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    Author: guitarworld

    “The Strat was about as ‘out’ as you could get. If you didn’t have a Floyd Rose, it was like, ‘what are you doing?’”: In the eye of the Superstrat hurricane, Yngwie Malmsteen stayed true to the original

    Swedish arpeggio obsessive Yngwie Malmsteen is rarely spotted without a Fender Stratocaster by his side – and he has a vast collection of them –…

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    “He got that from me. I used to throw my guitar as high as I could, like, 20 feet, and my guitar tech would catch it”: Dez Dickerson on Prince, his iconic Little Red Corvette solo, and why he left the Revolution

    During the mid ‘70s, in and around the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, the big music buzz was on Dez Dickerson. The hotshot…

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    guitarworld April 18, 2025
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    Guitar World deals of the week: save $250 on a Gretsch semi-hollow guitar, bag a budget busting EQD delay pedal, plus all the best deals on guitar gear over the Easter weekend

    With Easter weekend approaching, there are loads of Spring Sales happening across the web, which means great deals on guitars, pedals, amps, and loads more…

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    “I’d always seen the guitar as a thing for really accomplished people like Jimi Hendrix – watching Nirvana on MTV Unplugged exploded my brain”: Studio nerd Corinne Bailey Rae broke through after moving on from her punk roots. Then she went back

    For someone who’s performed at the White House alongside jazz great Herbie Hancock and welcomed Esperanza Spalding and Bill Withers to previous studio albums, it’s…

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    guitarworld April 18, 2025
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    “It combines unique aesthetics with modern playability and impressive tone, creating a Firebird unlike any I’ve had the pleasure of playing before”: Gibson Firebird Platypus review

    What is it? If there’s one Gibson model that often gets overshadowed and underappreciated, it’s got to be the Firebird. While its sharper-nosed cousin, the…

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    guitarworld April 18, 2025
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    “Elton said, ‘I'd better buy that guitar just to have in my house.’ I played it and said, ‘Yeah, you'd better buy it, so I can play it when I come by’”: One of Davey Johnstone's favorite guitars was once a piece of upscale decor for his superstar bandmate

    For an incredible 50+ years, Elton John’s live band – truly one of the most underrated in rock – has been anchored by guitarist Davey…

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    guitarworld April 18, 2025
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    “Leo said, ‘Here, try this guitar.’ I grabbed it, turned it around, held it upside-down backwards and started playing ukulele chords. He almost fell off his chair laughing”: How Dick Dale made the Stratocaster the ultimate surf-rock weapon

    “I don’t know how to play a goddamned scale. I don’t know what a 13th is, or an augmented ninth. I could give a shit.…

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    guitarworld April 18, 2025
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    “It's like saying, ‘Give a man a Les Paul, and he becomes Eric Clapton. It's not true’”: David Gilmour and Roger Waters hit back at criticism of the band's over-reliance on gear and synths when crafting The Dark Side of The Moon in newly unearthed clip

    In Pink Floyd at Pompeii – MCMLXXII – the newly restored version of the 1972 film directed by Adrian Maben – a clip of the…

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    guitarworld April 18, 2025
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    “When I first heard his voice in my headphones, there was that moment of, ‘My God! I’m recording with David Bowie!’” Bassist Tim Lefebvre on the making of David Bowie's Lazarus

    The death of David Bowie on January 10, 2016, was a major loss for the music world and the creative arts overall. Like Miles Davis…

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    guitarworld April 18, 2025
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    “A new signature for Misha Mansoor, but not the one we’ve been waiting for”: The essential guitar gear releases you might have missed this week, from Chase Bliss and PRS to Jackson and Fender

    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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