Arteconciencias: Justin Hawkins explains why he thinks John Frusciante is overrated

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May 22, 2023

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Justin Hawkins explains why he thinks John Frusciante is overrated

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In his podcast, The Darkness guitarist discussed why he gets "nothing from John Frusciante's guitar playing" – and why he thinks no good rock 'n' roll has ever been played on a PRS

That time Little Richard reprimanded Jimi Hendrix for his guitar showmanship: "Don't you ever play your f**king guitar behind your head again!"

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Graham Nash recalls seeing the rock 'n' roll icon dress down the guitarist post-show

Six of Eddie Van Halen's stage-played Charvel EVH Art Series guitars – and a Masterbuilt Frankenstein copy – are going up for auction

(Analogr)

The Art Series guitars were played and signed over the course of Van Halen's tours in 2004, 2007, and 2012, and are being auctioned off alongside a Chip Ellis-built model as one mega collection

The Slash 2.0 set is based off his signature APH-2 pickups, now with a hotter wind that provides the familiar sound Slash loves while pushing his amps with the perfect balance of volume, drive, and compression.

Slash's signature humbucker set has been loved by fans and the 6-string king himself for over a decade. Since then, Slash has found a need for a hotter version of his pickups in live applications over the course of multiple world tours with Guns N' Roses and Slash Featuring Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators. When working on this new wind with Seymour Duncan, Slash's goal for the team was to deliver the "same tonality, same great clarity…but hotter" than his APH-2s. The Slash 2.0 Set is based off his signature APH-2 pickups, now with a hotter wind that provides the familiar sound Slash loves while pushing his amps with the perfect balance of volume, drive, and compression. Learn More

Features

Meet ambient shredder Jakub Zytecki – the trailblazing virtuoso who picks plugins over pedals and plays a Kurt Cobain-inspired 8-string

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The Polish wunderkind explains why Polyphia and Plini have reignited his guitar fire, and how he channeled John Petrucci on his stellar new album, Remind Me

Hermanos Gutiérrez: "It always starts as an individual trip for us. Most of it is non-communicative; it just happens"

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The Gutiérrez brothers talk telepathic songwriting, working with Dan Auerbach, and how this whole project came together by accident after reconnecting across continents