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January 26
- NAMM flashback: Watch Eddie Van Halen shred classic Van Halen riffs as he unveils and demos his Peavey EVH Wolfgang signature guitar in 1996
January 16
- "I was criticized for sounding too much like Creedence... Every time I’d get into a groove, a little gremlin would pop up and say, 'You can’t sound like that or I’m going to sue you'": John Fogerty on double-stop solos, and bizarre legal battles
- "I showed Eddie Van Halen some of what I had to learn in order to pull off Frank’s music... Eddie said, 'Who would've thought that you'd be giving me a guitar lesson!': How Dweezil Zappa took EVH inside his father's playing, and left him in awe
January 12
- GP Presents Julian Lage, January 18 - January 21 in San Francisco – win tickets
January 10
- "I was playing an ES-335 before we got signed, but the guys said, 'Come on, you look like Roy Orbison' – this little punk kid playing a Ted Nugent axe": Why Eddie Van Halen left Gibson's famed semi-hollow behind, and how he would've built his ideal ES-335
January 9
- Ever wanted to play guitar in the Smashing Pumpkins? The alt-rock legends are taking applications, and anyone can throw their hat into the ring
- "When you leave a 12-string neck open and play on the 6-string neck, you get the 12 strings vibrating in sympathy, like an Indian sitar. I use it on Stairway to Heaven like that": How Jimmy Page brought the studio magic of Stairway to the stage
January 8
- "It will be worth the wait": The design of MXR's still-in-development Randy Rhoads Distortion+ pedal has been revealed
January 3
- U2 in a box? MXR goes for "atmospheric perfection" with new Joshua Ambient Echo delay pedal
- "A sports doctor looked at it and he was laughing at me": Steve Morse reveals how his struggle with arthritis has transformed his technique – and the nifty mod he made to limit the damage to his picking hand