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MYSTERIOUS: 3 | Mind Blowing Facts

All hell breaks loose! Inside Thin Lizzy's first hit album and the campaign to break America - only in the new issue of Classic Rock

Also in this issue: Motörhead, Jerry Cantrell, Jon Anderson, The Cold Stares, Fleetwood Mac, Terrorvision, Michael Schenker, Idles, The Hot Damn!, Bad Religion, Paul Gilbert and more

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“Grunge? I don’t know too many things where people are praised for having less skill”: The blazing story of Shrapnel Records, the 80s label that gave shred to the world

How guitar shredders Yngwie Malmsteen, Racer X, Cacophony and Richie Kotzen turned Shrapnel Records into the fastest label of the 80s

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“I am so in love with it, they asked, ‘You wanna sprinkle a little Vai fairy dust on it?’” Steve Vai and Positive Grid have launched a signature Spark Mini inspired by his five-neck Hydra guitar – and it’s got four Vai-designed presets

The latest artist-approved Spark Mini features a unique Hydra artwork and a quartet of guitar tones that cover Vai's favorite practice sounds

Guitar World

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String skipping can present your playing with new melodic possibilities that were previously out of reach. Make like Paul Gilbert, Slash and Nuno with these wide-ranging exercises

String skipping can introduce fresh arpeggios and wide interval phrases to your playing. Look no further than Sweet Child O' Mine for an example of its musical effectiveness

Guitar World

“Whenever a guitar student of mine brings up BPMs, I’m like, ‘Oh no!’ That mindset is not a musical mindset... that’s the wrong door to get in the building”: Paul Gilbert is teaching guitarists how to become musicians

Gilbert takes us down memory line and back up to the present, and tells us about his evolution as a player

Guitar World

“Randy harnessed its raw energy to slam his high-gain amplifier with a torrent of harmonics to create the sonic signature that would etch an indelible mark on music history”: MXR unveils eagerly anticipated Randy Rhoads Distortion+

A meticulous replica of the late Ozzy guitarist's own dirt box, this polka-dot limited edition pedal was developed in partnership with his sister, Kathy Rhoads

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“These 4 guitars were stolen in Frankfurt, Germany today”: Paul Gilbert has had guitars worth $12,000 stolen – now the shred icon needs your help to find them

The instruments, including three distinctive Ibanez signature models, were taken amid Mr. Big’s European tour dates

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“Stolen guitar alert!”: Paul Gilbert has had three Ibanez electrics and a Godin steel-string acoustic stolen in Frankfurt – issues plea for information

Thanks to Ibanez, the show in Germany will go on as planned, but Gilbert asks the public to keep their eyes open and help return the guitars to their rightful owner

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“The object is to take your hands to a point where they are never confused by anything you present them”: Watch shred icon Rusty Cooley share his strategy for building up speed – and explain why he likes to avoid obvious note choices

The “world’s fastest player” Cooley endorses the discipline of non-stop repetition until you find your fastest clean speed but argues variety is key to building technical excellence

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“A lot of the magic happens right around there”: Paul Gilbert had one of his guitars modded to just 20 frets so that he could play more pinch harmonics

Gilbert has been sharing his strategies for emulating the human voice on guitar but don't start pulling the frets out of your fingerboard just yet

MusicRadar

“World firsts, chunky rhythms and the lead tone of a generation”: Long-awaited Tim Henson 7-string headlines mega new Ibanez signature guitar drop – including a Paul Gilbert Fireman with a world-first mod

The Polyphia guitarist’s first extended-range signature guitar lines up alongside fresh models for Paul Gilbert, Andy Timmons, Pat Metheny and John Scofield

Guitar World

“I was inspired by one of my favorite players – you may recognize some of his signature licks”: Matteo Mancuso, one of the hottest guitar players on the planet right now, has written a virtuosic tribute track to Paul Gilbert… on baritone

Mancuso uses his mesmerizing fingerstyle technique – and a peachy Bacci baritone – to honor one of his biggest guitar influences on Paul Position

Guitar World

"You may recognize some of his signature licks in the solo section": Matteo Mancuso pays tribute to Paul Gilbert on new song Paul Position

"I wrote it some days after receiving this wonderful Baritone Guitar from Bacci"

MusicRadar

"There's still plenty of gas left in the tank": Mr. Big might be worn around the edges, but their energetic tenth album is as tight as ever

Is Ten Mr. Big's swan song? Maybe. Maybe not

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“My older content was way more technique-driven… I wanted to become more sophisticated. Virtuoso music can be impressive but extremely shallow”: Martin Miller on how he recruited Paul Gilbert, Lari Basilio and Mateus Asato for his world-beating jams

The Ibanez signature artist talks forsaking his shred roots, how to approach chord changes and those world-class live sessions with the likes of Paul Gilbert and Andy Timmons

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Daphne Gilbert obituary

Other lives: Mathematics professor who jointly developed an influential theory on spectral analysis

The Guardian - UK

The tragic death of Maureen Gilbert: why did a much-loved mother die in her flooded home?

Last year, Storm Babet tore through Chesterfield in Derbyshire, an at-risk town that had been hit before. Could the devastation have been avoided?

Guitar World

“I just need one good sound and I’m set. A lot of players forget that”: Gus G’s tone and soloing philosophy is always evolving – and right now, it’s full of Floyd Rose divebombs

The Greek guitar phenom goes over the top on Firewind's new album, Stand Up, proving that all those hours locked away with Paul Gilbert instructional DVDs did not go to waste

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“If only he knew who was playing guitar behind him!”: Paul Gilbert heard someone playing Little Wing at a music store, so he spontaneously joined in the jam – and the player’s reaction is priceless

The Mr. Big virtuoso was doing a spot of gear shopping, but ended up stealing the show with the help of a 1980s Ibanez Roadstar

Guitar World

“An unforgettable, unmissable display of guitar mastery”: A new Jason Becker single fashioned from an old demo has been released – and it brings together a staggering cast of A-list guitar heroes

Championed by Nita Strauss, Some Assembly Required recruits Steve Vai, Lari Basilio, Joe Bonamassa, Steve Lukather, Marty Friedman, Paul Gilbert, Zakk Wylde and countless other guitar greats for an epic 7-minute solo session

Guitar World

“Technical playing can get cleaner, and that’s possibly even more challenging than just being faster”: We met the academics who study shred guitar for a living – they explained why it’s changed dramatically since the ’80s, and the 3 ways it can develop

A new study documents the challenges facing modern-day virtuosos, who not only have to balance perfection and authenticity, but now have to be “10 things that used to be 10 full-time professions”

Guitar World

“He’s the best!”: Watch Andy Timmons and Paul Gilbert have big fun trading Robby Krieger licks on a helter-skelter guitar jam of the Doors’ Light My Fire

One minute they’re hanging out at Sweetwater Studios talking gear, technique, having “a friendly jam in A”, the next they’re playing a Dorian-infused Doors improv that’ll blow your mind

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"They didn't like the record, they didn't like our songs and they didn't like band": How Mr Big conquered record company indifference with To Be With You, the song that transformed their lives

A ballad written by teenager Eric Martin to impress a girl he'd fallen for gave his band their biggest hit, topped charts around the world, and became their calling-card

Guitar World

The 20 greatest bass solos of all time – from the fastest ‘lead bass guitarist’ to the only bass solo James Jamerson ever recorded

We count down moments of bass guitar genius from Tal Wilkenfeld, Flea, Victor Wooten, John Myung and many more

MusicRadar

Our 15 favourite metal and heavy rock guitar moments of 2023: featuring Wolfgang Van Halen, Nita Strauss, Nuno Bettencourt, Paul Gilbert, Metallica, Periphery and more

Including the guitar solo of the year

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