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April 2020

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April 30
- Andrew Watt: "I said, 'I can't tell Slash what to play,' and Ozzy said, 'F**king tell him what you want him to play! You're Andrew Watt!'"
- How trailblazing Yardbird Paul Samwell-Smith helped bass playing take flight
- Classic gear: 1970s Fender Telecaster Custom
April 29
- A guitarist's guide to EQ: how to make your guitar tone bigger and better than ever before
- Brian Fallon: “I think it’s pretty creative that I’ve written 95 songs with similar chords - I think I’m doing all right!”
April 28
- Steve Vai’s guitar gear: everything you need to nail the pre-eminent shred hero’s sound
- Paul Gilbert on his greatest used guitar finds, humbuckers vs single coils and his first serious guitar
- LOVEBITES: "It’s easier to develop lead guitar techniques if you have a good sense of rhythm"
- Bryan Adams: "I realized I had made it when I could pay my rent for more than a month without relying on anyone"
April 27
- Billy Sheehan: "I never considered I had any natural talent at all. I just had a burning desire to play"
- Cave In's Stephen Brodsky on Final Transmission's bittersweet creative process and 'Secret C' tuning
April 24
- The 10 most iconic guitar amps of all time
- Greg Koch: "At the end of time, there will be cockroaches and Telecasters - and the Teles will be in tune"
- Nili Brosh: "I approach solos like a paragraph of speech - musical punctuation allows the listener to pick out ideas more clearly"
April 23
- Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal: "I forgot how much I loved playing progressive music - I could play a little more outside"
- Carol Kaye: "You want an instrument that gets all the sounds, not just rock and pop"
- The Chats' Josh 'Pricey' Price: “There are songs on our record that I don't even know how to play!“
- Angus Young's guitar gear: everything you need to nail the AC/DC star's high-voltage tones
- AWOLNATION: "We want the musical ability to compete with anyone - whether it's Metallica or Miley Cyrus"
April 22
- Alter Bridge: "All I want to do is learn new guitar lines on Instagram and get inspired by other players - it’s like I’m 21 years old again"
- Danelectro review round-up: '64XT, 60th Anniversary DC 59M NOS+ and 59X12 12-string
- Anna Calvi: "The worst thing about playing guitar is having to resist the urge to play fast all the time!"
April 21
- Elder's Nick DiSalvo: “We anticipated spending more time jamming and recording actual songs. But we just got completely lost in all the gear!”
- Kendrick Lamar guitarist Rob "Freaky Rob" Gueringer: "Remember that when you are working with these artists, you are an artist as well"
- Rig tour: Sevendust on the gear behind their monster live sound
- Prince's 15 best guitar tracks
April 20
- Fender will no longer use ash bodies for production-line guitars - we found out why, and what woods will be used instead
- Australian Guitar's Fresh Frets: Vol. 2
April 17
- Marcus King: "I never called myself a blues artist - I’m an admirer of the craft"
April 16
- David Myhre: “There was no fooling Don Felder. It was like method acting - I had to really immerse myself”
- Jim Davies: “You can’t just play whatever you want over dance music - the guitar has to fit in”
- How to buy a guitar online: tips for seasoned and first-time buyers
- Mike Watt: "There’s something about using the bass as a composition tool. Why only compose on a piano or a guitar?"
April 15
- Code Orange's Reba Meyers: “I love evil sounds people wouldn’t necessarily know are played on guitar”
- Stanley Clarke: "The bass is a very important instrument in film. It can create tension - that's powerful"
April 14
- 10 of the best songs over 10 minutes long
- ...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead: "I look for beauty in music... It's probably why I don't listen to a lot of rock music"
- Gary Clark Jr: "I got my education from Chuck Berry and Jimi Hendrix more than going to grade school"
April 10
- Nils Lofgren on his return to Neil Young and Crazy Horse: "We hit this groove and nobody wanted to stop"
- Put some hair on your tone with Cream T’s new Billy Gibbons WhiskerBucker pickup set
April 9
- Peter Frampton: "I might not be playing live in a couple of years, but I’m going to be battling on and recording... I feel positive about the future"
April 8
- Alex Henry Foster: "This album was liberating for me - it was more about the songs than the performance"
- Here are the 6 fresh guitar artists you need to hear this month (April 2020)
- 9 sports stars who are surprisingly good guitarists
- Kinga Glyk: "The hardest thing to do onstage is to stop playing - we play because we are afraid of silence, but silence is part of the music"
April 7
- Steve Vai on his time in Whitesnake: "There was real aggression and control in my playing. I just remember thinking it was never good enough back then!"
- The Darkness: "Ed Sheeran's fans probably didn’t anticipate seeing a rock band when they bought a ticket!"
- Flea: "Playing bass gets you into this hypnotic state - you’re not thinking because you’re just a conduit for the rhythm"
April 6
- Joe Satriani: "You have to be true to yourself. The internet is a great tool, but it also has the danger of homogenizing everybody"
- Mike Gallo: "My father told me guitar players are a dime a dozen, but it’s harder for a band to find a good bass player"
April 3
- Classic gear: Paul Cochrane Timmy
- Vivian Campbell: Me and my guitar
- 100 ways to be a better guitar player
- Alice in Chains: The Untold Story - Layne Staley's final gloomy days as the frontman of the Seattle grunge legends
April 2
- How guitar relic'ing took over the world
- Ihsahn: “I am not a very technical guitar player - progressive is more a mentality”
- Andrew Levy: "If a track’s really going to travel, you’ve got to pull back the bassline and make sure the song is the star"
April 1
- Issues bassist Skyler Acord details his funk-informed metalcore approach and tricked-out signature Spector bass
- Gene Simmons: "Many guitarists call their instruments 'axes', but nobody trademarked it. Except this guy!"
- Tony Iommi: "I’ve always had determination. I had to go against all the people who said, 'You’re never going to be able to play guitar'"