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    “He could take a rock tune like Fleetwood Mac's Black Magic Woman and transform it by adding a hint of salsa clave rhythm”: Remembering Peter Green and Carlos Santana’s supernatural jam at the 1998 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Awards

    Come 1998, it was Santana’s turn to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Clive Davis and John Popper did the honors,…

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    guitarworld June 21, 2025
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    “This wasn’t a guy who got better every six months or every week; this was a guy who got better every 60 seconds”: Randy Rhoads became a legend with Ozzy Osbourne, but his incredible playing was evident long before then

    Growing up – and standing side by side on stage – with Randy Rhoads taught bass guitar player Kelly Garni a thing or two about…

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    guitarworld June 21, 2025
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    “Could this bass convert players to fanned frets?”: Dingwall SP1 review

    What is it? Sheldon Dingwall didn’t set up shop specifically to make bass guitars for the metal crowd – they found him. Though Dingwall instruments…

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    guitarworld June 20, 2025
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    “I wanted it to be striking, bright, and a baritone so I can use it on tour for the song”: PRS celebrates Ed Sheeran’s collab with Dave Grohl and John Mayer on the F1 movie soundtrack with one-off, racing-themed guitar

    ​​Keen-eyed Ed Sheeran fans may have noticed the mega star sporting a brand new electric guitar in the music video he just premiered today for…

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    guitarworld June 20, 2025
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    Guitar World deals of the week: save $230 on a Fender Tone Master amp, get more than half off a guitar pedal, plus all the week's best deals

    Welcome back to another edition of deals of the week. As usual, I’ve been hard at work all week scouring the web for the best…

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    guitarworld June 20, 2025
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    Two world leaders solidify diplomatic relations by delivering their own rendition of an Eric Clapton classic

    World leader summits can often be tepid affairs filled with pageantry and handshakes. In the Philippines, though, things are done a little differently – the…

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    guitarworld June 20, 2025
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    “It's best always to just do the same chord and call it different things”: SNL legend Fred Armisen has a signature guitar strap – but there's something not quite right about his guide to chords

    Fred Armisen Made a Guitar Strap and It’s… Confusingly Genius – YouTube Watch On Guitar straps are useful tools, but they’re a little one-dimensional. Thankfully,…

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    guitarworld June 20, 2025
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    “We all have easy access to the parts needed to make a pickup… You certainly don’t have to start like Seymour Duncan did with a record player’s turntable”: Why more guitar builders are making their own pickups

    Many moons ago I remember asking Paul Reed Smith why he didn’t use pickups made by the likes of Seymour Duncan. My thinking was that…

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    guitarworld June 20, 2025
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    “Rates are coming back up, rents very rarely go down, and suppliers are in straitened circumstances”: Is crowdfunding the answer to ensuring guitar stores’ survival? One family-run business has launched an innovative campaign to keep its stores alive

    Guitar stores are closing at an alarming rate. Sam Ash shut down all of its locations last year. Music Trades reports that the music instrument…

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    guitarworld June 20, 2025
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    “I’ve never been one of those guys who will go into a guitar store and play Stairway to Heaven…’” Jim Babjak reveals he once bought a ’70s Les Paul without even trying it – and how it would go on to shape one of The Smithereens' biggest hits

    When they weren’t penning a string of hits in the 1980s, Jim Babjak and the Smithereens were writing for other artists and projects, but sometimes,…

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