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December 2019

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36 articles

December 31
- The technique secrets of the decade's best guitarists
December 30
- The 20 best guitarists of the decade
December 28
- The top 20 guitar stories of 2019
December 27
- Gear of the decade: we chart the innovations that changed the guitar world
December 23
- Spoon's Britt Daniel: "I’m more of a rhythm player than anything else, and the Fender tone is perfect for that"
- Vince Gill: "I reached the point where I said, ‘I’m just going to play what’s necessary’"
- Review: Fender's American Acoustasonic Telecaster is a new benchmark in acoustic-electric design
December 20
- Sabaton: "People have told us that they passed their history exams in school because of our songs"
- Northlane: "There’s definitely a place for alternate picking, but it’s better to try and down-pick everything you can"
December 19
- “It was like watching a Polaroid develop": An oral history of Stevie Ray Vaughan's earliest days on the road
- The 20 best guitar albums of the decade
- Dear Guitar Hero: Pixies' Joey Santiago discusses his influences, making fun of guitar solos and why he gets "lost" on an SG
December 18
- Joanna Connor: "Nobody talks about my rhythm playing, but to me, it’s the best aspect of my guitar playing"
- Cobi: “I was playing blues in bars until one in the morning as a 13-year-old”
December 17
- Bad Wolves: "For us, it’s more important to be a powerful rhythm duo than a lead duo"
- Kenny Wayne Shepherd: those SRV clone accusations came from a jealous place
- Zac Brown Band's guitarists on being each other's favorite players and why having a singular leader keeps them together
December 16
- Marshall's Studio Series review – packs classic, unmistakable tone into a downsized and manageable package
- Guthrie Govan: "I don’t see how it’s possible to have too much technique or knowledge"
- Laura Cox on being a leftie playing right-handed and why she'd take a high-end Epiphone over a cheap Gibson
December 13
- Jimmy Page’s guitar gear: everything you need to nail the Led Zeppelin legend's sound
- Joe Bonamassa: "It’s easy to play marginally good blues. It’s very difficult to play great blues"
December 12
- Misha Mansoor, Jake Bowen, Plini and Jakub Zytecki go deep on gear, technique and the future of djent
December 11
- Watch Andy Gillion and Paul Wardingham unleash a menagerie of other-worldly lead lines in this exclusive playthrough
December 10
- Gov't Mule's Warren Haynes: "When I switch to my ’59 Les Paul, there’s something magical there that you just can’t replicate"
- Christone 'Kingfish' Ingram: “I can’t be the kid wonder forever”
December 9
- Meet Dabin Lee, the DJ pushing boundaries with his genre-splicing guitar playing
December 5
- The 20 best guitar solos of the decade
- 10 things you didn't know about Stevie Ray Vaughan
- Tommy Emmanuel: "You don’t have to fill up every millisecond with sound and noises - I let the audience fill in the gaps"
- Scott Stapp guitarist Yiannis Papadopoulos: "When it’s time for the solo, I give my best to play things that justify the hours I put into the guitar"
December 4
- Review: EarthQuaker Devices' Plumes will make even the industry’s best Screamer clones green with envy
- Rig tour: Caleb Miller reveals the gear behind King Calaway’s infectious country hits
December 3
- Samantha Fish on her newfound studio confidence and how a wonky fret inspired a whole solo
- Matt Sweeney on his secret formula for Josh Homme's Desert Sessions: "I can fingerpick, I know how to sound good... and I smell nice"
December 2
- Mark Tremonti's 10 greatest guitar moments