“I don’t think anyone has changed the world as much with their guitar”: Grammy-nominated Malian changemaker Fatoumata Diawara reveals her biggest guitar hero
Diawara recently made history herself by becoming the first woman of color to collaborate with Epiphone on a signature guitar
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“Just f**k off”: David Ellefson isn’t satisfied with Dave Mustaine’s reasoning for not enlisting ex-bandmates for Megadeth’s final tour
The bassist calls out Dave Mustaine for attempting to take a “moral high ground” by not involving ex-bandmates in Megadeth’s final tour.
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“I’ve spoken to a lot of people about it – many of them think it will make more this time around”: David Gilmour’s Black Strat could be about to break records all over again
It was the world’s most expensive guitar when sold at auction in 2019, but as it goes under the hammer in the Jim Irsay Collection, there are a number of reasons to think it will claim another record
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“Using the same techniques, and even some of the same machines”: Gibson unearths the only known Kalamazoo factory footage from the ‘Golden Era’ of guitar building
The video offers a fascinating insight into how the Gibson factory operated in the 1950s
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My highest-rated beginner acoustic guitar just had 15% knocked off in Amazon’s Spring Sale – alongside major Squier savings on the Debut and Affinity series’
These beginner-friendly savings are hard to beat, and include acoustics, electrics, and basses
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“I’m sorry my guitar is such a pain in the butt!”: Eddie Van Halen once apologised to the Fender production line for the EVH Wolfgang’s fiddly frets
“This guy comes over, leaning on me, and he looks like some dad wearing a baseball hat. I realise ‘Oh, Eddie Van Halen is watching us work.’”
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“This guy comes over, leaning on me. He said, ‘I’m sorry my guitar is such a pain in the butt’”: That time Eddie Van Halen visited the EVH workshop while they were building the Wolfgang
Fender Master Builder Andy Hicks hadn’t been in the job long before he received a visit from the guitar great, who came to oversee the making of his signature
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“All I need is insurmountable odds. Give me your worst guitar, an amp made in a garage and a pedal that’s not meant to be there. We’ve got something”: Josh Homme is finally ready to talk tone
From flea market finds to amps that aren’t amps at all, the Queens of the Stone Age mastermind has begun to reveal his tone secrets – starting with the little Peavey that could. The self-proclaimed shepherd of the weird explains why it’s time to share
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Fender wins legal battle over Stratocaster shape in Germany – is it the end for S-type guitars in the EU?
Yiwu Philharmonic Musical Instruments Co is barred from advertising or selling guitars “with the Stratocaster body shape” in the EU – but will that apply to others too?
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“I’m probably gonna get 150 guitarists telling me how I’m doing this wrong, but this is just what works for me”: Samantha Fish reveals the “cheat” she uses to emulate a pedal steel guitar
Despite calling it a “hot mess,” Samantha Fish says a volume pedal is her tried-and-tested approach to creating volume swells
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“I’m not the guy! Call Nuno Bettencourt!”: Why Joe Satriani turned down Alex Van Halen and David Lee Roth’s request to perform at a Van Halen tribute show
Satriani has gone on to perform Van Halen tracks with Sammy Hagar’s Best Of All Worlds band, with dates planned for this year.
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I just discovered savings of up to 26% off Boss pedals in the Amazon Spring Deal Days sale – get big money off a Waza Craft Metal Zone, the versatile DD-8 digital delay, and the flagship GT-1000CORE multi-effects pedal
With these savings on Boss pedals Amazon is proving it’s not just the destination for budget stomp boxes
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“I’d wake up in the morning and I wouldn’t be able to move my pinky. I’d think, ‘Is this the end?’” Joe Satriani opens up on the hand injury that forced him to relearn how to play his songs
Satch stuck it out for an entire tour before seeking help from a specialist, and it prompted him to explore new ways of playing the guitar
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“Bridging the gap between digital rigs and real valve amps”: Victory says its new PowerValve 2000 is a better companion for your amp modeler than any FRFR cab could ever be
Victory believes this valve-powered solution offers a more authentic option for injecting actual tube-driven feel into your digital rig
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“I’ve thrown that guitar across the stage and it’s still in tune!” – John Osborne talks the joys of creating Fender’s first B-bender signature model
The guitarist’s new signature is a road-worn recreation of his own partscaster – and, crucially, not just “another guitar shaped like a Telecaster”
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“The tune was inspired by legendary bassist Jaco Pastorius’ Teen Town”: Cory Wong on why doubling the bassline is one of the “most badass” things a guitarist can do
Cory Wong uses Vulfpeck’s Jaco-inspired Dean Town to teach us the value of doubling a bassline on guitar
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Amazon is the home of dirt-cheap pedals from brands you’ve never heard of, but their Spring Deal Days sale just brought stomps from Vox, Ibanez, Boss, MXR, and more into budget territory
As a gigging guitarist, here are the 8 pedals I’d pick up in Amazon’s springtime sale