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Sam Fender performing with Brian Johnson and his old guitar teacher

Sam Fender’s old guitar teacher joined him onstage to play AC/DC hits with Brian Johnson – and absolutely nailed Angus Young’s solos

By Matt Owen published

“I wouldn’t have been able to do any of this if it wasn’t for your tutelage,” Fender wrote to his old tutor, who channeled prime Young on an Epiphone SG

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Jim Root performs with Slipknot at the 52nd Festival D'été Quebec (FEQ2019) on the Bell Stage at the Plains of Abraham in The Battlefields Park on July 8, 2019 in Quebec City, Canada

From pit-starting drop B chug to intricate jazz tapestries: here are this week's essential guitar tracks

By Sam Roche, Jonathan Horsley, Jackson Maxwell, Matt Owen published

Liven up the dog days of summer with cool new tunes from Slipknot, Muse, Chat Pile, Ozzy Osbourne and Tony Iommi, Titus Andronicus, Sam Fender, Makaya McCraven and more

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Sam Fender: “When you write a melody, it’s like your soul talking – you’re finding it through pure feeling”

By Grant Moon published

Acclaimed by Elton John and Paul Weller, Fender's new album Seventeen Going Under is a masterclass in songwriting – he walks us through his process and looks back on his guitar journey so far

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Courtney Barnett performs live in London on February 12, 2014

From infectious grooves to white-hot metalcore: here are this week's essential guitar tracks

By Michael Astley-Brown, Jackson Maxwell, Sam Roche, Matt Owen published

Beat the heat with cool new tracks from Courtney Barnett, Painted Shield, Employed to Serve, Sam Fender, Leprous, Chicano Batman and more

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Baroness guitarist Gina Gleason plays a Fender American Ultra Jazzmaster

With the release of Fender’s American Ultra Series, has the Jazzmaster finally gone mainstream?

By Michael Astley-Brown published

The resurgence of the offset guitar design that refused to die

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