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GALLERY: The Richard Gere Guitar Collection

A selection of guitars and amps from Richard Gere''s personal collection. All photos: CHRISTIE''S IMAGES LTD. 2011

"This early Martin features elaborate pearl inlay on the back and sides in addition to the vine on the headstock, fingerboard, and pickguard. These appointments were not standard on the OO-42 guitars, and three ""Special"" versions, including this one, were made sequentially in 1901. Martin historian Mike Longworth identifies these guitars as the predecessors to the Style 45 models introduced in 1904. Estimate $24,000 - $35,000."

Duane Denison of the Jesus Lizard, EGC Chessie in hands, coaxing some nasty tones from his Hiwatt.

Photo by Mike White

After 26 years, the seminal noisy rockers return to the studio to create Rack, a master class of pummeling, machine-like grooves, raving vocals, and knotty, dissonant, and incisive guitar mayhem.

The last time the Jesus Lizard released an album, the world was different. The year was 1998: Most people counted themselves lucky to have a cell phone, Seinfeld finished its final season, Total Request Live was just hitting MTV, and among the year’s No. 1 albums were Dave Matthews Band’s Before These Crowded Streets, Beastie Boys’ Hello Nasty, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, Korn’s Follow the Leader, and the Armageddonsoundtrack. These were the early days of mp3 culture—Napster didn’t come along until 1999—so if you wanted to hear those albums, you’d have to go to the store and buy a copy.

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Nashville's historic Gruhn Guitars give PG an exclusive look at a very early amp that is a piece of rock history that preceded the heralded JTM45. Amp builder and reverb aficionado Eric Borash of Ebo Sounds shares his expertise on this rare amp's lineage, while John Bohlinger plugs in Dan Auerbach's old '60s ES-335 to test it out.

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Photo by Ross Halfin

Metallica's M72 World Tour will be extended into a third year with 21 North American shows spanning April, May, and June 2025.

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Beetronics FX Tuna Fuzz pedal offers vintage-style fuzz in a quirky tuna can enclosure.

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