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When people talk about the best guitar players of all time, names like Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Eddie Van Halen, B.B. King, Brian May, and Eric Clapton often come up. But another monster of rock ...

Clapton's cover of "Cross Road Blues" ranked his greatest live guitar solo by DigitalDreamDoor. The live version on the Crossroads box set is widely considered his best performance. Clapton himself ...

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This season of The Great Guitar Build Off was fun! The video covers the tools used including various types of flush trim bits, Forstner bits, bandsaw, and Japanese handsaw, as well as finishing ...

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There are two distinct halves in the history of music: before 2000 and after 2000. In a few days Paste will stake its claim on who the “greatest guitarist of all time” is, but first we have to talk ...