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  “If anybody could play like that, they must be crazy”: How Dave Davies wrote the savage solo for the Kinks’ breakthrough hit

  guitarworld.com - Janelle Borg

  You Really Got Me cemented the Kinks as pioneers of the British Invasion. Along with Dave Davies’ infectious guitar riff, the in-your-face solo – …

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  “If you think this is a bunch of throwaway crap to suck the dollar out of poor, unsuspecting Van Halen fans, it’s not”: Eddie Van Halen’s soon-to-be-released recordings are going to blow you away, according to Steve Lukather

  guitarworld.com - Phil Weller

  Steve Lukather has spoken out about the new Van Halen album he’s working on with Alex Van Halen, and he can’t believe how good the songs are. The Toto …

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  “I did four or five songs, then Ozzy said, ‘Welcome aboard’. I would have loved to have spent more time with him”: Randy Rhoads was his guitar teacher. Then he ended up in Ozzy Osbourne’s band

  guitarworld.com - Andrew Daly

  Before landing gigs with Lizzy Borden, David Lee Roth and Ozzy Osbourne, Joe Holmes kicked the student stage of his guitar journey off in style, …

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  “It’s a one-string instrument with a handle on it, and I hit it with a stick”: Les Claypool’s bonkers one-string leads the biggest (and strangest) bass releases of the month

  guitarworld.com - Nick Wells

  It may be an old joke, but there’s something to be said for taking things up a notch, and this month the bass community did just that with a heap of …

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  “Quirky and off-the-wall, it’s waiting to throw a spanner in the works of your guitar tone”: Electro-Harmonix Pico Atomic Cluster review

  guitarworld.com - Trevor Curwen

  What is it? Long before the boom in boutique pedals, the one company that could be relied upon for pushing the ‘quirky and weird’ envelope was …

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  7 hours ago

  “Everyone who is anyone has used one at some point in their careers”: The story of the Boss digital delay pedal that changed the world

  guitarworld.com - Chris Gill

  Integrated circuit technology advanced at such a rapid pace during the late ’70s and early ’80s that only seven years passed between the introduction …