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April 30
- Watch a Re-Cut Video of Prince's Legendary "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" Solo – Featuring More Prince
- Found a Box of Spare Guitar Parts? Dinette Can Turn Them Into Something Equally Weird and Cool
- Watch Randy Rhoads Perform with Quiet Riot in 1979
- More Cowbell! 10 Rock Guitar Classics That Bring the 'Bell
April 29
- One of the First Gibson Les Pauls Ever Made Was Destroyed in a Tornado – So Jared James Nichols is Restoring it
- Hear David Gilmour and Peter Green's Unique Version of Fleetwood Mac’s "Need Your Love So Bad"
- Ernie Ball Music Man Jason Richardson Signature Cutlass HH Review
- The Little-Known Mick Ronson/David Cassidy Connection
April 28
- Progressive Rock's Most Pioneering Guitarists – In Their Own Words
- Watch a Guitar Get Made From Scratch in This Documentary
- John McLaughlin Announces New Album, 'Liberation Time'
- Epiphone Relaunches American-Made Frontier Acoustic Guitar
April 27
- Epiphone Crestwood Custom Review
- PRS Unveils New McCarty 594 Singlecut Joe Walsh Limited Edition Guitar
- Denny Freeman, Blues Guitar Great Who Played with Stevie Ray Vaughan, Bob Dylan, Dead at 76
April 26
- George Benson: My Career in Five Songs
- Jimi Hendrix's 1962 Fender Jazzmaster and 'Woodstock' Marshall Super Lead Are Up for Sale on Reverb.com
- Paul Gilbert's New Signature Picks Are 0.50mm-Gauge
- Hear Frank Zappa Play "I Ain't Got No Heart" at His Final US Show
- Watch Nancy Wilson Give a Porch-Side Performance of "4 Edward," Her Tribute to Eddie Van Halen
April 23
- Lindsay Ell: My Life in Five Riffs
- Mammoth WVH Premiere New Song, "Feel"
- 12 Killer Blues Licks You Must Know
- How Elliott Randall Nailed Steely Dan’s “Reelin’ in the Years” Recording in One Continuous Take
April 22
- Watch Steve Vai Re-Enact the 'Crossroads' Guitar Duel Live in 1997
- Examining a ’77 Dumble Overdrive Special 1x12
April 21
- Gibson Unveils New Marcus King 1962 ES-345
- Watch Yngwie Malmsteen Unleash Shred Fury on a 1959 Les Paul
- How to Chromaticize Diatonic Scales
- Watch Stevie Ray Vaughan Make the Slickest Guitar Swap of All Time
- The Many Instruments of Sierra Hull: How Transferrable Skills Are Redrawing the Boundaries of Her Sound
April 20
- Breedlove Jeff Bridges Amazon Concert Sunburst CE Review
- Hands Like Holdsworth: Improve Your Stretch and Open Your Ears
- 10 Different Ways to Hot Rod Your Guitar
April 19
- Larry Carlton: My Career in Five Songs
- Watch Brian May Play "Ode to Joy"
- Hear Gary Moore's Previously Unreleased Version of "I'm Tore Down"
- Mike Mitchell, Guitarist and Co-Founder of The Kingsmen, Dead at 77
April 16
- Soldano Super Lead Overdrive 30 Review
- Hear "4 Edward," Nancy Wilson's Tribute to Eddie Van Halen
- Rick Beato Offers First Look at His Signature Gibson Les Paul Special
- Five Things You Need to Know About Bridges
- Beyond the Box: Five Phrases to Get You Out of the Pentatonic Rut
April 15
- Paul Gilbert Premieres New Song, "A Thunderous Ovation Shook the Columns"
- Ready for a Refret? Here's What You Need to Know
- Pick Up Some of Vernon Reid’s Abstract Fretboard Logic
- Watch CeDell Davis Play Slide with a Butter Knife
- Gwenifer Raymond on How Celtic Mysticism and Folk Horror Inform Her Unique Acoustic Style
April 14
- Someone Spent 22 Years Learning King Crimson’s "Fracture," and Wrote a Book About the Journey
- Bob Dylan's 1965 Fender XII is Headed to Auction
- A Few Useful Tricks with Minor Scales
- We Tested Five Modern Takes on the Holy Grail of Humbuckers – Here’s How They Stacked Up
- Jim Campilongo and Luca Benedetti on Jettisoning the Rhythm Section for a Very Special Six-String Duet
April 13
- Kirk Hammett's "Black Album" Ouija Board ESP to Be Auctioned
- Eddie Van Halen-Played 1986 Kramer Custom, “Tic Tac Toe” Charvel, “No Bozos” Custom Guitars to Be Auctioned
- June 2021 Guitar Player Lesson Audio
April 12
- Daniel Donato Checks in From Cosmic Country to Share His Secrets to Six-String Success
- Jason Isbell: "If I Was a Beginner Guitar Player, I Wouldn’t Use a Maple Fingerboard"
- Jason Becker is Home from the Hospital After Treatment for a Bacterial Infection
- Eddie Van Halen-Owned & -Played Ripley Frankenstrat/Kramer Striker Sells at Auction for $50,000
- Kirk Hammett's "One" ESP 400 Series S-Type Sells for $112,500 at Auction
April 9
- Heritage Announces New Core Collection H-150 Artisan Aged Guitar
- Fender American Professional II Stratocaster and Telecaster Deluxe Review
- A Look Back at Slash's Les Paul Standard Copy
- See the World's Last Playable Stradivarius Guitar, Made in 1679, in Action
- Unraveling Jimmy Page’s “Immigrant Song” Mystery Chord
April 8
- Understanding the Two Main Types of Acoustic Pickups – and How to Amplify Them
- Joe Bonamassa's Long-Awaited Signature Fender '51 Nocaster, The Bludgeon, Has Arrived
- An Eddie Van Halen-Owned & -Played Ripley Frankenstrat/Kramer Striker is on the Auction Block
- Watch David Gilmour, Mick Fleetwood, and More Cover Fleetwood Mac's "Albatross"
- Fender Launches New Limited Edition Mike McCready 1960 Stratocaster
- Jason Becker Hospitalized After Experiencing Continued Shortness of Breath, Rapid Heart Rate
April 7
- An Introduction to Pentatonic Substitutions
- Stanley Jordan Plays "Stairway to Heaven" on Two Guitars at Once
- Strandberg Unveils New Semi-Hollow Salen Jazz Guitar
- Kirk Hammett's "One" ESP 400 Series S-Type is on the Auction Block
- Epiphone Unveils New Jared James Nichols “Gold Glory” Les Paul Custom
April 6
- How Gibson Revitalized Heritage Shred Brand Kramer in 2021
- How Modes Work – and How to Use Them
- Fender Releases New Mustang Micro Amp
- Jason Becker Experiencing Shortness of Breath and Rapid Heart Rate, His Mother Says
April 5
- Tired Triads? Breathe New Life into Tried-and-True Chord Shapes
- Lee Ritenour on Completing the Most Cathartic of Comebacks with His Breathtaking New Album, ’Dreamcatcher’
April 2
- Legendary Tones Unveils New Lynch Mod Tube Module
- Watch Three Incredible Guitarists Play Dire Straits’ “Sultans of Swing”
- Jason Becker Lesson: How to Play "Perpetual Burn"
- Vinyl Treasures: Johnny Smith’s ‘Moonlight in Vermont’
April 1
- Someone Tried to Use Quantization to “Fix“ Van Halen's "Runnin' with the Devil" – and Completely Ruined it
- Acorn Amplifiers Unveils New F#%k Face Fuzz Pedal
- Why the Gibson Custom Shop's Jimi Hendrix Models Are the Definition of Cool
- Pick Hand Exercises: How to Build Dexterity, Speed, and Accuracy
- A Look Back at Steve Howe's Gibson ES-175
- The Taylor American Dream Series. Premium performance. Exceptional value.