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Gear used by Eddie Van Halen and Prince has been stolen from a Nashville storage locker
By Richard Bienstock published
Missing items include Marshall 4x12 cabinets from Van Halen’s 5150 tour

From high-energy party metal to furious, face-melting shred: here are this week's essential guitar tracks
By Michael Astley-Brown, Jackson Maxwell, Sam Roche published
The freshest new cuts from Mastodon, Lamb of God, The Struts, Luis Kalil feat. Angel Vivaldi and so very many more

Prince's one-of-a-kind gold-leaf Fender Custom Shop Strat is going up for auction
By Richard Bienstock published
Prince requested that "Goldfinger", which also boasts a tiger stripe maple neck, never be duplicated

Ida Nielsen: "Prince always pushed us to be better - now I want to make sure I’m the best musician I can be"
By Mike Brooks, Joel McIver published
Ida Nielsen talks cheap gear, the Purple One, and explains why her phenomenal new album, 02022020, is slap-free

Prince’s long-lost Purple Rain “blue angel” Cloud guitar sells for more than $500,000 at auction
By Richard Bienstock published
The custom-made, heavily-played instrument was Prince's primary stage guitar during the height of his career

Hey! Ho! You can go bid on Dee Dee Ramone's 1975 Fender Precision bass
By Richard Bienstock published
The heavily used bass, the Ramone’s main stage instrument in the late ‘70s and early ‘80s, is up for auction

Former Prince band members join together to record new version of his classic 1987 song The Cross
By Richard Bienstock published
Video collab of the Sign o’ the Times cut features members of the Revolution, New Power Generation and more

The secrets behind Prince's tone on Let's Go Crazy
By Chris Gill published
How The Purple One got those raucous rock sounds on this classic Purple Rain cut
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