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- February 29
- February 28
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- D'Addario's Casein Picks aim to replicate tortoiseshell tone using dairy proteins
- Is Gary Holt’s medieval woodcut ESP the most satanic guitar ever?
- From metal behemoths to ethereal folk, here are this week's essential guitar tracks
- FU-Tone and Sully Guitars kick into high gear with the Conspiracy Series Elita range
- The Fibonacci Fibonacci is an archtop so nice they named it twice
- Behold Mateus Asato and Baroness’s Gina Gleason tear it up on a pair of Fender American Ultra Jazzmasters
- February 27
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- Orangewood Guitars introduces its first-ever acoustic bass, the ultra-affordable Oliver Jr.
- Chapman Guitars offers sneak peek at first-ever relic’d model
- Are Guild's affordable Starfire I models the best-looking sub-$600 semi-hollows yet?
- Whitesnake’s David Coverdale: “A lot of new rock bands don't really have guitar heroes”
- Electro-Harmonix just announced its most advanced reverb pedal ever - meet the Oceans 12
- Taylor's Builder’s Edition 517 is an acoustic guitar like no other
- You have the right guitar, amp and pedals for your perfect tone – now how about your cables?
- February 26
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- The MOD Dwarf crams infinitely updatable plugins into a giggable multi-effects pedal
- Kiesel unveils Will Swan and Marc Okubo signature six- and seven-string guitars
- Dimebag Darrell “wanted to go back to Pantera” shortly before his death
- How, when and why you should use a capo: Justin Johnson explains the essential guitar accessory
- The Peter Green tribute concert: 10 guitar highlights from David Gilmour, Kirk Hammett, Billy Gibbons, Pete Townshend and more
- Mazzy Star co-founder David Roback dies aged 61
- Guitar legends unite to wish Neal Schon a happy birthday, including Slash, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani and many more
- February 25
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- Get up close and personal with the guitars and other equipment of rock’s most legendary artists at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s new Garage Gear exhibit
- The Blues Podcast launches with Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Kris Barras and more
- G&L keeps the 40th anniversary celebrations going with special-edition S-500 guitar and SB-1 bass
- Caroline Guitar Company causes havoc with tap tempo-equipped Megabyte Lo-Fi Delay Computer
- Footage of David Gilmour, Pete Townshend, Kirk Hammett and more rehearsing for Peter Green tribute concert released
- Marshall steps up its headphone game with noise-canceling Monitor II A.N.C. over-ears
- Get a taste of Revv’s G3 and G4, two high-gain distortion pedals par excellence, in Cooking with Sound
- Gibson responds to latest trademark ruling: “Gibson still holds valid and enforceable rights to the Firebird design in the EU”
- February 24
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- Someone crammed a MIDI keyboard into the body of a Les Paul – and it sounds insane
- Redbeard Effects’ Honey Badger Octave Fuzz will burrow into your tone with “gobs of glitchy, monophonic goodness”
- Billie Eilish’s When the Party’s Over gets a prog-metal cover on a 16-string double-neck guitar
- Adrian Smith on Iron Maiden’s three-guitar line-up: “If you had three Yngwie Malmsteens, it would have been a fight after about five minutes”
- Gibson abandons fight to own Firebird and Thunderbird body shape trademarks in the EU
- February 21
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- Brittany Howard: why you should never clean your pickups
- The Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman to auction off historic guitars, basses, amps and more
- From Superblood Wolfmoon to the Prince of Darkness: here are this week's essential guitar tracks
- How to use dynamic variation to make your solos really sing
- Tosin Abasi is unloading 100 guitars, amps and pedals on Reverb
- February 20
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- Get good and glitchy with Hologram Electronics’ Microcosm granular effect pedal and looper
- Feast your eyes on Ernie Ball Music Man’s stunning February Ball Family Reserve Collection guitars
- The Surrealist wields two Abasi Larada 8-strings to mind-bending effect on the ethereal Arcadia
- Dean wants to help you attain “the next level of shredding glory” with its new Exile Select Series
- This Indonesian YouTuber’s acoustic fingerstyle cover of Guns N’ Roses’ Sweet Child O’ Mine is driving guitarists wild
- Fender’s hot-rodded Modern Jazzmaster is its most contemporary offset yet
- Whoa, Nele: Extreme’s Nuno Bettencourt collaborates with Washburn on signature T-style with six-way pickup switching
- TC Electronic’s Plethora X5 TonePrint Pedalboard might just be the multi-effects pedal you’ve been waiting for
- Gibson vs Kiesel: guitar giant allegedly sends cease and desist over Ultra V design
- Blackstar’s Fly 3 Acoustic brings the game-changing mini-amp to fingerpickers
- February 19
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- Conjure tones ranging from “dirty blues to crushing metal” with the new Omega Ampworks Granophyre plugin
- VHT’s D-50H captures hand-wired, Dumble-style tones in a surprisingly affordable package
- A guitar signed by Keith Richards, Slash and many more is up for auction to benefit New York Dolls' Sylvain Sylvain
- Mr. Black crams old-school BBD-style tones into the $99 Mini Flanger
- Kiss want to bring out all former members for their final show
- February 18
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- Limp Bizkit’s Wes Borland returns to stage after breaking hand: "three fingers was enough to get the job done"
- Aerosmith’s Brad Whitford loves John Mayer's PRS Silver Sky: "I could literally play the whole show with it if I wanted to"
- Kirk Hammett and Mrs. Smith will face off to see who is the top 'wah abuser' in Cry Baby Battle Royale
- Watch Eric Clapton, Ronnie Wood, Roger Waters, Nile Rodgers and more jam Cream and Blind Faith in tribute to Ginger Baker
- Splendour In The Grass debuts mammoth lineup for 20th anniversary
- February 17
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- Tony Iommi: "I could relate to Django Reinhardt after losing two fingers, and listening to him inspired me to play more"
- Rock N Roll Relics gets its Revenge with a mash-up of classic guitar designs
- Fender collaborates with Japanese artists FACE and MHAK on pop art-inspired Strat and Tele
- Esteemed Washington luthier Mike Lull dies aged 65 - Pearl Jam pay tribute
- Manuel Gardner Fernandes turns Jared Dines ‘glitch’ diss into a T-shirt
- Ratio machine heads: a new standard for tuning
- February 14
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- From thrash metal to nylon-string mastery from an unexpected source: here are this week's essential guitar tracks
- D’Addario’s Pro Plus capo mimics the way a human finger frets a string
- Pigtronix takes looping to infinity and beyond with the new Infinity 2 pedal
- BecosFX's CompIQ Twain is a rack-mount-level compressor/limiter in a compact pedal
- February 13
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- Five Finger Death Punch’s Jason Hook has been collaborating with Kiesel on a seven-string guitar
- Has the mystery behind Keith Richards' acoustic sound on You Can’t Always Get What You Want finally been solved?
- Somebody recreated John Frusciante's ridiculously enormous pedalboard - and it sounds right on the money
- These are the 25 guitar players you need to hear this year, according to Fender
- D’Angelico puts a new spin on its flagship offset electric with the semi-hollow Deluxe Bedford SH
- February 12
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- Fantom power: DiMarzio’s new pickups offer classic P90 tone without the hum
- Bumblefoot and Billy Sheehan went totally "ampless" on the new Sons of Apollo album
- Dylan Mattheisen transforms Bruce Springsteen’s Born To Run into a two-hand tapping, altered-tuning midwest emo masterpiece
- Slipknot's Mick Thomson: "If I had my way, I would be playing a Jackson King V all the time!"
- Fender strips down with limited-edition Raw Ash American Performer Stratocaster and Telecaster models
- February 11
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- Hang tight with On-Stage’s new copper and seat-belt style guitar straps
- Break the speed limit - but not your strings - with Elixir
- Ah via Stratocaster: Fender replicates Eric Johnson's iconic 1954 ‘Virginia’ Strat
- Marshall and Softube team up for Kerry King Signature and Plexi Super Lead 1959 plugins
- Paul Gilbert reveals the only type of guitar cable he ever uses onstage
- February 10
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- Sonata Marketing’s Modern Vintage range combines classic guitar and bass designs with modern features
- Watch Cliff Burton shred (Anesthesia) - Pulling Teeth onstage with Metallica in 1983
- The Wee Lowden 12 Fret is a small-bodied acoustic that packs a ton of midrange punch
- The Bluetooth-enabled A Little Thunder V2 is the smartest guitar pickup ever
- You can now get all-rosewood necks on Fender's Strat, Tele, Jazzmaster, P-Bass and Jazz Bass
- John Frusciante plays his first show with the Red Hot Chili Peppers since 2007 – and jams with Dave Navarro
- February 7
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- Fender's carbon fiber Stratocaster 1 is a souped-up, built-for-speed six-string
- Collings hits the sweet spot with the new 00 14-Fret Series acoustics
- G&L Guitars keeps the 40th anniversary celebration going with the Ruby Edition CLF Research Espada
- Paul McCartney guitarist Brian Ray has a Les Paul-shaped swimming pool - and yes, it’s called the Les Pool
- From Satch to swampy Southern rock: here are this week’s essential guitar tracks
- February 6
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- Carl Martin's Acoustic GiG puts multi-effects access right at acoustic players’ toes
- Mars Volta and Marilyn Manson bassist Juan Alderete suffers serious brain injury
- Joe Satriani surfs right back to the 1980s on appropriately titled new single Nineteen Eighty
- Turns out Billy Sheehan was offered the Van Halen bass player slot three separate times
- Try TIDAL free for 30 days – stream your favorite guitarists for nothing
- Ernie Ball wants to maximize space on your pedalboard with its new Flat Ribbon Patch Cables
- February 5
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- Five Finger Death Punch’s Jason Hook to sit out remainder of the band’s European tour
- Black Crowes guitarist Rich Robinson denies he snubbed Jimmy Page’s offer to collaborate
- Get monstrous bass tone with Hartke's new HD508 combo amp
- Get every rock sound you could ever dream of with Hotone's Ampero amp modeler
- Prog bassists will want to Rush to grab Geddy Lee's new Signature SansAmp DI-2112
- Gruv Gear may have just revolutionized pedalboards with its modular LYNK design
- Takamine presents a Peace offering: its breathtaking limited-edition 2020 acoustic
- This prog-metal playthrough is a masterclass in pounding guitar riffs, shifting time signatures and melodic solos
- February 4
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- G&L Guitars celebrates 40th anniversary with Ruby Edition L-2000 bass
- Mad Professor’s FUZZ32 is a hand-wired germanium fuzz “without the shortcomings”
- Behringer launches rival to Reverb and eBay with the Free Music Tribe gear marketplace
- Fishman launches Fluence Legacy Series with Mike Inez bass pickup set
- Dr. Z’s new Z Wreck Jr. offers “chiming clean and blooming overdrive” in a powerful low-watt package
- Shakira stunned the Super Bowl with a Swarovski crystal Gibson Firebird - but she has a surprising history of dazzling custom guitars
- February 3
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- Megadeth's Dave Mustaine announces he is “100 percent” cancer-free
- Designer behind Dimebag's iconic Dean from Hell guitar aims to revive copyright case
- Final tickets released for Eric Clapton & Friends: A Tribute to Ginger Baker
- This ingenious guitarist invented an adjustable Lego fretboard that's fully playable - and educational
- Guitar World welcomes Australian Guitar magazine
- February 1
