“It’s possible to play a great solo without many notes if the rhythm is interesting”: How to funk up your blues solos
Taking cues from John Mayer, Jimi Hendrix and Nile Rodgers, this lesson offers three examples of phrases that add rhythm and movement to blues
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“Stone Gossard is the reason I picked up guitar in the first place. Having a front row seat to his playing has been amazing”: Josh Klinghoffer compares the Chili Peppers to Pearl Jam, and details the oddball ‘60s Strats that live in his studio
These days Klinghoffer’s leaving his most road-worn guitars at home; and on his new Pluralone album he went back to his beloved 1947 Martin. He only wishes he could record in Andrew Watt’s studio
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Best octave pedals for bass 2026: Pitch-shift your playing with my pick of essential pedalboard additions
Looking for a new octave pedal to add to your bass rig, or are you entering the world for the first time? Here’s are my top choices along with expert buying advice
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“I was like, ‘Let’s freshen up the electric guitar.’ 60 years later, you’re still putting out tributes to the station wagon”: The story of John Mayer’s Fender fallout – and how it gave birth to the Stratocaster’s biggest rival
Mayer left Fender after his wishes for an elevated S-style fell on deaf ears – and he found the perfect partner in PRS and the Silver Sky
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“He would go, ‘What riff?’” Geddy Lee says he had to record all of Rush’s songwriting sessions because Alex Lifeson would forget “great” riffs just minutes after playing them
“He had no recollection, and so I’d wind the tape back, play it for him, and then he’d have to try to figure it out.”
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“I’ve got a little story about a chord you might like”: Paul McCartney is challenging fans to work out the mystery guitar chord that inspired his new album – and we’ve figured it out
The unusual chord that opens The Boys of Dungeon Lane has been fuelling a hearty debate. So, what is it?
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“It’s honestly really amazing”: Tube amp aficionado Joe Bonamassa has been “beta testing” a Fender Tone Master on tour – and he’s impressed
“I wanted to dislike it!” the blues ace tells Jason Isbell in the comments section of a recent post on his social media.
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“It was the biggest mistake of my career”: JHS Pedals once mistakenly put an ultra-rare Dumble boost circuit into one of its DIY pedals – now it’s been launched as an $89 standalone stompbox
A clone of John Mayer’s elusive Dumble BBC-1 has been released after it was accidentally put in the Notadümblë
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“Eddie Van Halen ruined rock guitar”: The Jesus and Mary Chain’s Jim and William Reid think “guitar players should never learn scales” because it gets in the way of making music
Even the most revered names in guitar don’t get universal approval…
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“More Tim Henson than Bob Dylan”: An Elvis Presley guitar and Bob Dylan’s ultra-luxe custom Strat are up for sale – and could fetch a combined $1.5 million
A career-companion classical guitar and a Custom Shop Stratocaster that’s more Tim Henson than Bob Dylan are set to fetch high prices
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Ace Frehley’s 1975 Gibson Les Paul guitar fetches half a million dollars at auction
The Kiss guitarist’s well-used triple-pickup Les Paul leads Julien’s “Music Icons” sale.
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“Even though it’s a budget guitar, it’s great. Paul Stanley used to smash one up at the end of KISS shows”: The amps that defined punk, the custom electric that was “painted in a shed” – Bruce Watson on the gear behind Big Country’s sound
The Big Country guitarist pulls some choice guitars and amps out of the vault, and explains why the Esquire beats the Tele
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Blues legend Eric Bibb on why you should learn classical guitar first: “It told me that the guitar really can be an orchestra”
The fingerstyle master credits early classical training for shaping his approach to acoustic guitar, and reveals the lengths he goes to protect his picking hand.
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“I kept seeing him out the corner of my eye, where he’d be with his guitar”: Mastodon’s first single with their new guitarist is a powerful tribute to Brent Hinds
Your Ghost Again is the lead single from the band’s ninth album, Poisonous Weapons
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“I wanted to dislike it!” Is Joe Bonamassa warming to modeling amps? He’s taken a Fender Tone Master on tour
If a recent social media post is anything to go by, the tube amp traditionalist may be coming around to digital guitar tech
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“It’s a genuinely unique instrument – and it always raises a smile”: Nigel Tufnel’s “World on Fire” guitar, used during Spinal Tap’s Live Earth performance, is headed to auction
An Ernie Ball Music Man Silhouette at its core, the guitar features a working thermometer and a snow globe containing a figurine of former US Vice President Al Gore