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    Author: guitarworld

    Players like Larry Carlton use chords as a launching pad for improvisation, and you can, too. Learn how polychords and slash chords hold the key to musical exploration, just as scales do

    Chords, scales, and harmony are subjects you could spend your whole life studying – and perhaps that complexity and sense of infinite possibilities is what…

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    guitarworld November 8, 2024
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    “An unapologetic approach to thrash rhythmic precision”: Weaponize your picking hand with this lesson in the bruising thrash-stomp riffing style of Anthrax rhythm kingpin Scott Ian

    Since the release of their 1984 debut album, Fistful Of Metal, thrash metal has provided the backbone to Anthrax’s unstoppable sound. In addition to fast…

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    guitarworld November 8, 2024
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    “I want an instrument to give me the start of a song. And, often, getting discomfited slightly helps that process along”: David Gilmour on why the guitar is still a vehicle for giving “birth to new tunes” – decades deep into his career

    David Gilmour’s Luck and Strange – and his ongoing career-spanning tour with stops in Rome, London, New York, and Los Angeles – served very much…

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    guitarworld November 8, 2024
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    “The Janie’s Got a Gun solo had a ratty sound. I had a Chet Atkins signature guitar plugged into a 15-watt Marshall practice amp… the producer said, ‘It sounds terrible’”: Joe Perry on 50 years of Aerosmith, and what it takes to nail his “working tone”

    Leading up to August of this year, Joe Perry was busy preparing for a tour. Not just any tour – he was saddling up for…

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    guitarworld November 8, 2024
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    “Designed out of pure selfishness”: Brian Wampler conquers a career-long challenge with the Catacombs – a hybrid delay/reverb pedal he almost didn’t release

    Wampler has wheeled out its latest stompbox in the form of the Catacombs – a highly intuitive two-in-one reverb/delay hybrid driven by a simple but…

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    guitarworld November 8, 2024
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    “He knocked on the door of his girlfriend’s ex. The guy said, ‘No, man, not my guitar!’ ‘Yep, you’ve got to give it up’”: George Benson on how he got the Gibson that shaped his 1976 chart-topping record, Breezin’

    After releasing more than 40 albums across a genre-hopping career that never shied away from six-string experimentation, George Benson is now launching a new chapter…

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    guitarworld November 8, 2024
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    Guitar World deals of the week: save over $100 on a PRS, get a half-price Walrus Audio pedal, plus all the early Black Friday sales action

    We were expecting more Black Friday guitar deals to start landing this week, but not quite this many. Nearly every retailer has launched an early…

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    guitarworld November 8, 2024
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    With Boss stompbox deals like these, I'm afraid you’re going to need a bigger pedalboard – up to $250 off at Sweetwater ahead of Black Friday

    In my opinion, when it comes to guitar gear, pedals might just be the most fun and addictive pieces to buy. Unlike guitars or amps,…

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    guitarworld November 8, 2024
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    “It sold for $937,000 to an anonymous buyer who, we assume, doesn't play punk rock for a living”: From Joe Strummer’s Tele to Johnny Ramone's Mosrite, here are the iconic guitars behind the sound of punk – and the modern-day equivalents you can buy today

    Here we take a look at the electric guitars, amps, and effects as used by punk’s greats. Back in the ’70s these players embraced a…

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    guitarworld November 7, 2024
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    “I might have done better in the Bluesbreakers than in the Yardbirds, but I certainly wouldn't have had the same kind of free rein to experiment”: Jeff Beck on his relationship with Eric Clapton, jamming with Hendrix, and turning down John Mayall

    The following is a fan-submitted Q&A with Jeff Beck that was first published in Guitar World in 2010. He is held in the highest regard…

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