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Hayden Maringer
Hayden Maringer: “My goal is to bring guitar solos back to popular music – I want them to be at the forefront”

By Cait Devin Published

The LA guitarist, music director and actor waxes lyrical on his impressive resume – which includes playing with Demi Lovato, Jennifer Lopez and Bebe Rexha – and how guitarists can adapt to stay relevant in today's industry

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Patrick Pentland of Sloan
Sloan’s Patrick Pentland on the art of democratic songwriting, channeling Ace Frehley through a 5150 and why he prefers a wah that looks like a car to a Cry Baby

By Gregory Adams Published

The Toronto rock outfit's lead guitarist talks gear secrets, the origins of some of their biggest tracks and their expansive new album, Steady

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Dane Pieper of Classless Act
Classless Act's Dane Pieper on touring with Mötley Crüe and Def Leppard, and working with Bob Rock on their debut album, Welcome to the Show

By Andrew Daly Published

Part of a bustling new wave of classic rock, Pieper discusses the metaphorical passing of the torch, and the wisdom he learned direct from Mick Mars, Joe Elliot and Joan Jett

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[L-R] Tim Commerford and Jonny Polonsky
Tim Commerford and Jonny Polonsky on the unlikely origins and promising future of their eclectic new trio project, 7D7D

By Richard Bienstock Published

The Rage Against the Machine bassist on why playing with Polonsky is like “jamming with Hendrix”, and his failed experiments with short-scale basses in RATM

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Michael Angelo Batio
Michael Angelo Batio: “I still practice vibrato over and over. It determines whether you’ll be a great player when you’re older or not”

By Cait Devin Published

MAB on mistakes to avoid as a guitarist, recording and touring with Manowar, his upcoming acoustic record and the absolutely staggering number of guitars in his collection

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Nik Nocturnal
Nik Nocturnal: “A lot of what makes a song heavy isn’t the riff – the mix, I’d argue, makes something heavier than the riff itself”

By Gregory Adams Published

The prolific metal content creator talks blending trap and metal with his new solo project, NIK NXK, how reaction videos became the bread and butter of his online presence, and the one amp modeler he uses for “literally everything”

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American guitarist, composer and singer Jimi Hendrix doing the soundcheck before performing at Saville Theatre in London, United Kingdom 1967.
The secrets of Jimi Hendrix's guitar setup: Roger Mayer reveals what made the guitar hero's Strat tone sing

By Peter Hodgson Published

Jimi's right-hand man dishes on what made Hendrix's custom string gauges so important, and why guitar pickups "really don't make much difference" to the sound

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Guitarist Mike Dawes performs onstage at Saban Theatre on June 07, 2022 in Beverly Hills, California.
Mike Dawes: “Guitar right now is heavily edited, very engineered to engage, snippets of sound – the result is music that doesn’t sound like a journey”

By Alison Richter Published

Fresh off the back of his latest EP with Tommy Emmanuel, the fingerstyle acoustic virtuoso reflects on the state of the guitar in the social media age, the benefits of practicing songs in the wrong tunings, and why every solo guitarist should have an imaginary drummer

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[L-R] Ozzy Osbourne and Jake E. Lee
Jake E. Lee on how he nearly lost the Ozzy Osbourne gig, why he considers using the whammy bar "cheating" and the pressures of replacing Randy Rhoads

By Steven Rosen Published

In this classic 1986 Guitar World interview, Lee reveals what he likes (and dislikes) about Bark at the Moon and The Ultimate Sin, what he thinks of Eddie Van Halen, and how being late to his audition very nearly cost him his place in the Ozzy lineup

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Nothing More
Nothing More on the personal challenges that fed new album Spirits, and how 2014's Jenny moved the band into a position of mental health advocacy

By Alison Richter Published

Written for vocalist Jonny Hawkins' sister, who suffers with bipolar disorder, Jenny saw considerable mainstream success, and even spawned mental health movements. Here, guitarist Mark Vollelunga and bassist Daniel Oliver reflect on how music can be "more than just frequencies"

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