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“There can be no more fitting sendoff to this uncompromising sonic innovator”: May 2024 Guitar World editors’ picks
By Michael Astley-Brown published
From acoustic wizards to bedroom pop mainstays, prog-metal masters and fallen heroes – here are our standout guitar tracks from the past 31 days

Bob Dylan turns in a rare electric guitar performance as he surprises Farm Aid 2023 with the Heartbreakers backing him
By Jonathan Horsley published
Dylan was joined on guitar by Mike Campbell as they both rocked T-styles during an unbilled set that gave us performances of three classics from 1965

Samantha Fish: “I play other guitars, but I always go back to the SG because it fights me just enough. I need something to push back a little bit and she does”
By David Mead published
The blues-rock ace on what draws her to both Gibson and Fender, why all guitar players should learn drums, and how she ended up using an elementary school PA system for her tones on her new album with Jesse Dayton, Death Wish Blues

Watch Mike Campbell pick up his Gibson Firebird with Larkin Poe to perform Tom Petty classic Runnin’ Down a Dream
By Jonathan Horsley published
Campbell and fellow Heartbreaker alum Steve Ferrone brought the house down when they joined the Nashville roots rockers onstage in Los Angeles

Ian Hunter’s new album features Slash, Jeff Beck, Billy F Gibbons, Rob Trujillo, Taylor Hawkins, Mike Campbell and more
By Matt Parker published
The Mott the Hoople frontman’s new solo album, Defiance Part 1, has some seriously heavyweight guest talent

Mike Campbell: “We’re always trying to kick it up, write better songs, play better…”
By Ellie Robinson last updated
Mike Campbell’s second album with The Dirty Knobs, External Combustion, shows him rockin’ ’n’ rollin’ like never before. Here’s how he brought it to life.

Mike Campbell: “When the Heartbreakers started out, we had 100-watt Vox Super Beatles – I don’t know how Tom Petty sang over those, but he did!”
By David Mead published
The Heartbreakers guitarist on getting the Dirty Knobs back together for an album that mines the tonal gold of small tube combos and captures the magic of recording live

Explore Mike Campbell's incredible vintage guitar 'carousel' in new episode of Gibson TV's The Collection
By Jackson Maxwell published
The Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and Fleetwood Mac guitar legend tells the story of his '59 'Burst Les Paul, the '62 SG Junior he played on Runnin’ Down a Dream and more
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