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March 2025

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March 31
- “There was something about hearing 'Truth' as a teenager that made me want to pick up a Les Paul.” Ricky Byrd reflects on Jeff Beck, the Who, Humble Pie and the 10 records that changed his life
- “I would hear Randy pick up the classical guitar. I’d say, ‘You can play that!?’ He said, ‘Yeah, that’s my first instrument.’” Rudy Sarzo on Randy Rhoads, Steve Vai and other guitar greats he’s played with
March 30
- "It's so easy to get dynamic when you have a soft touch.” Rebecca Mardal is quietly making a whole lot of noise with her minimalist guitar improvisations
March 27
- “I don’t see why I have to go through all the BS of high school to learn music." Watch 17-year-old Alex Lifeson argue with his parents about his future with Rush in a 1971 documentary
March 26
- “I bloomed on this record. There are guitar solos!” Alex Lifeson says digital technology made him a believer on his new album with Envy of None: “They don't sound like plug-ins; they sound like real amps”
March 22
- “Gibson had lost the recipe — not only for guitar building but for making pickups based on their original design.” How Larry DiMarzio’s pickup revolution defined the sound of 1970s guitar rock
March 21
- “I would love to make a record with no guitar solos. I don't want to hear me that much.” Nels Cline sets aside guitar improvisations — and strings up with flatwounds for the first time — on his debut release with Consentrik Quartet
March 20
- "I ask, 'Does this guitar have riffs in it?' I'll play it for 15 minutes." As Gibson Publishing drops his new tome, 'The Collection,' Kirk Hammett takes us deep into the methods behind his six-string madness
March 15
- The Ultimate Beatles Guitar Quiz
March 6
- “It just came to me. Rob said, 'Let me get my Walkman and record that.’” He was demonstrating four-track recording to his girlfriend when he spontaneously wrote a global hit song