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“We’re doing this because Black Sabbath did it. Neil Young did it. Van Halen did it. Are you going to tell Eddie Van Halen he wasn’t playing guitar properly?” Soundgarden’s Kim Thayil recalls his battles with drop-D trolls
Thayil brought drop-D tuning to the mainstream with the grunge guitar revolution – but he had to contend with “purists and nitwits who would write into guitar magazines saying, ‘Drop D is cheating; you’re not really playing if you do that!’”
“The picking speed on that open A is insane”: YouTube’s go-to guitar teacher Marty Schwartz reveals the hardest track he’s had to teach
The online teacher has been pondering the most challenging lessons he’s recorded and says one song left him stumped
“Monstrous power and incredible versatility in an ultra-compact form”: Laney expands its Ironheart Foundry family with two record-ready solid-state amp heads
The IRF-LeadTop and IRF-DualTop offer 60 watts of maximum power, as well as a spec sheet that positions these humble heads as serious all-in-one amps
The diminutive do-it-all: Laney’s Ironheart Foundry amplifiers pack the LoudPedal’s punch into super-portable high-gain heads
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The DualTop and LeadTop heads place Laney’s popular LoudPedal tones into super-flexible, lightweight amp heads
“Angry, aggressive, loud and brutal”: Combined, these 36 fuzz pedals are a literal work of art – individually, they sound terrifying
Only the Dead… is the latest jaw-dropping stompbox from Gone Fishing Effects – the brainchild of guitar tech to the stars Richard ‘Churd’ Pratt
Inside the new issue of Total Guitar: The All-Star Masterclass
In issue 376: Interviews with The Darkness, Cory Wong, Sophie Lloyd, Baroness, The Hives and more; new gear from PJD, Laney, Squier, Positive Grid and EHX reviewed, and learn songs by Guns N' Roses, Nirvana and Blur!
“The most ambitious pedal release I’ve undertaken since first opening shop”: The mini pedal market will never be the same again as Electro-Harmonix drops its all-new Pico lineup in its entirety
Downsizing some of Mike Matthews and co's most celebrated effects, EHX's sizable shake-up of the status quo ushers in the arrival of ultra-powerful units and all-new effects
The only all-in-one reverb, modulation and delay pedal you’ll ever need for ‘80s guitar tones? Crazy Tube Circuits debuts upgraded Sidekick Jr.
Superior algorithms, more DSP and a smaller chassis sets this neat three-in-one stompbox apart from its older, much larger predecessor
Bag yourself a free copy of BIAS FX 2 Standard courtesy of Positive Grid – for one day only
To celebrate today's International Day of Peace PG is offering a complimentary download for all guitarists, giving you the gift of great tone
“It’s like a hybrid of a Strat and a Les Paul – it gives me everything I need in one stop”: Steve Lukather and Ernie Ball Music Man launch overhauled L4 signature guitar range – including ultra-limited 30th Anniversary Steamroller model
Said to be “the culmination of over 30 years of collaboration”, the L4 models arrive with an array of pickup configurations – with the standout Steamroller version also flashing a double-locking floating tremolo
