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They pretended to be Thomas Bangalter
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Who couldn't use a COB-style octave-fuzz and boost with a bright red dial for the boost?
![Chris Hayes [left] wears a purple checked shirt and plays his 1957 Stratocaster in the studio; Michael J. Fox tears it up onstage as Marty McFly in the 1985 blockbuster Back To The Future.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/nWZUSbFAwA6EqQdruLmXXh-840-80.jpg.webp)
The Power Of Love scored Huey Lewis and the News their first number one and an Oscar nod but as Hayes remembers it he just “threw together” the guitar parts from the comfort of his couch
These two versions of Slowhand's pre-war 1939 acoustic were announced on his 80th birthday and celebrate the 30th anniversary of his first signature Martin
One of our favourite fuzz pedals just got expanded but can we call it a fuzz-box when it does so much more?
Available with dual mini humbuckers or with a P-90/mini humbucker combo, these Tobacco Burst singlecuts are available exclusively from Gibson direct
Massively expand your musical vocabulary and songwriting options with these beautiful acoustic guitar chords
We take a look at two different products that can help you get your frets gleaming and your guitar back to its best for smoother bends and clearer vibrato
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A string change is the ideal opportunity to get your 'board back to its best
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We take a look at two different products that can help you get your frets gleaming and your guitar back to its best for smoother bends and clearer vibrato
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Key techniques guitar players can learn from the Led Zeppelin legend
In today's world of music production, pretty much everything you can dream of will have a virtual counterpart. Let's explore
Chord hieroglyphics can take several forms. We unravel the mysteries of one of the most symbolic and common examples
Forget flowers, chocolates or champagne – give your loved one a free vintage compressor plugin instead! Better still, just get it for yourself…
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Sometimes imposing rules can force us out of our creative comfort zones. It's a tactic David Bowie used to birth some of his most celebrated songs.
Building an extension to a chord doesn’t require planning permission, but it might require a degree of design. We add 9ths to our extension palette
Don't know where to begin with buying and using studio monitor speakers? Listen up
If your chord progressions sound a little clunky, try approaching your harmony in an inverse way.
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The original Ditto redefined both bang for buck and 'board space. So what's new with the Ditto 2?
Don’t let the fun Etch A Sketch-inspired retro design fool you, this is a serious tremolo with serious capabilities
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J Rockett teams up with the Bon Jovi ace to bring us a no-frills, but premium pedal that boasts something of an original tone whilst still serving classic sounds
As heavy-shell snare drums make a comeback, DrumCraft is letting us in on the action at a snip of the price
MXR revives Tom Scholz’s fabled '80s guitar headphone-amp tone in its latest pedal. Mass Hysteria ensues...
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The first new design from EVH under Wolfgang Van Halen's watch is a Gibson-inspired semi-hollow with plenty of personality
