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December 2020
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- December 28
- December 24
- December 23
- December 22
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- 10 classic Fender electric guitars you can snap up on eBay
- Tony Iommi: "In them days, you had to MAKE your sound – you couldn’t buy a gadget that made whatever sound you wanted"
- 9 best guitar straps 2021: secure your guitar in style
- Marty Friedman talks jamming with Megadeth’s Kiko Loureiro, his love of Fleetwood Mac and why he wishes his playing was more accessible
- The history of Jackson Guitars
- John Petrucci details Terminal Velocity track by track: "These songs had to have a message. And the best way to do that is through melody"
- December 21
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- The Lemon Twigs: "This record kind of comes at you and either hits you positively or negatively"
- The life and times of Frank Zappa – composer, satirist and towering giant of the electric guitar
- Best bass strings 2021: Get the best tone, feel and lifespan from your bass guitar with these string sets
- Bass guitar pickups explained
- December 20
- December 18
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- The 20 best guitar albums of 2020
- Keith Richards reveals his 10 all-time favorite Rolling Stones riffs and the stories behind them
- Brian May pays tribute to his friend Eddie Van Halen: “I miss his presence in the world“
- Cold's Lindsay Manfredi: ”There’s a feeling when you’re playing bass. It’s different from other instruments”
- December 17
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- Misha Mansoor: "There’s something very raw about those original demos – it’s kind of nostalgic for me"
- Andrew Watt on the making of Ozzy Osbourne's next all-star album, guitar battles with Post Malone, and what his all-star jam sessions are really like
- Havok: ”It would be a disservice to play those songs live without a huge PA system that shakes your skeleton”
- December 16
- December 15
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- Spotlight: Danny Miller of Lewis Del Mar
- The 10 best guitar solos of 2020
- Destruction's Schmier on his love of Dean basses and how Born to Thrash was bought with Jack and Coke
- 11 best guitar cables 2021: unbeatable instrument cables for acoustic, bass and electric guitars
- The Black Dahlia Murder's Brandon Ellis and Brian Eschbach talk tone hunting, songcraft and keeping death metal fresh
- December 14
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- Sevendust: "We want to keep the energy alive, so the first thing we think about is what kind of songs will get people moving"
- 9 best multi-effects pedals for guitarists 2021: top do-it-all guitar effects units
- Eddie Van Halen 1955-2020: a visionary virtuoso who rewrote the rules of electric guitar
- Angus Young: “I’ve always said if I do anything music-wise, I can only do it the AC/DC way“
- December 13
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- December 10
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- Nickelback: "If you don’t leave a little bit of your sanity behind when you make an album, you haven’t dug deep enough"
- Madina Lake's Matthew Leone: "I was so clueless, I brought my first bass to my first-ever show in a garbage bag"
- Christian McBride: “I was doing things on the double bass that I wasn’t supposed to. It helps to be a rebel sometimes“
- 5 things to check when buying a vintage guitar
- December 9
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- Biffy Clyro: "It's really special when you can go through a tough moment and come out on the other side with more confidence"
- Download and stream the audio from Total Guitar 340
- Alpha Male Tea Party's Tom Peters: "Throwing a simple major-key riff together wasn't doing it for me any more… I thought, 'How can I use melody differently?'"
- Best ukuleles 2021: acoustic and electric ukuleles for all budgets and playing styles
- Rammstein producer Jacob Hellner details the making of the industrial-metal icons’ 1995 debut, Herzeleid
- 40 guitarists who changed our world since 1980
- December 8
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- Nothing But Thieves: "I think we need to move rock forward, because it died in its tracks for a reason"
- 10 great guitars for kids 2021: the best electric and acoustic guitars for children
- Dave Pegg and Testament's Steve Di Giorgio talk Jethro Tull, folk rock, fretless bass and Fairport Convention
- Dimebag Darrell reveals his 12 favorite metal tracks in this classic 1993 Guitar World interview
- December 7
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- December 2
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- The Front Bottoms: “It was fun because we got to get into a room together and just jam out”
- Jimmy Page: ”Whole Lotta Love was so fresh and it still is. If somebody plays that riff it brings a smile to people’s faces”
- Doug Wimbish looks back at 5 of his best – and worst – bass sessions
- Classic gear: Gibson ES-345
- December 1
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- Obscura Hail - Siren EP review
- Jeff Bridges: “What's great about the guitar is that it's very honest. The more you put in, the better you get“
- Tom Morello: “Trust me, there are plenty of new guitar sounds still to discover. I guarantee you that“
- The best guitar pedals for beginners: everything you need to know to kickstart your pedalboard