Arteconciencias: When Black Sabbath regularly covered Smoke on the Water – and unwittingly inspired Spinal Tap's Stonehenge

“That’s just a wacky, fun solo”: Wolfgang Van Halen has revealed his favorite Eddie Van Halen guitar solo – and it’s not one you’d expect | John Petrucci and Zakk Wylde just shared the stage for the first time ever – and they shredded Black Label Society | “I'm gonna do this intro all over for you”: Watch Kirk Hammett fluff the intro to Nothing Else Matters at the first show of Metallica's US tour

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August 7, 2023

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“That’s just a wacky, fun solo”: Wolfgang Van Halen has revealed his favorite Eddie Van Halen guitar solo – and it’s not one you’d expect

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Rather than opting for one of the usual suspects, the Mammoth WVH leader cherry-picked a far more unsung cut

John Petrucci and Zakk Wylde just shared the stage for the first time ever – and they shredded Black Label Society

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The two wizards of metal finally locked fretboards – and epic beards – during Trooch's Guitar Universe camp

"I'm gonna do this intro all over for you": Watch Kirk Hammett fluff the intro to Nothing Else Matters at the first show of Metallica's US tour

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It's not the first time the Gibson and ESP signature artist has stumbled over the track's open-string heavy intro riff

Features

"I don't know whether we played it properly, but the audience loved it": When Black Sabbath regularly covered Smoke on the Water – and unwittingly inspired Spinal Tap's Stonehenge

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Sabbath's ill-fated Born Again tour featured comically oversized props “as big as the real Stonehenge,” onstage spills, and a crowd-pleasing hard-rock crossover

"I think it's fairly impossible to be a guitarist without loving Steve Vai": Nili Brosh names 10 guitarists who shaped her sound

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The Ibanez-toting instrumental virtuoso shares her thoughts on "one of the best improvisers in the history of the instrument," why Eddie Van Halen's rhythm playing is underrated, and the shredder who "brought a new sound to the Shrapnel era"

From Guitar Player

"We tracked everything live and kept whichever takes had the magic": Duane Betts steps out on his own with Wild & Precious Life

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The guitarist's full-length solo debut features some notable guests, among them Derek Trucks and Marcus King

"Blues music is my first love": Christone "Kingfish" Ingram reveals the 5 riffs that changed his life

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The Fender signature artist and Grammy-winning bluesman discusses influences ranging from Albert and B.B. King to Jimi Hendrix and Eddie Hazel

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Lessons

Everyone from Charlie Christian to Yngwie Malmsteen has used arpeggios in their guitar solos – here's how you can do it, too

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Though the fingering and coordination can be tricky at first, the rewards from mastering arpeggios are great, and will allow you to freestyle across a chord's notes while staying harmonically honest