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[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVFtTfiNepc] “Blue Mirror” jam from “The Weight of the World” Blues Hall of Famer Joe Louis Walker grabbed his pearl-front Zemaitis to show us a...

Not every acoustic needs to blow the walls out with volume and projection; there are critical styles of guitar that require subtlety and nuance....

Classic Fender tweed amps are known for fat, warm clean tones, but even more for their raunch when cranked. Mesa Boogie’s California Tweed amps...

Lari Basilio’s latest album, Your Love, is highlighted by spellbinding note density, feel, and whiplash twists and turns. Her forté is composition, leaning heavily...

Billy Sheehan earned notoriety and commercial success in the ’80s and ’90s as a member of David Lee Roth’s post-Van Halen band and then...

Even after 45 years of guitar heroics with King Crimson, David Bowie, Frank Zappa, and solo, Adrian Belew’s career is still ascending. With his...

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlpEp-UG_NI] Fingerpicking mastery on "Son of a Gun Whoa.... Check out Tommy Emmanuel backstage at the Grand Ole Opry with his Pre-War Guitars Co. 000-28,...

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Vv2oV-M7dc&w=560&h=315] Dig his Meaty “Celery” The track is called “Celery,” but Mike Keneally sure makes it meaty! With a splash of distortion, chorus, and delay...

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwVf11N8rw8] Duo rips on “Settle For Less” Proving that sparks can fly when regional styles collide, Texas native Jesse Dayton and Kansas City’s own Samantha...

For more than 70 years, aluminum has been a component in guitar construction. Exactly whose idea it was originally has never been a cut-and-dried...