Rich Robinson on why the Black Crowes channeled the spirit of “20-year-olds showing the f**k off” on their new album
The band’s second album since their unlikely return rejects the comfort nostalgia that many veteran bands settle for in the search for something that could “go off the rails at any time”
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“I freaked out. I couldn’t believe it. Nobody else was doing that at the time”: The Beatles made the Leslie speaker an iconic guitar tone. But a pioneering “all-female” rock band were one of the first to take it out on the road
June Millington, one of the co-founders of the 1970s LA-based band Fanny, heard the Let It Be demo and was set on incorporating a Leslie speaker into her rig
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“Amp and cab models that surpass some expensive units from bigger brands”: Blackstar ID:X Floor Three review
Blackstar swerves the touchscreen for a tactile, amp-style workflow
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“I was a good bass player, and I am proud of my Celebrity Skin work, but oh my God, it changed my level of musicianship forever”: Melissa Auf der Maur on what she learned from playing with Billy Corgan and The Smashing Pumpkins
Auf der Maur joined the Pumpkins in October 1999 following a five-year stint with Hole
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These rare Ibanez discounts on electrics, acoustics, basses, and pedals are amongst the biggest bargains for guitarists in the UK Amazon Spring Deal Days sale
Amazon’s spring sale is here, and you can score discounts on guitar gear from Ibanez, Fender, Boss, Ernie Ball, and more
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“I would go by John’s room and he’d be working on alternate picking to a metronome. I’d never seen anyone do that before”: He arrived on the shred scene with Paul Gilbert, Jason Becker and John Petrucci… then he vanished
After starting a family and his own company, Darren Housholder’s priorities changed – but he’s gradually brought music-making back into his world
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With deals starting from just £8.07, it’s time for a total rig refresh as the Amazon Spring Deal Days sale launches, delivering massive savings on strings, multi-tools, patch cables, and more
The Amazon Spring Sale is the perfect place to pick up a bargain on accessories for your guitar
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Sammy Hagar compares Alex Van Halen to Roger Waters, says he’ll never play with him again: “I feel that way about Alex Van Halen. They’re negative people”
The Red Rocker opens up once again on decades of tension with Van Halen’s drummer.
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“Every lick he plays sounds perfect, like it’s etched in stone. But I’m sure that he simply improvised everything”: How to play B.B. King’s greatest song (with some help from Joe Bonamassa)
Bonamassa says B.B. King’s The Thrill Is Gone is so perfect that he initially couldn’t find anyone to cover it on his tribute album. Here, he unpacks the tones and approaches of the King of the Blues
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“They know how weird I am – so it wouldn’t surprise them!”: Pat Metheny gets Ibanez to send him “cheap” guitars for DIY projects – but keeps them on the down-low
You probably won’t get to see them… ever.
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Gibson denied opportunity to appeal court ruling that its ES body shape is generic – but the final terms of its legal victory over Dean have been laid down
A jury’s decision to declare the ES body shape generic will stand, but Gibson will receive a six-figure payout from Dean, in addition to the permanent end of the Dean Z, V and Gran Sport models
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“The guitar that killed folk”: Eastwood recreates the hacked-up Telecaster Michael Bloomfield played at Bob Dylan’s infamous Newport Folk Festival set
The iconic Tele that helped electrify Dylan in 1965 returns in Eastwood’s Mad Cat MB63.
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“Reinforces the value of originality”: Fender secures legal ruling to protect the Stratocaster body design
Fender says the ruling creates enforceable rights against any guitars using the Stratocaster body shape that are manufactured, sold or distributed into Germany or other countries of the European Union
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“There are a lot of amazing guitars, but none are as versatile as the Telecaster”: Fender’s radical John Osborne Telecaster brings the B-Bender back to its ranks for the first time in over 20 years
Fender’s first-ever in-house B-Bender mechanism makes its debut on one of the firm’s most eye-popping Telecasters
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“He felt a responsibility to look after these things. He was aware that you can’t be buried with them – you are but the temporary custodian”: Inside the greatest guitar auction of all time
With Jim Irsay’s epic collection of iconic guitars about to go under the hammer at Christie’s, we find out how this unique treasury of tone was prepared for auction
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Verso Log: This funky-looking lap steel lets you slide the pickup around while you play
Certainly not your grandad’s average lap steel…
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“We couldn’t play those songs properly. It’s a bunch of kids, playing a lot of chords, not always successfully”: Glenn Tilbrook on the resurrection of the Squeeze concept album that never was
Demo’d in ’74, when their compositional skills wrote checks their chops couldn’t cash, Squeeze shelved Trixies for 52 years. Now, Tilbrook says he’s proud to pull this lost album from the time machine
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“I had no idea who they were. My manager said, ‘You should talk to this guy named Trent Reznor’”: How Adrian Belew ended up working with Nine Inch Nails
The King Crimson legend worked on The Downward Spiral with Reznor, but a planned tour never took place
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“A cost-effective way of accurately amplifying your modeled tone, which is exactly what many guitar players need”: Blackstar Artist FR Special review
Bypassing some of the fancy features of other FRFR cabinets, Blackstar gets straight to the point with a no-frills solution for amplifying your modeled guitar tones
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Seymour Duncan celebrates 50 years of pickup building with super-limited run of the classic ‘59 Model P.A.F. humbucker
Built to the same specifications as the original ‘59 Model for a classic open and airy P.A.F. tone.
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