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March 2020

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March 31
- Alan Merrill tells the story of I Love Rock 'n' Roll in his final Guitar World interview
- Ray Suhy: "I used an Ibanez RG for a death metal tour, and a few months later I used the same guitar on a jazz album!"
March 30
- Dream Theater's John Myung: "There are moments when I’m playing parts live that I wish I did on the album the first time round"
- Eric Clapton: 13 of his best under-the-radar solo songs
- Drive-By Truckers: "These songs called for lyrical playing and slide guitar was a great way to achieve that"
March 27
- 10 biographies, motivational manuals and killer guitar books to read during lockdown
- Soccer star Alexi Lalas on his love of guitar: "I’d always considered myself a performer, as an athlete and a musician"
- The history of the Gibson SG
March 26
- Out of the woods: the environmental challenges facing guitar makers
- 21 underrated guitar solos you need to hear
March 25
- Vicky Warwick: "I love playing Fender Mustang basses, but the Jazz has more punch"
- Steve Vai: "When I was a kid playing guitar too loud, the neighbors would complain... and my father would tell them to shut the f**k up"
- The secrets behind Johnny Marr's tone on The Smiths' How Soon Is Now?
- 10 ways guitarists can keep busy while stuck at home
March 24
- Nick Johnston: "I didn’t have a lot of money growing up - you learn to make gear sound good with what you have"
- Hällas: "We started with the plot and then made riffs that would fit the narrative. It was more of a soundtrack approach"
- Electro-Harmonix Big Muff review round-up
- The 10 best guitar lesson channels on YouTube
March 23
- Voyager's Alex Canion: "I knew absolutely nothing about being a DJ, so, I got my dad’s old basses out and started chipping away"
March 20
- Electro-Harmonix Mod 11, Nano Operation Overlord and Bass9 Bass Machine review
- Classic gear: Fender Telecaster Thinline
March 19
- Dimebag Darrell’s guitar gear: everything you need to nail the game-changing Pantera guitarist’s sound
March 18
- Jerry Cantrell discusses the five best bands he's toured with, soloing and partying with Dimebag Darrell in 2011 interview
- How to clean your guitar: the Guitar World guide to keeping your guitar in premium condition
- Megadeth's Dave Ellefson: "With bass design, sometimes the best way forward is to go back in time"
- Victor Wooten: "Music is about more than the time spent on your instrument. It’s about the time spent on yourself"
March 17
- The ultimate Spinal Tap moments: rock 'n' roll's biggest names share their most embarrassing stories
- How much is enough: is amassing a huge gear collection really good for your playing - or the planet?
- Eddie Kramer: "Jimi Hendrix was tough on himself, but when he made a mistake, he’d turn it into something cool"
March 16
- Lady Gaga guitarist Tim Stewart: "We get pop fans come to see her, but we get the guys from Anthrax and Slayer, too"
- The evolution of distortion: how advances in gear paved the way for heavy music
- Black Mountain's Stephen McBean on how Judas Priest and Kiss fed into the stoner-rock vibes on new album, Destroyer
March 13
- The secrets behind Robin Trower's guitar tone on Bridge of Sighs
- Joanna Connor: "Besides the human voice, the guitar is the most expressive instrument there is - what’s more amazing than a killer guitar solo?"
March 12
- Slash's guitar gear: everything you need to nail the Guns N’ Roses legend’s sound
- Chelsea Wolfe: "Birth of Violence is a really f**ked-up version of an American folk record"
- Darkthrone's Nocturno Culto: "I would like Metallica to record on our equipment. What would they do to express themselves through that gear?"
March 11
- Life of Agony's Alan Robert reveals his vintage bass guitar collection
- Dashboard Confessional: "When you’re a one-man band, the audience can get bored if you don’t use every playing style you can think of"
- Iron Maiden's Steve Harris talks British Lion, songwriting, and why his SansAmp is a carry-on essential when touring
- Steve Morse: "Deep Purple used to put me in a separate van because I’d be playing the whole way between gigs!"
March 10
- A guide to ambient guitar: channel your post-rock heroes using delay, reverb pedals and more
- Orchards’ Sam Rushton: “We’re told we’ve got happy breakdowns… metalheads seem to like it”
- Billy Strings: "I see a lot of similarities between metal guitar and mandolin, especially in tremolo picking"
March 9
- Classic gear: Electro-Harmonix POG
- The 25 greatest wah solos of all time
- Austin Meade: "Heavier songs give us more opportunities to create guitar tradeoffs"
- Stuart Zender: "I remember recording Just Can’t Stop with Jamiroquai and it felt as though the bass was flowing into me"
March 6
- Sunn O))): "Our music is not a violent, destructive thing. It’s an expressive thing"
- Dear Guitar Hero - DragonForce's Herman Li answers your questions: "I am a specialist in my own weird guitar sound"
March 5
- Suicide Silence: "Instead of trying to write like Malmsteen or Vai, I like making people go, 'What the hell just happened?'"
- Ryan 'Fluff' Bruce talks Riffs, Beards & Gear's YouTube success, Dragged Under and the marginal difference between mid-level and boutique gear
March 4
- The 20 heaviest songs before Black Sabbath
- The Analogues' Bart van Poppel: "A lot of Paul McCartney’s bass thinking came from him starting out as a guitar player"
- Grace Potter: “The guitar is inherent to my sound, and when I get onstage I can’t help it: I have to get to 11”
March 3
- The biggest threat to the guitar? It could well be guitarists: how online hate endangers the instrument we love
- Classic gear: DigiTech Space Station
- Brian May’s guitar gear: how to sound like the iconic Queen guitarist
March 2
- Washburn Bella Tono Series acoustic review round-up
- Effectrode's Phil Taylor: "When I started making pedals, there were very few people building effects with tubes in them"
- Kerry King on new music post-Slayer: "Let’s just say Dean didn’t sign me for nothing!"