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Deep Water: How to Get the Classic Surf Guitar Sound

Posted 06/01/2011 at 2:07pm | by Dave Wronski

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The movie Pulp Fiction seemed to help elevate the surf guitar music from under a pile of seaweed to a spot on the party-song playlists of hipsters around the world.

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Ed’s Shed: Stay in Tune by Stretching Your Strings

Posted 06/01/2011 at 12:03pm | by Ed Mitchell

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There are various reasons that your guitar might not be holding its tuning. Like many things in life, I learned the importance of stretching strings the hard way.

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Just Play: To Get the Job Done Right, Play from the Heart

Posted 06/01/2011 at 10:37am | by Matt Scharfglass

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Too many people get caught up in tweaking their gear, getting bogged down in theory or doing what amounts to hours of non-musical calisthenics in order to perfect some inhuman guitar or bass technique.

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The Latest Buzz: A Brief Introduction to Rockabilly

Posted 05/30/2011 at 8:24pm | by Buzz Campbell

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If you haven’t heard the word rockabilly before, first let me say shame on you for not knowing your music history. But you’re in good company, because radio stations don’t seem to know the genre, either.

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Guitar Bar: What to Consider When Buying a Used Marshall Amp

Posted 05/30/2011 at 7:57pm | by James Mastro

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Although it’s a topic that brings up a lot of questions, I'll try and boil it down to the basics.

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Fallen Angels: Black Veil Brides' Jake Pitts Remembers Rock on the Range

Posted 05/27/2011 at 2:19pm | by Jake Pitts

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Black Veil Brides' Jake Pitts Talks Rock on the Range

Black Veil Brides guitarist Jake Pitts recounts the band's Rock on the Range performance, and meeting Sebastian Bach.

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Guitar Girl’d: Interview with Frankie Whyte of The Dead Idols

Posted 05/26/2011 at 1:46pm | by Laura B. Whitmore

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Frankie Whyte and The Dead Idols hail from Canada. But that’s OK; we like ’em anyway. Self-described as a “rock ‘n’ roll misfit explosion band,” the group’s raw, energetic, nothing's-gonna-stop-us-from-having-a-good-time vibe feels just about right.

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Trampled Underfoot: Basic Audio is the Lyon's Den o' Fuzz

Posted 05/26/2011 at 12:13pm | by Brett Kingman

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John Lyons of Basic Audio is serious about his fuzz. Originally from Santa Barbara, California, and now living and working in West Virginia, John builds his fuzzes and other cool pedals from the ground up.

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Masked Musings: How I Met Link Wray

Posted 05/25/2011 at 11:23am | by Eddie Angel

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In the summer of 1973, I was 20. I had moved to LA to be a songwriter with a piano player by the name of Dave Bloom. We were sure we were the next Lennon/McCartney -- or at least Leiber/Stoller.

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