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“I have an original Klon – three or four of them. I can’t go anywhere without it”: Joe Perry on the pedals he can’t live without and his top tip for boost and drive pedals

The Aerosmith guitarist reveals what's on his pedalboard and talks all things effects

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“After hearing the finished track, I thought, ‘Wow, I never knew how busy playing one note could sound’”: The story behind the deceptive bassline on a politically charged ’70s anthem that was later covered by the Red Hot Chili Peppers

George Porter Jr cites this politically charged anthem as one of his favorite Meters basslines

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“I feel like I get one lawsuit served every week”: Neal Schon sets the record straight on claims made by Journey singer Arnel Pineda that he was pressured to go on tour against his will

The band has since postponed at least two shows, citing “illness within the Journey band camp”

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Elvis’ 1968 Comeback Special Hagstrom Viking II is heading to auction (again) – and is now expected to sell for more than $1 million

The history-making guitar – which was only played by Elvis once and originally belonged to one of his session players – fetched $625,000 in 2021

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“We wrote it on the board as ‘The Loudest Riff Ever Recorded by a Human.’ We had to put the mic four feet away”: Corrosion Of Conformity pushed hard on their new album. And the Bee Gees helped

Pepper Keenan and Woody Weatherman explain how they’ve made the most of their latest lineup, the acoustic guitar that shook them up, and why messing with a Seymour Duncan will make them rich (they hope)

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“It’s an honor to enter this journey”: Mateus Asato confirms he’s joining Fender – and might have given us the first look at his signature guitar

It’s the announcement we’ve all been expecting since Asato left Suhr at the start of the year

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“I’ll find an hour-long Swedish massage video and turn off the sound”: Why tapping genius Stanley Jordan practices guitar by soundtracking massages on YouTube

The novel approach allows Jordan to properly warm up both musically and physically before he launches into the heavy lifting

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Joe Satriani called her version of Always With Me, Always With You “the most impressive” he's ever seen. Meet Andrea Krakovská, the “aerial guitarist” combining fretboard acrobatics with real acrobatics

The self-described “aerial guitarist” tears it up while performing dizzying feats of aerial choreography, often upside-down – and her Satch cover earned plaudits from Herman Li and the master himself

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“It was heartbreaking. I remember the day I saw that album and those erroneous credits for the first time. It was like a punch in the solar plexus”: Bob Daisley on not receiving credit for playing on Ozzy Osbourne’s Diary of a Madman

Daisley still insists he was cheated out of credits and royalties over the years

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“People are gonna be like, ‘What is that?!’” PRS is championing a new tonewood – and it’s already been adopted for an artist signature

The unconventional wood has been used on six different models across the Core range – but only 200 of each will be made

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“Itwas a very conscious decision on Peter’s part tocome up with material that would make avery good and accessible record”: Guitarist David Rhodes on the making of Peter Gabriel’s chart-smashing classic So

For former Genesis man Peter Gabriel, 1986 was Sledgehammer time, and guitarist David Rhodes takes us back to the So sessions

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“If they were around in 1983, they would have been very popular. They have an unashamed appreciation for what came before them”: How K.K. Downing ended up working with fast-rising British metal stars Tailgunner

The Metal God lent his omniscience to the control room as the English metallers committed their latest full-length rager, Midnight Blitz, to tape

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“I don’t think that bassline is playable by anyone else”: How Stevie Wonder recorded one of the funkiest basslines in existence

Stevie Wonder played one of music’s all-time craziest contraptions on this classic track

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“A friend of mine called me up and said, ‘I’ve got a couple of guitars you might be interested in…’” Joe Bonamassa’s storied Lazarus Les Paul, which was once brought back from the dead, has been bought by a pop-punk guitar hero

Lazarus was reissued as a Bonamassa signature Epiphone a few years ago – now it has a new owner

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“They were sending me leftovers that other people hadn’t picked up. After Ultimate Sin, I felt I should have something a bit more personalized”: Charvel pays tribute to Jake E. Lee’s Ozzy Osbourne era with newest signature model

New model pays homage to the peak of Lee's Ozzy career, and rocks a tasty Seymour Duncan and DiMarzio HSS pickup setup

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“I hope this journey inspires more young musicians from our region to pursue their passion”: Ibanez welcomes its first-ever female Indian endorsee – fast-rising guitarist, Imnainla Jamir

A few years ago, Jamir went viral after performing the Indian national anthem on electric guitar – and has since gained a reputation as one of India’s most exciting new players

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"An enlightening instrument that will force you to think about new ways to play the guitar – but it won't be for everyone": Taylor Jacob Collier Academy 22e 5-string review

Jacob Collier has become a modern day guitar hero, and his unorthodox five-string guitars have helped him carve out a new path for guitar playing

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“Is it worth it when you add the cost of the new upgrades to the hardware itself?” Kemper Profiler Player review

With the pedalboard user in mind, Kemper has downsized for its compact new Profiler Player

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“It felt like the worst moment of my life. I walked up to the truck, saw the padlock on the ground, and my heart sank”: The moment Wings’ former sound engineer had to tell Paul McCartney his priceless Höfner bass guitar had been stolen

The 500/1 violin bass was a cornerstone of the Beatles’ early successes, but went missing for 50 years after it was stolen in 1972

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Steve Vai, Joe Satriani and Pete Thorn trade solos over Led Zeppelin classic at recent SatchVai Band show

Huge tunes from Led Zep and Steppenwolf, and three shredders brought the house down in Portland

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“Ithought, ‘Is the guitar in open G tuning?’ But I soon discovered it wasn’t a standard guitar at all”: Charlie Starr on the magic of the B-Bender – and 5 bender-inspired licks you can play on any electric

The Blackberry Smoke guitarist gives us a lesson in how to sound like you've got a B-Bender, even if you don't

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Former Fleetwood Mac guitarist Lindsey Buckingham’s alleged attacker charged with stalking and threatening his family for years

On March 25, Buckingham was allegedly attacked with an unknown substance by an assailant who claimed to be his daughter

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“I didn’t expect this to inspire me so much”: Jackson finally releases Misha Mansoor’s Surfcaster – one of the most anticipated offset guitar releases of the modern era

Almost two years after the Periphery maestro first showed off his baritone Surfcaster, Jackson has made it available as a limited-edition custom shop model

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“I turned up at my first audition with my Squier Telecaster – that was all I owned”: The 18-year-old who replaced one of Britpop’s most revered guitarists

In his late teens, Richard Oakes joined Suede at a point when they had released two hit-and-miss albums and were desperate for a global breakthrough

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“On our earlier recordings, we experimented with low tones that only dogs can hear”: Sunn O))) on the challenge of working with 130 guitar tracks and why their live shows are like jumping into a frozen lake

Stephen O'Malley and Greg Anderson on the drone pioneer's Sub Pop debut, the restorative but draining power of volume and the gear behind their sound

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