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The biggest names on the biggest brands: the best new signature guitars of 2024

GEAR EXPO 2024: Find out who is putting their names to what this year

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'Instead of just sticking to conventional chord shapes, Walter Becker preferred to use different inversions to place guitar in the track in a different way': If you only learn 5 Steely Dan guitar chords, make time for these

Reelin' in the G mu major

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From optional to essential: the best guitar accessories of 2024

GEAR EXPO 2024: From wooden stands to headphone amps, we round up the must-have additions to your guitar setup

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“I have my sound; 98% of the tone comes from me. I can plug into most amps and make it sound like me”: Rich Robinson on the guitars, tunes and focus behind the Black Crowes’ comeback

The Black Crowes are back on their perch with an album that delivers a masterclass in rock 'n' roll songwriting. Here guitarist Rich Robinson explains how it all came together

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Gibson's CEO has just revealed some guitar-shaped easter eggs: Three new Epiphone models with 'open book' headstocks are on their way

The Gibson-style headstock is currently only available on the Adam Jones and Greeny Epiphone signature Les Pauls – but that looks set to change

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How to make a rave-ready techno track in Ableton Live

Prepare to get fists in the air as we learn the tools, tricks and tempos for nailing the basics of rave-ready techno

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Kelly Moran: "An important aspect of my work is trying to preserve my own humanity, even if I'm using technology to help me do it"

Pianist, producer and Warp Records artist Kelly Moran abandons the prepared piano and extended techniques that defined her early work to duet with a self-playing Yamaha Disklavier on new project Moves in the Field

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'You can easily reach new heights in your guitar playing by learning a few of the shapes shown here': 5 easy ways to liven up your guitar chords

Take your playing beyond the basics

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Bored of your 'board? Stomp this way for the must-have new guitar effects pedals of 2024

GEAR EXPO 2024: The pedals you need to try this year, from psychedelic to out-of-this-world

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"Collage is a thousand audio effects in one": Randomize your effects and get unexpected results with this quirky, colourful multi-effects plugin from Kalide

With a unique UI for each effects preset that deliberately avoids explanation, Collage invites artistic experimentation

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“I had enough money for one last demo and sent it off to 24 companies, then figured I’d sit back and wait for the rejection letters": How Tom Scholz's years of dogged determination and intricate guitar tracking paid off for Boston and More Than A Feeling

“Epic flat-out rejected it and sent me an insulting letter!”

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The most exciting new samplers, grooveboxes and drum machines for 2024

GEAR EXPO 2024: These all-in-one production wonders can handle beats, chords and melodies, and all without a computer in sight

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8 of the best new immersive audio plugins for 2024

GEAR EXPO 2024: Here are our picks of some of the slickest routes to creating and mixing in surround or 3D sound

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"It went a bit too poppy, a bit too happy… I used to really cringe when I heard it": Def Leppard's Hysteria is a perfect $4.5 million rock album – but guitarist Phil Collen had issues with one of its songs in particular

Classic 2012 interview: Phil Collen talks through every song on Def Leppard's 25 million-selling Hysteria

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"I started hallucinating whispers that weren't part of the composition - it was intense": Maria W Horn on spectral synthesis, recording in a former prison and her love of SuperCollider

Through instrumental textures, room responses, the human voice and a specialised computer language, Maria W Horn explores sound's spectral properties. We heard more about her processes and the chilling story behind her affecting new album, Panoptikon

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'If there’s a more influential guitarist out there, we're not sure who it is': learn from a trailblazer with these Chuck Berry-style guitar licks

If there’s a more influential guitarist out there, we're not sure who it is…

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The 9 best creative and mix effect plugins coming your way in 2024

GEAR EXPO 2024: The delays, reverbs, compressors and more that you can look forward to running your audio through this year

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The essential new electric guitars you need to play in 2024

GEAR EXPO 2024: Classic ranges, major updates, all-new designs... and the Strat is 70

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"Nobody's gonna tell me that a hunk of wood with strings stretched across it is sacred": Pete Townshend reveals all about why he became a guitar smasher

"I think a lot of people struggle to buy their first instruments, they build up a relationship with them but I never had that but I don't know quite why that is"

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“We spend a month on the sound and five minutes on the chord changes”: Remarkable classic interview with Kraftwerk reveals how the band created their iconic electronic tunes, and what really went on in their mythical Kling Klang studio

If you like don't like having your music myths busted, you might not want to read this…

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Peter Gabriel’s Real World Studios opens its doors for a residential masterclass featuring Ken Scott, Adrian Utley and Swindle

Multi-day event is described as “an amazing and unique opportunity for anyone passionate about music to learn from the best in the industry"

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How to choose the right type of reverb for your mix

GEAR EXPO 2024: A dash of reverb can make or break the sound of your mix, so careful selection is key for getting the right spatial qualities

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The best new pianos and home and classic keyboards to look forward to in 2024

GEAR EXPO 2024: Get ready to audition some of the 'key' releases of the year

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"AC/DC made 50 albums, but all their albums were the same. It wasn’t the way the Who worked. We were an ideas band": Pete Townshend admits he doesn't enjoy playing live with the band much anymore but still wants to release new music

"If I’m really honest, I’ve been touring for the money"

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"There’s still so much work to be done": A third of women working as musicians say they’ve been sexually harassed, and more than half have experienced gender discrimination

UK Musicians’ Census confirms the scale of the gender inequality problem in the music industry

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