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July 2020

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July 31
- Black Veil Brides: "We really hated the lead tones on that first album - it was exciting to go back and re-record it all"
July 30
- Best 8-string guitars: embrace the low-end with our djent-friendly electrics for all budgets
- The Go-Go's: "If you think we're sweet girls who wrote candy-flavored pop songs, our history is going to be a surprise"
July 29
- Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee name 22 songs that shaped Rush's sound
- Ashley Reeve: "Your talent is all in your hands. You can make a $200 bass sound great if you know what you’re doing"
July 28
- Brian May's 20 greatest guitar moments
July 27
- 10 of the best slide guitar songs
- 17 star guitar players share their favorite Peter Green moments
- Women in lutherie: how female builders are rewriting the rulebook and pioneering new guitar design
- Scott Reeder: “I play left-handed but the bass is strung right-handed, so I can’t just walk into a store and try a bass. Not one!”
July 24
- The secrets behind David Gilmour's tone on Pink Floyd's Comfortably Numb
July 23
- How much difference does your guitar cable actually make?
- The inside story of AC/DC's Back In Black, the biggest-selling rock album of all time
- The Beatles: guitar by guitar – a guide to the models that made music history
- Refused’s Kristofer Steen: "Staying in between genres is what we do - we try to find a sound that works between the lines"
July 22
- Mark King: “Level 42 were so successful in the '80s. No-one was more surprised than me at how big the band became”
- Howard Gee: “I’m a big fan of the Echoplex EP-3, because that, to me, is the sound of '70s rock guitar”
July 21
- Jeff Bridges on how his Breedlove signature acoustic will help save the planet - and why he started his first rock band at 60
- Jeff Buckley is an unsung guitar hero whose genius defies categorization
- David Vincent: "I started on upright bass when I was nine. It was a beast to get on and off the school bus"
July 20
- Classic gear: Fender Reverb
- Johnny A: “I love vintage guitars and amps, but I love new ones, too. The bottom line is: does it sound good?”
July 16
- Dance Gavin Dance's Will Swan: "I don’t want to sound like Liam Neeson here, but I really do have a specific set of skills!"
- Robby Krieger: "I don’t see why people like Telecasters so much. To me, a Strat is a lot better and more playable than a Tele"
July 15
- 5 tips to help you release more music, more often
- Joe Satriani reflects on his greatest guitar moments so far in this classic 1995 interview
- The secrets behind Steve Jones' tone on the Sex Pistols' Anarchy in the UK
July 14
- Alain Johannes: "I love the immediacy of acoustic instruments but I love the crazy worlds you can create with pedals - all I’m looking for is honesty and rawness"
July 13
- Gary Lucas: "The guitar is like an extension of my nervous system - I try to play what I feel and transmit it"
- Kristiine Silinja: "I love exploration, adventures, and freedom. All that comes with a six-string bass"
July 10
- Best flatwound bass strings: how to choose the right flatwounds for you
- Joe Goldman: “I use this piece-of-crap $25 guitar pedal that sounds like a rusted chisel for all the Code Orange stuff”
July 9
- The secrets behind Jack White's guitar tone on the White Stripes' Seven Nation Army
- Brian May: "I will never claim to be a great guitarist in the sense of a virtuoso. I just try to play from my heart"
- The 1975's Adam Hann talks embracing heavy riffs, recording on the road and why he loves John Petrucci's signature model
- The story of Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac, as told by John Mayall, Mike Vernon and Green himself
- Harkin: "I’ve been playing guitar long enough to know that if something has P-90s, it sounds more like me"
July 8
- Guitar Gabby: "Understanding where guitar music came from helps young black women like me, out here paving our own paths"
- Ida Nielsen: "Prince always pushed us to be better - now I want to make sure I’m the best musician I can be"
July 7
- Warbringer: "We’re not walking on eggshells, as far as the riffs we write. We don't go, 'It’s gotta be thrash!'"
July 6
- The 100 greatest guitarists of all time
- Higher Power: "You can pull guitar ideas from anywhere - even grime music"
July 3
- Best acoustic guitar amps: let your acoustic guitar tone shine
- Darryl Jones: "The Rolling Stones are pretty cool about letting me play what I want - they trust that I'll find the essence of the songs"
July 2
- Everything you need to know about guitar amps
- The history of instrumental rock
- Jakub Zytecki: "I don’t really listen to guitar music - I’m not even sure if I like it!"
July 1
- The secrets behind Zakk Wylde's guitar tone on Ozzy Osbourne's No More Tears
- Best boost pedals 2024: including the best clean boost pedals for guitar
- Green Day's Mike Dirnt: “My wife bought me a ’58 Olympic White Fender P-Bass - it eats my friends alive that I play it live”