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“I’m sorry, most of the guitar players who I admire could not in their lifetime play that gig”: Nuno Bettencourt explains why the Rihanna gig is way tougher than rock

The Extreme guitarist says even Slash would struggle in a set that requires different styles, song after song

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"If Slash jumps up and he’s got to play a clean intro to Rude Boy, it ain’t happening.” Nuno Bettencourt explains why playing guitar for Rihanna is way harder than you might imagine

Extreme guitar hero Nuno Bettencourt points out why people who think playing guitar for pop stars is an easy gig have it way wrong

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3 ways to shred like Nuno Bettencourt

Ever wonder how you'll ever set the fingerboard alight like the Extreme maverick? Well, keep these three approaches at the forefront of your mind, and one day...

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“All the excesses of rock’n’roll stardom – the sex, the drugs, the parties – were open to us”: Extreme’s Gary Cherone and Nuno Bettencourt on the highs, the lows and the hedonism

Extreme’s career has taken in one huge hit, millions of album sales, a split, a reunion and a big dollop of over-indulgent rock star living. Frontman Gary Cherone and guitarist Nuno Bettencourt look back on where it all went right, and where it all went wrong.

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Nuno Bettencourt shares his top tips for playing better guitar solos: “I always see the solo as its own song”

Having masterminded some of the greatest guitar solos in rock, the Extreme guitarist wants to pass on a little wisdom to help you when the spotlight is on

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Nuno Bettencourt on why Instagram players make his jaw drop, how Eddie Van Halen inspired Extreme's new album – and why he apologized to Brian May for one of its leads

The Extreme virtuoso talks wowing everyone from Steve Lukather to Mateus Asato with his awe-inspiring Rise solo, the state of modern guitar playing, and the gear secrets – and mistakes – behind one of the year's biggest rock guitar albums

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The six best Extreme songs that aren’t More Than Words

More Than Words currently has a staggering 533 million plays on Spotify. Here are six other Extreme songs that deserve a gentle nudge in that direction

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Tom Morello says his favorite Nuno Bettencourt solo is one you haven’t heard – and it’s “his version of Eruption”

The Rage Against the Machine guitarist says he followed Extreme religiously on the Boston circuit before they were signed: “I was blown away by this 16-, 17-year-old guitar phenomenon”

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Slash and Tom Morello recreate their epic Guitar Hero duels in live shred-off

The pair unleashed solo fireworks aplenty as they gave their 2020 collaboration Interstate 80 its live debut

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Win a Nuno Bettencourt Washburn N4-Nuno Vintage signature model by entering this guitar giveaway

The US-made instrument is worth $2,599, and will be given away to one reader

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Watch Nuno Bettencourt shred Van Halen's Hot for Teacher – on a Strat

In a long-form chat with Rick Beato, Bettencourt also discussed a part of EVH's guitar arc that “nobody talks about”

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Nuno Bettencourt explains what’s underrated about Tom Morello’s guitar playing – and why it “pisses me off a little bit”

The Extreme virtuoso voiced his thoughts on his Rage Against the Machine guitar buddy in a recent joint press conference

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Mateus Asato proves why Nuno Bettencourt both loves and hates him with this killer Get the Funk Out guest spot

The Brazilian guitarist has had a dream weekend – jamming onstage with Extreme and meeting Steve Vai in a whirlwind 24-hour trip

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Watch Tom Morello and Nuno Bettencourt trade solos as they cover Audioslave’s Cochise with Gary Cherone

The two Extreme members joined Morello for a version of the Chris Cornell-fronted classic – complete with an extended guitar solo section

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Inside the new issue of Total Guitar: The Solos Issue

Also in issue 372! Interviews: Nuno Bettencourt, Guthrie Govan, Tigercub, Island Of Love and more! Reviews: Cort G300 Glam, DOD reissue pedals, Fender Tone Master Princeton Reverb combo, Walrus Audio Melee, Vox amPlug Brian May. Learn songs by Foo Fighters, Queen and Arctic Monkeys

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Nuno Bettencourt says the Rise solo opens with a mistake

The Extreme guitarist reveals his recent technical masterpiece starts with an error: “I miss the whole string completely, I was so excited”

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Hear the new Extreme single that Nuno Bettencourt says features his favorite solo on the whole album

Other Side of the Rainbow is the latest single from the rock veterans’ forthcoming album, Six – and Nuno prefers its solo to Rise

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Nuno Bettencourt once played through Eddie Van Halen’s rig, but said it was “a horrible nightmare”

“That was the biggest bitch slap of all time, when you realize, ‘Holy shit, it’s all about you. It’s all about your fingers,’” the Extreme virtuoso told Rick Beato

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Nuno Bettencourt says he recorded with a seven-string for the first time on this new Extreme track

The shred legend says he stretched his wings and gave his N7 signature its recording debut on the band’s forthcoming album

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Nuno Bettencourt says one of the new Extreme songs made Steve Vai and Tom Morello cry

Spoiler alert: it wasn't Rise – a track that Bettencourt says has become so popular because he didn't play it sitting down

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Extreme cancel forthcoming M3 Rock Festival appearance due to Nuno Bettencourt knee injury

Bettencourt performed seated with Extreme earlier this week on the Monsters of Rock cruise after injuring himself in a basketball game

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Nuno Bettencourt: “I told the guys, ‘I wanna go for blood on this album.’ I wanted to make it fun with the guitar... to bring joy into it, to bring passion into it”

Bettencourt takes us behind the guitar album of 2023 and admits that, 15 years ago, he might have “fixed” the Rise solo and ruined it. Now, it's all about letting it rip – about making us all excited again

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Nuno Bettencourt performs sitting down after busting his knee on Monsters of Rock Cruise – but still nails the Rise solo

The Extreme guitarist apologized to fans for his injury, yet battled on to deliver a set worthy of a standing ovation

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Nuno Bettencourt on Rihanna Super Bowl halftime show appearance: "The hell with the NFL for not giving any love to the band"

Though he expressed gratitude toward the pop superstar for involving him in the show, the Extreme guitarist bemoaned the lack of camera time Rihanna's band received during the much-watched performance

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Nuno Bettencourt turns up the heat as he debuts his virtuosic Rise solo live on the Monsters of Rock Cruise 2023

The best guitar solo of 2023 so far gets its first public performance as Extreme rock out on the high seas

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