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    Author: guitarworld

    “It’s important to know where your guitar lives and find sonically where you want to be. There are some tricks on the guitar that will get you there in a hurry”: Joe Bonamassa shows you how to get more tones from your Gibson Les Paul

    Joe Bonamassa is one of the most successful and significant guitar players on the blues-rock scene today. If by some chance you’ve never heard him…

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    guitarworld January 11, 2025
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    “Jim Morrison was carried out because he was shouting abuse. Jimi Hendrix was there. We were all getting drunk”: Ritchie Blackmore recalls the first time he saw two-hand tapping – at a wild show in 1968

    It sounds like something out of one of those corny classic rock-themed parodies of Renaissance paintings. The setting is one of the most famed rock…

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    guitarworld January 11, 2025
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    “Will shape guitar history”: Breedlove turns to an unsung tonewood for two new special edition acoustics that promise “unparalleled tonal qualities”

    NAMM 2025: Breedlove believes that its adoption of an unsung tonewood “will shape guitar history” as it debuts two new models. “Some tonewoods become legends,…

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    guitarworld January 10, 2025
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    “I was playing with the Scorpions, and I broke a string and had a solo coming up. My brother and I swapped guitars really quickly”: Michael Schenker talks Vs, his early flirtations with offsets, and how he joined one of hard rock's biggest juggernauts

    This feature originally appeared in the November 2009 issue of Guitar World. He’s played with the Scorpions, UFO, and MSG, and persevered with new music…

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    guitarworld January 10, 2025
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    “I knew in my heart there was no way I would say no, but I had butterflies. It would be the first time I ever did something outside of Aerosmith”: That time Tom Hamilton ended up playing bass for Thin Lizzy

    Aerosmith bass guitar player Tom Hamilton has revealed how a trip to see Motörhead play live with his son eventually lead to him joining Thin…

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    guitarworld January 10, 2025
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    “Ohio supports their own, Alaskans have expensive taste”: Reverb reveals the most popular effects pedals in each US state – and a quarter of the country favors one brand in particular

    A few months ago, Reverb maintained tradition by announcing its best-selling effects pedals of the year – a list that seemingly identified a winner from…

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    guitarworld January 10, 2025
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    “After having been involved with Chapman for some time I realized we had a shared vision”: Chapman Guitars brings major industry player onboard as part of company restructure – and teases first-ever amp

    NAMM 2025: Chapman Guitars has announced that the brand is in its final stages of restructuring, which includes moving to a new factory in the…

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    guitarworld January 10, 2025
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    "The new Spark Edge grants you access to serious guitar tones, crystal-clear vocals, and bags of volume, all in a lightweight, portable package": Positive Grid Spark Edge review

    The beloved Spark line of amplifiers has grown exponentially in the last year, with Positive Grid launching everything from the new and improved Spark 2…

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    guitarworld January 10, 2025
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    “Give it some time and you’ll find a guitar sound you have never heard before. We need pedals like this”: Walrus Audio Mako M1 MKII High-Fidelity Modulation Machine review

    What is it? Walrus Audio’s Mako Series tests the limits of what is possible with a compact pedal design, and with the M1 MKII High-Fidelity…

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    guitarworld January 10, 2025
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    “You might want to play on the cleaner side of the tracks, buttry cranking it up a little – it damn-near takes off”: Why Gibson’s B.B. King ‘Rumble in the Jungle’ 1974 ES-355 is a technical knockout

    Think of the late, great B.B. King and a picture of his famous ‘Lucille’-model Gibson with its ES Artist-type sealed body will likely come to…

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    guitarworld January 10, 2025
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