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August 2020

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August 31
- Billy F Gibbons discusses his extensive collection of hot rod-inspired guitars
August 30
- CD Review: Benny Walker - Chosen Line
August 28
- The rise, fall and rediscovery of the Fender Jaguar
August 27
- Spotlight: Nick Adams of Justice For The Damned
- Alex Lifeson reveals his tone and playing secrets behind 11 landmark Rush tracks
- Felix Pastorius: ”Even if Jaco wasn’t my father, I’d still be comparing myself to other bassists”
- Built To Spill's Doug Martsch: “Music needs to be pleasant to the brain but also challenging“
- CD Review: The Front Bottoms - In Sickness & In Flames
August 26
- Malcolm Young's guitar gear: how the AC/DC rhythm machine perfected high-voltage rock 'n' roll tone
- Testament's Alex Skolnick and Eric Peterson on creating turbulent music for turbulent times
- Sacha Dunable: “I don’t want to just be making clones – I want to be making guitars that are our own design”
August 25
- Khruangbin discuss their musical process, uniting styles and cultures, and their favorite guitarists from around the world
- The 10 best King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard songs... so far
August 24
- Taylor Momsen: "Guitars are like people. The longer they've been in your life the better"
- George Lynch: “There’s so much to say without playing endless streams of notes – I’m always aware of the value of subtlety and silence”
- Australian Guitar's Fresh Frets: Vol. 4
August 21
- Classic gear: Gibson ES-225
August 20
- Lukas Nelson: "I always think about finding the space and playing just what needs to be played"
- Curt Chambers: "I've always loved matching the energy in hip-hop with aggressive guitar playing"
August 19
- Angus Young on life in one of the world's biggest rock bands: an in-depth interview with the AC/DC icon
- Shaun Morgan: "Grunge guitarists are really good players, but they put aside finesse for the sake of emotion"
- Dave Mustaine, Matt Heafy, Mark Morton and Bjorn Gelotte on metal's ultimate tour
August 18
- What makes a great metal guitar?
- John Smith: “As soon as you take your bottom E string down to a D, you’ve got a different instrument”
August 17
- The Lemon Twigs: "We have nothing against recording digital - but rock music probably shouldn't be done that way"
- Everything you need to know about Gibson Reverse Firebirds
August 14
- 4 signs your guitar strings need replacing
- Orville Peck: "I learned to play guitar without the high E string - I didn’t know how to change it when it broke!"
- Classic gear: Epiphone Riviera
August 13
- Phil X: "Livin’ on a Prayer is one of best rock songs ever. I still get goosebumps after playing it hundreds of times!"
- Adrian Vandenberg: "At 16 you think if you’ve got a good guitar and a good amp, you’re going to sound like Jimi Hendrix!”
- Buzz Osborne: “Why does every metalhead who picks up an acoustic end up sounding like f**king James Taylor?!”
August 12
- Steve Howe: "You can’t search for your own sound. You’ve already got it - it’s there"
- The Smiths’ How Soon Is Now? guitar secrets: producer John Porter reveals the exhaustive tonal sculpting behind the alt-rock anthem
August 11
- Crown Lands' Kevin Comeau: "We were playing 20-minute instrumental songs about space whales at hardcore punk shows!"
August 10
- Lynda Kay remembers Lemmy Kilmister, the rock 'n' roll icon with a heart of gold
- 35 PRS guitarists – including John Mayer, Alex Lifeson, Dave Navarro and Carlos Santana – on why they love Paul Reed Smith's guitars
- Former White House official Don McGahn: "I know how tough the life of a musician is - I respect them for what they do"
August 7
- Why The Byrds' Roger McGuinn is one of rock's greatest guitar heroes
- Classic gear: Maxon Overdrive and Ibanez Tube Screamer
- Joey Zampella: "Music has lost a lot of mystery now with YouTube and the internet. The value of music has to return - or else there’ll be no music business"
August 6
- Junior Watson: "Everybody goes for the blues Kings - B.B., Freddie and Albert, but go beyond that - listen to what they listened to"
- Konvent's Sara Nørregaard: "I like to keep everything raw; having too many effects detracts from the power"
- Spotlight: Liz Stokes of The Beths
August 5
- Stu Mackenzie: "King Gizzard was made to be loose... we didn't have a rehearsal for years!"
- Meet the owner of the world's biggest 12-string bass collection
August 4
- Lee Sklar: "I go onto YouTube and see all these amazing players, and I say, ‘Christ, I’d be embarrassed to take a bass out in the same room as those guys'"
- Phil Demmel on the joys of "four dudes jamming covers" in BPMD
August 3
- Victor Brandt: “I’ve been happily surprised that, even with so much going in Dimmu’s music, I could squeeze in some nice bass parts”
- What you need to know about Fender finishes
- The secrets behind Geordie Walker's guitar tone on Killing Joke's Eighties