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“It’s about delivering the most in-demand mods straight from the factory”: Fender hot-rods itself as the Player II Modified Series rolls out the upgrades –and it got IDLES to demo them

The Player II Modified range is a refresh of the familiar favourites, with Noiseless pickups, locking tuners, treble bleed circuits and of course there is an HSS Strat with a Floyd Rose

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“For some reason, the post office shipped your guitar to Jim Root of Slipknot”: Sweetwater mailed a metal fan's Jackson guitar to a metal legend

He received a flight case but no guitar

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"No one phoned me. They never contacted me and I thought, 'Well, I'm not going to bother contacting them either'": Ex-Judas Priest drummer Les Binks has died aged 73

“The acclaimed drumming he provided was first class – demonstrating his unique techniques, flair, style and precision”

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With the same mesh-head playability and powerful new Strata module as its bigger brothers, Alesis Strata Club brings a new compact form to its best-selling range

Want the power and playability of Strata but don’t have the room to manoeuvre? The join the Club

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“An incredible experience that went beyond just teaching music”: The UK’s biggest free music making weekend is extended to four days

Learn To Play is confirmed for October 9 – 12 this year

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“This time it’s all about creativity… Go crazy. Do whatever you wanna do with it”: Budding luthiers, assemble! Harley Benton’s DIY Kit Challenge is now open and there are prizes to be won

Grab a DIY guitar kit and see what you can make out of it... A hat, a brooch, a pterodactyl? The sky's the limit – and there are Thomann vouchers to be won

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"At first the tension was unbelievable. Johnny was really cold, Dee Dee was OK but Joey was a sweetheart": The story of the Ramones' recording of Baby I Love You

Legendary keys player Barry Goldberg on the sessions that spawned the band's biggest UK hit

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"This is the amp that defined what electric guitar sounds like": Universal Audio releases its UAFX Woodrow '55 pedal as a plugin, putting an "American classic" in your DAW

Another of UA's amp modelling pedals gets the plugin treatment - and this time it's the company's take on the 1955 Fender 5E3 Tweed Deluxe

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"Yamaha has achieved an extraordinary level of immersiveness and realism, crafting an instrument that sounds closer to an acoustic piano and feels like one under your fingers": Yamaha Clavinova CLP-885 digital piano review

Yamaha is the undisputed king of digital pianos, and the Clavinova range is the jewel in their crown

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With its latest free update, Ableton has finally turned Note into the app I always wanted it to be

Offline MIDI editing makes Ableton’s iPhone and iPad app more of a must-have iOS companion for Live users

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Technically capable, but struggle to make your tunes sound musical? 5 simple music theory hacks to make your tracks stand out

Level up your music-making with these simple but effective tricks that can be easily used by those with zero knowledge of music theory

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"Despite its size, it delivers impressive audio quality and premium functions as well as featuring a good selection of inspired sounds": Roland GO:Piano 88PX review

A new digital piano that’s ultra-compact, simple, sounds great, and comes at an affordable price? Yes, but what's the catch?

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The man Neil Peart called his "six favourite drummers": Wrecking Crew legend Hal Blaine

"We got the job done, and we made a hell of a lot of money doing it"

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Play mono synth properly: the skills you need

How playing mono synths differs from standard keyboards

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“I called out to Mutt and said, ‘How about this?’... It was a complete fluke": How Def Leppard created a rock anthem - with a little bit of divine intervention

"Thank God we let that church choir in!”

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Baby Audio's Smooth Operator spectral balancing plugin goes pro

With a redesigned interface and an upgraded core algorithm, Smooth Operator Pro promises to address common mix issues and improve balance and clarity

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"It was ugly, like watching a divorce between four people. After a while, I had to get out": Beatles engineer Geoff Emerick on the recording of Abbey Road, track-by-track

A classic interview with the band's late chief engineer – "You could really see the joy in their faces as they played; it was like they were teenagers again"

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"I said, “What’s that?” and they said, “It’s what Quincy Jones and Bruce Swedien use on all the Michael Jackson records": Steve Levine reminisces on 50 years in the industry and where it’s heading next

He’s worked with a list of artists that reads like an A to Z of hitmakers. And now, with a new plugin, you can get your hands on his signature sound

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“Excels at unique modulated timbres, atonal drones and microtonal sequences that reinvent themselves each time you dare to touch the synth”: Soma Laboratories Lyra-4 review

This unique synth built around ‘organismic’ principles is so much fun, you just might want to buy two

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“I used everything I knew about music”: How Green Day exceeded expectations with their most ambitious song

The sprawling 2004 epic reflected Billie Joe Armstrong’s own lived experiences - and was the cornerstone of American Idiot

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YouTube just added AI tools that makes musicians, library music and video editors redundant

Just in case you were wondering which side of the fence Google falls on in the ‘AI Versus Music’ debate. Answer: It bloody loves it

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“Every one of them said yes without hesitation": Hank Marvin and Roger Taylor have just remade a '60s classic for charity

With a little help from Simon Phillips, Peter Erskine, Nick D’Virgilio, Eric Manegold, Vinnie Colaiuta, and more

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Do you know where your money goes when you buy a gig ticket? A new report breaks it down

With the LiveNation and Ticketmaster merger under legal threat in the U.S. a new report has broken down each dollar of an average gig ticket

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“Every note counts and fits perfectly”: Kirk Hammett names his best Metallica solo – and no, it’s not One or Master Of Puppets

The field is strong but Hammett's personal favourite is from the controversial Load-era

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Ranked: Bon Iver's albums, from Sable, Fable to For Emma, Forever Ago

As Justin Vernon releases an unexpectedly buoyant fifth album, we chart his path from backwoods crooner to indie-pop icon

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