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“There were no fret markers on it, so all I could do was try to keep a straight face and guess!” Fretted, fretless, double bass, eight-string – Sting is unstoppable on bass. Here’s how he developed his style

Songwriter, actor, author, activist, rock star, jazz freak... Gordon 'Sting’ Sumner is quite the renaissance man. Oh, and he played bass in The Police…

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“Fret-hand muting is a technique that’s not often talked about, but I find it invaluable while using an overdriven tone”: How fret-hand muting can clean up your picking technique – especially with gain

Texan maestro David Grissom shows us how we can tidy up our hybrid picking and help accentuate syncopated rhythms in our playing

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“Borland isn't just a guitarist. He’s redefining what it means to be a rock star”: Wes Borland’s go-to Limp Bizkit amps and effects pedals have made available as a signature Tonality plugin by STL Tones

Featuring three amps, five pedals and some meticulously crafted digital speaker cabinets, the plugin bottles Borland’s live rig for the digital realm

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“One of the most important guitars in the entire history of bluegrass music”: The 1942 Martin D-18 that Lester Flatt used to forge the very sound of bluegrass is going up for auction

Legendary fingerpicker Flatt wielded this D-18 while he played with Bill Monroe’s Blue Grass Boys, and used it to help pave the way for traditional bluegrass music

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“An elegant piece that represents one of the most legendary names in guitar design”: Gibson celebrates its 130th anniversary and honors the firm’s founder with limited edition Orville Gibson J-45

The celebratory six-string has been given some ultra-luxurious inlay appointments that pay tribute to the Gibson founder’s earliest instrument designs

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“Genuinely collectible art pieces that sound and play as amazing as they look”: Vernon Reid’s eagerly awaited Reverend signature series is finally here – along with a new Greg Koch S-style

Reid has been teasing the existence of his wild new signature for months, and now three distinct versions of the Living Colour legend's latest Reverend have been unveiled

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“I was literally sat backstage playing it through a Twin Reverb and it sounded exactly like Pretty Vacant”: Yungblud on what it was like to play Steve Jones’ Sex Pistols Les Paul

The iconic punk axe was also recently played by Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong

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“I didn’t spend more than 20 or 30 bucks on any of them”: King Gizzard’s new album was recorded with amps from pawnshop chain Cash Converters

King Gizzard's Stu Mackenzie reveals that they didn't use a single pedal on this guitar, relying instead on cranking up small practice amps

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“We intend to play as many places as possible and see you all for the one last time”: Uriah Heep announce extensive farewell tour that could last up to 3 years

The British rock icons will hit the road for a long goodbye next year

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“The initial contact from Ice-T was for permission to use the song, but I thought I might offer to play on it as well”: Body Count and David Gilmour release radical reimagining of Comfortably Numb in 2024’s most surprising crossover

The Pink Floyd legend revisits one of his greatest guitar tracks in a completely new light with the help of the heavy metal institution

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“Everywhere I go someone knows my name because of that bass solo. It’s not like with Michael Jackson – I don’t get mobbed – but I am famous”: How Willie Weeks' unbelievable solo on Donny Hathaway's 1972 Live album made him a bass legend

After being introduced as “the baddest bass player in the country,” Willie Weeks kicked off his now iconic solo

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“That was a blast of funk sunshine”: Blu DeTiger and Giacomo Turra jamming on an NYC rooftop is the funkiest thing you'll hear this week

DeTiger wielded her new Fender signature bass as she joined the Italian maestro for a funk workout

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“It may be the first dedicated guitar effect”: From its journey from amp to stompbox to how it works, this is everything you need to know about tremolo

Whether this timeless effect comes from an amp or a pedal, the sound of this O.G. guitar effect still has us shaking all over

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“Even for a beginner to pick it up and play it, it almost plays you. I can tell you, it brings power to your hands”: The story of Rory Gallagher’s 1932 National Triolian – the resonator that had all the mojo but not the volume for his raucous live show

Rory’s battered National Triolian could be seen as the acoustic sibling ofhis infamously weathered 1961 Strat – though this metal workhorse could howl,too

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The acoustic guitar is one of the world’s most versatile instruments – and these licks prove it can handle anything from folk to metal

Become an acoustic polymath and be comfortable in any musical company with this lesson in styles spanning boygenius to Genesis

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“When it comes to heavy rock, the definitive icon always has been RG”: How Ibanez raised the bar for high-performance electric guitar with the RG

With its quick Wizard neck and super-stable Edge tremolo, the RG arrived in '87 to deliver speed and the promise of the spectacular – and decades on, it remains the go-to electric for virtuosos and shred radicals

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“Many single-channel amps are voiced for a specific gain level and only shine in that sweet spot. Not this one”: PRS DGT 15 Head review

PRS has updated its Texas-voiced David Grissom signature amp with more features, lower wattage and amore approachable price tag

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“Here to make bold statements”: Harley Benton brings an elusive Gibson-inspired finish back for the masses in latest sub-$350 335-a-like – which is joined by an equally affordable semi-hollow bass

The champion of cheap guitar gear is back with an EB-2-inspired bass and perhaps its finest-looking semi-hollow stunner yet

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Dave Navarro looks to put Jane’s Addiction drama behind him by announcing his next gear venture – the Supreme Cry Baby wah pedal

Navarro has collaborated with Dunlop and the New York fashion powerhouse to create a wah that has an “ungodly” amount of style

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“The future of heavy metal”: America’s Got Talent viral metal star and 11-year-old shredder Maya Neelakantan joins Testament onstage

Neelakantan performed Curse of the Legions of Death at the band's show in Las Vegas, where she showcased her lightning speedalternate picking technique

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Boss CE-5 settings you need to try: how to get the best out of the industry-standard chorus pedal

The long-running stompbox is one of the most versatile chorus pedals on the market – and the Chorus Ensemble truly lives up to its name with a few choice setting tweaks

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“There’s so much we are working on, I'd rather keep my eyes forward. We’ll ultimately emerge stronger”: Why Chase Bliss has been forced to discontinue 5 of its finest pedals – and what it means for the firm's future

The forward-thinking effects specialist ran afoul of UK and EU legislation by using one particular component in five of its most popular pedals

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“I felt like Ken Parker had taken 20 years to eliminate all the things that normally go wrong with a Fender or Gibson”: Adrian Belew on how he persuaded the famed luthier to create his mind-bending signature Parker Fly

Belew is using his signature Parker Fly as his go-to guitar on the 65-date Beat Tour with Steve Vai, Tool drummer Danny Carey, and King Crimson alumnus Tony Levin

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“Bearing in mind the colossal success of The Police, isn’t it odd that no-one has ever surfaced to say, ‘By the way, I modded that guitar?’” Investigating the mystery mods of Andy Summers’ mongrel Telecaster

Plenty of modded or self-built guitars have powered the careers of big players. But the origins of one heavily used guitar remain a mystery… Guitarist puts grizzled detective Dave Burrluck on the case...

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Guild just dropped some of the most affordable guitars it has ever produced – and these $300 models are keenly spec'd, too

The iconic guitar brand's new 300 Series promises to deliver premium features and historic tone for under $300

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