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Betcha Can't Play This: Wide Stretches, String Skipping and Tapping with Gus G
This lick is influenced by Paul Gilbert and Richie Kotzen and incorporates wide fret-hand stretches, string skipping, tapping and legato phrasing [hammer-ons, pull-offs and unpicked slides]. It starts...
View ArticleArch Enemy Premiere "War Eternal" Music Video
Extreme metallers Arch Enemy have introduced a new member — Alissa White-Gluz, the former vocalist from Canadian act the Agonist. Angela Gossow, who joined Arch Enemy in 2000 and made her debut on...
View ArticleLP Releasing New Track "Night Like This" on April 1
Singer/songwriter/performer LP will release a new track, entitled "Night Like This," digitally on April 1st.This track is the first single from her upcoming Warner Bros. Records debut album. "Night...
View ArticleSo Brown Celebrates New Album with Free Show in Brooklyn this Saturday
So Brown saunters by on the sidewalk dressed unassumingly in an old suede bomber jacket, dark dungarees, and a fading gray army cap. Guitar in hand, you might mistake her for a rebellious teenage boy....
View ArticleGuitar World Girls: Meet Amy Nicole!
Amy is the latest addition to our Girls of Guitar World Gallery.Scroll down to see the complete photo gallery!Photos by Jack WatsonIf you think you have what it takes to be a Guitar World Girl, simply...
View ArticleDemo Video: Electro-Harmonix Tortion Overdrive/Distortion Pedal
The folks over at Electro-Harmonix have created and posted a new demo video for the company's Tortion overdrive/distortion pedal.You can check out the video, which features guitarist Bill Ruppert,...
View ArticleVideo: 14-Year-Old Guitarist Tina S. Performs Yngwie Malmsteen's "Arpeggios...
Today we bring you a brand-new video from 14-year-old French guitarist Tina S. — her first of 2014.In the video, which she posted to YouTube Thursday, March 20, she covers Yngwie Malmsteen's "Arpeggios...
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Choice Cuts: Top Acoustic Songs from Bradford Cox of Dearhunter/Atlas Sound
Cutting not only a distinctive physical, but musical figure in the world of rock, Bradford Cox has for years been one of music’s most creative, enigmatic and fascinating personas. Although his output...
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Win the Ultimate Guitar and Vocal Performance Package from TC!
Teaser Content: A great performance is the culmination of preparation, delivery and — you guessed it — GEAR, and with a massive prize package from TC Electronic, TC-Helicon and Tannoy, you’ll be ready...
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Wild Stringdom with John Petrucci: Relocating Familiar Scalar Patterns to...
Let’s continue with a topic that I addressed in last month’s column: focusing on the formation of specific scalar patterns, or “shapes,” and how to connect them while traversing the fretboard. To me,...
View Article'20 Essential Metal Licks' DVD: Master Techniques used by Metallica, Pantera,...
Master the essential metal techniques used by artists like Metallica, Pantera, Slayer, Dream Theater, Iron Maiden and many others. In the feature-filled 20 Essential Metal Licks Lick Pack DVD, you'll...
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Shred Zeppelin: How to Play Like Jimmy Page
Though he's mostly revered for his huge-sounding, eternally cool riffs, inventive altered tunings, acoustic fingerpicking masterpieces and otherworldly, ambient soundscapes, Jimmy Page also is one of...
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Man of Steel with Steel Panther's Satchel: Building Complex Rock Riffs from...
A lot of people come up to me and say, “Satchel, you rock! You know all 28 frets of your guitar, man!” And I say, dude, are you stupid? My guitar only has 24 frets…or something. I don’t remember how...
View ArticleThe Melvins' Buzz Osborne Preps Acoustic Album
Buzz Osborne, legendary Melvins guitarist and grunge progenitor, will release his debut solo full-length album, This Machine Kills Artists, on June 3 via Ipecac Recordings."I have no interest in...
View ArticleInterview: Guitarist Phil Collen Looks Back on 33 Years of Def Leppard
Three decades into a remarkably successful career, guitarist Phil Collen looks at each day as a new beginning. Best known for his work with rock band Def Leppard, Collen is also involved with a gritty...
View ArticleVideo: Watch Anti-Mortem Play Acoustic Version of "Hate Automatic"
Oklahoma natives and southern-infused hard rockers Anti-Mortem have released an exclusive acoustic performance video for the song "Hate Automatic."The song comes off the band's upcoming debut album,...
View ArticleRobert Francis and The Night Tide to Release ‘Heaven’ on June 3
Robert Francis is set to release his fourth album, Heaven, June 3, 2014 on Aeronaut Records. Recorded with his new backing band The Night Tide, the album’s 13 songs were produced by Robert, mixed by...
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Sunday Strum: Episode 1 Learn an Easy Strum Pattern in 3/4 Time
Introducing a new Acoustic Nation series, Sunday Strum. We’ll be posting a new easy strum pattern every week with an instructional video.Take a stab at it and increase your strum repertoire. Enjoy!In...
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Win an Ernie Ball Music Man Gamechanger Reflex Guitar, 36 Sets of M-Steel...
Teaser Content: <em>Guitar World</em> and Ernie Ball have teamed up to present the ultimate spring gear offer! You can find out more by watching the video at the bottom of this story! In...
View ArticleVideo: Guitar World's Paul Riario Compares Ernie Ball's New M-Steel Strings...
In the video below, Guitar World's tech editor Paul Riario compares two sets of Ernie Ball guitar strings — the company's ever-popular Slinkys and its brand-new M-Steel electric guitar strings.You can...
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