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• Riff power! A new guitar playing world record is set

  More than 1,680 guitar players turned out to rock on Sunday in Kansas City – and set a new world record in the process.

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• Vai’s Gear Explained

  In a new feature on Steve’s official home site, his long-time tech Thomas Nordegg explains – in some detail – the ins and outs of Vai’s touring rig. There are pictures, insights and wise words too: apparently Vai likes his strings stretched to within an inch of their lives…figures!

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• Iron Maiden to play Brixton Academy in June

  Metal legends Iron Maiden will play their last UK show for at least a year on 24th June with a special appearnce at London's 4,800 capacity Brixton Academy.

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• Guitar Hero 3: new songs announced

  Yes we know it's not the real thing but everyone seems to be going crazy for it – including some of the Guitarist team – the third installment of the popular Guitar Hero video game is due to be released in the Autumn and already featured songs are being announced, including tracks from Muse, The Rolling Stones, Smashing Pumpkins and Heart.

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• Line 6 sells, and Dave's buying

  Megadeth's latest album United Abominations may well have shocked us with its metallic impertinence, but it was a pleasant surprise and a return to form nonetheless.

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• Washburn 200 PRO Series...

  ...are now available from your friendly neighbourhood UK dealer. We gave the guitars a rave review back in issue 289 and we can still heartily recommended them to anyone who’s after a decent electric that’s full of tone, plays smoothly and yet won’t break the bank

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• The Thrills Intimate UK Dates

  Get up close and personal with the band during their upcoming trawl around some of Blighty’s smaller venues. Dates so far are:

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• Fender Electracoustic Series Revamped

  Following a meeting of R&D minds from both Corona and Nashville, Fender have announced three redesigned Electracoustic Series guitars: the Stratacoustic Deluxe, Telecoustic Deluxe and JZM Deluxe.

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• Reader's lives: Bigsby restringing tips

  Guitarist reaaders are evidently a resourceful lot, and have come up with plenty of solutions to the age-old problem of restringing a Bigsby-equipped guitar without a] doing your back in b] weakening and snapping countless strings at the ball ends or c] smashing your beloved axe to smithereens in a frustrated rage. Here are a few ideas:

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• Panic Cell tour dates

  To support the release of their second album 'What Doesn't Kill Us...' on July 23 2007 via Anthill Records, UK metallers Panic Cell have announced a number of UK and Euro dates, including some prestigious festival appearances.

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