“Very accomplished playing that isn’t widely discussed in blues circles”: What we can learn from Mike Oldfield about breaking free of the pentatonic box
In this lesson, we reimagine folk, jazz, blues and Celtic music for a blues roadmap that takes the road less traveled
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“The two of us had a similar upbringing. It’s aunique position – our dads are the biggest rock stars around”: Evan Stanley and Nick Simmons are making Kiss a rock ’n’ roll dynasty – just don’t mistake their music for their fathers’
Bands formed by rock stars’ kids rarely work out – but this one does. Say hello to Evan Stanley and Nick Simmons, whose dads you might just recognize, despite all that Kiss makeup
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“He picks it up, hits the corner of a stone table and puts a huge ding in it”: When Jeff Beck damaged an impossibly rare vintage Stratocaster – while he and Dweezil Zappa were at a party dressed as knights
This Fender once belonged to Steve Marriott or something… But Beck? He wasn’t too fussed. People pay for these dings nowadays!
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“We fired you last night because you hate dogs”: CKY frontman makes bizarre claim over bassist’s exit
Mike Leon cites “toxicity” and “unprofessionalism” for his departure – though Chad I Ginsburg disagrees.
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“I committed to poverty for that”: Whitesnake’s Joel Hoekstra says you have “a hole in your head” if you get into music for money
The guitarist explains why getting into music with the goal to get rich is a fast track to disappointment.
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“It took me forever to commit. Once I got there, I went, ‘I should have been doing this for a very long time’”: Joel Hoekstra was late to the Les Paul party – now he’s making up for lost time
The Whitesnake guitarist spent years playing Floyd Rose guitars, then Janis Joplin changed his world
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“There’s a couple of songs on the record where I thought, ‘Gosh, I’m soloing so much. Please be quiet. Let it breathe’”: He played for pop A-listers, now he’s transformed himself into one of instrumental guitar’s leading voices
When he learned he couldn’t be Eric Johnson or John Petrucci, Mateus Asato decided to be someone else – himself
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“It feels like you’re plugged straight into an amp, rather than a pedal”: ThorpyFX x Lazy J The J review
ThorpyFX team up with Lazy J to put the amp brand’s signature take on the Fender tweed sound into a pedal
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“The fact Wolfgang trusted us to come in and not totally ruin the legacy meant a lot”: Myles Kennedy and Mark Tremonti on recording the new Alter Bridge album at 5150
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“You’re going into this sacred ground where all these incredible riffs have been constructed and recorded.”
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Get over $75 off the 8/10-rated Fender Tone Master Pro at Sweetwater
Fender’s proprietary Tone Master modelling process is marketed as “ultra-accurate”, and carries all the sonic nuance from analogue to digital.
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“The guitar that started it all”: T-Bone Walker’s 1949 Gibson ES-5N is up for sale on Reverb for over $2M
T-Bone Walker owned the guitar for almost two decades during the formative years of the electric blues.
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“A historically significant instrument directly tied to the evolution of modern funk”: The bass Bootsy Collins used to record a James Brown anthem has been listed on eBay
The Fender Jazz Bass bought at auction for $40,000, has now been listed on eBay for almost twice as much. But you’ll have to bid an extra $299 if you want the original strings
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“I really liked the idea of this thing feeding on spent strings from guitar players everywhere!” how the String Thing made upcycling your guitar strings fun
How the brother of a legendary metal guitarist created the most unique and interesting way to not throw your guitar strings in the trash…
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“I was two years out of college, bought it and just felt like, ‘Oh, this is what it’s supposed to sound like.’ It makes me sound better than I am”: Why the Fender Telecaster is Sheryl Crow’s long-time guitar “sidekick”
The celebrated singer-songwriter says she can “play the heck out of my piano” but gravitated toward the Tele due to the staying power of a great guitar riff
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Guitarist from Canadian pop punk band loses two fingers in construction accident
“We don’t know what his road to recovery is going to look like,” says bassist Chris.
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“Girls in the crowd would want to know who it was. I’d point to my wedding ring and they’d melt!”: Joe Perry on his custom Gibson BB King “Billie” Lucille
“They thought it was so romantic!”
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Aaron Marshall says his old Strat-Metal Zone setup from ninth grade would “still smoke most rigs these days”
The Intervals mastermind looks back on the DVD that changed his life, his pawn shop acoustic, and the high school band rig he swears could still hold its own.
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“I got up on stage and my guitar tech goes, ‘Slash wanted me to give you this.’ It was the ’59. It was dead silent in the room”: Joe Perry on the painful memory of selling his ’Burst – and why he’ll never forget the moment it came back to him
The Aerosmith guitarist was forced to sell his most cherished guitar in the late-’70s and spent years trying to get it back, until Slash made the ultimate guitar collector sacrifice
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“I can sing better; I can’t play guitar better”: Lucinda Williams on how her stroke has affected her guitar playing
Despite still dealing with the aftereffects of a stroke, Williams has just released her 16th studio album and is set to go on tour with her band, which includes two “brilliant” players who have taken on guitar duties