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    Author: guitarworld

    “You have to fight to be heard in metal. But you have to give them something worth fighting for!” 20 metal bassists who took heavy bass playing in new directions

    Bass Week: Playing bass guitar in a metal band is easy. You carefully copy whatever riff the guitarist plays, wave horn signs at the leather-clad…

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    guitarworld April 4, 2025
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    “What you hear on Stratus is pretty much the first take. Tommy Bolin's guitar playing is some of the best that ever was”: Legendary sideman Lee Sklar reveals the studio secrets behind his incredible career

    With over 2,000 albums to his credit, Lee Sklar is one of the most prolific session bassists in modern music. His work dates back to…

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    guitarworld April 4, 2025
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    “I played the national anthem at a football game on a Les Paul with a Floyd Rose. I turned my back for five minutes and it got stolen”: Orianthi names her favorite guitars – and tells us why her PRS sounds better than a holy grail Les Paul

    Orianthi’s debut solo album, 2005’s Violet Journey, immediately put the guitar community on notice that a major new talent had arrived. Her unique blend of…

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    guitarworld April 4, 2025
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    “I did the intro to The Killing Moon without thinking. We went for a curry – and the engineer spotted that run and put it at the start”: How happy accidents, disastrous finances and an un-tuneable 12-string made Echo and the Bunnymen’s classic album

    When Echo & the Bunnymen released their fourth album, Ocean Rain, in the spring of 1984, it received decidedly mixed reactions. The dramatic change in…

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    guitarworld April 4, 2025
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    "The amount of functionality stuffed into this mini pedal is, quite frankly, astounding": IK Multimedia Tonex One Joe Satriani review

    What is it? In a seemingly endless quest for the preservation of pedalboard real estate, IK Multimedia took things to an extreme with the Tonex…

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    guitarworld April 3, 2025
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    “A new drummer affects everyone in Dream Theater. We all play off the time keeper”:John Myung on how the return of Mike Portnoy has changed the band – and his bass playing

    Bass Week: Critics are often quick to point out the note-heavy, often self-indulgent nature of Dream Theater’s music. Those 13-minute, three-part songs just aren’t cool…

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    guitarworld April 3, 2025
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    Joni Mitchell described it as ‘fly fishing’ and Jeff Beck was a master of the craft – learn how to use volume swells like guitar legends Eddie Van Halen, Allan Holdsworth and Larry Carlton

    Unlock your Expressive Potential with Volume Swells Like Eddie Van Halen and Jeff Beck – YouTube Watch On The guitar is a versatile and dynamic…

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    guitarworld April 3, 2025
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    “I was working with David Gilmour and I said, ‘I can't work out how to play this.’ He couldn't either’”: Phil Manzanera tried to relearn one of his classic riffs after it was sampled by Kanye West and Jay-Z – and even the Pink Floyd hero couldn’t help him

    Roxy Music guitarist Phil Manzanera: My favorite Roxy riffs and more! – YouTube Watch On Over the course of his career, Phil Manzanera has written…

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    guitarworld April 3, 2025
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    “I freaked out when I saw it on stage. I was like, ‘Oh my gosh, that’s it. That’s the guitar I worked on’”: The incredible untold story of the mystery Martin that was specially commissioned in 1973 – and went viral with John Mayer 50 years later

    John Mayer’s guitar rig and the secrets behind his otherworldly tone are, without exaggeration, the muse of countless guitar players the world over. There is…

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    guitarworld April 3, 2025
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    “Slapping was a matter of natural evolution”: 21 slap bass legends who made thumpin’ and pluckin’ their own

    Bass Week: Slapping, thumping – whatever you call it, for over 50 years, bassists have been using this most flamboyant of bass techniques to lay…

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