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Cort introduces the KX300 Etched, sporting a unique distressed finish
Cort has officially launched the KX300 Etched, after first revealing the guitar at NAMM. The most distinctive feature you’ll notice straight away is the finish,...John Dwyer forms improv-centric supergroup, Bent Arcana
The group’s focus is placed on developing off-the-cuff musical compositions.ESP harkens back to its roots with the LTD 87’ series
These Seymour Duncan-equipped guitars are conduits of classic metal.DryBell announces its latest pedal preamp, the Engine
Pedal manufacturer DryBell has announced its latest pedal-sized preamp, entitled The Engine. It’s inspired by the brand’s love for “60’s non-master-volume amplifiers.” The unit features...
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Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs detail the five best guitar parts on savage new album Viscerals
We chat to the Geordie metalheads about boutique pedals, Japanese psych-rock tones, and how they’ve redefined their genre for album three.Introducing… Charlie Burg: Michigan’s own “blue wave boi”
The rising singer-songwriter on keeping the human element alive in music, his six-stringed piece of Syracuse history and his educational lockdown routine.Guitar Legends: Jimmy Page, the father of hard rock who was more than ‘just’ a guitar player
Inside the gear and guitar style of Led Zeppelin legend Jimmy Page, with review links, alternative gear choices and a playlist.“It felt like hot-rodding cars to me”: Robert Keeley on his career switch from engineering professor to star pedal maker
Some stars of the gear world have made a name for themselves by discerning a gap in the market and driving hard into it. For Robert Keeley, however, it was a love of audio electronics luring him toward the thing he was called to do – and finding he belonged there all along.
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The Genius Of… The National – High Violet
The National’s textured melancholia found a bigger audience in 2010 as their fourth album elevated the band to alt-rock’s top table. With an expanded 10th-anniversary reissue about to hit the shelves, we salute the slow-burn majesty of High Violet.Review: Walrus Audio Ages
Five stellar drive tones in one stompbox? Perhaps this new unit from Walrus Audio really is an overdrive for the ages.Vintage Bench Test: 1963 Fender Bass VI
The ultimate secret weapon in the recording studio?The Big Listen: Blake Mills – Mutable Set
The musical polymath demonstrates that there’s much more to Blake Mills than being one of the hottest producers in Los Angeles.
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The best pedals to buy in 2020: 20 best overdrive pedals
Sing the blues, send your amp into raptures or unleash hell with these overdrive pedals that will find a home on any pedalboard.The best guitar amps to buy in 2020: 13 best tube amplifiers
Do you insist on having glowing glass tubes in your rig? Check out these tube amps that are the best in class for 2020.Tech Talk: How to shield your guitar
Is your single-coil electric plagued by noise? We can help.How to set up Filter’Tron pickups
To get the best from Filter’Trons, you need to set them up properly and ensure that the accompanying electronic components are present and correct.
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Chord Clinic: How to play chords like Bob Dylan Part 2
Rod Fogg -In the second part of our examination of Bob Dylan’s use of chords, we dive into the interesting twists that 'going electric' added to his repertoire.How to play blues like Stevie Ray Vaughan
The Texan bluesman’s style is as influential as it unique. Here’s how to incorporate some SRV into your playing.How to play country guitar (Part 1)
In the first of a new series for Guitar.com, Nashville session guitarist David Henriksson lays out the essential bedrock of learning how to play country electric guitar.Chord Clinic: How to play chords like Bob Dylan Part 1
Rod Fogg -The impact of Bob Dylan’s music still resonates more than 50 years after he became a household name, and the way he used chords in those early days remains as interesting and instructive today as it ever was.
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Cort introduces the KX300 Etched, sporting a unique distressed finish
Cort has officially launched the KX300 Etched, after first revealing the guitar at NAMM. The most distinctive feature you’ll notice straight away is the finish,...John Dwyer forms improv-centric supergroup, Bent Arcana
The group’s focus is placed on developing off-the-cuff musical compositions.ESP harkens back to its roots with the LTD 87’ series
These Seymour Duncan-equipped guitars are conduits of classic metal.DryBell announces its latest pedal preamp, the Engine
Pedal manufacturer DryBell has announced its latest pedal-sized preamp, entitled The Engine. It’s inspired by the brand’s love for “60’s non-master-volume amplifiers.” The unit features...
- Features
Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs detail the five best guitar parts on savage new album Viscerals
We chat to the Geordie metalheads about boutique pedals, Japanese psych-rock tones, and how they’ve redefined their genre for album three.Introducing… Charlie Burg: Michigan’s own “blue wave boi”
The rising singer-songwriter on keeping the human element alive in music, his six-stringed piece of Syracuse history and his educational lockdown routine.Guitar Legends: Jimmy Page, the father of hard rock who was more than ‘just’ a guitar player
Inside the gear and guitar style of Led Zeppelin legend Jimmy Page, with review links, alternative gear choices and a playlist.“It felt like hot-rodding cars to me”: Robert Keeley on his career switch from engineering professor to star pedal maker
Some stars of the gear world have made a name for themselves by discerning a gap in the market and driving hard into it. For Robert Keeley, however, it was a love of audio electronics luring him toward the thing he was called to do – and finding he belonged there all along.
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