Arteconciencias: “The substance issues and drama negatively impacted Velvet Revolver. But there was the ‘dangerous band’ element. That came across in a song like Slither”: Dave Kushner looks back on his guitar partnership with Slash

“They asked us to make a guitar out of the Knicks basketball court”: John Mayer has added another custom Charvel to his collection – and this one is literally built from Madison Square Garden’s floor | The widow of Paul Stanley’s former guitar tech is suing Kiss for wrongful death | “It was right before doors, so we moved fast”: Watch Mike Stringer lay down a ferocious 7-string playthrough of Spiritbox’s heaviest track yet in an empty arena – just minutes before fans storm the venue

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October 16, 2023

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“They asked us to make a guitar out of the Knicks basketball court”: John Mayer has added another custom Charvel to his collection – and this one is literally built from Madison Square Garden’s floor

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Does the New York Knicks court make for a sonically compelling tonewood? It remains to be seen, but it sure makes for some alluring visuals

The widow of Paul Stanley's former guitar tech is suing Kiss for wrongful death

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The crew member died in 2021, after contracting Covid on the band's End of the Road tour

"It was right before doors, so we moved fast": Watch Mike Stringer lay down a ferocious 7-string playthrough of Spiritbox's heaviest track yet in an empty arena – just minutes before fans storm the venue

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Armed with a Fishman-equipped Jackson Pro Plus and his signature plugin, the metaller gives Guitar World an exclusive playthrough of a track said to be heavier than 2020's Holy Roller

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"The substance issues and drama negatively impacted Velvet Revolver. But there was the 'dangerous band' element. That came across in a song like Slither": Dave Kushner looks back on his guitar partnership with Slash – and writing the Sons of Anarchy theme

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He went to school with Slash and joined the noughties’ biggest supergroup. But when Velvet Revolver ended, Kushner threw himself into soundtrack work with guitar as the driving force. Here, he reflects on the band’s volatile run and how it impacted their swaggering take on rock ’n’ roll

"As soon as we heard Chris' name, I knew we were good. Nobody works harder or learns songs quicker. It was like I had my teacher with me every day": How ex-Megadeth shredder Chris Broderick lit the fuse under In Flames' fierce return

(Neil Lim Sang)

With Broderick's virtuoso seven-string dovetailing with Björn Gelotte's down-tuned six-string, Foregone is the sound of In Flames taking their sound faster, heavier, and wherever the ideas took them

From Guitar Player

"It was a really dark time for Ronnie and for the band": Vivian Campbell on why Ronnie James Dio had no interest in doing the Hear 'n Aid project featuring Yngwie Malmsteen, Neal Schon, George Lynch, and Iron Maiden

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Hear 'n Aid was a charity record that raised over $3 million for famine relief in Africa in 1986. It featured a mighty ensemble of 40 heavy metal musicians — and a four-minute guitar solo — but, according to Vivian Campbell, it nearly didn't happen at all

Bonnie Raitt: "I play the way I play, just like I sing the way that I sing. I'm not a schooled guitar player, and I can't say I'm getting appreciably better, but I know how to do what I do. It's the songs that change"

(David Redfern/Redferns)

The legendary slide-master discusses how to find the right bandmates and collaborators, and reveals why the "loosey-goosey parts" of songs can be the most exciting, in this classic GP interview

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