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Richie Kotzen and Mike Portnoy discuss the Winery Dogs' new camp for musicians.

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In Deep: Breaking Down the Signature Elements of Gary Moore's Immediately Identifiable Guitar Style

Posted 04/04/2014 at 10:34am | by Andy Aledort

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In this edition of In Deep, we’ll examine some of the signature elements of the brilliant blues-rock guitarist Gary Moore’s stunning, immediately identifiable guitar style.

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IK Multimedia Releases AmpliTube Orange for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch

Posted 04/03/2014 at 6:13pm | by Guitar World Staff

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IK Multimedia has announced a new iPhone, iPad and iPod touch app that will delight Orange Amplifier fanatics around the globe: AmpliTube Orange for iPhone/iPod touch and iPad.

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Guitar World's 11 Essential Thrash Metal Albums

Posted 04/03/2014 at 5:09pm | by Richard Bienstock, Josh Hart

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Check out Guitar World's guide to 11 essential thrash metal albums — discs or downloads every self-respecting metalhead should have in his/her record collection.

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Betcha Can't Play This: Winger's Reb Beach Taps Into His Pentatonic Side

Posted 04/03/2014 at 4:00pm | by Reb Beach

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I tap with my middle finger and begin this lick by flicking the string with the finger to get the sound going, doing a "phantom" pull-off to the A note at the fifth fret. I then play a sequence that goes "hammer, tap, pull" and repeats as I move across the strings, initiating the first note on each lower string with a "hammer-on from nowhere."

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The Loar Introduces LH-301T Archtop Electric Guitar

Posted 04/03/2014 at 12:24pm | by Guitar World Staff

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The Loar has introduced the LH-301T archtop electric guitar. Building the LH-301T was an easy decision for The Loar's workshop after successes with numerous vintage-style archtop and small-body models.

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John Frusciante on His Latest Solo Effort, 'Enclosure,' and Why His Days Onstage are Behind Him

Posted 04/03/2014 at 11:54am | by Richard Bienstock

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Since leaving the Red Hot Chili Peppers—for the second time—in 2009, John Frusciante has remained largely absent from the mainstream public eye. But that doesn’t mean the guitarist hasn’t been busy writing, recording and releasing new music. In fact, his output in the past few years has been staggering in both quantity and scope.

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Tab Book: Learn the 'Best of Scorpions,' Note for Note

Posted 04/03/2014 at 11:10am | by Guitar World Staff

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A new tab book, Best of Scorpions, is available now at the Guitar World Online Store. The book features note-for-note transcriptions with tab for 14 favorites from these Hannover hard rockers.

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Orianthi Releases "Better With You" Lyric Video

Posted 04/03/2014 at 11:00am | by Guitar World Staff

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Be sure to tell us what you think of the song — which is available now for download at Amazon and iTunes — in the comments below or on Facebook.

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Jeff Beck and ZZ Top Announce North American Summer Tour

Posted 04/03/2014 at 10:43am | by Damian Fanelli

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Jeff Beck and ZZ Top have announced a joint North American tour that will kick off in August. The trek, which starts August 8 in Missoula, Montana, will run for five weeks with stops in Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Denver, Detroit, Boston and NYC. You can check out all the dates below; more dates will be added soon.

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Betcha Can't Play This: John Petrucci's Descending E Mixolydian Run

Posted 04/03/2014 at 10:28am | by John Petrucci

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I begin in ninth position with a fairly compact shape that spans the ninth to 12th frets. At the end of bar 1 and moving into bar 2, the fret hand shifts down two frets and spreads out to cover a four-fret span, from the seventh fret to the 11th. Use your first, second and fourth fingers to fret the notes.

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