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- December 27
- December 24
- December 23
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- Solar Guitars unveils the AB2.6 series, bringing bolt-on builds and a choice of fixed, Floyd Rose and EverTune bridges
- Wet Leg and Hayley Williams discuss misogyny in music: “There will always be a comment like, ‘Girls shouldn’t play guitar’”
- BBE launches the Sonic Stomp Pro and Green Screamer v2 Overdrive, updating two of its most popular pedals
- December 22
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- Brian Johnson “told not to” answer questions about the future of AC/DC, as it's the band's “official line”
- ESP School of Metal Guitar: how to play guitar like Iron Maiden
- Journey's Neal Schon files cease-and-desist over bandmate Jonathan Cain's Don't Stop Believin' performance at Donald Trump's Mar-A-Lago resort
- December 21
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- Meet the Jake Blade, a new guitar mod that could replace your whammy bar
- Those tones you’ve been hearing on The JHS Show came from a Kemper, not the tube amp onscreen
- 2022 Holiday Ultimate Gear Guide: here are this year's hottest guitar accessories
- John Mayer likes playing guitar naked after sex, apparently
- Head to Positive Grid for a last-minute guitar-themed gift: Bag a FREE Riff interface when you purchase their beloved amp modelling software
- Greta Van Fleet's Jake Kiszka cut off the tip of his brother Sam's thumb when they were kids – now it's perfect for bass playing
- December 20
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- SolidGoldFX buys fellow Canadian pedal brand Diamond following its closure last year
- Donner’s DPB 510 electric bass is highly recommended by Berklee Professors and ideal for players of all levels
- The Specials singer Terry Hall dies, aged 63
- Ratin launches the Apeiron Morphing Fuzz, a one-stop dirt pedal that delivers a huge range of overdrive, distortion and fuzz tones
- 2022 Holiday Ultimate Gear Guide: a roundup of this year's top effects pedals
- A ‘Boss’ DB-2 Doorbell pedal now exists
- The Chisels Are Calling, a new documentary about legendary luthier John Monteleone, is now streaming
- December 19
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- Kim Simmonds, blues guitar icon and Savoy Brown founder, dies at 75
- Pioneering rock 'n' roll guitarist Charlie Gracie dies aged 86
- Kirk Hammett debuts new custom Fender, Gibson and ESP guitars at Metallica’s Helping Hands Concert
- The Tubes bass player Rick Anderson dies aged 75
- Watch Billy Gibbons perform with Joe Bonamassa and Robby Krieger at his recent birthday bash
- 2022 Holiday Ultimate Gear Guide: here are this year's top bass guitars
- Jason Momoa has bagged Gibson's last Murphy Lab "Greeny" Les Paul
- Justin Hawkins: “What?! Split harmonics on the bass?”
- Watch St. Vincent perform Nothing Else Matters onstage with Metallica
- December 16
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- John Petrucci’s 2023 Guitar Universe camp will feature Tosin Abasi, Lari Basilio, Tim Henson, Scott LePage, Jeff Loomis and more
- Watch H.E.R. shred as Belle in ABC's live-action Beauty and the Beast show – and get a closer look at her insane "stained-glass" Fender Stratocaster
- Watch Dave Grohl and Phoebe Bridgers join Billie Eilish for a pair of covers at a recent LA show
- Troy Van Leeuwen, Josh Klinghoffer and Daniel Ash could feature on new Jane's Addiction music in 2023
- 2022 Holiday Ultimate Gear Guide: the most unmissable guitar amps of the past 12 months
- Fender Japan launches the Elemental Series – high-spec, mid-priced models that will drive modern players wild
- December 15
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- Zoom debuts its all-new Multi-Layer IR technology with two feature-packed multi-effects processors
- 2022 Holiday Ultimate Gear Guide: the best new guitar gear of the year
- Fortnite players can now play Metallica's Master of Puppets in-game
- Måneskin's next single will feature Tom Morello
- Manuel Gardner Fernandes equipped Tim Henson’s Ibanez nylon-string signature with a virtual whammy bar – and turned it into a different beast altogether
- Watch Steve Vai perform Jimi Hendrix's Midnight in honor of the late guitar icon's 80th birthday – with a professional Hendrix tribute artist
- Slash reveals how he really came up with the Sweet Child O’ Mine riff
- Watch Bernth Brodträger put fireworks in his guitar and set them off – while playing it
- 2022 Holiday Ultimate Gear Guide: here are this year’s hottest electric guitars
- Peavey celebrates 30 years of one of metal’s most iconic guitar amps with two new 6505 amp heads
- 2022 Holiday Ultimate Gear Guide: our round-up of this year's top acoustic guitars
- December 14
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- Scott Ian controlled Zakk Wylde’s DigiTech Whammy pedal at Pantera’s recent show
- Uri Tuchman reinvents the single-cut… by making no cuts: meet the YouTuber's bonkers square guitar build
- Scott Ian says Kirk Hammett is the most underrated rhythm player in metal
- Ozzy Osbourne’s 2023 tour dates thrown into question over singer’s struggle to recover from recent surgery
- Someone put the Behringer Super Fuzz through a brutal “torture test” to see if it really is the ultimate cheap fuzz pedal
- December 13
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- Myles Kennedy bought one of Walter Becker’s guitars – and it ended up inspiring Alter Bridge’s longest-ever song
- Rage Against the Machine's Tim Commerford reveals he has been battling prostate cancer: "I would be on stage looking at my amp in tears"
- KHDK and Nergal launch LCFR: The Second Coming, a "more brutal" take on the Behemoth man's signature overdrive/boost pedal
- Watch Steel Panther recruit Top Gun guitarist Lexii Lynn Frazier to cover Van Halen’s Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love
- Rex Brown to miss remainder of Pantera's South American shows after contracting COVID-19
- December 12
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- Richie Kotzen, Mike Portnoy and Billy Sheehan revive The Winery Dogs with energetic new single, Xanadu
- Rex Brown misses Pantera show in Santiago, Chile after reported “health issues”
- One of Prince’s customized Thinline Teles has gone up for sale on Reverb
- Steve Lukather talks jamming with Eddie Van Halen, and the time Prince gave him the silent treatment
- Charvel officially launches dazzling Sin City Sparkle-finished Pro-Mod Style 1 model
- Robert Fripp and Toyah get in the festive spirit with this oh-so-ridiculous cover of Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree
- Fender's 12 days of deals sale is coming to a close - today is your last chance to pick up a bargain!
- December 9
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- Kayla Kent – a YouTuber heralded for nailing Dimebag Darrell’s playing style – has already learned one of Zakk Wylde’s live Pantera solos
- Jack White delivers a pedal demo for the ages as Third Man Hardware partners with MXR for the Double Down
- John Petrucci reveals why he positions his guitar “high and nerdy”
- What the heck is going on with these double-neck guitars?
- Blink-182’s Tom DeLonge returns to Fender as he unveils new single-pickup Starcaster design
- December 8
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- PRS confirms SE version of David Grissom signature DGT guitar
- Hear Steve Vai channel his biker-rock side on newly-released track, Busted
- From six-string chess matches to Christmas shred, Blues Lawyer and beyond: here are this week's essential guitar tracks
- An intrepid guitar researcher has assembled an exhaustive list of 100 alternate tunings – and he's just getting started
- Roland celebrates its 50th anniversary with limited-edition version of its iconic JC-120 Jazz Chorus amp
- Jackson drops chug-friendly new seven-string signature model for Northlane’s Josh Smith
- December 7
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- MXR to release Randy Rhoads signature Distortion+ pedal in 2023
- CopperSound introduces revamped and redesigned Telegraph V2 Autostutter & Killswitch pedal
- Snark launches the Snark Air, a rechargeable ‘hidden’ clip-on tuner
- Meet the FloraVolt, a fruit-powered guitar pedal
- Ernie Ball Music Man unveils Mike Herrara 2022 signature StingRay bass – limited to just 10 units
- Dunable launches the Minotaur, an all-new guitar model built for “maximum ergonomic comfort”
- Crazy Tube Circuits seeks to channel Klon Centaur and Dumble tones with its two-sided Unobtanium overdrive
- December 6
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- John Frusciante to release new electronic album in 2023: "After a year and a half writing and recording rock music, I needed to clear my head"
- Harley Benton pays tribute to Keith Richards’ Fender “Micawber” Telecaster with $253 ash-bodied model
- Watch Zakk Wylde play a Jimi Hendrix tribute show just two days after his first concert with Pantera
- The Epiphone Adam Jones signature Les Paul has finally arrived – with a collectible twist
- Wolfgang Van Halen has inspired EVH Gear to release 24-fret and hardtail versions of its Eddie-inspired 5150 Series guitars
- December 5
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- John McVie’s Rumours Alembic bass sells for $100,000
- Watch soldiers from the US and Indian armies perform Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit
- Old Blood Noise Endeavors debuts a "true reverse effect" with the BL-44 Reverse pedal
- A guitar pedal has been sent into space for the first time
- Watch Pantera play their first show in 21 years with Zakk Wylde on guitar
- December 2
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- Mojotone's new partnership with Fender allows you to create your own Fender replica amp
- A YouTuber has built a pedal to clone Kurt Cobain’s home demo tone
- Fender Japan revives 3 of its top-selling – and best-looking – models of recent times in new limited-edition run
- Guitarists argue the chord Prince Harry is fretting in a new Netflix trailer is, in fact, a complex jazz voicing
- Sons of Iron Maiden's Janick Gers and Radiohead's Thom Yorke team up for collaborative single
- Railhammer aims to bring heavy Smashing Pumpkins tones to all with the launch of Billy Corgan Z-One pickups
- Wampler debuts $99 Collective Series with Triumph overdrive and Phenom distortion pedals
- That 150-year-old Martin acoustic found in the back of a woman’s house has sold to an ex-Fender CEO
- December 1
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- From cosmic collaborations to blistering, chug-powered breakdowns: here are this week's essential guitar tracks
- Plini announces North American tour with Jakub Zytecki and Sungazer
- Darkglass revisits its Duality fuzz pedal as the Duality DFZ
- New Motörhead reissue includes a ouija board “should the desire to have a chat with Lem arise”
- Watch 9-year-old guitarist Maya Neelakantan play an awe-inspiring medley of 15 clean Tool riffs – on a guitar given to her by Adam Jones
- Rare footage of Eddie Van Halen playing an early configuration of his iconic Frankenstein guitar has been synced to audio
- Jackson launches lower-cost version of Rob Cavestany's none-more-metal signature Pro Series guitar
