Arteconciencias: “This music was born out of pain and suffering. It wasn’t all about guitar solos or ‘my baby left me’! That’s where a lot of people go wrong”: Christone ‘Kingfish’ Ingram on why the future of blues guitar requires an understanding of its past

“I don’t want to hinder any of the band’s plans”: Kiko Loureiro leaves Megadeth after 9 years – and his successor may already be in place | Kurt Cobain's ‘Sky Stang I’ Fender Mustang, used in Nirvana’s final performance, sells for $1.5 million | “Please tell me that’s the new Epiphone headstock in general”: The Epiphone Greeny Les Paul is nearly here – and guitarists are losing their minds over the headstock

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November 20, 2023

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“I don’t want to hinder any of the band’s plans”: Kiko Loureiro leaves Megadeth after 9 years – and his successor may already be in place

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Is Teemu Mäntysaari – the young star currently filling in for Loureiro – set to take the mantle full-time? Or is a past player poised to make a sensational return?

Kurt Cobain's 'Sky Stang I' Fender Mustang, used in Nirvana's final performance, sells for $1.5 million

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Cobain six-strings now account for three of the top 10 most expensive guitars ever sold at auction

"Please tell me that's the new Epiphone headstock in general": The Epiphone Greeny Les Paul is nearly here – and guitarists are losing their minds over the headstock

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Kirk Hammett and Cesar Gueikian have both teased the new model, offering glimpses of a build that looks much more faithful to Gibson's own design

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Features

"This music was born out of pain and suffering. It wasn't all about guitar solos or 'my baby left me'! That's where a lot of people go wrong": Christone 'Kingfish' Ingram on why the future of blues guitar requires an understanding of its past

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The Mississippi blues phenom draws on influences ranging from past masters to Eric Gales and Prince alike – and he says that to play the blues, you've got to know where it came from

"A lot of solos in metal definitely have a formula... To me, a solo really hits home when you don't hear the magic coming": How Svalbard's Serena Cherry is tearing up the metal guitar playbook

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Told she was playing guitar "wrong," Cherry instead took it as permission to embrace the unorthodox and chase metal guitar sounds from the primal to the orchestral

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From Guitar Player

"There's your Top Gun theme!" How Steve Stevens' appearance on Harold Faltermeyer's iconic movie theme was all thanks to Billy Idol

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For four decades, Steve Stevens has been one of hard rock's most distinctive guitar players — however, his most widely-heard musical contribution almost didn't happen

The mission: create a better kind of S-style guitar. Joe Knaggs on the inspiration behind his stunning, hardtail-bridge-toting Severn Trem SSS

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"I had a '61 Stratocaster and wanted the same style of guitar with a fretboard radius of eight and a half inches, so it wouldn't fret out when I'd bend strings…" Meet the drool-some "Telecaster-version" yellow Severn Trem SSS

Buyer's Guides

Sweetwater has the biggest Black Friday savings we've seen so far – get up to 70% off big-name guitar gear in the company's official sale

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Bag enormous Black Friday savings on electric and acoustic guitars, amps, pedals, recording gear, strings, and more

Lessons

Josh Smith shows you how to follow your musical inner voice and connect the dots in a blues guitar solo

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The blues maestro shows you how to combine chromaticism, diminished patterns, and ii-V-i's – but don't be alarmed: it's easier than it sounds, and opens up the doors for radical guitar improv

Reviews

IK Multimedia Axe I/O One review

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If you're looking for a compact and cost-effective way to connect your guitar to a computer, there are loads of small audio interfaces around – but none offer the guitar-centric facilities of IK Multimedia's Axe I/O One