https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/why-ritchie-blackmore-iconic-marshall-stacks-were-actually-voxGuitar Worlden“One of the secrets that they will deny to this day was that they could not come up with the sound that I wanted”: Why Ritchie Blackmore’s iconic Marshall stacks were actually Vox amps in disguise2026-08-14T17:20:00Zhttps://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Ufh2mvE8VZyLAfbbXp5Lzc.jpghttps://www.guitarworld.com/lessons/techniques/technically-speaking-there-are-infinite-notes-available-to-us-the-problem-is-we-cant-hear-all-of-them-decoding-the-notes-between-the-notes-the-ultimate-guide-to-microtonal-guitarGuitar Worlden"Technically speaking, there are infinite notes available to us. 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