AP International Offering New Fret Butter Fretboard Cleaner from DMI Guitar Labs
AP International is pleased to announce they will be offering the new Fret Butter fretboard cleaner from DMI Guitar Labs. Fret Butter is a unique, patented and proprietary solution for…
Read more »Boss and JHS Pedals Team Up to Introduce JB-2 Angry Driver
Boss has introduced the JB-2 Angry Driver, a new pedal co-developed with JHS Pedals to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Boss compact pedals. Housed in the classic Boss compact design,…
Read more »Theme and Development: Two-Hand Percussive Tapping Variations
As I demonstrated in my debut Guitar World column last month, a favorite technique of mine is percussive tapping, wherein notes and specific rhythmic patterns are sounded by tapping onto…
Read more »Adding the Major Third to Blues Licks in Ninth Position
In this third installment of our exploration of utilizing the major third of E, G#, as an additional tone within licks based on the E minor pentatonic scale (E G…
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Eerie Arpeggios, Part 4: The Spooky Sus4b2 Sound
In our last six lessons (see Guitar World May through September 2017), I presented a handful of unusual, intriguing four-note arpeggios in the key of A—Aadd2, Am(add2), Aaddb2, A6b2 and…
Read more »Hear Avenged Sevenfold Cover The Rolling Stones’ "As Tears Go By"
Avenged Sevenfold have made quite a habit of left-field covers lately, re-interpreting the Mexican folk song “Malagueña Salerosa,” Mr. Bungle’s “Retrovertigo,” an original track (“Dose”) Del Shannon’s 1961 hit, “Runaway”…
Read more » Go Behind the Scenes With Mastodon in New "Toe to Toes" Video
Last week, we showed you the wild music video for Mastodon’s “Steambreather.” Now, the band have premiered the far more intimate, behind the scenes video for “Toe to Toes.” Here,…
Read more »Boss Announces V-BDN VG-Strandberg Guitar
Boss has introduced the V-BDN VG-Strandberg guitar, a trailblazing new instrument that fuses the compelling designs of Swedish guitar maker Strandberg with the advanced V-Guitar technologies from Boss. From the…
Read more »JD McPherson Premieres New Song, "Crying’s Just a Thing You Do"
JD McPherson has premiered a new song, “Crying’s Just a Thing You Do,” and you can check it out below. The track is from his upcoming album, Undivided Heart & Soul, which will be…
Read more »Dead & Company Announce Fall Tour
The Grateful Dead offshoot group Dead & Company have announced a fall North American tour. The tour, which follows their extensive jaunt through North America this summer, begins with a…
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