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“Someone told us that guitar was haunted – people who had it had accidents. I’m a Nirvana fan, but it was just a regular guitar to me”: Opeth’s Mikael Åkerfeldt said the Martin museum felt like the “Holy Land,” but one guitar he played there
Guitars used by Kurt Cobain have been deemed by the vintage guitar market to be quite the commodity. The two…
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Martin Guitar Refreshes Standard Series, Debuts New Models Ahead of 2025 NAMM Show
NAZARETH, PA – C. F. Martin & Co.® is unveiling an exciting lineup of new guitars ahead of The 2025…
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March 2025 Guitar World lesson videos and more
(Image credit: Barrie Wentzell) Greetings, guitar people! These videos represent the bonus content for the March 2025 issue of Guitar…
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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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