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August 2019

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August 30
- Jason Richardson: “I was a high-school kid watching John Petrucci play his Music Man... now I have my own signature model”
- Tool's Adam Jones: the 10 guitarists who shaped my sound
- The secrets behind Adam Jones' guitar tone on Tool's Jambi
August 29
- Donna Grantis: "Prince taught me about articulation, attitude, power and tones"
August 28
- Steve Lukather: 5 things we learned from his Ernie Ball String Theory episode
- Big Wreck's Ian Thornley: "The greatest reward is chasing down the connection with the instrument and being able to slay with one note"
August 27
- August 27, 1990: The day Stevie Ray Vaughan died
August 26
- Eric Clapton: "I've never heard better rock guitar playing"
- Yngwie Malmsteen: "The pentatonic scale is extremely limiting. I thought, 'There’s gotta be more…'"
August 23
- Periphery: "Even though we all have our own signature guitars, when we record we like to pass them around quite a bit"
- The 25 best acoustic rock songs
- Your guide to Martin's 3 new Woodstock anniversary models
August 22
- John 5: "I play so much guitar that it might not even be healthy - and I’m not joking"
- Review: Martin's Road Series GPC-13E blends the classic Martin sound with a modern approach
- 15 of the best songs played with a capo
August 21
- Bad Religion’s Brian Baker talks Kemper Profiler
- Stray Cats legend Brian Setzer: "Nothing feels right after a Gretsch"
- 10 bassists you'd want in your dream band
- Kansas's Kerry Livgren on Dust In The Wind: "When I played it for the band, there was stunned silence"
August 20
- From Jared Dines to Sarah Longfield: how YouTube guitar heroes' DIY approach paid off, big time
- Mike Campbell recalls Tom Petty's Damn the Torpedoes: "We were determined to make the best-sounding record ever made"
August 19
- When guitar gods go acoustic: Page, Van Halen, Hendrix and more
August 15
- Review: Fishman's Fluence Open Core Classic Humbucker Pickups deliver revolutionary, noise-free performance
- Watch George Lynch's pre-Dokken band, Xciter, rock Hollywood in 1979
- Daniel Donato: “If I want to be a guitar player in 2019, I need to have a sound you can recognize in less than a second”
August 14
- Review: PRS Guitars' CE 24 Semi-Hollow balances the fierce and familiar
- Backstage Tour: on the road with Karnivool
August 13
- Review: Eventide's Rose pedal offers a world of tones and textures
- The secrets behind Chris Cornell's tone on Soundgarden's Black Hole Sun
- Brian May Guitars branches out from the Red Special with the Arielle signature model
August 12
- The End Machine's George Lynch: "I’ve learned to be open to new things"
- Hear Mark Knopfler's isolated guitar from Sultans of Swing
- The secrets behind James Hetfield's guitar sound on Metallica's Sad But True
August 9
- Watch Les Paul Reveal Why He Never Liked the Gibson SG
- Ernie Ball Music Man Announces the August Ball Family Reserve Collection
August 8
- Stevie Ray Vaughan Wakes Up and Warms Up: Incredible 1986 Soundcheck
- Electro-Harmonix Introduces the Bass9 Bass Machine Pedal
- How Born of Osiris Guitarist Lee McKinney Made 'The Simulation' a Rocking Reality
- Tyler Morris Designs Announces the Turbo Booster and Jimmy Vivino Signature Turbo Booster Pedals
- Watch Paul Riario Demo the Ernie Ball Music Man Jason Richardson 7 String Cutlass Guitar
- Line 6 Offers Free Update to its Helix Guitar Processing Software
- Review: Taylor Grand Pacific 717 and 517E
August 7
- RockBoard Unveils the ISO Power Block V10 Isolated Multi-Power Supply
August 6
- ThorpyFX Introduces the Heavy Water Dual High Headroom Boost
- Spiral Electric FX Announces the White Spiral Boost
- La Grange Updates the ‘Wheel’ Guitar
August 5
- Dead & Company's Bob Weir on the Merits of "Listening to Your Guitar"
- Mojo Hand FX Unveils the RVT Pedal
August 2
- Review: Orange Tremlord 30 Combo
- Why Every Band Should Own a PA
August 1
- G&L Debuts the CLF Research Espada Guitar
- Strandberg Introduces the Boden Metal Sarah Longfield Edition Guitar
- Orangewood Guitars Unveils Highland Collection of Acoustics
- You’re at a Gig and Your Axe Has Gone Dead? It’s Time for Guitar Troubleshooting 101