
These Two Magic Fusion Chords Work with Any Bass Note
PHOTO: Cindy Moorhead Magic chords are those that have the strange ability to fit in almost anywhere, with any bass note and in any musical context. Yes, they sometimes sound…
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Metallica’s James Hetfield Under Doctor’s Orders to Not Sing a Single Note
PHOTO: Buda Mendes | Getty Images During a Metallica show in Copenhagen this past Friday night (February 3), under-the-weather frontman James Hetfield gave the audience an interesting choice: “You pa..
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The Top Five Reasons Your Guitar Tone Sucks
There are plenty of areas in your setup where you can make small but noticeable improvements in your guitar’s tone.
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Watch Black Sabbath Play “Paranoid,” the Final Song at Their Final Show
PHOTO: Frazer Harrison | Getty Images Saturday night, February 4, Black Sabbath played their final show as a band. The setting couldn’t have been more perfect. They capped off their…
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How to Hack the Five Pentatonic Scale Shapes
PHOTO: Cindy Moorhead Let’s face it. If your goal is to achieve Guitar God status, you’ve got to be fluent playing lead over the entire neck, and not just in…
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Watch the Beatles Record “Hey Bulldog” in 1968
Even though the Beatles hired a film crew to document the 1969 recording sessions for what would become Let It Be , it’s a bit uncommon to see studio footage…
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Steve Hackett Premieres New Song, “In the Skeleton Gallery”
Former Genesis, Squackett and GTR guitarist Steve Hackett will release a new album, The Night Siren , March 24 via InsideOut Music (Sony). You can enjoy the world’s first taste…
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Eight Things You Didn’t Know About Guitar
PHOTO: Cindy Moorhead If your knowledge of guitar trivia could use a boost, you’re in luck. Steve-san Onotera, the self-described Samurai Guitarist, is back with a new video where he…
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Meet the Hog-O-Caster, a Guitar Made from Harley Parts
If you love motorcycles and guitars, here’s an instrument that combines both passions.
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The Tremolo System That Doesn’t Exist
PHOTO: Irish10567 | Flickr Creative Commons (cropped) As many guitarists know, the tremolo arm found on some guitars isn’t really a tremolo system at all. Tremolo is amplitude, or volume,…
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