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    Author: guitarworld

    “I don’t think Metallica wants to say I am an original member”: Why Metallica’s forgotten guitarist believes he isn’t considered the heavy metal legends’ OG guitar player

    Metallica has had its fair share of musicians enter and depart the lineup over the years, but while the likes of Cliff Burton, Dave Mustaine…

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    guitarworld February 4, 2025
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    “They’ve achieved so much in their careers. I love hearing their stories. Every time we plug in together, I grow as a player”: Lari Basilio reveals what she learned from playing side by side with all-time guitar and session greats

    As a bona fide guitar hero in her own right, Lari Basilio has had the opportunity to share stages – and recording sessions – with…

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    guitarworld February 4, 2025
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    “I grew up playing bluegrass… it’s taken me years to lighten up my right hand to where I’m not breaking strings every 30 seconds!” Larkin Poe have worked on music together since they were toddlers – and their guitar sisterhood has never been stronger

    There are few bands that combine roots rock, classic rock, Americana and bluegrass with the blissful ease of Larkin Poe. As far as the guitars…

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    guitarworld February 4, 2025
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    “It can be whatever you want it to be at a moment’s notice – agreat way to get maximum bang for your buck”: TC Electronic Plethora X1 TonePrint Loader review

    What is it? Judging by the abundance of effects that the TC Electronic Plethora X1 TonePrint Loader makes available to guitarists, it is obvious that…

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    guitarworld February 4, 2025
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    “I got a text asking if he could send my name over to an ‘artist’ for a ‘show.’ It ended up being Chris Martin”: Grace Bowers takes her chops to the biggest stage in music for a surprise Grammys appearance with the Coldplay frontman

    Last weekend played host to the 67th Grammy Awards, during which the likes of St Vincent, Andrew Watt, Gojira and other guitar acts all scored…

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    guitarworld February 4, 2025
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    “We’d play at the Palomino under some weird name – we’d just show up, so nobody would know. By halfway through the set, the place was jam-packed”: Steve Lukather on his secret supergroup with Eddie Van Halen, Albert Lee and Steve Morse

    Steve Lukather has recalled the time he performed secret jam shows with Eddie Van Halen, Steve Morris and Albert Lee, surprising audiences by booking the…

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    guitarworld February 4, 2025
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    “I plugged into a Marshall stack – and it sounded awful. I could hardly play… Jimi Hendrix came onstage, plugged into the same amp – and it sounded like a cataclysm”: Brian May on the one time he experimented with a Marshall stack

    Brian May and the Vox AC30 guitar amp: it’s like peanut butter and jelly, bread and butter, baseball and hot dogs. That and, of course,…

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    guitarworld February 4, 2025
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    “Someone told us that guitar was haunted – people who had it had accidents. I’m a Nirvana fan, but it was just a regular guitar to me”: Opeth's Mikael Åkerfeldt said the Martin museum felt like the “Holy Land,” but one guitar he played there left him cold

    Guitars used by Kurt Cobain have been deemed by the vintage guitar market to be quite the commodity. The two most expensive guitars ever sold…

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    guitarworld February 3, 2025
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    “It’s heavy… Lots of eight-string. We’re playing baritones, too. We’re making new guitars that don’t exist”: Polyphia’s next album is going to be brutal – and some big-name metal artists are already slated for guest appearances

    Polyphia’s fourth album, Remember That You Will Die, took the Texas instrumentalists to viral heights that seemed impossible for virtuoso guitar music in 2022. Flanked…

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    guitarworld February 3, 2025
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    “We are convinced that Marshall will strengthen its position as the go-to brand for guitarists”: Chinese firm HSG acquires majority stake of Marshall Group in $1.1 billion deal

    A new era of Marshall amps has been announced, with Chinese private equity firm HongShan Capital Group (HSG) acquiring a majority stake in the firm’s…

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    guitarworld February 3, 2025
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