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“Nick said, ‘I’m not here to fill Brent’s shoes. I want to help write the future of Mastodon’”: Troy Sanders on rebuilding Mastodon and why new guitarist Nick Johnston was an instant fit

Mastodon’s biggest line-up change could have derailed them. Instead, it inspired one of the most ambitious albums of their career

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“My hands started shaking as soon as I began recording. We weren’t talking about it or rehearsing – we were actually doing it”: Vivian Campbell on joining Dio just before recording their classic debut album

Campbell was thrown in at the deep end when he wound up working with Ronnie James Dio on Holy Diver

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"Most definitely a show-stopper": Epiphone Lzzy Hale Explorer Custom review

A stage-ready Explorer that is sure to appeal to more than Hale's horde of fans

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Zombie fade finishes, Nazgul pickups… Charvel’s new, mid-price Pro Plus Dinky DK24 models are aimed straight at the metal market

The new guitars are tailor-made for speed, but there’s more firepower than usual in the pickup department

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David Bowie’s guitarists on what it was like to play with the Thin White Duke: “I had just come from working with Frank Zappa for a year, and Frank was very directive. David was entirely the opposite”

10 years after Bowie's death, Adrian Belew, Peter Frampton, Carlos Alomar and other guitar-slinging comrades-in-arms recall high times alongside the master

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“There’d be a 20-foot fire going, and my bass and Tré’s kit are burning while Billie’s playing Time of Your Life”: Green Day's Mike Dirnt is selling iconic gear – from Dookie era and beyond – on Reverb

Collectibles include several basses that were burned on stage, American Idiot-era Fender Mike Dirnt signature Precisions, a smashed Gibson Grabber, and tour-worn Mesa/Boogie amps

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Ibanez teams up with metal god Wes Hauch for a 7-string Iceman signature, and fans are all talking about one thing: the price

Preorders list the eagerly awaited guitar for $9,999, but there’s a reason for that

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Rush’s Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee call Angine de Poitrine’s music the “most entertaining and exhilarating” they’ve heard in a long time

The prog legends say the duo remind them of “Primus and a bit of Rush”. And they’re not the only guitar gods to be wowed by the polka-dot aliens lately

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How to write a “song within a song” with your guitar solos

Blackberry Smoke frontman Charlie Starr demonstrates how the solo really can serve the song – by being the song

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“It reacts to your playing every bit as well as premium pedals over three times the price”: Boss BD-2 Blues Driver review

With over 30 years of continuous production, it’s time to investigate why the Boss BD-2 Blues Driver is so revered

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When Nils Lofgren tried to join the Rolling Stones: “I was nervous. I said, ‘Hi, Keith. Ron Wood might have mentioned me…’”

Lofgren almost flew out to audition after Mick Taylor’s eventual successor put him in touch with the Stones

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Billy Gibbons vows ZZ Top will continue performing, following drummer Frank Beard's death

Gibbons confirmed that, as per Beard's wishes, the band is going to “keep on keeping on”, with a Texas show scheduled for this weekend

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Baritone Telecasters are back on the menu as Fender unveils new 75th Anniversary models

The Nocaster is also making a return in the American Vintage II lineup while the Player II Telecaster gets four limited-edition colorways

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The Canadian musician who co-wrote a Rolling Stones song without realizing it: “I got a call from my lawyer – she told me to sit down. She’d just gotten off the phone with the Stones’ manager…”

k.d. lang collaborator and lifelong Stones fan Ben Mink says the unexpected co-credit fulfilled a childhood dream – sort of

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No-one nails Eddie Van Halen’s playing quite like Jacob Deraps – now he’s the face of the new EVH Wolfgang: “This guy gets as close as I’ve ever heard anyone”

The Van Halen-obsessed shredder has called working on the guitar's new promo video a “dream come true”

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“There’s a subtle slickness to what we do. We love session guys and have respect for Toto and the Wrecking Crew”: Meet Robert Jon and the Wreck, the rock fanatics who sound like they rolled out of Georgia in ’82

Eddie Van Halen, the Allmans, Tom Petty… The list of influences is long and it all goes into the Orange County rocker's ’70s-flavored stew

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Chris Buck and Mirador guitarist Chris Turpin team up to showcase some of the world’s most historic guitars at exclusive London event

Famous ’Bursts and T-Bone Walker’s 1949 ES-5N – the guitar that gave birth to electric blues – are among the legendary instruments set to feature

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The night Stevie Ray Vaughan walked out of his own show to go watch his blues hero: “I got on the mic and said, ‘I’m gonna go see Albert King. If you got any brains, you will, too.’ And I picked up and went”

SRV was playing a ‘pass-the-hat’ gig at one of Austin’s most notorious dive bars – until he found out Albert King was playing across town

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“Unlock new sounds while opening up your fretboard vision and knowledge”: Who’s afraid of the Mixolydian mode? Here’s how you can use it for triads

Corey Congilio wasn't that fussed about the Mixolydian mode at first but now he's a believer – and this lesson shows you just how practical it can be

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Alex Lifeson reveals his struggles leading up to the Rush reunion tour: “I was sitting on the edge of my bed, at 2 o'clock in the morning, thinking if I made the right decision. Can I play? Am I good enough?”

After years of health issues, Lifeson wasn’t sure he could keep up with his own or the fans’ expectations of his playing

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“The closest to my feel in that solo anyone ever got”: Brian May hails 17-year-old for his uncanny Queen guitar covers

The guitarist fell in love with Queen through the Bohemian Rhapsody film, and now has a fan in the man himself

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Carlos Alomar’s hazy first encounter with Paul McCartney: “Paul turned his back to me to get something. What emerged was a perfectly rolled ganja joint”

The session veteran provided some finishing tracks on Press to Play after a rather indulgent first encounter bonding with the Beatle

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King Gizzard’s Tiny Amp Destroyer is a $399 pedal that makes your rig sound like a $29 practice amp on the verge of blowing up: “It makes your massive amp sound tiny. It’s way better”

The oddball Aussies take rig shrinking to a whole new level with new Stu Mackenzie x JAM Pedals collab

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Deep Purple guitarist Simon McBride on sharing the stage with Ritchie Blackmore: “If I can play that well when I’m that age, I’ll be happy. People should look at it for what it was – a magical night”

Deep Purple’s current guitar player was caught off-guard when the band got the call from Blackmore. But as he tells Guitar World, he was very happy to be his rhythm guitarist that night

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“I’m probably the only director who always has a guitar on his set”: Robert Rodriguez, the filmmaker behind From Dusk Till Dawn, Sin City and Spy Kids, lifts the lid on his guitar collection – including two guitars previously owned by Stevie Ray Vaughan

The filmmaker takes us through his extensive guitar collection, including gifts from the likes of Billy Gibbons and Kirk Hammett, and reveals why he needs 24 frets to perform with his cinematic Latin-rock band

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