Noted blues sideman performed with Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon

Gibson plans to continue designing and selling musical instruments, but will do away with its Gibson Innovations unit, where its Philips branded electronic accessories, like headphones and speakers, are made.

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Sonic Youth still ain't getting back together anytime soon, folks. The band broke up, along with Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore's marriage, way back in 2011, and they have now reached the "ex-members selling off old gear" stage of nonexistence. The silver lining, though, is that if you're the type who enjoys owning lots of guitar effects pedals, than Sonic Youth guitar effects pedals, probably some kind of collector holy grain, are now fully obtainable. As Sonic Youth's apparently-still-functioning Twitter points out, ex-drummer Steve Shelley — who has performed, in recent years, with his former bandmates Moore and Lee Ranaldo — is now...

What the decline of Gibson and Fender tells us about music

If you like guitar and blues and rock together.

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These spooky guitars go beyond blood spatter finishes and horror movie kitsch.

Prince, Tom Petty, Steve Winwood, Jeff Lynne et al.

Despite four decades of performing and hearing Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody," guitarist Brian May still enjoys what is undoubtedly his biggest hit.“I’m not sick of it,” he told the BBC late last year. “You can’t complain that people want to talk about it all these years later. I still enjoy hearing it. If it comes on the radio, I’ll turn it up and listen. “But no air guitar,” he says. “I’m too old for air guitar now.”