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Guitar World
Guitar World
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Jonathan Horsley

“They were the weirdest things. He was asking me, ‘What do you think I should play over this stuff?’” When Joe Satriani got an exclusive preview of new Metallica material during lessons with his student Kirk Hammett

Joe Satriani plays his Paisley Pattern JS signature Ibanez; Kirk Hammett [right] plays his ESP Mummy.

Guitar teachers always have some good stories to tell. There are those who teach younger kids, a cohort who is liable to say – and do – all kinds of crazy things.

We’ve known teachers having to point a toy ray gun at their student’s head to get them to concentrate on the exercise. And there’s always a problem child whom you wouldn’t trust with a solid piece of wood in their hands.

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