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June 2025
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- June 8
- June 7
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- “I guess you guys aren’t ready for that yet.” Michael J. Fox never spoke truer words. Here’s what ‘Back to the Future’ got wrong about Marty McFly’s Chuck Berry–inspired guitar show
- “I turned the radio on one day, and there it was. I thought, Hey, I made it!” Donald Fagen, Walter Becker, seven guitarists — and one impossible solo. How Jay Graydon nailed it on Steely Dan’s “Peg”
- June 6
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- "The further devaluation of music.” Major record labels are working out deals with AI firms. Where does that leave musicians and songwriters?
- “I’m going, ‘Cello? Dude, I’m ready to write a song with you on cello!’” Sammy Hagar says Eddie Van Halen was preoccupied with the classical instrument when he died
- If World String Change Day isn’t enough to convince you to change your strings, how about 25% off D’Addario XS packs at Guitar Center?
- “Oh my god, they’re closing the casket with that guitar in it!’” Chuck Berry was buried with a Gibson ES-355. His son reveals his family's brain-twisting task to honor the Father of Rock and Roll
- “When the song ended, the rain stopped. It was like a religious experience, and it changed me.” Mike McCready on Stevie Ray Vaughan, acid and the night that made him fall in love with guitar again
- “And it has all been done for a quick and easy buck." Klon sues Behringer's parent company for "blatant counterfeit" of its iconic overdrive pedal
- “We’re just hoping against hope and sending the best prayers we can send.” Nancy Wilson responds after police arrest suspect in Heart's gear theft — but there’s still no sign of the missing guitar and mandolin
- June 5
- June 4
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- “I wasn’t going let anybody fix it. I just left the electronics broken.” Eric Schenkman on the bizarre mishap that gave his guitar its signature sound on the Spin Doctors' new album (Dweezil Zappa's Strats have it too)
- "We've been talking about doing a signature guitar for some time, but it was always met with false starts." Coheed and Cambria's Claudio Sanchez walks us through his wicked new guitar company and his first-ever signature model
- “I’ve never been very confident as a player.” Alex Lifeson reveals he had doubts about his guitar playing throughout his career with Rush
- June 3
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- Steve Morse: My 5 go-to ideas for playing and writing
- “An audience member asked me, ‘How did you make your guitar sing like that?’ ” Our reviewer says the DigiTech HammerOn Pitch Shifter pedal makes him sound like a more creative lead player
- “Since we don’t have a time machine, this is our best chance to solve a decades-long mystery.” Gibson launches hunt for the 'Back to the Future' guitar that inspired John Mayer and Coldplay's Chris Martin
- “Not just Wayne's sound but his attitude, and the grit and rawness of the MC5.” Tom Morello tests the new MXR Jail Guitar Doors overdrive designed with the late MC5 guitarist Wayne Kramer
- "This is so f***ed up. 2025 is a scary time, my friends." Joe Bonamassa shares AI-generated deepfake video of himself created to deceive the guitar player's fans
- June 2
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- "It's a notch more hot-rodded to squeeze maximum versatility from the classic Strat format." We review the Fender Player II Modified Stratocaster
- “Bernie Leadon told me, ‘If you want to write songs with Don Henley and Glenn Frey, write musical beds." Don Felder's latest album features new songs inspired by rediscovered recordings dating back to the Eagles
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