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Guitar Center just dropped a 15% off coupon for Cyber Monday – and it’s valid on thousands of guitars, pedals, amps and accessories – including one of our favorite signature models, a fire-breathing EVH lunchbox head, and that Hello Kitty strap you
(Image credit: Guitar Center) Yes, we know: Black Friday is over, but don’t tell that to Guitar Center, which has…
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Guitar Basics: How to Connect Chords with Bass Runs
So far in this series of lessons on chord embellishment basics, we’ve talked about adding or changing notes in the…
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Best Holiday Guitar Gift Ideas 2024
By Shawn Leonhardt for Guitar Tricks and 30 Day Singer If you’re looking for the perfect gift for the guitar…
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How the Acoustic Guitar Kept the Pulse of the Swing Era
Guitarist Fred Guy onstage with the Duke Ellington Orchestra. Photo: William P. Gottlieb During the swing era, roughly 1929 to…
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“It became my life’s work to eliminate every obstacle to playing live acoustic guitar. The AEG-1 is the realization of this philosophy”: Did L.R. Baggs just unveil this year’s most forward-thinking acoustic guitar design?
L.R. Baggs – best known for its acoustic pickup innovations – has debuted a new acoustic-electric guitar in the shape…
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“The guitar I wanted to play did not exist. What I wanted was a cross between a Gibson and a Fender”: New Eddie Van Halen documentary traces the guitar journey that led him to create the Frankenstein – and it’s narrated by the man himself
A new mini-documentary charting Eddie Van Halen’s pre-Frankenstein electric guitar journey has been released online. Masterminded by Simon Alkin and…
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“I never liked the idea of getting lessons from a guitar player, and thought it would be more useful to learn from someone who didn’t play the guitar at all”: Lo-fi guitar hero Mk.gee on why he decided to learn guitar basics from an upright bassist
From creating his own brand of expressive, jazz-infused yet genre-fluid guitar music to capturing the internet’s fascination with his Fender…
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Cat Fox of Sound Guitar Repair Fixes and Restores Instruments for Stars and Hobbyists Alike
In the early 1980s Cat Fox, disillusioned by a year of studying management and aviation at Central Washington University, felt…
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“Fingerpicking came from not having an amplifier. After dad forked out for the guitar, I didn’t have the nerve to ask him for one”: Mark Knopfler says the lack of a guitar amp growing up helped him develop his now-iconic fingerpicking style
Mark Knopfler says he developed his now-iconic fingerpicking playing style because he “didn’t have the nerve” to ask his father…
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Guitar Basics: How to Use Sus and Add Embellishments with Open Chord Shapes
In the first installment of this Basics series on chord embellishments (July/August 2024 issue), we focused on simple ways to…
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