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September 2024

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September 28
- “Every song on the radio had a killer solo. You knew you’d better come up with something special.” George Lynch recalls the pressure to create memorable guitar parts in the Dokken era
September 27
- “It's past 2 billion plays on Spotify… which makes my guitar riff one of the most-played in history!” Andy Summers reveals his role in the making of the Police hit “Every Breath You Take”
September 26
- "Every once in a while you’ll hear him fret some unexpected chord you didn’t know existed." Behind Doug Gillard's six-string wizardry for alt-rock faves Guided by Voices and Nada Surf.
September 18
- “I’d advise new guitarists to play with an amp. When you use an amp modeler, your touch and picking will be very different”: Sheryl Crow guitarist Peter Stroud on why guitarists shouldn’t start on modelers, and how to complement a singer with your playing
September 16
- “I followed Jeff Watson into Night Ranger; it was pretty intense, I had no idea how to do that eight-fingered thing he does”: From Winger to Dokken, Whitesnake, Night Ranger, and his solo albums, Reb Beach looks back on his career, and his greatest solos
September 10
- “After the first take, Paco needed to relax, so he smoked a joint and the second take was the one. The rest is history”: Al Di Meola on the magic of Mediterranean Sundance
September 9
- “George used to have acoustics all over his house in various tunings – I’d pick them up and say, ‘What the hell is this?,’ then get out my cigarette pack and write down the tuning”: Peter Frampton on lessons learned from George Harrison and Steve Marriott
September 5
- “The overall result is unlike anything I have ever heard from a guitar trio”: On Tripliciti, Andy McKee, Calum Graham, and Trevor Gordon Hall put their fluid fingerstyle chemistry on stunning display
September 2
- “I’m a happier person when I’m not trying to sound like John Mayer or Wes Montgomery or George Benson. I get hired to be me, instead of those awkward moments where they say, ‘Can you sound like XYZ?’” Molly Miller on balancing jazz and Jason Mraz