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Do guitarists really need a Bigsby Pedal?
Gamechanger Audio has some tricks up its silvery sleeve
“We finally gave in”: Behringer takes on the Roland Juno-6/60 with its Neptune-80 synth
Having “resisted for a long time”, Behringer is tackling “one of the most sought-after synths”
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Wolfgang Van Halen is planning to track the solos to his next album with his dad's iconic guitars
Including the Frankenstein and Shark
The Waldorf M synth is now available with 16 voices, and you can update your existing hardware
The expansion board ain’t cheap, though
John Mayer debuts Martin double-neck acoustic guitar and new song at first gig of US solo tour
He broke out some deep cuts from his song catalogue too – while poking fun at his own song Why You No Love Me
Fantastic (free) synths and how to use them: Xenos
Hold on to your oscillators as we journey into the realms of stochastic synthesis, randomized tuning and Iannis Xenakis
Steve Vai: “One ear has been pulled towards rock my whole life, the other towards high-information music; my brain mixes it up and that’s when you get the weird Vai s**t”
Steve Vai drops in to talk Vai/Gash, Whitesnake, the unmatched integrity of Tom Waits, the appeal of ‘big, hairy guitars” and what guitarists can learn from the human voice
Watch the John Mayer Trio featuring Steve Jordan and Pino Palladino play live for the first time in six years
Thankfully, there's pro-shot footage of the supergroup's set
Pedalboard tour with Belgium's Stake and their Boss-heavy rigs
video Their pedals may be dusty but their choices are… trusty?
Watch St. Vincent join The Roots for a cover of Portishead’s Glory Box on Fallon
Annie Clark was backed by Questlove and co. for a cover of the '90s classic
Get your kicks for free with this effortless online bass drum generator
Super-simple tool joins music theory guides and sequencers over at muted.io
EMG unveils the JMaster pickups, offering Jazzmaster modders an active option for classic tones and a zero hum performance
These easy-install active Alnico V pickups have a wide stacked single-coil design and are available as a standalone pair or an integrated pickguard with powerful boost and EQ controls
Guitarist uses Master Of Puppets producer Flemming Rasmussen's studio notes and Neural DSP Mesa MkIIC+ plugin to try and nail Metallica's tone
How close can he get?
Avey Tare: “The Roland Juno-60 is my favourite keyboard of all time”
Perennially leapfrogging between Animal Collective and Avey Tare, Danny Turner asks Dave Portner how he manages to feed both fires
Eric Clapton to lead tribute gigs to Jeff Beck with Johnny Depp, Gary Clark Jr, Imelda May, Billy Gibbons, Rod Stewart, Derek Trucks and more to appear
The all-star ensemble cast will play two nights at the Royal Albert Hall in May
Nuno Bettencourt says Extreme used a demo recording for their smash-hit Hole Hearted, and the guitar was recorded via a headset mic taped to his knee
“It goes to show you that even if a song is done on a little recorder on your basement at home, it can still go Top Five worldwide,” says Bettencourt
Splice is shutting down its Studio collaboration platform: “Simply put, we haven’t been able to provide the quality of experience of which we can be proud”
Company to focus on its sample marketplace and rent-to-own software business
