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Marley Family Launches Contest to Discover New Reggae Star

Posted 05/09/2013 at 11:43am | by Guitar World Staff

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Think you’ve got what it takes to be reggae’s next big thing? Let reggae’s royal family be the judge of that. Bob Marley’s family has launched “Marley’s Music Uprising,” a contest to discover the next great artist inspired by reggae and influenced by the legendary Jamaican icon.

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Pickup Winder/Builder Abigail Ybarra, Who Came to Fender in 1956, Retires

Posted 05/09/2013 at 11:35am | by Guitar World Staff

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The Fender Custom Shop is pleased and wistful to announce that one of its most revered employees, “pickup artist” Abigail Ybarra, is retiring after more than 50 years in the Fender family. In celebration, Fender arranged for Los Lobos to play at her private retirement party with dozens of her coworkers.

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Listen: Dillinger Escape Plan Premiere New Song, "Nothing's Funny"

Posted 05/09/2013 at 11:24am | by Guitar World Staff

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The Dillinger Escape Plan, who blew minds with their fiery performance at the 2013 Revolver Golden Gods, have released a new song, "Nothing's Funny."

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As I Lay Dying Comment on Tim Lambesis' Arrest in Alleged Murder-for-Hire Plot

Posted 05/09/2013 at 11:19am | by Damian Fanelli

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As we reported yesterday, As I Lay Dying singer Tim Lambesis was arrested Tuesday at the Barnes & Noble in Oceanside, California, for allegedly hiring someone to kill his estranged wife.

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Deftones Premiere Music Video for "Swerve City"

Posted 05/09/2013 at 11:09am | by Guitar World Staff

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Deftones — whose latest album, Koi No Yokan, just won Album of Year at the 2013 Revolver Golden Gods award show — have debuted the video for the lead-off track on the record, “Swerve City.”

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ZZ Top's First 10 Albums to Be Released as Box Set in June

Posted 05/09/2013 at 11:03am | by Guitar World Staff

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ZZ Top’s first 10 albums will be reissued in a boxed set titled ZZ Top: The Complete Studio Albums (1970-1990) on Warner Bros Records. It will be available starting June 10 for a suggested list price of $59.98.

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Listen: Queens of the Stone Age Stream New Songs, "I Sat By the Ocean" and "If I Had a Tail"

Posted 05/09/2013 at 10:57am | by Damian Fanelli

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Just a few days after releasing a music video for "I Appear Missing," a track off their new album, ...Like Clockwork, Queens of the Stone Age have posted two more songs to Soundcloud, and you can check them out below.

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Review: Schecter Blackjack SLS C-8

Posted 05/09/2013 at 10:22am | by Chris Gill, Video by Paul Riario

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While eight-string solidbody electric guitars haven’t yet matched the popularity of their seven-string counterparts, a growing number of companies have developed eight-string models since the first mass-produced eight-string guitars hit the market in 2007.

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Guitar World DVD: Play Like Keith Richards and the Coolest Guitarists of All Time

Posted 05/09/2013 at 10:19am | by Guitar World Staff

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In this new DVD, Keith Richards and The Coolest Guitarists of All Time, Guitar World editor and instructor Andy Aledort shows you how to play in the styles of Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards -- and other legendary guitarists.

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Song Facts: The Beatles — "Get Back"

Posted 05/09/2013 at 10:17am | by Damian Fanelli

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The Beatles' 19th single in Britain — "Get Back," backed with "Don't Let Me Down" — was released April 11, 1969, so the song was already well known when the Let It Be album was released more than a year later. However, the single version (available on Past Masters) was recorded January 28, 1969 (as was "Don't Let Me Down"), while the album version was recorded the previous day — and it shows.

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