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Chris Shiflett on how he found weapon of choice with the P-90 cut of his Fender Cleaver Tele Deluxe
Here is Shiflett on his P-90 epiphany, why everyone should have 500K pots on their guitar, and everything you need to know about his new signature Tele
“It became a wedding song. ‘Hey, did you listen to the lyrics?’”: The hit with a sting in its tail
And with the money it made, the band bought an oil well!
“All the energy we put into that record just exploded on to the world!”: Chester Bennington on Hybrid Theory
The Linkin Park star spoke to Metal Hammer a year before his death
“The music business attracts the lowest form of life!”: How one rocker took on the industry and won!
If ever an artist stuck it to The Man, it was Boston’s leader Tom Scholz
"It's got more punch than a kangaroo at boxing practice": What is OTT compression - and how do you use it?
This influential Ableton Live preset made its way into thousands of tracks, spawned a copycat plugin, and inspired a new - and unapologetically excessive - style of compression. But why does it sound so good?
How the breakbeat genre took over the music world
“It was the B-side that became one of the most important pieces of music ever - certainly one of the most sampled”
“He didn't want his credibility blown by being named on a Def Leppard album!”: The rockers’ secret weapon
“He added a new dimension to our songs,” Leppard’s singer says
“I co-wrote most of everything on the Beastie Boys album”: Rick Rubin on his greatest hits of the ’80s
Plus: his pick for the greatest rock 'n' roll producer of all time
