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Stop spending all your practice time on soloing: rhythm playing is even more important – and embellishing chords will seriously up your game

We show you how to take regular chords and level them up with sliding shapes, doublestops and legato

Guitar World · Jan 18, 2024

“Paul McCartney was one of my favorite bass players. I didn’t do him justice”: Paying tribute to the Beatles turned out to be a humbling experience for Donald ‘Duck’ Dunn

As a member of Booker T. and the MGs, Donald ‘Duck’ Dunn cut an instrumental version of the Beatles’ Abbey Road. But the experience wasn't all that satisfying...

Guitar World · Dec 4, 2023

“If I ended up in jail, I knew I wouldn’t be able to play guitar”: the secret history of Jimi Hendrix’s pre-fame years

Although I don’t eat every day, everything’s going all right for me. It could be worse than this

Louder · Nov 17, 2023