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Cheap Trick’s Tom Petersson shares his 12 tips that every bass player should know
By Nick Wells published
Cheap Trick’s 12-string bass legend on the joys of multiple amps, and why bass players should never use effects

A massive 62-foot guitar honoring Rick Nielsen is heading to Illinois
By Matt Owen published
The Cheap Trick star's Hamer Standard will be recreated as a monster installation that will sit outside the Hard Rock Casino in Rockford

Cheap Trick’s Tom Petersson on how he pioneered the 12-string bass and influenced a generation of players
By Nick Wells published
Having invented the massive 12-string bass sound back in 1978, Cheap Trick’s Tom Petersson earned his place as one of the most innovative bassists in rock ’n’ roll

Frank Bello: 5 bass players who influenced me
By Joel McIver published
Anthrax bassist Frank Bello on Geezer Butler, Steve Harris, Paul McCartney and more

Cheap Trick’s Rick Nielsen: “I’m not a virtuoso. I’m a songwriter that plays rhythm guitar – and once in a while I have to play lead”
By Joshua M. Miller published
The drummer who got addicted to guitar discusses his epic gear collection, working with John Lennon and Jeff Beck, and the making of the Rockford, Illinois rock institution’s storming new album, In Another World

Cheap Trick’s Rick Nielsen: “We’ve loved Australia since the first time we went there in 1978”
By Ellie Robinson published
Neilsen chats LP #20 and Cheap Trick's upcoming Australian tour, and bleeds a whole bunch
![[L-R] John Lennon, Rick Nielsen and Eric Clapton](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/MWjL9UPtRg8JwEpveVQBCB.jpg)
John Lennon wished Cheap Trick's Rick Nielsen had played on Cold Turkey instead of Eric Clapton
By Sam Roche published
“God, I wish I’d had Rick on Cold Turkey. Clapton choked up,” Lennon reportedly once said

Foo Fighters bring the noise in an extra-huge new issue of Australian Guitar, out now!
By Australian Guitar published
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