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I've always tried to make the guitar sound different and to play the guitar in a different way

The Edge on how punk rock expanded his horizons and gave the young U2 the freedom to try anything ...
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New Fender Film Features J Mascis, Thurston Moore, and More Celebrating NYC Roots

We just kind of gravitated towards New York,” said J Mascis. “Starting a band I decided I wanted a ...
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People ask me: “How do I get out of the pentatonic rut?” This is what I tell them

10 things we learned from B.B. King, Peter Green, Stevie Ray Vaughan and more that will improve your soloing ...

How the guitar's standard tuning was decided

This is a story about tracing the history of how the guitar's standard tuning (EADGBE) came to be in its current form, going ...

“My dad could do things on a guitar neck that most people couldn’t, just because of the physical size of his hands”: What set Chuck Berry’s playing apart, according to ...

Chuck Berry Jr. says his father had the biggest hands. Thumb-to-pinky, it was nearly an octave reach, and it made him a natural at a certain technique ...

Patti Smith calls him her “knight,” and he’s a legend of NYC guitar, so why is Lenny Kaye just making his solo debut now?

The punk pioneer tells GW about his “point and shoot” playing, the CBGB scene’s “misfits and renegades” – and why one pickup ...