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    “It’s atried-and-true sound that we’ve heard inthe soloing of all of our favorite players, from Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Winter and Leslie West to Eddie Van Halen”: Jared James Nichols explains why we should all be using the blue note in our solos

    A sound that can change your playing: Jared James Nichols targets the flat 5 “blue note” – YouTube Watch On One of my favorite sounds…

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    “Keith didn't want anything to do with it. He hated my records”: Dann Huff and Keith Urban got off to a rocky start – but they went on to create a string of number 1 singles together

    Historically, producers and guitarists have often enjoyed and endured a love/hate relationship. After all, it’s a producer’s role to challenge musicians and question their decision…

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    guitarworld June 20, 2025
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    “He played upright but wanted to play the P-Bass. Motown said, ‘Nah, you ain't making no money playing that.’ But he said, ‘If you want me, I'm playing the P-Bass’”: Bootsy Collins on the musician that totally “changed his mind” about bass playing

    Bootsy Collins’ larger-than-life persona and driving funk basslines have graced many a record, including most of the early Funkadelic and Parliament albums, a plethora of…

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    guitarworld June 19, 2025
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    “Ensures your tuning stays locked no matter how hard you go”: Charvel adds an Evertune to its shred-friendly hardtail Superstrat

    EverTune bridges, famed for their unparalleled tuning stability, have been finding their way onto the guitars of more and more notable players in recent years.…

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    guitarworld June 19, 2025
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    “I wanted to say, ‘There’s nobody out there. We gotta walk away from this.’ But I couldn’t. He was a great player”: The guitarist who saved Thin Lizzy – and made their last album hit like a “sledgehammer”

    Scott Gorham has reflected on how the late John Sykes helped saved Thin Lizzy for one final studio album – and brought a little heavy…

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    guitarworld June 19, 2025
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    “If you stick a modern production tube in an old vintage amp, you may be a little disappointed with the tone”: Do vintage NOS tubes really sound better? Here’s what you need to know

    As a self-proclaimed tone chaser, I’ll try almost anything in pursuit of better guitar tone. Years ago, intrigued by the hype around NOS tubes and…

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    guitarworld June 19, 2025
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    Electric Legoland: Jimi Hendrix is now available in Lego form – but it’s missing the Strat

    Jimi Hendrix has been immortalized in Lego form as part of a special 255-piece set that includes a Marshall stack but – incredibly – no…

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    guitarworld June 19, 2025
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    “I’ve seen it with my own eyes and heard it with my own ears, some people sound better than all of us playing a cheap Squier Stratocaster”: Charlie Starr on guitar collecting, his vintage Juniors theory – and the time he was gifted a ’58 Les Paul

    Charlie Starr is one of the world’s great electric guitar tone connoisseurs. You won’t find a bad one on a Blackberry Smoke record. And so,…

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    guitarworld June 19, 2025
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    “Tubes are overrated. And you never know what you’re going to get overseas. I can’t play through a Marshall JCM – they sound like crap”: Sludge titans Thou have never been afraid to tear up the rulebook – but they do need a spreadsheet for their tunings

    Inspired by Nirvana and Alice in Chains, Andy Gibbs and Matthew Thudium started playing in their teens on a humble thrift-store Squier and an Ibanez…

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    “People tell me that I invented that rhythmic gallop – but I just brought it to the fore”: Iron Maiden remain one of most domineering forces in heavy metal – and bassist Steve Harris has led the charge

    Somehow both no-nonsense bloke and consummate showman, Steve Harris has become a master of role-play in his 50 years living heavy metal. Bassist, lyricist, businessman,…

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    “It’s atried-and-true sound that we’ve heard inthe soloing of all of our favorite players, from Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Winter and Leslie West to Eddie Van Halen”: Jared James Nichols explains why we should all be using the blue note in our solos

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