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- July 9
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- “You can play these riffs on one string, that's how iconic they are.” Zakk Wylde on Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Jimmy Page and the five greatest riffs in rock history
- These dirt-cheap Prime Day pedal deals just made it way easier to build a killer budget pedalboard – with pedals starting at only $20.79!
- July 8
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- “We were doing ‘War Pigs’ and Ozzy forgot the words. He started singing ‘Old MacDonald Had a Farm.’” Jake E. Lee shares his craziest Ozzy Osbourne story and reflects on the guitar genius of Tony Iommi
- “If you’re the one who wrote the songs, you’re kind of allowed to be crap.” Mark Knopfler says it's “awkward” to be called a guitar god and tells who deserves the title
- One of my favorite sub-$500 guitars just dropped to an even sweeter price with $136 off – here’s why I think it's the ultimate affordable workhorse
- I wish beginner guitars had been this good when I was learning to play – Amazon has slashed Squier Debut Strats and Teles, starting at only $110 for Prime Day
- “I was five years old and I was obsessed with Slash.” 10-year-old shredder Bay Melnick Virgolino blows away America’s Got Talent judges and audience with spot-on cover of Lenny Kravitz's “Are You Gonna Go My Way”
- July 7
- July 5
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- "He was rock and roll to the roots." Dave Davies names the guitarist who defined rock in the 1970s, and picks the song that proves it
- “Was it worth the 40,000 pounds you paid for the ticket?” Liam and Noel Gallagher bring Oasis back with a blast of their greatest hits — and not a punch thrown between them
- July 4
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- July 2
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- “It was under a staircase for 50 years.” The owners didn't know what they had, but this 1960 Les Paul is now one of Joe Bonamassa's favorites
- “You can tell by the way we played songs like ‘Roxanne’” Andy Summers on why Eric Clapton bored him and how his love of jazz fueled the Police
- “Her dress tail hit the G string, and it just stayed there with distortion for about 20 minutes.” Buddy Guy reveals the happy accident that taught him about guitar feedback
- Liam Gallagher responds to Green Day fan being kicked offstage for playing the Oasis hit "Wonderwall" — and it’s wonderful
- July 1
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- “I said, 'If you don’t like what we do, I’ll just destroy it in front of you.'" Eddie Van Halen shot down a film soundtrack near the end of his life, saying he hadn't been playing much
- “I know there's gotta be at least another Aerosmith gig.” Joe Perry says the Boston rockers aren’t finished yet
- I've covered every major guitar sale this year, and Sweetwater’s 4th of July event just blew them all out of the water with $800 off a Gibson, $900 off a Martin, and $1,200 off a crazy synth guitar
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