The Current2d
The Current's Guitar Collection: Jeffrey Foucault, 1940s Gibson J-45
Singer-songwriter Jeffrey Foucault talks about how a Gibson J-45 that he just seemed meant to have eventually found its way ...
Rhythm guitarists are harder to identify on recordings than lead players. But there’s one rhythm king that Cory Wong can pick out without fail
The Minneapolis maestro is a self-confessed rhythm guitar junkie, but one player bends his ear more than any other ...
Palm muting is an essential guitar technique – but there’s a lot more to it than just chugging. Are you using it to its full potential?
First used by ’50s legends Chet Atkins and Les Paul, it is rock, metal and punk that have made palm muting so popular today ...
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Gene Simmons says Ace Frehley copied a Robby Krieger guitar solo note for note on a famous Kiss track
Mike McCready liked Frehley's solo so much he used it for Pearl Jam's "Alive," giving the solo a third time in the spotlight ...
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Guitar Player presents the top guitarists of the 1980s you need to know
From Eddie Van Halen and Stevie Ray Vaughan to Daniel Ash and Jamie West-Oram, we cover the gamut of the decade's greatest ...
The Highlands Current7d
Guitar at the Bar: Rik Mercaldi
Rik Mercaldi acquired his main electric guitar at age 15 and has been mastering its intricacies ever since. Give him a ...
MusicRadar16d
Timothée Chalamet learned to play guitar for Bob Dylan role on a $200 beginner Yamaha acoustic
“I told him, ‘Show up without a guitar. I have a couple of guitars for us,’” says Saltzman. Both were eager to get started. Time was of the essence. Saltzman says Chalamet knew a couple of chords but ...
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“The net result of this process is a progression which sounds smoother, calmer and more musical”: The value of adding chord inversions
If your chord progressions sound a little clunky, try approaching your harmony in an inverse way. In its simplest form, an inversion is created by moving the notes contained within a chord or triad, ...
Rolling Stone29d
How Timothée Chalamet Learned to Channel Bob Dylan on Guitar
When he got to my place and we had our guitars in our hands, I asked if he’d played, and he said just a little. He kind of knew one or two chords and formed a couple of chords, and that’s what ...
Inc29d
Andy Powers on Crafting a New Era for Electric Guitars
What do you do after changing the way acoustic guitars have been made? You channel your passion for electric guitars into a whole new creative venture. Andy Powers is the president, CEO and chief ...