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- January 31
- January 30
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- Ryan Roxie: "Being in Alice Cooper's band is like being in the trenches. You do a bit of everything, be it playing guitar, singing background vocals, or dodging crazy pieces of the set on stage"
- Marcus King: “I wanted to take it back to Cream at Madison Square Garden, just really crank the amps and do a rock ’n’ roll record”
- January 27
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- “I’m actually surprised we’re that well-remembered. I’m just a normal musician who doesn’t really think about the fame side of it”: In his final interview, Denny Laine looks back on the breakthrough success and enduring legacy of Paul McCartney and Wings
- “Captain” Kirk Douglas on the link between technique and songwriting, and what made Jimi Hendrix and Eddie Van Halen different
- Which is better: 4- or 5-string bass?
- Lemmy’s 5 greatest Motörhead basslines
- January 26
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- 10 unsung female guitar heroes you need to know
- 20+ grunge guitar heroes who took the instrument in a raw, heavy new direction
- Hear Eddie Van Halen and Steve Lukather’s isolated guitar parts from Michael Jackon’s Beat It
- Ruby the Hatchet’s Johnny Scarps: “If a solo doesn’t evoke some sort of emotion within me, I toss it in the trash and start again”
- January 25
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- January 23
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- New Found Glory's Chad Gilbert: "It doesn't matter if you can play at 100mph or just average – Les Pauls make you feel like you can do anything"
- The Interrupters’ Kevin Bivona shares what he learned from Sublime – and the secret to great ska guitar tone
- Billy Sheehan on why, 40 years on, it was time to bring Talas back and celebrate the triumphant year of 1985
- January 20
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- The 10 best covers of Charles Mingus songs
- Best Vox amps: from the much loved AC30 to modern do-it-all practice amps
- Why Madonna played Pantera’s A New Level on a Gibson Les Paul for an entire tour
- David Crosby: “I’m usually trying to tell a story. Musically, I think it has to do with the fact that I like more complex chord structures and progressions”
- January 19
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- Hank Marvin: “When I got the first Strat we’d ordered with a ‘tremolo arm’, I was intrigued. None of us had seen one before or really knew what it did”
- The rise of the original Fender Telecaster Custom, the upmarket alternative to a utilitarian classic
- We asked AI to build us guitar rigs inspired by artists and genres, and the results were… interesting
- January 18
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- How to get the most sought-after sound in indie rock without permanently modifying your guitar
- Best DIY guitar kits: self-assembly project guitars for every budget
- Tuk Smith: “I made it a point to put guitar solos in every song. The one sh**ty review I got actually complained about that!”
- Yardbirds guitar legends unite: Watch Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page jam on Layla at 1983 ARMS Charity concert
- Best guitar capos: top choice capos for acoustic and electric guitar
- PRS SE vs PRS S2: what's the difference between these renowned electric guitars?
- January 17
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- Jeff Beck's 10 greatest guitar solos
- Jared James Nichols: “I’m super-proud of Easy Come, Easy Go... if you listen to that solo, it almost feels like the amp’s about to explode!”
- Everything you need to know about Filter’Tron pickups – the humbuckers beloved by Chet Atkins, Neil Young and George Harrison
- January 16
- January 13
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- Paying tribute to Wilko Johnson 1947-2022: the hard-hitting rhythm king who shaped the sound of UK punk
- Sting guitarist Dominic Miller: “You gave Jeff Beck a tennis racket and a transistor radio, he’d make it sound perfect”
- Best desktop guitar amps 2024: our top desktop amps for portable practice
- Tal Wilkenfeld on Jeff Beck: “We’ve lost our favorite guitarist, and one of the most intelligent, intuitive people I’ve ever met”
- January 12
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- Best signature guitars: top artist-endorsed guitars from Brian May, Steve Vai, EVH, Nita Strauss and more
- Jeff Beck – the ultimate interview: one of the electric guitar's most prolific innovators reflects on his sprawling career
- Jeff Beck's 13 best studio guest appearances
- Best octave pedals: fast track your way to fat guitar tone with these powerful pedalboard additions
- Simple Minds’ Charlie Burchill: “Edge had his AC30, his delays and his black Strat. I picked up his Strat – and I sounded like Edge! I thought, ‘Jesus, it’s in the gear as well…’”
- How Martin supersized the Dreadnought for a Custom Shop acoustic that’s louder, more dynamic and “hits you in the chest”
- Why Jeff Beck was the guitar hero's guitar hero: Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Vince Gill, Steve Stevens and more pay tribute
- January 11
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- Uli Jon Roth: “For me, the heavy metal direction was boring. I wasn't interested in it. I wanted to go in almost the opposite direction”
- Watch John Mayer help Steve Jobs launch GarageBand and usher in a new age of home recording
- This monster St. Vincent riff was inspired by Pantera’s Cowboys From Hell – so much so that Annie Clark worried she was “going to be sued”
- Wolfgang Van Halen and Matt Bruck on the future of EVH Gear: “Ed left a lot of ideas for us to develop – we are committed to delivering all of them”
- Download and stream the audio from Total Guitar 367
- January 10
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- Why John Patitucci doesn't like bass-led albums that are just “technical overload”
- The greatest rock concerts in music history
- Best Boss pedals: Give your playing a fresh lick with our top Boss pedal picks
- An engineer has programmed a terrifying all-robot band – watch it nail Nirvana, Metallica and Deep Purple classics
- Walter Trout: “I played with John Lee Hooker, with Big Mama Thornton, Percy Mayfield, Bo Diddley, Lowell Fulsom, Pee Wee Crayton… The list just goes on”
- Longheads’ Alex Bishop on the persuasive power of Marshall amps and why he bought the filthiest guitar he’d ever seen
- January 9
- January 6
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- Remembering the brilliant, under-appreciated acoustic maestro Richard Crandell
- Best gifts for bass players 2024: the ultimate gift guide for the lovers of low-end
- Best gifts for guitar players 2024: the ultimate gift guide for guitarists
- Brutus guitarist Stijn Vanhoegaerden: “I used to make my sound thick – now it’s the opposite”
- Molly Miller talks “bringing back the instrumental” and why she prefers to play behind the beat
- Download and stream the audio from Guitar Techniques 344
- January 5
- January 4
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- Michael Jackson's Beat It: two of rock's best guitarists recall how they helped create the groundbreaking hit, and the 30-second solo that changed the world
- Best guitar picks 2024: recommended plectrums to upgrade your playing
- R.E.M.’s Peter Buck: “My first gig was horrible. The only thing I can remember is playing the Batman theme, and I’m not sure we even played the third chord”
- January 3
