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Joe Satriani's Releases "Big Bad Moon" From G3 Reunion Live
Listen to the new track from Joe Satriani, Eric Johnson, and Steve Vai's G3 Reunion Live.Joe Satriani, Eric Johnson, and Steve Vai returned to the G3 touring concept in 2024 for a sold-out US tour....
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Gibson Les Paul Studio Review
Effectively a no-frills version of the Les Paul Standard, the Les Paul Studio has been a fixture of Gibson product rosters since 1983, which says something about the enduring, and robust, appeal for...
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Gibson Les Paul Studio Review
Effectively a no-frills version of the Les Paul Standard, the Les Paul Studio has been a fixture of Gibson product rosters since 1983, which says something about the enduring, and robust, appeal for...
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“Get It Right, Get It Fast”: Jerry Douglas on Bluegrass History and Session...
The legendary Dobro player talks about how to get session work, working with Allison Kraus, and the “baton pass” involved in recording great songs.Bluegrass music is bigger than a genre. It’s become...
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Whores Rig Rundown [2024]
The Georgia-based sludge slingers rely on a Tele-to-Marshall combination for their punishing performances.Since forming in 2010, Atlanta noise rockers Whores had only released one LP, 2016’s...
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Zakk Wylde Says "Pick Every Note!"
The iconic hard-rock shredder breaks down his incredible career and runs down one of his carpal tunnel-inducing face-melters.From Ozzy Osbourne to Black Label Society to Zakk Sabbath to, most...
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Kim Deal on Failure: “There’s a Sweetness to Seeing Somebody Get Their Ass...
While Kim Deal was making her new album, she was intrigued with the idea of failure. Deal found the work of Dutch artist Bas Jan Ader, who disappeared at sea in 1975 while attempting to sail by...
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Gear and Gigs: When “Too Much” Is Just Enough
I was recently corresponding with Barry Little, a PG reader from Indiana, Pennsylvania, about “the One”—that special guitar that lets us play, and even feel, better when it’s in our hands. We got...
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Bohlinger Tests EMG's SL20 Steve Lukather Pickguard on a '90s Strat
PG's demo master quickly (and easily) drops in an H-S-S setup into his 1994 40th Anniversary Stratocaster that needed help. Find out what happens when gets his first taste of active pickups.EMG SL20...
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Kemper Releases Free OS 12.0
Featuring vintage tremolos, modern slicer effects, and stereo auto-panners, the update includes clever Rate and Tempo controls for seamless syncing and morphing. Today Kemper announces the immediate...
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Guild OM-320 Review
The Premier Guitar crew is spoiled when it comes to hanging out with nice flattops. But while those too-brief encounters with acoustics we can’t afford teach us a lot about the flattop at its most...
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Tech 21 Introduces Richie Kotzen RK5 Signature Fly Rig Version 3
Featuring the SansAmp section, Reverb/Delay/Roto effects, and OMG overdrive, with new additions like a switchable Pre/Post Boost and Effect Loop. Pre-configured for the RK Killer Wail wah, this pedal...
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When Building Guitars—or Pursuing Anything—Go Down All the Rabbit Holes
I love to learn, and I don’t enjoy history kicking my ass. In other words, if my instrument-making predecessors—Ted McCarty, Leo Fender, Christian Martin, John Heiss, Antonio de Torres, G.B....
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Dr. Molly Miller Schools Us on Sister Rosetta
We chat with Molly about Sister Rosetta’s “immediately impressive” playing, which blends jazz, gospel, chromaticism, and blues into an early rock ‘n’ roll style that was not only way ahead of its time...
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8 High-Gain Pedals That Breathe Fire Into Your Tone
There’s a visceral feeling that goes along with really cranking the gain. Whether you’re using a clean amp or an already dirty setup, adding more gain can inspire you to play in an entirely different...
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This year PG landed some elsuive white whales (TOOL, Pantera & Jack White), revisited some revamped setups (Jason Isbell, Foo Fighters & Kingfish), and got introduced to some unusual gear...
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Embracing Music Theory—and Letting Go of It—with Fugazi’s Joe Lally
Although it’s been years since the beginning of the pandemic, many monumental things can still be explained in a single phrase: It all started because of Covid. One of those is that you can take...
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How to Record in the Field, Pt. 1
The picture associated with this month’s Dojo is one of my all-time favorites. Taken in 1916, it marks the collision of two diverging cultural epochs. Mountain Chief, the head of the Piegan Blackfeet...
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Open Tunings and Their Songwriting Magic
I first heard open guitar tunings while in college, from older players who’d become friends or mentors, and from various artists playing at the Delta Blues Festival in the early mid-’80s, which was...
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Question of the Month: An Essential Listen
Question: What albums should every guitarist listen to and why?Greg Koch - Guest PickerA: Going from the gut, I would say B.B. King’s Live at the Regal would be something every guitar player should...
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