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"No amp can fix a guitar that feels like a plank of wood with strings, or even worse, won’t stay in tune": Are you prioritizing the wrong end of your signal chain? Two pro gear reviewers debate whether you should spend more on your guitar or amp

Armed with just a $2,500 budget, we’re duking it out to see which part of your rig is a better investment – which side are you on

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Glenn Hughes announces retirement from touring due to health issues: “I really have no option”

The former Deep Purple, Black Sabbath and Trapeze frontman is set to undergo open heart surgery

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Steve Vai and Adrian Belew announce new BEAT tour, with lineup change

A new member has been drafted in as the King Crimson offshoot announce more US and Canadian dates

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“John Petrucci inviting me to Guitar Universe was insane. I thought it was someone impersonating him”: Is Baxty the future of shred?

Joe Satriani is guesting on his album. Tosin Abasi and John Petrucci are fans. Meet the Chilean YouTube virtuoso who is fast becoming the king of alternate picking

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“I’m afraid if I started jamming on it, people would go, ‘What is he doing? That’s wrong! Is he having a moment?’”: Don Felder says playing the Hotel California solo note-for-note is his “obligation” to Eagles fans

The guitarist doesn’t take the task of playing the iconic solo lightly

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“I kept this under my bed. Then one day I was like, ‘What are you doing?’ I took it out… within a night or two, it fell off the stand and got a chip”: How Keith Urban found Clarence, the Telecaster that's still his number one

Urban looks back on the origin story of his 1989 Fender 40th Anniversary Telecaster, which has defined his guitar tone and playing style

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How to install LR Baggs’ HiFi Duet acoustic pickup – and yes, we’re gonna drill a hole in Chris Buck’s guitar

Chris Buck bought a new acoustic for tour, but he needed a pickup installed. Enter Huw Price and his drill

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Gibson Garage Vegas offers chance to make a whole different kind of drunken decision on the strip

The firm’s rapid retail expansion continues with the news that the fourth Gibson Garage is on its way

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Bob Dylan recruits Jimmie Vaughan as blues legend becomes final guest guitarist during hectic US tour

The blues veteran becomes Dylan’s fifth guitarist of the tour

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Steve Vai and Dave Navarro champion 16-year-old folk guitarist who has blown them away: “You have what it takes”

Queens of the Stone Age, Fred Durst, Vernon Reid and H.E.R. have also praised the teen’s age-defying songcraft

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“J Mascis put this guitar into my hands. He went to some store and the guy was trying to peddle this Jazzmaster, and J has so many of ’em…” Kurt Vile on meeting Neil Young, his prized vintage offset and why he prefers dead strings

Kurt Vile’s 10th album, Philadelphia’s Been Good to Me, was written by night – but the prince of indie-psych says it charts his journey out of darkness

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"It can go from barely there room sound to a drawn-out blooming reverberance": JHS 3 Series Reverb review

This budget reverb pedal delivers impressive tones, a handy pre-delay switch, and an ultra-rugged build quality, all for just $99

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The fastest rising digital amp tech has been added to another mainstream modeler – could this be a tipping point?

It’s not the first time TONE3000 and NAM integration has been added to a modeler – but this time it’s different

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"Relic’d or not, this is a great value instrument": Harley Benton TE-62LA review

With superb playability and an awesome neck pickup for under $250, the finish may be divisive, but Harley Benton's new Aged series is undeniably great value for money

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“I’ve never had to cancel a tour. Not even when I had my face totally ripped open in an early morning traffic accident in 1987”: Former Whitesnake guitarist Adrian Vandenberg cancels tour due to serious health issues

Vandenberg has been forced to cancel live dates after being urged by medical specialists

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“It is a daunting task, but it’s totally doable. Once you get it, it’s like breathing”: Eric Johnson has a valuable lesson for players “trapped in patterns”

The guitar great has laid down the gauntlet, offering a simple challenge to anyone who is trying to play more melodically

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The Smashing Pumpkins reunite with Melissa Auf der Maur at Lollapalooza – and treat fans to a surprise team-up with Olivia Rodrigo and Yungblud

Billy Corgan and co. balanced nostalgia with their more recent era at their first Lollapalooza set since 1994

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“They had a picture of me up at the NAMM Show but I wasn’t an endorsee! I went to the Fender booth, and they said, ‘We want to give you a deal’”: John 5 is a modern master of the Telecaster – here are his 5 favorite Teles

The stories behind 5’s favorites, featuring the Mötley Crüe guitarist’s custom Ghost and Phantom builds, and a vintage doozy that convinced Fender he should be on the artist roster

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“A clever expanding pedalboard that solves a real gigging problem, but it isn’t without practical compromise”: D'Addario XPND 1 Core pedalboard review

D’Addario’s XPND range brings telescopic pedalboard expansion with a rugged design built for real-world use – but is it genuinely practical, or just clever engineering?

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“Jack White is the last rock star that I can think of. He’s very dangerous. His approach to playing… you just don’t know what’s going to happen”: Billy Howerdel is trying to avoid being “too good”, as he writes A Perfect Circle’s next album

Having dropped the all-new single Starless in May, Howerdel says a new record is incoming but “You've got to be a Buddhist about it”

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“I’d love to go and see him but I probably wouldn't stay for the whole concert”: What Jeff Beck thought about Eddie Van Halen

Beck shared his thoughts on the Van Halen school of guitar back in 1985

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From Hendrix’s pyrotechnics to Cory Wong’s hot-buttered funk, for 72 years the Strat has revolutionized how we play guitar. These are the 25 players who wrote – and burnt – the playbook

The Fender Stratocaster would just be a glorified carpentry project without the players who danced across its neck and gave it life. Here we celebrate 25 of the best

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“It just sounds like doo-doo under a D chord”: Why muting the low E string is one of the most important lessons any beginner guitarist can learn

Learning to mute individual strings makes all the difference when mastering your first guitar chords

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“I came out to Los Angeles with $20. I was homeless. I lived off of two tacos and water a day”: Malina Moye reflects on the hardship that shaped her historic career

Moye recently made history by becoming Kramer's first woman of color signature artist

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“This is not a tuning Iuse often, but it turned out to be perfect here”: Spiritbox’s Mike Stringer on how extended-range guitars open up new chord voicing possibilities

Mike Stringer's progressive metal masterclass continues as he teaches you how to play Spiritbox’s Tsunami Sea

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