“Jaco made a great contribution, but what came after was all these idiots trying to sound like him. That’s why bass players today are so lame”: Bill Laswell gives his unfiltered verdict on modern bassists
The visionary producer also had his say on Lemmy, Paul Simon, and his failed studio session with Jaco Pastorius
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“It won’t leave your tap water tasting of hot dogs. It won’t make your Hershey’s bar taste of starfish”: This week’s hottest new guitar gear – featuring Wes Borland’s Jackson and a Korn pedal
Jackson and Limp Bizkit’s Wes Borland unveil the coolest metal guitar of the year, IK Multimedia go ’60s Marshall mad, and someone put Korn’s early sound in a pedal
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Fender claims social media has led to “a lot of misunderstandings about the nature and the scope” of their cease and desist blitz… as PRS confirms they were one of the brands affected
At least one other major guitar brand has also been sent letters, and the brand in question is seemingly ready to fight back.
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“I sold the guitar to Bob Rock like an idiot for $10,000. Then Slash blew up, and I immediately missed out on about $150,000″: Billy Duffy on the one guitar he wish he never sold
Duffy’s timing could hardly have been worse
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“I had people from the woodworks reach out… I hadn’t talked to them for years, and they’re like, ‘Hey, how’s it going? We should get a coffee’”: Yvette Young on ending up in a Super Bowl commercial she didn’t know about – and the realities of going viral
The guitarist lifts the veil on her chance appearance in a 2021 Super Bowl commercial and keeps it real about the trappings of virality