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“Frank took an extended 10-minute solo. I walked off stage. David Bowie and Iggy Pop were standing there”: Adrian Belew on how he went from playing with Frank Zappa to joining David Bowie’s band

Belew would serve as Bowie’s lead guitarist between 1978 and 1979, before returning as his musical director in 1990

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The pedal that changed me – I asked the Guitar World staff to name the stompboxes that actually made a difference to their playing

Whether it was fun, frustrating, or forced us to think differently, these are the 12 pedals that GW staffers say have actually changed the way they play

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The Edge’s mirror ball Les Paul was one of his most experimental U2 guitars – now it’s up for auction

It featured in the Discothèque music video as the band added electronic elements into their sound

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“The bridge is Deftones. They still sound really good to us now. From there we found shoegaze”: Meet Ulrika Spacek, the nu-metalheads who transformed into hypnotic ’90s alt-rockers

Boasting three guitarists and an army of offsets, the UK alt-rock outfit are one of this year's most hotly tipped bands

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“It’s surprising to discover how much we rely on patterns and shapes – and this can be at the expense of thinking melodically or rhythmically”: Why four notes and the truth are all you need for a great slow blues solo

In this lesson, we are using just four notes to construct four blues examples that put expression first

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“When I first played Jump for the guys nobody wanted anything to do with it. Dave said I was a guitar hero and I shouldn’t be playing keyboards”: The story of Van Halen’s 1984, and the end of the David Lee Roth era

Creative differences led to Roth’s departure the following year, but 1984 found the band firing on all cylinders, as Eddie Van Halen embraced his pop sensibilities while retaining the musical adventurism that made him the greatest of all time

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Sort out your ’board! 7 pedalboard accessories to tidy up your stompbox setup

Make your pedalboard easier to play, maintain and evolve with my go-to trimmings, from ultra-affordable to essential

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"A very persuasive showcase for Fender's dark horse guitar model": Fender Vintera III Mid '60s Mustang review

The ultimate distillation of Fender's continuously underrated offset?

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Kiss to celebrate Ace Frehley's legacy with all-star tribute

The current members of the legendary band – Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Tommy Thayer, and Eric Singer – are also set to perform

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“It’s just a Japanese knockoff of a Tele, but it’s just as good, if not better. It sounds better recorded – it cuts through”: How Greg Freeman is rewriting the country guitar rulebook

The maverick’s latest slice of alt-country-indie comes with an attitude that belies his whimsical portraits of small-town America

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More new guitar body shapes? Kiesel continues the push to keep the electric guitar fresh by launching a daring metal offset

The Antares is seen as a spiritual sibling to one of Kiesel’s best-selling models

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Phoebe Bridgers brings Joe Bonamassa-backed teenage guitar prodigy and Kiko Loureiro’s protege along for Tonight Show Performance

Bridgers brought a band filled with viral kid musicians to perform her new song

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“One of the rarest and most revered hard rock icons”: Gibson has revived one of the most sought-after guitars it has ever produced

Originally crafted for the 1972 Olympic Games, Schenker’s black-and-white version quickly became the stuff of folklore

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“Rock ’n’ roll is full of borderline despots”: Why does Bob Dylan get through so many guitarists?

The rock icon has had no shortage of brilliant players lining up to follow him in the jingle jangle morning, but lately they’re dropping like flies

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“I did get some bad reviews. Some people called me ‘the guy who ruined the Pretenders’”: Robbie McIntosh on his trial by fire when he replaced the late James Honeyman-Scott

The guitarist had huge shoes to fill, and the press weren’t exactly on his side

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Yamaha confirmed to be among Fender’s cease-and-desist targets

The largest musical instrument maker in the world has been drawn into the ongoing legal dispute over the Stratocaster

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“The biggest mindset shift is that guitarists should think of themselves as athletes”: As arthritis creeps into the hands of aging guitar heroes, what can we do to prolong our peak playing days?

Joint disorder doesn’t mean a divorce from your beloved guitars – but you need to focus on prevention, not cure

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“Resolving with a more conventional blues phrase sounds really cool and satisfying”: Corey Congilio on how to add harmonic depth to your solo improvisations

Congilio’s Blues Extensions column continues with a lesson in playing a five-minor-7 arpeggio over a dominant 7 chord

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“It’s rewarding to learn your favorite solos note for note, but studying the chord progression underneath will put your own spin on things”: 10 great guitar looping songs that will help you hone your playing

Looping these classic chord progressions will get you familiar with some fresh soloing concepts

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Analog vs digital pedals: what's the difference? And is one really better than the other?

We break down what sets analog and digital stompboxes apart, how far they've come, and the groundbreaking designs that combine the best of both worlds

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“Höfner offered me this weird-shaped guitar. I said, ‘What the hell is that?!’ They said, ‘It doesn't have a name yet, but we want you to try it’”: Hugh Cornwell on The Stranglers’ biggest hit, hating Twin Reverbs, and his bizarro Höfner

The punk/new-wave icon admits he’s never been certain about his guitar playing, although he’s proud of the legacy he’s left in music – and he’s not finished yet

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“I FaceTimed with her parents and said, ‘I like your daughter’s playing. She’s a natural. She plays like Gary Moore’”: How 22-year-old Anna Cara landed the gig of a lifetime with Alice Cooper

At just 19, Cara was scouted by Cooper's longtime guitarist, Tommy Henriksen, on social media, and immediately flown out to Los Angeles

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“Whether the long story he gave was real or not, it doesn’t matter”: Teen blues prodigy reunited with his stolen Stevie Ray Vaughan Strat

Rhys John Stygal received support from Joe Bonamassa after his Number One guitar was stolen in Austin, Texas, last month

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Manuel Gardner Fernandes breaks down the 5 techniques that define his sound

Manuel presents his percussive strumming, tapped harmonics, selective picking, and Hetfield-inspired downpicking approaches

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“When I picked one up for the first time, I knew it was going to be special”: Periphery’s Jake Bowen jumps ship from Ibanez and joins Strandberg

The move looks set to pave the way for a headless signature guitar for the progressive metal heavyweight

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