Ed Mitchell

BB King’s early 70s prison album attempts to shiv his iconic ’65 Live At The Regal and replace it as top dog. We keep a look-out for the guards.

No bunch of white kids from London ever had more right to play the blues than The Rolling Stones. This is their top ten greatest blues tracks...

Built for country master Chet Atkins, the big orange Gretsch G6120 is the ultimate rockabilly guitar, and it helped an old mod create some of the greatest British rock records of all time...

Dismissed as a joke when first released in 1958, the mighty Gibson Explorer would have to wait twenty years before it fell into the right hands.

Born into the rock'n'roll era, then brutally dispatched in the 60s by Pete Townshend, the Rickenbacker 330 finally achieved true iconic status at the hands of an angry young Mod from Woking

Randy Rhoads not only helped Ozzy Osbourne cut his greatest records, he aided the evolution of guitar design with his his custom-built Jackson, arguably the greatest metal machine of them all

When Gibson pulled together a cheaper version of its '54 Les Paul, the result was the Junior, a stripped down tone machine that became an icon in the hands of New York Doll Johnny Thunders

Gibson's second greatest guitar has fuelled some of the greatest tones in rock history, from BB King to Eric Clapton and Dave Grohl. Here's how a modified jazz box changed the world...

Once dismissed as a "toilet seat with strings" the Fender Telecaster rode out a difficult birth to conquer country, blues and rock, and become the most important electric guitar of all

The Les Paul might Gibson's best known guitar but it's not its biggest seller. That honour goes to the SG, a Devil-horned, mahogany-bodied slab cherished by AC/DC's Angus Young...

When it comes to the coolest looking Gibson electric ever made, Eric Clapton, Brian Jones and Johnny Winter knew the 'Bird was the word...

We break Stairway To Heaven down to figure out what the hell Jimmy Page is actually doing

In part two of our new series, we examine the proud history of the Fender Stratocaster, the guitar favoured by Jimi Hendrix, Ritchie Blackmore, Mark Knopfler and more...

Celebrating the Gibson Les Paul, the classic rock guitar beloved by Jimmy Page and Slash, and an instrument that's had to be rescued from obscurity twice

Stepping into the role of a famous lead guitarist can be a daunting prospect. But when Deep Purple, Kiss and Motörhead came calling it was an offer Morse, Thayer and Campbell couldn’t refuse

Prong and Madonna guitarist Monte Pittman selects the 5 albums that changed his life...

After being blown away by a Hound Dog Taylor gig, Bruce Iglauer set up Alligator Records to capture his raucous sounds. Today, Alligator is home to the blues’ brightest stars…

In the summer of 2012, The Blues travelled to New Orleans to meet the Royal Southern Brotherhood…

A new book, Breaking Stones, captures the early days of The Rolling Stones. We find Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and the gang epitomising London cool.