“A dirt device that covers all the gain bases”: Catalinbread sees the JHS Pedals Notaklön and raises the Knight School Overdrive – an $85 DIY pedal kit based on a timeless circuit favored by Stevie Ray Vaughan, John Mayer and Paul Gilbert
The $85 kit can come ready for assembly or readymade for your pedalboard, and harks back to an early overdrive circuit that has been tweaked by EHX, Way Huge and many more
Read more » “I showed the Strymon BigSky to Lana, and she was like, ‘Oh, we need that.’ I plugged into a 100-watt Marshall, and the riff came out in 10 seconds”: Lana Del Rey guitarist Blake Lee thrives on making his Strat sound like anything but a guitar
The boundary-breaking guitarist – aka Blake Stranathan – had an unlikely route to session guitar success. He reveals how gear shaped his collaborations with one of the biggest singer-songwriters of our age, his theory on how “the less paint or lacquer on the guitar, the better it will sound” and why the tone of a real Klon can’t be replicated
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ALBUM REVIEW: Icon 30 – Paradise Lost
The British rock and metal scene was in great health in 1993. Bands who embraced metal with rock and punk influences like THE WILDHEARTS and THE ALMIGHTY released albums like Earth…
Read more » Exploring the Highway Series with Mason Stoops and Matt Safranek | Fender
Explore the features of the new Highway Series Acoustics with guitarist Mason Stoops and Fender’s own Product Manager Matt Safranek. #Fender #FenderGuitars #HighwaySeries SUBSCRIBE NOW: http://bit.ly/FenderSubscribe SHOP FENDER: http://bit.ly/ShopFender GET…
Read more » Neil Young showcases his savage overdriven tones and channels Hendrix in the most menacing solo rendition of the Star-Spangled Banner you’ve ever heard
Wielding his legendary 1953 Gibson Les Paul, Old Black, Young put his own spin on the US national anthem, nodding to a certain Woodstock performance along the way
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ALBUM REVIEW: A Heaven You May Create (Live In Tel Aviv) – Orphaned Land
In the early summer of 2021, during an all-too-brief gap between COVID-19 lockdowns, dispensation was granted for the Israeli metal band ORPHANED LAND to perform a special show in Tel…
Read more » DADGAD guitar tuning: an introduction to the (not quite) open tuning favored by Jimmy Page
Here are five ideas to get started with DADGAD tuning, so you can get on with the important business of writing the next Kashmir
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ALBUM REVIEW: Gilded Form – Gilded Form
Cross continent collaborations are a common occurrence in the modern age. The latest addition to this extensive list is GILDED FORM, a Dutch/American trio made up of Nick Millevoi (guitar),…
Read more » “Being in a band is so much more than the playing. Actually, the playing is down on the list”: Before Megadeth, Marty Friedman says he auditioned for Ozzy Osbourne – but “failed miserably”
Shortly before he became Megadeth’s lead guitar player, Friedman took part in an ill-fated Osbourne audition – here’s why it didn’t work out, according to the man himself
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ALBUM REVIEW: Heartrot – Bjørkø
This record is a long time coming for Toni Koivusaari, guitarist of AMORPHIS, who’s been part of the band since the very beginning. He set himself a deadline, his 40th…
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