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Video: Back to 'Back to the Future' -- Michael J. Fox Revisits 'Johnny B. Goode'

Posted 11/14/2011 at 4:37pm | by Damian Fanelli

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This past Saturday night, Michael J. Fox strapped on a red Gibson ES-335 and performed Chuck Berry's "Johnny B. Goode" -- just as he (as Marty McFly) did in the 1985 comedy Back to the Future. Except he wasn't actually playing the guitar in the movie, of course; he was just going through the motions, as actors tend to do.

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Now That's a Turn-Off: The Lost Art of the Standby Switch

Posted 11/02/2011 at 11:14am | by Peter Hodgson

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There was one overriding theme throughout the night. It was related to amp choice. And no, it wasn't that the majority of the players chose the amp with the most distortion (the Marshall) over the ones with less gain (the Fender and Vox). It was that nobody knew how to turn the amps on.

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Want to Be a Well-Rounded Guitarist? Check Out Some World Music

Posted 08/10/2011 at 12:02pm | by George Marinelli

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I was fortunate to grow up in a neighborhood on Staten Island, New York, where, if I walked a few blocks in either direction, I encountered about every ethnic group one could imagine at the time.

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Posted 05/18/2007 at 3:23pm | by GuitarWorld Staff Member

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Perhaps the most instantly recognizable lick in rock'n'roll history, courtesy of the double-stoppin', duck-walkin' Chuck Berry!

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