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    Author: guitarworld

    “Carol Kaye taught me real hard, telling me, ‘No, no, you’re playing the notes but you’re not playing the feel’”: Gene Simmons names 6 bass players who shaped his sound

    From his earliest days, Gene Simmons intended to keep it simple when it comes to bass playing. “I’ve always been a pragmatist,” he says. “Pragmatism…

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    guitarworld October 28, 2024
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    “These musicians, like Blind Blake, are so amazing – we should keep their memory alive”: Meet Muireann Bradley, the 17-year-old fingerpicker on a quest to bring turn-of-the-century folk-blues to Gen Z

    At just 17 years old, Muireann Bradley from County Donegal, Ireland, has hit the ground running with her debut album, I Kept These Old Blues,…

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    guitarworld October 28, 2024
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    “Everything I do in life is left-handed, except for guitar playing… Using a plectrum never felt comfortable in my right hand”: Jared James Nichols on how he came up with his unique fingerstyle approach – and why it can make your playing more expressive

    Hello, and welcom to my new column for Guitar World! Over the course of these lessons, I’ll discuss everything from my pick- and fret-hand techniques…

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    guitarworld October 28, 2024
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    “If you’re new to funk guitar playing, these ideas will help you get you into the groove”: Learn 10 funk guitar riffs inspired by James Brown, Prince and Vulfpeck

    Things are about to get funky! We’ve got a brand new bag of riffs for you to learn, courtesy of Pickup Music. These 10 rhythm…

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    guitarworld October 28, 2024
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    “The greatest advice I ever heard was from James Jamerson: ‘If you don’t feel it, don’t play it.’ I have that written on my guitar case as a reminder”: Parlor Greens’ Jimmy James on his biggest musical lessons, and why, like Hendrix, he's all about rhythm

    Pull up a barstool in any Seattle club and every night you’ll see a different incarnation of Jimmy “Scratch” James step onto the boards. Renowned…

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    guitarworld October 28, 2024
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    “Over and over I would say, ‘It ain’t hitting me in the gut!’ All it took was one note… We went through 80 sets of pickups”: Eddie Van Halen details the years of onstage trials and workshop tribulations that shaped the EVH Wolfgang guitar

    This interview was originally published in the February 2009 issue of Guitar World. The production line where Eddie Van Halen’s new EVH Wolfgang guitars are…

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    guitarworld October 27, 2024
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    “It’ll suit those players who like to hit hard and make their guitar really shout”: Epiphone Masterbilt Texan review

    Although not as well known as its more famous cousins, the J-45 and the Hummingbird, the Epiphone Masterbilt Texan could be just the thing if…

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    guitarworld October 26, 2024
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    “l’d been listening to Jamerson for some time, but this was staggering”: Inside James Jamerson’s 10 seminal “B-Sides”

    The setting is Studio A at Universal Mastering Studios East, in midtown Manhattan. Sitting at opposite ends of the board are Anthony Jackson and James…

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    guitarworld October 26, 2024
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    “In one note from the Phil Zone, you could hear and feel the world being born. His bass flowed like a river”: Surviving Grateful Dead members pay tribute to bassist Phil Lesh, who has died aged 84

    Phil Lesh, the Grateful Dead’s innovative bass giant, has died aged 84. The news was announced on the bassist’s Instagram page with a statement that…

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    guitarworld October 26, 2024
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    “Durability, quick action, and a lifetime of switching enjoyment”: EarthQuaker Devices’ new utility pedals are built to last a lifetime – and could be the key to a smooth-operating pedalboard

    Earthquaker Devices is bringing its “artistic flair” to the utility pedal market with five tiny pedals that it thinks are so rugged they come with…

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    guitarworld October 25, 2024
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