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“If all you want to do is sound like Stevie Ray Vaughan, you’re screwed. There was only one of him and he did it better than anyone else”: What Guthrie Trapp learned while escaping the country player label – and how the fretboard can change your life

The session ace explains what’s wrong with modelers, why anyone emulating SRV is doomed to fail, and how he nearly missed out on jamming with Billy Gibbons

“It sounded like an ice pick. I thought he was gonna laugh. He looks up and goes, ‘It’s pretty awesome.’ I thought, ‘Is it?! It sounds terrible to me’”: Why Joe Walsh’s distinct taste in amps took Tom Bukovac by surprise

“It sounded like an ice pick. I thought he was gonna laugh. He looks up and goes, ‘It’s pretty awesome.’ I thought, ‘Is it?! It sounds terrible to me’”: Why Joe Walsh’s distinct taste in amps took Tom Bukovac by surprise

The on-stage sound seemed harsh to the ears, but Bukovac soon came around to the Eagles legend's go-to amp tones

“The sound that comes out of that speaker is just dynamite”: One of the main guitars on Biffy Clyro’s new album was a tiny Fender with a built-in speaker – which is also beloved by Tom Bukovac

“The sound that comes out of that speaker is just dynamite”: One of the main guitars on Biffy Clyro’s new album was a tiny Fender with a built-in speaker – which is also beloved by Tom Bukovac

The forgotten ’90s oddball was employed for some “cheap-sounding warmth” and sludgy goodness

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“Unbeatable... A guitar built for sessions, ready for all occasions”: Duesenberg Alliance Series Tom Bukovac Session Man review

One of the world's G.O.A.T. sessions players gets a candidate for G.O.A.T. signature guitar – a stunning semi-hollow with dual humbuckers and a piezo, and a vibrato, and... well, it's a lot of guitar

"I definitely think you can play faster with the shoulder": Guthrie Trapp's guitar pick hack could be a gamechanger for your playing

"When I started doing that I realised that not only does it sound a lot better to me, I think it's a more direct contact from more surface area"

“I see guys playing and it is almost like they are afraid of silence and space. You’ve got to think of playing as a conversation”: Tom Bukovac on 4 mistakes every intermediate player makes – and how to avoid them

The Nashville session ace identifies what separates the pros from beginner and intermediate players, and has some advice for all of us trying to take our playing to the next level

"Once I discovered how valuable and useful it is, it just completely changed everything for me": There's a pedal that will make your guitar rig sound better in a mix – and you've probably never considered buying one

To be honest, we haven't got one either… yet!

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"Every time we sit down and play, it sounds like a song:" The contender for instrumental guitar album of the year is arriving on 1 May

"Every time we sit down and play, it sounds like a song:" The contender for instrumental guitar album of the year is arriving on 1 May

Nashville stringers Tom Bukovac and Guthrie Trapp together on record at last – "We kept a lot of first takes"

"Don't buy any more gear today, friends…": Tom Bukovac's tip on how to improve as a guitarist is something all of us can do

"Don't buy any more gear today, friends…": Tom Bukovac's tip on how to improve as a guitarist is something all of us can do

The hugely respected Nashville session player is a wise man

"You cannot tense up, you have to be super loose" – top session guitarist Tom Bukovac returns with another great lesson and this time it's on picking

"You cannot tense up, you have to be super loose" – top session guitarist Tom Bukovac returns with another great lesson and this time it's on picking

Brett Papa hosts the creative maestro for another essential tutorial

A free chord lesson from one of the greatest guitarists on the planet

A free chord lesson from one of the greatest guitarists on the planet

School is in session with Tom Bukovac

Session guitar legend Brent Mason reveals the overlooked effects pedal he always has on his pedalboard – and now we want one too

Session guitar legend Brent Mason reveals the overlooked effects pedal he always has on his pedalboard – and now we want one too

The country ace sings the praises of an often unsung hero

Tom Bukovac demoing a vintage Gibson Les Paul and Strat in a guitar shop is the best sales pitch we've heard

Tom Bukovac demoing a vintage Gibson Les Paul and Strat in a guitar shop is the best sales pitch we've heard

A '55 Gold Top and '66 Strat in very good hands

Is always being in tune an unobtainable myth? Guitar repair expert Joe Glaser and session pro Tom Bukovac discuss

Is always being in tune an unobtainable myth? Guitar repair expert Joe Glaser and session pro Tom Bukovac discuss

"Tuning is the one thing that will take a good man down"

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"There's no dead spots on these guitars, they ring out everywhere you play them" – Tom Bukovac + a '58 'Burst in his favourite studio is making us want a Les Paul

Could this man make anything sound spectacular though?

Is the Nobels ODR-1 the real holy grail overdrive pedal?

Tom Bukovac, Tim Pierce and Guthrie Trapp love the original '90s versions

Top Nashville session guitarist blind tests the most coveted overdrive pedals ever… and you might be surprised by what happens

Tom Bukovac knows what he likes – but also what he can use (and he's not a big fan of the Klon)

Is the middle position on a Strat one of the most underrated tones in guitar?

Tom Bukovac has got us thinking…

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This video of session dons Dann Huff and Tom Bukovac discussing the greatest guitar tones of all time is a real education

"If you have to turn the fader up too far it's the wrong sound"

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