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What are impulse responses? A guitarist’s guide to the secret sauce of great guitar tone
By Matt McCracken Published
Demystify cabinet impulse responses and learn how to unlock authentic amp tone in your amp modeler, multi-effects pedals, and plugins

"You’ll be making your first songs in no time": 7 steps to record your guitar in GarageBand
By Matt McCracken Published
From project setup to bouncing tracks, a 20-year recording pro shows beginners how to record electric guitar in GarageBand and get studio-quality tones

Decoding the notes between the notes – the ultimate guide to microtonal guitar
By Matt McCracken Published
Ready for a math and history lesson? We break down microtonal music’s mind-bending tones for the modern guitar player

Sort out your ’board! 7 pedalboard accessories to tidy up your stompbox setup
By James Grimshaw Published
Make your pedalboard easier to play, maintain and evolve with my go-to trimmings, from ultra-affordable to essential

9 AI guitar amp features we predict will revolutionize the way you interact with your amp
By Matt McCracken Published
What does the future look like for our precious guitar amps, and how will AI shape your guitar tone

Pepper Keenan on why Corrosion of Conformity switched from “beat-to-s**t” Gibson SGs to ESPs: “James Hetfield said, ‘Man... these guitars ain't gonna make it!”
By Greg Prato Published
As the punk-metal crossover troupe gears up to hit the road, Keenan takes a trip down memory lane, looking back on touring with Metallica in the '90s and sharing his proudest COC guitar moments

Squier Bullet vs Affinity: Which one is right for you?
By James Farmer Published
We compare two killer budget guitar ranges from Squier to help you spend your hard-earned cash wisely

Matt Pike: “I wanted this album to sound different to my previous work. But everything I play on is going to sound like me, in a weird way, shape or form”
By Amit Sharma Published
The Sleep/High On Fire guitarist on his love of Les Pauls, and recruiting the likes of Brent Hinds, Todd Burdette and Jeff Matz for his debut solo album, Pike vs The Automaton

Mike Rutherford: “The Strat can be anybody – it covers all kinds of moods. Other guitars like Gibsons have a sort of one-sound thing, I think”
By Jamie Dickson Published
The Genesis guitarist and bassist talks the gear that's powered the band's sound over the years – including a lowly £120 Strat – and reflects on touring for what may be the final time

Khemmis: “If our riffs sound like Iron Maiden trapped in a tar pit, then we’ve done them right!”
By Amit Sharma Published
Phil Pendergast and Ben Hutcherson of the Denver Doom metallers talk honing their tone, covering Alice in Chains and a moment of pedal “divine inspiration” that occurred while recording new LP, Deceiver
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