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jackie venson-on emotive tones
jackie venson may be tagged as a “blues artist,” but the austin-born guitarist/composer doesn’t allow media labels to fence in her stylistic diversity.
3 min |
february 2017
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last man shredding
the ferocious legend that is buddy guy may be the final link to early chicago blues guitarists, but he’s not going quietly into that good night.
10 min |
february 2017
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big sky, cowboy chords, and telling stories
bob weir draws on his teenaged campfire performances for blue mountain.
7 min |
february 2017
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John 5 On Shredding, Diversity, And Keeping Audiences Engaged
“THIS IS ENTERTAINMENT—THAT’S what we do,” says John 5, who just released the new John 5 and the Creatures album, It’s Alive (his first to be offered on vinyl).
2 min |
March 2018
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Joey Tafolla On Channeling Legends In The Graham Bonnet Band
FOR FORMER SHRAPNEL RECORDS alum Joey Tafolla—his releases on the label include 1987’s Out of the Sun and 1997’s Infra- Blue—it’s hard to think of a sweeter gig than playing with Alcatrazz, Rainbow, and Michael Schenker Group vocalist Graham Bonnet.
2 min |
March 2018
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Remembering Terry Kath
THERE WEREN’T MANY GUITARISTS who made Jimi Hendrix sweat, but in 1968, he saw one who got under his skin. It was at the Whiskey a Go Go in Los Angeles, where Hendrix caught a set by the then-unknown group, Chicago Transit Authority. Impressed by their performance, he made his way backstage, and raved, “You guys are mother**kers. The horns are like one set of lungs, and your guitar player is better than me.”
4 min |
March 2018
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My Signal Paths For “Lock & Loaded” featuring Gary Hoey
AS THE SON OF A WORLD WAR II VETeran, I have a fondness for those who serve their country, and that soldier’s sense of duty is what inspired my recent album, Band of Brothers [Cleopatra].
2 min |
March 2018
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The Shape Of Things
IN THE EARLY 2000s, ON an evening stroll in Cordoba, Spain, I walked past the small shop of my friend Manuel Reyes, who builds flamenco guitars.
2 min |
March 2018
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Joan Armatrading
JOAN ARMATRADING IS one of the greatest songwriters alive, and because her songs have had such an impact, many have overlooked her guitar playing. But Joan has been playing rhythm and lead—and on both electric and acoustic guitars— on all of her albums since the beginning of her career. What really knocked me out from our interview, though, was her self assuredness and her singular vision as a writer, player, and arranger. The mark of a master is how easy they make it all seem to the rest of us.
2 min |
March 2018
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3 Shred Strategies For The Studio
THERE ARE NO UNBREAKABLE RULES in music, but if I dared propose a couple, it would be that shred tracks must be [a] savage, [b] clear and articulate, and [c] seductive in their surprise and ear-stickiness.
1 min |
March 2018
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Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Memory Man
ESSENTIAL INGREDIENTSBig five-knob control interfaceBBD analog delay soundBonus Chorus-Vibrato effectHard-wired AC power cordWet and dry outputs
3 min |
March 2018
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Solo on the Side
Super Session Guitarist Rafael Moreira Goes His Own Way—temporarily— With Magnetico’s Death Race
6 min |
April 2017
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Knaggs Guitars
Doug Rappoport Signature
3 min |
February 2018
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Charly Bliss On Being True To Your 'School'
Charly Bliss On Being True To Your 'School'
2 min |
April 2018
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1942 Gibson J-45
IT’S 1942, AND AS THE United States is entering World War II, the Gibson guitar company just releases what would become its most popular acoustic model of all time.
3 min |
April 2018
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Jennifer Batten
JENNIFER BATTEN FASCInated me when I saw her playing with Michael Jackson in the ’80s and ’90s. At that time, you could count on one hand the number of female guitarists who played at that level, and who had achieved that kind of notoriety.
2 min |
April 2018
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Amptweaker
O12J65 12" Speaker
2 min |
April 2018
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Lone Eagle
Timothy B. Schmit Flies Home to His Roots on Leap of Faith.
7 min |
March 2017
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Urgency & Expansion
World-beating Nylon Stringer Lawson Rollins on 3 Minutes to Midnight and Scoring the Golden Soundtrack.
7 min |
March 2017
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Machine Head
Powered by Classic Gear, Rick Nielsen Revs Up Cheap Trick’s Latest Release, We’re All Alright
8 min |
November 2017
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A Season In Hell
Gretchen Menn Reinterprets Dante’s Inferno & Rethinks the Concept of an Instrumental Guitar Album
8 min |
November 2017
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A Little Help From His Friends
Ricky Phillips, Eric Singer, and a Bevy of Guest Stars Help Finish Ronnie Montrose’s Last Album
6 min |
November 2017
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Let It Flow!
Two Seemingly Disparate Guitar Geniuses Converge to Hail the Glories of Improvisation
10+ min |
November 2017
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Electro-Harmonix
Operation Overlord And Tone Corset.
2 min |
November 2017
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BOSS BOX-40 40th Anniversary Box Set
IN 2014, WE PARTNERED WITH BOSS to produce a comprehensive digital resource entitled Guitar Player Celebrates 100 BOSS Compact Pedals. The staff was buried in specs, tones, and artist interviews for months, and we had a marvelous time getting first-hand access to the company’s Compact Pedal archives.
3 min |
November 2017
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Celestion G12H-150 Redback And Limited Edition G12-35XC
CELESTION CONTINUES TO PUSH AN “it’s back” theme as a distinguisher of variations on classic guitar speakers, this time with the über-powerful 150-watt G12H-150 Redback ($169 street) topping out well above the Greenbacks and Creambacks of this world. Alongside it, the G12-35XC ($169 street) is a Limited Edition that applies the company’s cumulative knowledge to a new vintage-meets-modern take on the legendary Pulsonic cone. I tested each speaker in a 1x12 StoneAge cabinet with a Les Paul and a Stratocaster into JTM45-style and AC15-style amps.
3 min |
November 2017
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No Borders
Classical Guitarist Xuefei Yang Channels Bream, Bach, and Her Ancestors
4 min |
November 2017
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Blues, Bones & Beck
Carmen Vandenberg Gets the Jeff Beck Seal of Approval
6 min |
Holiday 2016
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The Heart Of The Matter
Berta Rojas Pays Tribute to the Joyous Beauty of the Music of Brazil
6 min |
December 2017
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JD Simo
On the Joys of Fuzz and Recording Direct
7 min |