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Canadian punks PUP announce This Place Sucks Ass, a new EP
he band also announced their first-ever livestream: This Stream Sucks Ass.Gibson donates hand-crafted acoustics to the students of Gallatin High School
The acoustics will let the school offer guitar classes during academic hours.PRS teams with Sweetwater for the Owls In Flight Private Stock electrics
The guitars feature 'perched owl' headstock veneers and a custom fingerboard inlay.Boris announce remastered editions of Absolutego and Amplifier Worship
Both albums will be available on streaming services for the first time
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Meet Year Of The Knife, the uncompromising hardcore band with precision-crafted “ugly guitar tones”
With his wife on bass, and twin brothers manning the kit and the second guitar spot, Year Of The Knife’s Brandon Watkins keeps it in the family in the search for brutal slices of straight-edge hardcore.The Guitar Interview: Thurston Moore on Jazzmasters, Sonic Youth and his new solo LP
The 62-year-old noise pioneer talks weird tunings, writing “straight up pop songs” and why he can’t separate his songs from the guitars he recorded them with.Guitar.com Live: Everything you need to know about Nicholas Veinoglou
Who is Nicholas Veinoglou? Hailing from the Massachusetts town of Great Barrington, Nicholas Veinoglou first started playing guitar at age 10. Since then he’s developed...“I can be sloppy with my playing sometimes, but it’s what makes the vibe”: how Narrow Head’s three-guitar attack strikes the perfect balance
Riffs are in plentiful supply on the Houston rockers’ self-made new record – but with three very different guitar players on tap, that shouldn’t be a surprise.
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Review: Suhr Pete Thorn Signature Series
A rock ’n’ roll machine at heart with switching options that could make it the ultimate session player’s guitar.The Genius Of… The Velvet Underground & Nico by The Velvet Underground
An album that spawned entire genres, influenced countless bands and altered the course of rock ’n’ roll history has taken its deserved place in the hall of fame. But its guitar-fuelled soundscape still sounds just as avant-garde and dangerous over 50 years on from its release.Review: Walrus Audio Julianna
Oklahoma City’s finest returns with a souped-up version of its popular demi-goddess inspired shimmer box.The Big Listen: Doves – The Universal Want
A first album in over a decade from these much-loved Mancunian lost souls. Does it match up to their past glories?
- Guides
The best guitar amplifiers to buy in 2020: 10 best acoustic amps
If your acoustic has a built-in preamp (as many do these days) and you want to amplify your sound, you can plug direct into...100,000 guitarists can’t be wrong? Why Positive Grid’s Spark smart amp is proving a huge hit
Back at NAMM 2020 we encountered Positive Grid’s revolutionary Spark smart amp, and in the months since it has become a bona fide phenomenon...Peter Green’s 20 greatest guitar moments, ranked
The late Peter Green was unquestionably one of the blues-guitar greats. Yet as his prolific early career progressed from the Bluesbreakers and on to Fleetwood Mac, his prodigious talent revealed itself in many other ways, too.DIY Workshop: Restoring Chris Buck’s house-clearance Stratocaster
Finding a bargain-priced 1962 Stratocaster at a local auction sounds like a fairytale, but this guitar needed a lot of work.
- Learn
How to play blues like Albert King
Continuing our journey through the guitar styles of the legendary Three Kings, this time it’s the turn of Flying V-toting blue icon Albert.How to play country guitar Part 5 – Putting it all together
In the final part of his intro to country guitar, Nashville sessioneer David Henricksson puts it all together with a pair of solos to master.How to play chords like Paul Simon
Rod Fogg -With a long career involving unpredictable twists, turns and collaborations Paul Simon is one of the most successful songwriters of the last 60 years. We take a look at the chord shapes and sequences which define his sound.Play blues like Peter Green
He may be gone, but Peter Green peerless guitar playing will continue to inspire guitarists of every stripe for generations to come.
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