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    Author: guitarworld

    “I view the instrument I play not as an object to be mastered, but as a partner with which to share with the listener a meaning”: Pioneering pedal steel guitar virtuoso Susan Alcorn has died aged 71

    Pedal steel guitar virtuoso, composer, and improviser Susan Alcorn, who played an important role in broadening the horizons of the instrument beyond country, Hawaiian music,…

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    guitarworld February 7, 2025
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    Guitar World deals of the week: save $200 on a Victory Amps pedal, get a TC Electronic pedal for nearly half price, plus all the week's biggest savings

    Greetings deal hunters, and welcome back to another glut of savings brought to you by the Guitar World team. There’s a lot of sales happening…

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    guitarworld February 7, 2025
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    “We care as much about this product as the guitars we’ve been building for over 35 years”: James Tyler Guitars will become more affordable than ever as the boutique builder announces China-made JTG Series

    Introducing China-Built Tyler Guitars: JTG Series Coming Soon! – YouTube Watch On World-renowned boutique electric guitar maker James Tyler Guitars has announced the JTG Series…

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    “It had been really poorly refinished with chunks of wood missing. And you know what? It may be the best-sounding Strat I’ve got”: How Andy Timmons gave a bargain guitar a new lease of life – taking inspiration from Hendrix and Beck

    Genre-traversing technical maestro Andy Timmons has, self-admittedly, owned “a long chain of guitars,” starting with an Elektra Les Paul he bought in 1976. So, in…

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    guitarworld February 7, 2025
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    “It puts into context just how far removed digital models are from the real thing”: I played the last Overdrive Special that Dumble worked on – and it completely changed my perspective on the amp of my dreams

    I didn’t go to my first NAMM expecting to play a Dumble Overdrive Special but, somehow, that’s exactly what happened. It all started when we…

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    guitarworld February 7, 2025
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    “I said, ‘The only way we can play 40 minutes is if we include Purple Haze.’ This guy grabbed me and said, ‘You got a lot of nerve!’” Billy Gibbons once covered Jimi Hendrix hits while supporting Hendrix on tour – and the guitar hero watched

    Billy Gibbons has opened up on the time he proved he had cajones of steel when, while supporting Jimi Hendrix on tour, he played two…

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    guitarworld February 7, 2025
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    “If you’re on stage with Steve Vai, you have to find a way through all the emotions to enjoy the moment”: How Lari Basilio became one of today’s foremost instrumental virtuosos – sharing stages with Joe Satriani, John Petrucci and Lee Sklar along the way

    Lead guitar can be a lifelong struggle between the duality of technique and melody. If too many notes are played, listeners may fail to latch…

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    guitarworld February 7, 2025
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    “It was 5:30am when the phone rang – it was Dime. ‘We’re mastering the album, and I need to re-cut a part this morning. Can you get a Les Paul and a Korg G3 to me by 9am?’” How Dimebag Darrell’s Floods outro was re-recorded at (literally) the last minute

    One of Dime’s many great recorded solos, the one in Floods – from Pantera’s The Great Southern Trendkill – is one of the most celebrated…

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    guitarworld February 7, 2025
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    “I didn’t do a ton of exploration on the f-hole idea. If I had to do it again, I might do it completely differently”: Eric Johnson broke new ground with his first semi-hollow Fender Strat – but he’d take inspiration from Gibson if he ever made another

    When Fender unveiled the Eric Johnson Thinline Stratocaster back in 2018, it made history as the firm’s first-ever semi-hollow Strat to feature a custom-chambered design…

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    “I wanted the design to feel familiar, especially to Fender players, but I also wanted to make a guitar that felt a little more feminine than a lot of guitars do”: Meet West Valley Guitars, the UK brand making offsets like you’ve never seen before

    If there were a perfect path for the modern guitar-maker, it might well include touring Europe and the UK with a band, learning to become…

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