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    “It’s become a bad habit. I bought a 1955 Tele and turned it over to carve my initials into the back. My friend screamed, ’Don’t do that!’” Kirk Hammett on his favorite Metallica solo and tone – and his most prized purchases from other guitar heroes

    You could say Kirk Hammett knows a lot about guitars. He’s been collecting them for over four decades, with many of his finest specimens exhibited…

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    guitarworld April 8, 2025
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    “In the beginning, I was a terrible rhythm player. I avoided it like the plague”: Martin Barre once distanced himself from rhythm playing – but some Steve Lukather wisdom changed his mind

    Former Jethro Tull lead guitarist Martin Barre has reflected on his relationship with the art of rhythm guitar, saying he avoided it like the “plague”…

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    guitarworld April 8, 2025
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    “Ibanez and Japanese brands in general were irritating the hell out of Gibson, Fender and other US companies targeted by copyists”: From copies to innovations – the origin and rise of Japanese electric guitars (and the truth about ‘lawsuit’ guitars)

    It’s the late ’70s, and Paul Stanley of KISS tells an interviewer about the band’s great successes – he guesses they’ve sold something like 20…

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    guitarworld April 8, 2025
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    “One of the most unbelievable things I’ve ever seen in music”: Popular social media guitarist Giacomo Turra accused of stealing other musicians’ songs for content

    Popular social media guitarist Giacomo Turra has been accused of stealing other musician’s songs for his content in a new video from YouTuber Danny Sapko.…

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    guitarworld April 8, 2025
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    “That is how you make an entrance!” Jack Black mimes on a Minecraft’d Flying V as Kirk Douglas nails the Sweet Child O’ Mine solo on Jimmy Fallon

    Boomers hate it, but the Minecraft video game has taken a generation by storm thanks to its limitless creativity, allowing players to build practically anything…

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    guitarworld April 8, 2025
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    “I said, ‘If I could have it my way it would sound like this,’ and I pulled the bass guitar out of the mix”: Why Prince stripped the bassline from one of his biggest hits

    Though not known so much as a bass player, Prince’s basslines on such classics as Let’s Work and the Time’s 777-9311 proved that he was…

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    guitarworld April 8, 2025
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    “I had never done that before. I thought Jimmy was going to go, ‘Nice one’ – he looks at me and goes, ‘Don’t you ever do that again’”: That time Chrissie Hynde enraged one of her Pretenders bandmates because she stopped playing mid-gig

    Chrissie Hynde has recalled the time she spontaneously decided to shake up her stage act and stop playing her electric guitar mid-gig in order to…

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    guitarworld April 7, 2025
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    “Dave was the master of some of the most iconic basslines in music history”: Dave Allen, former Gang of Four bassist and post-punk heavyweight, dies aged 69

    Dave Allen, the influential bassist who played with British post-punk Gang of Four during their early years, has died at 69. The news was confirmed…

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    guitarworld April 7, 2025
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    “I never met anyone who was his own person as much as Al was”: SSD guitarist and hardcore pioneer Al Barile dies aged 63

    Boston hardcore legend Al Barile, best known as the guitarist for SSD (Society System Decontrol), has passed away aged 63. In a heartfelt tribute posted…

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    guitarworld April 7, 2025
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    “The main acoustic is a $100 Fender – the strings were super-old and dusty. We hate new strings!” Meet Great Grandpa, the unpredictable indie rockers making epic anthems with cheap acoustics – and recording guitars like a Queens of the Stone Age drummer

    Great Grandpa is a band full of surprises. They’re an indie rock group from Seattle, with a Berklee grad guitarist/producer in their midst, yet you’ll…

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    guitarworld April 7, 2025
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    “It’s become a bad habit. I bought a 1955 Tele and turned it over to carve my initials into the back. My friend screamed, ’Don’t do that!’” Kirk Hammett on his favorite Metallica solo and tone – and his most prized purchases from other guitar heroes

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