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- April 3
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- “I did the dumbest thing and pointed it at the audience. When i turned around, flames were shooting into the crowd.” Kane Roberts on the time he nearly set Alice Cooper's audience on fire with his flame-throwing machine-gun guitar
- "I heard a livelier overall sound, with a more multidimensional voice that enhances a chewy texture to the harmonics." We asked an avowed string snob to try Cleartone Treated Strings on his guitars. Here's what he told us
- April 2
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- “I thought, Robert Fripp’s a good guitarist. Maybe we could do something.” Andy Summers isn’t a fan of King Crimson, but his collaboration with Fripp came along at just the right time
- "I don’t like collector's items. I said, ‘Give me the blue one.’" Chrissie Hynde reveals the origins of the 1965 Fender Telecaster she's played since the dawn of the 1980s
- "I wrote it in five minutes the night before.” How a candid moment caught on camera became the final Beatles song the band recorded together
- April 1
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- “A good example of how, as artists, you have to blindly move forward with crazy ideas”: The story of Joe Satriani’s showstopping Crystal Planet Ibanez JS prototype – which has just sold for $10,000
- “I felt myself starting to cry.” Eric Clapton’s 'MTV Unplugged' Martin acoustic returns in two guises. But Slowhand’s affinity for the guitar brand began long before that seminal live performance
- "Jaco thought he was gonna die that day in the control room of CBS! Tony was furious." John McLaughlin on Jaco Pastorius, Tony Williams, and the short and tumultuous reign of the Trio of Doom
- “It’s all been building up to 8 p.m. when the lights go down and the crowd roars.” Tommy Emmanuel shares his gig-day guitar routine, from sun-up to show time
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