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“If this is your first guitar, you’ll be keeping it for a long time to come”: Harley Benton Pro Series ST-Modern HSS review

Beggars can apparently also be choosers, according to Harley Benton and its sub-£150 versatile doublecut

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“Their unique blend of rock and reggae captured the attention of music fans and critics alike”: New Dread Zeppelin documentary is now online

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"Here's one: finish an album!”: Paul McCartney’s New Year’s resolution for 2025

He’s been working on “a lot of songs”

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“Who knows u might notice”: SZA says that, “after listening with a clear mind,” she’s going to change some of the mixes on the album she just released

“This means nothing to you but had to say it for me,” she told her fans

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“Logic is great but I’m emotionally trapped in Ableton”: Grimes on her DAW of choice and how plugins have "entirely restored" her love of music production

"Are there like plugin awards? They literally make magic real - it's insane"

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"David wasn’t going to do the show, and his mum said, ‘No, you HAVE to work with Bing Crosby!’ She was a fan": The story of David Bowie and Bing Crosby's Little Drummer Boy

A schmaltzy TV special did not seem the most likely vehicle for a hit Christmas single, but this 1977 collaboration between David Bowie and Bing Crosby yielded an enduring classic that cuts across the generational divide

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“Jazz and blues musicians came along, stole the concept and started using 7ths all over the place”: Learn how to understand and use dominant 7th-style chords

If you woke up this morning, feeling a little blue, you’re going to need to use some 7ths in your music. Let us help you get over your gloominess and show you how they work.

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“He listened to the song and said, ‘Total crap!’”: How a classic ballad was rejected by one singer before Journey transformed it into a monster hit

The inside story - told by Journey guitarist guitarist Neal Schon

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"If your guitar isn't in tune you'll never sound good": 4 causes of your strings going out of tune and how to solve them

The biggest cause of frustration for guitar players? The struggle to stay in tune is real, but there are ways to make things easier

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“She sent us stems. Finneas and I went on a hike, came back, went into the studio, sat there, played the song, wrote a verse, sent it back”: Billie Eilish discusses her “dream” Charli XCX collaboration on the Guess remix

It took place “in the greatest way possible,” she says

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"My daughter said, that's really criminal, you're putting so much junk in the waste-stream": Jim D’Addario reveals the real reason why guitar strings are colour coded

It’s to cut down on packaging, apparently

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“He's probably, for my money, one of the finest guitarists in the world”: Who might Radiohead bassist Colin Greenwood be talking about?

Clue: It’s not his brother

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“Each C-1 Ink Bomb is uniquely hand-splattered, making every guitar a one-of-a-kind masterpiece”: Schecter drops a Jackson Pollock-inspired electric with Seymour Duncan Blackouts for alt-metal adventure

Abstract expressionism runs rampant in the Schecter paint room

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Grammy Academy to present Lifetime Achievement to Prince and The Clash

Despite Prince and Joe Strummer, er both being dead

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“Capable of powering an average-sized board for 10+ hours”: D’Addario launches XPND Pedal Power Battery Kit, wireless pedalboard power supply including adjustable daisy chain for tidier ‘boards

Go off grid – or stay on – with a D'Addario's USB-C rechargeable pedalboard power solution that promises less clutter, zero noise

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Behringer's Phara-O Mini is a clone of the Korg Volca Keys that's inexplicably themed around ancient Egypt

The design may also look familiar to fans of the Make Noise 0-Coast

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“Nigel has been running a cheese and guitar shop in Berwick-upon-Tweed”: Rob Reiner shares some details about Spinal Tap II

One of the new songs is called ‘Rockin’ In The Urn’

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“If Spotify and UMG have nothing to hide then they should be perfectly fine complying with this basic discovery request”: Spotify responds to Drake’s claims of collusion in his diss track battle with Kendrick Lamar

They maintain Spotify is a “stranger” in the Drake – Lamar feud

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“Okay, this one guitar, this is going to get me through everything I need to do”: Ernie Ball Music Man and James Valentine launch 2024 signature collection – two boost-equipped electric guitars designed for a wide range of playing styles and sounds

Refreshed in old-school colours for 2024, the new James Valentine models comprise dual-humbucker and classic single-coil/humbucker versions

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“That’s the problem with really good speakers in a studio”: Dua Lipa on how high-end monitors can fool you into thinking that your songs are better than they are, and why her “favourite place to listen to music” is in the car

“It’s crazy how you can really kid yourself in the moment,” she says. “The best thing to do is to listen to it on not so good headphones”

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“Each one has its own unique art work and its own unique iteration of the circuit”: Red Witch Pedals has made 99 different versions of the Pax Harmonia and might just have created the ultimate Uni-Vibe in the process

Each of the Pax Harmonia Unique Incandescent Univibe pedals are one-of-one designs, featuring dual modes and an expression pedal input, and you can create a blend of its chorus and vibrato sounds

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Dubreq's Stylosette mini-synth could be the perfect stocking-filler for the musician in your life

From the makers of the Stylophone, Stylosette is a cassette-shaped synthesizer with a touch-capacitive keyboard and a surprising amount of connectivity

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Billie Eilish and Finneas just enlisted a class of elementary school kids to co-write their next hit

Expect I’m Just A Polar bear to provide the songwriting siblings with their next Grammy

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How to craft extreme hyperpop textures to make SOPHIE-style tunes

If you're interested in building your own hyperpop-infused tracks, then harnessing a bit of edge can take your mix to another level

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“This is the guitar you turn to when it is time to become death, the destroyer of worlds, for adventures on the frontier of extreme guitar tone”: Jackson Pro Series DR24MG EVTN6 Diamond Rowe Signature review

The Tetrarch riffer-in-chief drops a gem on ‘em with a heavyweight single-cut for super-heavy sounds

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