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- The five guitar albums that could save the world, as chosen by Propagandhi
- “Kurt had a real ear for a hook, so playing bass with him was super-easy”: An unexpected reharmonization is one of the keys to this classic Nirvana bassline
- “A welcomed relief for our industry”: NAMM President reacts to the de-escalation of tariffs on Chinese goods – and discusses its impact on the musical instrument sector
- “I’m not going to die with a lot of money. I’m going to die happy”: This Kiss superfan just paid $12k to be Gene Simmons’ roadie for a day
- “We were getting comfortable being back together – that was part of the reason we went out on the road without a record deal. Another reason was that we couldn’t get a record deal...” Why Aerosmith’s ’80s misfire, Done With Mirrors, was the making of them
- “Al Di Meola was at one of the John Petrucci camps and he said, ‘Learn as much theory as you possibly can and then forget it!’” Progressive virtuoso Jason Richardson gives his take on the timeless ‘music theory versus ear training’ debate
- “I can write you a song and play it, but I can’t write it on paper. I have to hire people to do that”: Tommy Emmanuel on not being able to read notation
- “This is another item that people kill for. This is the sound of Diamond Sea… This is such a preposterously cool item”: Sonic Youth are selling some super rare gear on Reverb – including Lee Ranaldo’s first electric guitar and a holy grail Ludwig Phase II
- “When my first band was playing, I needed an amp. I traded this guitar and $60 to my drummer's sister, who had a Super Reverb”: Sonic Youth's Lee Ranaldo is selling his first-ever electric guitar on the band's relaunched Reverb store
- Fender Japan celebrates the ’60s with the return of its Traditional Collection – which features a rare Competition Jazzmaster
- “To be in this band, you’ve got to be able to play solos and straight-ahead blues, and be something of a bass player, too, to cover the low end guitar-wise. It’s hard to find someone who can do all that”: The resurrection of GA-20
- Wolfgang Van Halen says having a famous surname and father is “a f**ing tightrope to walk, with the shadow I’m under and the expectations”
- “Alice really wanted a signature riff. When I played it for him, he just smiled and patted me on the back”: The iconic Alice Cooper Poison riff started out as John McCurry’s warm-up routine – and it lives a double life
- “I like the real thing that happens when you dig in a little bit and the amp starts to cry for mercy”: Is the compressor pedal a country guitar essential? Brad Paisley doesn’t think so – and here’s why
- “We met Greg Sutton, who played for Bob Dylan. He said, ‘Let’s get Mick Taylor out.’ So we paid Mick, got some blow and wrote a few songs...” Anthony Krizan on what it took to perform Hendrix with Noel Redding – and best Alex Skolnick in an audition
- “Paul’s basslines, while they’re iconic and memorable and musical, they’re not really technically challenging”: How McCartney’s sidekick Brian Ray juggles bass and guitar — and plays the Lennon role in The End
- “Fender has standards. I don’t”: Brad Paisley will personally build 19 of his new signature Lost Telecasters – and he plans to get experimental
- “Use as a little gain as you can to get the idea across, which may still be all the gain in the world”: Periphery’s Misha Mansoor on exploring “absurd” tunings, his friends' genius, and why he is looking for someone to teach him guitar
- “Epiphone has a few things they want to release...”: Alex Lifeson's iconic ‘Whitey’ Gibson ES-355 featured on almost every Rush album – and an affordable signature version could be in the works
- “The joy of making music is a universal human gift… Musical products should be exempt from tariffs”: NAMM president John Mlynczak releases updated statement on Trump tariff changes
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- The five guitar albums that could save the world, as chosen by Propagandhi
- “I can write you a song and play it, but I can’t write it on paper. I have to hire people to do that”: Tommy Emmanuel on not being able to read notation
- Wolfgang Van Halen says having a famous surname and father is “a f**ing tightrope to walk, with the shadow I’m under and the expectations”
- “The joy of making music is a universal human gift… Musical products should be exempt from tariffs”: NAMM president John Mlynczak releases updated statement on Trump tariff changes
- “Let’s keep it classy”: Trivium’s Matt Heafy urges fans to cool it down after Bullet For My Valentine pull out of co-headline tour
- “If that’s what genius is about then, pah! No thank you!”: Frank Zappa’s daughter reflects on the ‘strange dichotomy’ of her father’s ‘outrageous’ parenting style
- Liam and Noel Gallagher’s signed guitar to headline charity auction ahead of Oasis’s Manchester gigs
- “Everybody loves to pick on Dave, but man that guy can play guitar – it’s unreal”: Former Lamb of God drummer recalls working with Dave Mustaine
- Fan who paid $12k to be Gene Simmons’ roadie says it was “absolutely” worth it
- This website is selling 100-200 items of Steve Albini’s belongings every Friday for the next year
- “She said yes!”: Watch Disturbed’s David Draiman propose onstage in Sacramento
- Fans jumping to Enter Sandman causes “Metallica Quake” as motion is recorded as a seismic event
- “We thought it was a little odd – but once the riff kicked in, that blew us away”: Slayer’s Dave Lombardo reflects on Jeff Hanneman’s Raining Blood demo
- Robert Fripp is recovering from a heart attack, but is in classic Fripp spirits: “I was in A&E not knowing what was going on – and an orderly came along and shaved my balls!”
- Mastodon have recruited a new touring guitarist – and it’s not Ben Eller
- “This is another item that people kill for. This is the sound of Diamond Sea… This is such a preposterously cool item”: Sonic Youth are selling some super rare gear on Reverb – including Lee Ranaldo’s first electric guitar and a holy grail Ludwig Phase II
- “I like the real thing that happens when you dig in a little bit and the amp starts to cry for mercy”: Is the compressor pedal a country guitar essential? Brad Paisley doesn’t think so – and here’s why
- “Paul’s basslines, while they’re iconic and memorable and musical, they’re not really technically challenging”: How McCartney’s sidekick Brian Ray juggles bass and guitar — and plays the Lennon role in The End
- “Use as a little gain as you can to get the idea across, which may still be all the gain in the world”: Periphery’s Misha Mansoor on exploring “absurd” tunings, his friends' genius, and why he is looking for someone to teach him guitar
- “It’s a really wild, weird tuning, and something that low would just not work if you didn’t have a 30-inch scale”: Periphery’s Misha Mansoor on how the Fender Bass VI inspired his Jackson baritone offset –and the “absurd” super-low tuning he uses on it
- “Prince was really excited and kept pumping us up, saying ‘We’re making history tonight’”: How Prince summoned one of the greatest guitar solos of all time from thin air
- “It’s really weird: 400 students asking questions, and I’m the only person there - and I’m the instructor - who can’t read music”: Acoustic guitar hero Tommy Emmanuel plays The Beatles and Oasis as he discusses the glaring gap in his musical knowledge
- “I remember saying, ‘Come on, you’re gonna edit it down to, what, four bars?’ Harold goes, ‘No, we’re gonna keep everything.’ And they did!”: How a guitar hero's epic 64-bar solo lit up a classic movie theme
- “Prince was really excited and kept pumping us up, saying ‘We’re making history tonight’”: How Prince summoned one of the greatest guitar solos of all time from thin air
- “If you’re a singer, you’re totally reliant on your body. You can't put a bit more distortion on your amp or use effects. You can’t compensate. You’re very exposed”: Why Iron Maiden had to change their singer to reach the next level
- “The effects of these sudden and unpredictable tariff actions will have a long-term effect on musicians worldwide”: Guitar industry leaders to meet with Trump in a bid to avert “devastating” impact of tariffs
- Can you fix your guitar's frets yourself? We try three innovative approaches from MusicNomad to investigate how they might conquer a major cause of fret buzz
- “It is an absolute phenom for us to be able to present to you now our teenage aspirations in this song”: Joe Satriani and Steve Vai are living out their teenage dreams in the video for their new single featuring the ‘Voice of Rock’ Glenn Hughes
- “The neck is carved and rolled to Eddie Van Halen’s exacting specifications”: An EVH electric guitar with fixed bridge and fine tuners? The Wolfgang Special TOM is one classy no-fuss speed machine
- “This beast of a guitar is built for speed, equipped for domination”: Jackson refreshes three classics as stripped down single-pickup shred machines – meet the limited edition Pro Plus Pure Metal range
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