Outside of the mainstream of rock and roll musicians, there are virtuosos. Their music doesn’t get played on iHeart or on the jukeboxes in bars, but they’ll pack an arena. Their talent is undeniable, but it is technical, and they lack the catchy choruses required of mainstream music success. For …
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I can’t remember the specifics of what first attracted me to . Realistically, I probably just thought they looked cool. I know I’d been thinking about getting one, then I read that Suede and Foo Fighters had been using them in the studio, and I think that swayed me a …
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It must have been the mid-nineties when I first got into . You can chalk that up to old age, it’s been that long. I’m still using them, and they’re the first brand I’ll look at when I’m buying new strings. I’ll look at other brands to see if there …
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Dean are best known as purveyors of the most pointy guitars on the planet – a metal brand if ever there was one. They’re not everybody’s cup of tea, because that headstock is just too awesome for some players. I am by no means a metaller, but I do have …
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Being a guitarist of a certain age, it’s no surprise that Oasis has been a big influence on me and my playing. This, of course, means being able to play Wonderwall, and that song – as with many other guitarists learning at the time – was our first introduction to …
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