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In this clip from Sky Arts’ Guitar Stories series, Mark Knopfler shares the stories of his six favorite six-stringed instruments.
As many will remember, Metallica’s Kirk Hammett misplaced his cell phone while in Denmark in 2015.
A police officer has apologized to Nickelback for a Facebook post that poked fun at the Canadian group’s music.
Ritchie Blackmore has announced he will tour with Rainbow in 2017, with four dates planned for the U.K.
Kirk Hammett appeared last week on The World of Wheeler Podcast, where he revealed his feelings about Dave Mustaine, whom he replaced in Metallica some 33 years ago.
What’s more difficult to play than single-string riffs? Double-string riffs.
During Metallica’s 35 years as a band, they’ve sold millions of records, played thousands of gigs and become metal’s biggest act.
The Gibson Les Paul is celebrated for many reasons, including its rich singing sustain.
Guns N’ Roses have announced they’ll be back in 2017 with a new video that suggests we can expect more touring from the group.
A YouTube user named iamSamsiam has seamless connected all the riffs from Metallica’s new album, Hardwired…to Self-Destruct, in one epic video, which you can watch below.
Steve Vai always has valuable and inspirational guidance to offer guitarists.
Technical problems. We’ve all been there—except most of us haven’t had them in front of tens of thousands of fans.
Bass maestro Davie504 likes to make up some crazy ways to challenge himself, like playing a seven-string bass with the strings tuned A B C D E F G.
Darrell Braun notes that if you search the web for “Gibson Les Paul,” “the words ‘will not stay in tune’ usually pop up as one of the top searches.
Last month we presented the 40-piece orchestra Metamorphestra performing the Tool classic “Schism.”
Brian Johnson has made his first recorded appearance since leaving AC/DC earlier this year due to hearing problems.
This video is a couple of years old, but if you’re 17 billion miles from Earth, it will probably be new to you.
Daniele Gottardo recently posted a video of himself shredding the theme song to The Simpsons, shown below. Apparently, this is the theme from the show’s Halloween Special.
