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June 2020

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June 30
- Alcest's Neige: "I went with my aggressive feelings and wrote these songs very quickly - they were true to my emotions"
- 100 things every guitarist should know
June 29
- How Gary Moore came to own Peter Green's iconic Les Paul, Greeny
- Tora Dahle Aagård: "Playing guitar is my meditation"
- Black Pumas: "A lot of groups fall into that 'soul revival' thing, but we embrace rock equally"
June 26
- Tiger Army's Nick 13: "'50s rock is so great - it just needs another generation to rediscover it"
- Best electric guitars under $500: 10 epic electrics for smaller budgets
- My Dying Bride's Lena Abe: "When you’re playing slow, it’s even more noticeable if your timing’s not bang-on"
June 25
- Def Leppard: "Steve Clark was a very unique player - he didn't get enough credit for the stuff he was doing"
- Lillie Mae: "I might write a melody on the fiddle. But I've loved the guitar since day one - everything comes from that"
June 24
- How Martin redefined the acoustic guitar with the SC-13E
- Kirk Hammett: "I love that Greeny has its own fanbase that’s completely independent of me"
June 23
- Larkin Poe: "We want to take roots American music to new places - and not treat the blues like a time capsule"
- John Mayall: "Eric Clapton was totally unique. It’s testament to his command of the blues at such an early age"
- Torche: "Playing blues-based leads makes us feel weird - we're not into that!"
June 22
- Mark Potter: “I wouldn’t have survived in the Motown studio. They’d be like, ‘We’re not getting him in, he takes five hours to start playing!’”
- MIYAVI: "I love Strats - they are sexier and like an all-around good guy, whereas a Tele is a bad guy, a rebel"
- Australian Guitar's Fresh Frets: Vol. 3
June 19
- 11 best metal guitars 2021: hell-raising electric guitars for shredders on any budget
- Sadler Vaden: "Some downplay their influences, but I wear them right on my sleeve"
June 18
- The 9 best budget guitar amps under $500: affordable amps for beginners and home practice
- Michael Angelo Batio: "This new generation of guitarists is the best I’ve seen. They're where I was in my 20s but at the ages of 10 or even 5!"
- BRKN Love: "We strayed away from big 100-watt stacks for this album. I like the character of a blown-up amp"
- Lamb of God's Mark Morton and Willie Adler on creative kinship, staying power, and trading heavyweight riffs
- Here are the 6 fresh guitar artists you need to hear this month (June 2020)
June 17
- The best electric guitar pickups 2021: top single coils, humbuckers and P-90s to upgrade your tone
- Meet Thomas Tull - the billionaire movie mogul, Slash collaborator and guitar aficionado
- Code Orange: "We've taken guitar headstocks to the forehead, and broken fingers and toes onstage"
- Frank Turner: “I play hard. For a long time, I found myself going through guitars – they couldn’t take a beating"
- The 7 best flanger pedals 2021: the best flange pedals from Strymon, Boss, TC Electronic and more
June 16
- The story of Peter Green, one of British blues' most mythologized - and influential - players
- Richie Goods: "In my neighborhood, it was all about the bass. It was all about Bootsy Collins and Louis Johnson"
June 15
- Joe Satriani: "Every day there’s something new to learn about the guitar. I don’t know if we’re ever going to figure the thing out!"
- Best practice amps 2021: the best amps for practicing guitar and bass at home
- Ozzy Osbourne producer Andrew Watt shares his awe-inspiring guitar gear collection
June 12
- Best Father’s Day gifts 2020: great Father’s Day gift ideas for guitarists
- How Entombed and Sunlight Studios gave birth to death-metal guitar tone
- Behind the scenes at Gretsch's awe-inspiring Custom Shop
June 11
- Nahko Bear: “The journey with the guitar is never-ending - I'm always learning something new”
- Gibson 2020 Les Paul & SG review round-up
- James Taylor: "American Standard is a guitar album - I’ve had some of these arrangements since I started playing"
June 10
- The guitar gear behind the Beatles' Let It Be sessions
- Phoebe Bridgers: “I think of the writing process as going into the studio to f**k up the thing I just wrote”
- 10 ukulele performances that showcase its surprising versatility
- The Sword on their musical evolution, gear epiphanies and secret pedalboard weapons
June 9
- Jared Dines: "When I was 12, the artist list on the back of Ernie Ball string packs was my primary way of discovering new music!"
- Michael Mondesir: “In 36 years of playing professionally, I haven’t really owned a high-end bass”
- Ed O'Brien: "The guitar to me is like an oscillator on a synthesizer - it’s the start of a sound rather than the sound in itself"
June 8
- Cory Wong: "When I play a Stratocaster, it draws out my voice in an easy and effortless way"
- Stone Temple Pilots' Dean and Robert DeLeo reveal how and why they made their first-ever acoustic record, Perdida
June 5
- The Gretsch G6120: the story of a rock ’n’ roll icon
- Fatoumata Diawara: “When I started to play guitar, it resolved everything. It was like healing my soul”
June 4
- Yvette Young: "I feel like an outsider to the whole virtuoso guitar world... I would jokingly call my genre 'detail rock'!"
- Everything you need to know about seven- and eight-string guitars
- Andrew Watt: "Elton John tracked his entire piano part in under an hour on Ordinary Man - it was pretty incredible"
June 3
- 9 actors who are also skilled guitar players
- Nova Twins' Amy Love: “My playing can be quite abrasive - but in the best way!”
- Jack Garratt: “The guitar is a litmus test of how I am feeling”
June 1
- Robert Cray: "With solos, I just improvise and let it fly. It’s what you’re feeling right then and there"
- The secrets behind Ronnie Wood's crunchy tone on the Faces' Stay with Me
- Best guitar stands and guitar hangers 2020: top choices for single and multiple acoustic and electric guitars
- Joe Satriani on his greatest used guitar find, Bonamassa-inspired buyer's remorse and why he just can't play SGs