling Stones (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction?
By Nick Wells published
Bill Wyman: “The fact of the matter is that my bassline made the song just as much as Keith’s guitar riff”

The 10 best covers of Charles Mingus songs
By Nick Wells published
From Keith Richards to Joni Mitchell, we chart the 10 best takes on ‘The Angry Man of Jazz’, Charles Mingus

Harley Benton pays tribute to Keith Richards’ Fender “Micawber” Telecaster with $253 ash-bodied model
By Matt Owen published
The TE-53KR BL nods to the Rolling Stones guitarist's '50s Fender Tele, which was the force behind some of the band's biggest open-tuning tracks

"Everybody was going flat out": Keith Richards on the trials and tribulations that formed The Rolling Stones' Exile on Main St.
By Alan di Perna published
In this classic GW interview, Keef tells all about the Stones' pioneering double-album masterpiece. From the recording setup to the debauchery to the stories behind classics like Happy and Tumbling Dice

Keith Richards reveals The Rolling Stones are writing new music with drummer Steve Jordan
By Sam Roche published
“We've come up with eight or nine new pieces of material, which is overwhelming by our standards,” the guitarist says

Keith Richards is re-releasing his second solo album Main Offender, complete with a live set from 1992
By Matt Parker published
The “limited edition super deluxe boxset” includes a book, copies of handwritten lyrics plus reproduction promo materials
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