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    Author: guitarworld

    “I hope this guitar brings you even half the joy you and your music has brought me”: Wolfgang Van Halen has gifted his favorite new guitar player one of his EVH SA-126 signature guitars

    After once naming him as his favorite new guitar player on the scene, Wolfgang Van Halen has gifted Intervals virtuoso Aaron Marshall one of his…

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    guitarworld February 28, 2025
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    “I did spend a lot of years by myself, getting into New York City and hanging out in salsa clubs, tapping rhythms”: Al Di Meola reveals one of the most important lessons he’s ever learned in developing a great sense of rhythm

    Not only is Al Di Meola revered for his melodic guitar chops, he’s also known for his world class rhythmic sensibilities. Throughout his career, the…

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    guitarworld February 28, 2025
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    "This guitar is a joy to play": Fender Player II Jazzmaster review

    What is it? Fender’s flagship Player lineup arrived in 2018 and quickly became the Californian guitar giant’s most popular range. And it’s easy to see…

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    guitarworld February 27, 2025
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    “Playing the melody on top of that was the real challenge”: Steve Vai, Eric Johnson and Joe Satriani share the secrets behind 3 instrumental epics in these exclusive Guitar World lessons

    Steve Vai plays and discusses Avalancha! – YouTube Watch On Last year, Joe Satriani assembled the original G3 trio and hit the road with Steve…

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    guitarworld February 27, 2025
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    “During the first song at Woodstock the amp blew up. They gave me another. It sounded terrible. I cringe when I think about it”: Harvey Mandel replaced some of guitar’s biggest names – but Keith Richards cost him a spot in the Rolling Stones

    As a young guitar innovator, Harvey Mandel soaked his playing in feedback and sustain, pushing his amps to the brink on early recordings with Charlie…

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    guitarworld February 27, 2025
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    “He's smoking and making jokes, and he goes, ‘You play, right? Let me see what you got.’ What am I gonna play him? I'm not gonna play Van Halen…” Billy Corgan on the time Eddie Van Halen asked him to showcase his chops – during a Guitar World interview

    Billy Corgan and Eddie Van Halen go way back. Heck, he even interviewed EVH back in 1996 for this very publication – a meeting of…

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    guitarworld February 27, 2025
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    “I really don’t think that ’80s guitar style has stood the test of time very well”: Tommy Thayer emerged in a scene of shredders and guitar heroes – but the style they pioneered never appealed to him

    Tommy Thayer’s rise to six-string stardom largely occurred throughout the 1980s – an evolutionary period for guitar music, which gave way to a new wave…

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    guitarworld February 27, 2025
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    “They just asked me if I wanted to join – they hadn’t asked if I actually play”: Thin Lizzy guitarist and Live Aid mastermind Midge Ure was asked to join the Sex Pistols – but he didn’t think twice about turning them down

    Midge Ure was a staple of ’70s and ’80s rock, pop and new wave – crash-landing into the UK charts with Slik, Rich Kids, Visage,…

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    guitarworld February 27, 2025
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    “It was like unraveling a mystery, trying to imagine what George might have meant”: Lost chords that George Harrison wrote down before his passing have been turned into a new song – and it was recorded using three of his famed Beatles guitars

    A new George Harrison tribute album that was recorded using some of the late guitar great’s own Beatles electric guitars and acoustic guitars has been…

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    guitarworld February 27, 2025
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    “I’ve never been one that talks about my bass playing, but I really am proud of my playing on that album – it was the first time I was sober”: In an era dominated by look-at-me shred guitarists, Nikki Sixx showed that playing bass could be cool, too

    Born in San Jose, California in 1958, Mötley Crüe bassist Nikki Sixx, real name Frank Carlton Serafino Feranna, was the kid from a tough background…

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    guitarworld February 27, 2025
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