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- April 30
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- Guitarist Shreds Country-Fried Version of John Coltrane's "Giant Steps"
- D'Angelico Guitars Introduces New DC 12-String Electric
- Mysterious Guns N’ Roses Billboard Appears in London
- 10 Extremely Tasty Licks You Should Know
- Betcha Can't Play This Lick from Born of Osiris' Lee McKinney
- James Williamson on The Stooges, 'Raw Power' and His New Album, 'Behind the Shade'
- Black Stone Cherry's Chris Robertson and Ben Wells Talk New Album, 'Family Tree'
- How to Craft Heavy, Harmonically Challenging, Single-Note Riffs
- Fender, Guitar Center Team Up for Vintage Collector Series 1955 Relic Telecasters
- Shop Talk: Southpaw Guitars in Houston, Texas
- April 27
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- Chemistry Design Werks Unveils New Holeyboard ZigZag Modular Pedalboard
- Lamb of God—as Burn the Priest—Premiere New Single, "Kerosene"
- Watch Mastodon's Wild New "Clandestiny" Music Video
- Badfinger: 10 of Their Best Under-the-Radar Songs
- New and Cool: Enki USA AMG-2 Guitar Case
- Zakk Wylde, Paul Gilbert, Orianthi, Phil X, Richie Kotzen, Tak Matsumoto, George Lynch and More Team Up for 'Disney Super Guitar'
- Ace Frehley Premieres New Single, "Bronx Boy"
- Stream Wednesday’s Live Interview Event with Mrs. Smith Right Here
- April 26
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- Two Cables Every Guitarist Needs
- 10 Gorgeous Non-Open-String Chords
- Gear Review: Sound Smith Resonator Ukulele
- Using Repetition to Build Solo Lines
- Watch A Perfect Circle Perform "TalkTalk," "So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish" on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!'
- D'Angelico Guitars Unveils New Tammany OM, Niagra Mini-Dreadnought
- Dave Wyndorf Discusses Monster Magnet's Latest Grindfest
- Orange Amplification Introduces the OMEC Teleport
- April 25
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- Beautiful Noise When The Sun Explodes review
- 10 stellar headphone albums
- The Darkness Announce New Album, 'Live at Hammersmith'
- Billy Cobham Announces the Return of His “Art of the Rhythm Section” Retreat
- Fleetwood Mac Announce North American Tour
- My Bloody Valentine Announce American Shows
- A Perfect Circle Announce American Tour
- Double-Time Soloing Over a Laid-Back Groove
- Ritchie Blackmore: Talking Tone, Gear, Deep Purple Years and a Rocking Rainbow Revival
- April 24
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- Watch Metallica's Kirk Hammett Play "The Star-Spangled Banner" at a San Francisco Giants Game
- Nashville-Based Singer-Songwriter Tristen Talks New Album, 'Sneaker Waves'
- Framus Unveils New D-Series Guitars
- New Prince Album of Previously Unreleased Material Coming This Fall
- Washburn Unveils New Revival Solo Dreadnought, Solo DeLuxe Grand Auditorium Acoustics
- Learning Major Triads All Over the Neck
- Tronical Sues Gibson for $50 Million
- Review: Ernie Ball Music Man Cutlass HSS RS and StingRay RS
- Shaping Up: Dominant Double Stops for Guitar
- April 23
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- The Cult’s Billy Duffy on Gretsch Guitars, Tour with Stone Temple Pilots, Bush
- How to Create Professional-Sounding Tracks at Home
- Mad Hatter Guitar Products Introduces Transformer Series Terminator Systems
- Watch Joe Satriani Play "Energy" After Receiving the SENA European Guitar Award
- Review: Graph Tech Ratio Multi-Geared Machine Heads
- Watch Jared Dines Play an Instrumental Piece on His Ormsby 18-String Guitar
- Watch Stray Cats Perform "Runaway Boys" and "Built for Speed" at Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend
- Judas Priest, Deep Purple Announce North American Tour
- Cort Introduces X500 Electric Guitar
- April 21
- April 20
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- Guitar Center Teams with D’Addario for Earth Day String Recycling/Replacement Event
- 'Attention Attention': Guitarist Zach Myers Discusses Shinedown's New Album
- Paul Rodgers Announces 'Free Spirit: Celebrating the Music of Free' CD/DVD
- Black Stone Cherry Perform 'Foxy Lady’ Inside Jimi Hendrix's Sixties London Flat
- New and Cool: Fishman Loudbox Mini Charge Amp
- Hear "Make That Move," an Unreleased Gem by Webb Wilder and the Beatnecks
- Listen to the Debut EP from Micro Jordan/Scrawny Pippen
- April 19
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- Sleep Announce 'The Sciences,' Their First New Album Since 2003
- "Just a Bunch of Clowns Getting Together and Jamming": Zakk Wylde Recounts His Guns N' Roses Audition
- The Pitch Pilot Launches Kickstarter Campaign
- 60-Second Songwriting: Song Structure Basics—the Verse
- Hear Prince's Original 1984 Recording of “Nothing Compares 2 U”
- Treya Lam Premieres New Song, "Magic"
- Fun with Two Bright-Sounding, Uniquely Flavored Scales Built from the Same Six Notes
- The Complete Guitarist: How to Get Through a Nightmare Show
- Marshall DSL20C Amp review
- Stream Wednesday’s Shinedown Live Interview Event Right Here
- April 18
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- Guitarist Bruno Major Talks Songwriting, Touring with Sam Smith
- Lick of the Day: Descending Pentatonic Phrase with Mark Tremonti
- Gus G Premieres "Letting Go" Solo Tutorial
- Angel Vivaldi Announces “Melodic Decadence” Summer Tour
- Combining Sweep Picking and Fretboard Tapping to Forge Long, Flowing Melodic Phrases
- Breaking Benjamin Release Sixth Studio Album, ‘Ember’
- Riverdogs Premiere Intimate New Mini-Doc
- How to Get a Crushing Guitar Tone
- Rhythmic Soloing Exercise for the Improvising Guitarist
- April 17
- April 16
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- Watch the Cars Perform "Just What I Needed" at Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
- Meet the Byzantine/Hijazkiar/Double Harmonic Major Scale
- Three Finger Exercises Every Guitarist Should Know
- Watch Jack White Help Ruin a Marriage on 'Saturday Night Live'
- Watch John Petrucci and Friends Invite You to Guitar Universe 2.0
- Tremonti Premiere “Take You with Me” Music Video
- Watch the Moody Blues Perform "Nights in White Satin" and "Ride My See-Saw" at Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
- April 13
- April 12
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- Phil Manzanera Talks Roxy Music History, Gibson Firebirds and His Neighbor and Occasional Bandmate, David Gilmour
- June 2018 Guitar World Gear and Lesson Videos
- Lee Ritenour’s Six String Theory Competition Announced
- Honoring George Harrison: Randy Bachman's Track-by-Track Breakdown of New Album, 'By George, By Bachman'
- Review: Epiphone Limited Edition Richie Faulkner Flying V Custom Outfit
- What to Remember When Performing Rainbow's "Man on the Silver Mountain"
- What to Remember When Performing The Cult's "She Sells Sanctuary"
- What to Remember When Performing Queen's "Love of My Life" from 'Live Killers'
- The Secrets Behind Ted Nugent's "Cat Scratch Fever" Guitar Tone
- Watch Kirk Hammett Play Fleetwood Mac's "Oh Well" on the Peter Green Les Paul
- Watch Tommy Emmanuel Play "Purple Haze" in Jimi Hendrix's Apartment
- April 11
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- Add a Neo-Classical Dynamic to Your Solos with the Phrygian Mode
- Jerry Cantrell Offers More Details on Alice in Chains' New Album
- The Story Behind ZZ Top's Spinning Fur Guitars
- ‘When Legends Rise’: Sully Erna and Tony Rombola Discuss Godsmack's New Album
- Taylor Guitars' New V-Class Bracing Revolutionizes Acoustic Flattop Steel-String Tone
- Tommy Emmanuel's Guide to Hand Independence, and More on Chet Atkins' “El Vaquero”
- Gus G Premieres "Mr. Manson" Solo Tutorial
- Finger Twisters—Combining Major and Minor Scales and Arpeggios
- April 2018 Guitar World Gear and Lesson Videos
- Ultimate Ears Debuts New UE LIVE In-Ear Monitor
- 'Star Wars'-Themed Progressive Metallers Galactic Empire Premiere New Song, “Scherzo for X-Wings”
- April 10
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- Yes Featuring Anderson, Rabin & Wakeman Announce 50th Anniversary World Tour
- Monster Licks: How to Create Tension and Retain Intensity with the Diminished 7th Scale
- Steal These Five Blistering Zakk Wylde Licks
- Trivium Premiere "Endless Night" Music Video
- Nita Strauss Enters the Signature Guitar Market with Her Badass New Ibanez JIVA10
- Brian Setzer Jams on a 1941 Gibson L-5
- Tool Announce Intimate Music Clinics
- Fleetwood Mac Fire Lindsey Buckingham
- E-Z Does It: Delta Blues-Style, Drone-Based Ideas in the Key of E
- April 9
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- Take a Look at "Carl," the Guitar Made Out of Wood from Metallica's Eighties Home
- Megadeth Announce Expansive 'Killing Is My Business...' Reissue
- Paul Reed Smith Discusses Controversy Over PRS John Mayer Silver Sky Guitar
- Hedras Ramos Premieres "Transitions" Music Video
- Betcha Can't Play This: Joe Satriani Lays Down a Challenge
- Gary Clark Jr. Announces North American Tour Dates
- 'Grimmest Hits': Zakk Wylde and BLS Serve Up a Collection of Radio-Unfriendly Loudness on Their New Album
- Washburn Unveils New Timeless Parlor Guitar
- Watch Andy McKee and Eric Johnson Invite You to Musicarium 2018
- April 6
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- New and Cool: CruzTools Second Generation GrooveTech Guitar/Bass Multi-Tool
- Three Steps to Avoiding Practice Fatigue
- Hear Tremonti's New Song, "A Dying Machine"
- Ernie Ball Music Man Announces Ball Family Reserve April Limited Collection
- How to Play Pantera's "Cowboys from Hell" Intro
- Dennis Coffey Unveils "It’s Your Thing/Union Station" from Newly Unearthed Album, 'One Night at Morey’s: 1968'
- Johnny Marr Announces New Solo Album, 'Call the Comet'
- Jason Richardson Premieres "Tendinitis" Music Video
- Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds Premiere "She Taught Me How to Fly" Music Video
- Deep Purple Bassist Roger Glover Talks Ritchie Blackmore, Playing with a Pick and Producing Judas Priest
- April 5
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- Cakewalk Returns, Now Available for Free
- The Remains of a 1964 Strat Destroyed by The Who's Pete Townshend Are Going Up for Auction
- Watch Pearl Jam's Mike McCready Play "Eruption"
- Will Haven Premiere "The Son" Guitar Playthrough
- 'Still on the Run: The Jeff Beck Story' Coming to DVD May 18
- Gear Review: Sjuman SQJ Guitar
- April 4
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- The Sword Unveil “Used Future” Music Video
- Anthrax Perform Acoustic Cover of Pink Floyd’s “Comfortably Numb”
- Robert Plant Talks Greta Van Fleet: He Borrowed His Voice from Somebody I Know Very Well
- Can You Play Guitar Underwater? Let's Find Out!
- Try This Gary Moore-Inspired Riff by Doug Aldrich
- Spafford Premiere New Single, "Leave the Light On"
- Between the Buried and Me's Dustie Waring and Paul Waggoner Break Down Their Sprawling, Multi-Part 'Automata'
- John Page Classic Forever Sessions Presents Livestream with Guitarist Casey Deeter
- April 3
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- How to Play Peter Green's "Oh Well" Intro
- Steve Vai and Sebastian Bach Play Rush's "Tom Sawyer"
- Caroline Jones Premieres Exclusive "Guitar Talk" Video
- Red Sun Rising Return with Sophomore Album, ‘Thread’
- Judas Priest Still Packing 'Firepower': Rob Halford, Richie Faulkner and Glenn Tipton Talk New Album
- How to Play Ozzy Osbourne's "I Don't Know"
- Glenn Hughes Announces 'Classic Deep Purple Live' American Tour
- The Hybrid-Picked, Drop-D Delights of Richard Thompson
- New and Cool: Harmony Guitars Silhouette, Rebel and Jupiter
- Meet the Parallel Universe, Fender's New Strat-Tele Hybrid
- How to Create Inventive Rhythm Parts by Connecting Mode-Based Chord Voicings
- April 2
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- 'Avatar's Jonas Jarlsby and Tim Ohrstrom: What's on My Playlist
- Stone Temple Pilots, The Cult, Bush Announce 'Revolution 3' Tour
- VegaTrem Launches UltraTrem VT1 Tremolo/Vibrato System
- Investigating Ways to Use Chord-Based Ideas in Solo Improvisations
- Ovation Teams Up with Richie Sambora for New Signature Series Elite Double Neck, RS Rockstar Guitars
- Martin Guitar Unveils New Museum Exhibit Celebrating the Evolution of the Iconic D-28
- Marty Friedman Says "Betcha Can't Play This"
- Light the Torch Premiere "Calm Before the Storm" Playthrough Video
- Review: Wampler Tumnus Deluxe Pedal
- Jeff Beck Announces Summer Solo Shows
- How to Forge Aggressive, Memorable Riffs with Unexpected Twists
- Ernie Ball Music Man Unveils New StingRay RS, Cutlass RS Guitars
