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- August 5
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- “Even without a guitar in my hands, the music just comes to me. I had 80 or 90 tracks”: Yngwie Malmsteen announces 23rd studio album, Hell or High Water – hear the first single
- “It carried me through some of the earliest and most important moments of my journey”: Marcus King’s new Epiphone signature recreates the prized childhood acoustic his father gave him
- “Billy shared that the Pumpkins had confirmed headlining Lollapalooza. He said sweetly, ‘If you wanna join us for a song, please do’”: Melissa Auf der Maur lifts the veil on her surprise appearance at Lollapalooza with the Smashing Pumpkins
- Line 6 launches free Helix Stadium plugin: every amp and effect you can play at zero cost
- Fender CEO responds to backlash after comparing cover bands to AI: “Great songs are born out of people’s lives – something no machine can ever replicate”
- Glenn Hughes announces retirement from touring due to health issues: “I really have no option”
- Steve Vai and Adrian Belew announce new BEAT tour, with lineup change
- August 4
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- “I’m afraid if I started jamming on it, people would go, ‘What is he doing? That’s wrong! Is he having a moment?’”: Don Felder says playing the Hotel California solo note-for-note is his “obligation” to Eagles fans
- “I kept this under my bed. Then one day I was like, ‘What are you doing?’ I took it out… within a night or two, it fell off the stand and got a chip”: How Keith Urban found Clarence, the Telecaster that's still his number one
- Gibson Garage Vegas offers chance to make a whole different kind of drunken decision on the strip
- Bob Dylan recruits Jimmie Vaughan as blues legend becomes final guest guitarist during hectic US tour
- Steve Vai and Dave Navarro champion 16-year-old folk guitarist who has blown them away: “You have what it takes”
- August 3
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- The fastest rising digital amp tech has been added to another mainstream modeler – could this be a tipping point?
- “I’ve never had to cancel a tour. Not even when I had my face totally ripped open in an early morning traffic accident in 1987”: Former Whitesnake guitarist Adrian Vandenberg cancels tour due to serious health issues
- “It is a daunting task, but it’s totally doable. Once you get it, it’s like breathing”: Eric Johnson has a valuable lesson for players “trapped in patterns”
- The Smashing Pumpkins reunite with Melissa Auf der Maur at Lollapalooza – and treat fans to a surprise team-up with Olivia Rodrigo and Yungblud
- August 2
- August 1
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- Who's the best guitar duo of all time?
- “As far as guitar players go, he’s one of the best conversationalists on the planet”: What Samantha Fish learned from trading licks with Buddy Guy
- “If you’re a guitar player out there, go listen to her – that is the way you should play guitar”: Brian Fallon on the lick that every guitarist should know
- “Harley Benton might have outdone itself. This is custom shop-level detail for under $350”: My pick of the best new guitar gear launched this week – and the new drops you might have missed
