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    Author: guitarworld

    Mastodon recruit prog fusion virtuoso Nick Johnston as surprise new stand-in guitarist following Brent Hinds’ departure

    The narrative surrounding Mastodon’s newly vacant electric guitar spot has taken a fresh twist, with Nick Johnston becoming the latest stand-in following Brent Hinds’ departure.…

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    guitarworld May 12, 2025
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    “It excels, positively stuns, at summoning the tight, immediate and percussive guitar tones of modern metal”: Fortin Meshuggah Preamp/Distortion pedal review

    What is it? If you’re a metal guitarist, you probably listen to Meshuggah. Of all the heavy bands to reach global fame over the last…

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    guitarworld May 11, 2025
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    “We shouldn’t have touched her music when she wasn’t around. I thought I would never see her again”: Knox Chandler on the less-than-ideal recording session that flourished into a decade-long working relationship with Cyndi Lauper

    Knox Chandler’s résumé includes stints with Depeche Mode, the Psychedelic Furs, R.E.M., Siouxsie and the Banshees… and the roster of music stars goes on. While…

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    guitarworld May 11, 2025
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    Prince was a master guitarist with a singular musical vision, but he didn't always go it alone on the instrument. These are the oft-overlooked players who joined him onstage, and in the studio

    The most important guitarist in Prince’s career is, undoubtedly, Prince himself. There are a whopping 22 studio albums (more than half his total output) where…

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    guitarworld May 11, 2025
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    "With a rugged build and more gain than should be legal, this pedal is a must-have for any metal guitarist looking to chug": Solar Chug Lite high-gain distortion pedal review

    What is it? In the vast ocean of online guitar personalities, one name rises above the rest as the king of chug – Ola Englund.…

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    guitarworld May 10, 2025
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    “Tom listened to it and said, ‘It sounds kind of jazzy.’ I went back and changed the chorus, and that’s the version I played for Don”: Mike Campbell on writing The Boys of Summer with Don Henley – after Tom Petty passed on it

    Mike Campbell may be best known as Tom Petty’s right-hand man in the Heartbreakers, but as the 1980s dawned, the electric guitar icon began working…

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    guitarworld May 10, 2025
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    “I will use mattresses for isolation and try not to bother the neighbors too much… Iwas just following the songs to see what happens”: How Jonathan Hultén channeled Nick Drake’s Pink Moon and recorded an entire album in his walk-in closet

    Swedish guitarist Jonathan Hultén rose to prominence as the founding guitarist from gothic metallers Tribulation, though it’s his solo work since leaving the band in…

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    guitarworld May 10, 2025
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    “Paul Simon called Stax and said, ‘Who are those Jamaican musicians?’ They told him, ‘Those are some white boys from Alabama!’” David Hood on being starstruck by Aretha Franklin, what Otis Redding taught him, and tales from golden age of Muscle Shoals

    The “Muscle Shoals sound,” a drum-and-bass-heavy blend of soul, pop, and rock, defined the Golden Age of Southern R&B. As the creators of that sound,…

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    guitarworld May 10, 2025
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    “Some of the most ambitious custom shop guitars I’ve ever seen”: These are the gear releases that have caught my eye this week – and the essential launches you might have missed

    Hello, and welcome to Guitar World’s sparkly new weekly gear round-up, which will serve as your one-stop-shop for keeping up to date with what’s been…

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    guitarworld May 9, 2025
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    “Even today, there’s little nuances that Eddie did, and I can get close, but it’s about trying to capture the feeling”: Why George Clinton’s P-Funk All Stars never shined so bright as when ‘Kidd Funkadelic’ and Eddie Hazel joined forces on Maggot Brain

    Funkadelic’s Maggot Brain remains one of electric guitar‘s ultimate trips. It has got a lysergic energy all of its own. This is funk-rock as mysticism,…

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    guitarworld May 9, 2025
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