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- March 31
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- Win this stunning 1973 Fender Telecaster Custom
- Charlie Sexton talks life, tone and being on the road with Bob Dylan
- Keeley Electronics combines modulation, octave and fuzz with Monterey guitar multi-effects pedal
- PSP Audioware invites you to get creative with its stompDelay plugin
- Michael Kelly Guitars marries electric and acoustic with the Hybrid 55
- 10 questions for Broken Witt Rebels' James Tranter
- Fano launches more affordable Standard Series guitars
- Could NUSofting's free Sinnah synth be your sonic saviour?
- VIDEO: The Edge gushes over new signature Strat and amp
- March 30
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- LANDR announces a new auto mastering engine for DJs
- "Learn to play guitar in minutes" with Guitar Now
- The story behind Fender's Jimi Hendrix Stratocaster signature guitar
- Hats off to AudioThing for its new cymbals synth
- Dr Z and Brad Paisley introduce DB4 guitar amp
- 5 reasons to get excited about Superbooth16
- Experience 'infinite movement' with iZotope's Mobius Filter plugin
- March 29
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- New drum gear of the month: review round-up (April 2016)
- SoundCloud's music subscription service is Go
- In pictures: Stereo MCs' London studio
- Start me up: Arnaud Fradin
- Incipit delay toolbox lets you process, shape, modulate and mutate
- Old gold: 1954 Gibson Les Paul Goldtop
- Novation's Launchpad lands in your browser
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- March 24
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- FREE VST/AU/AAX transient shaper: Audiority TS-1 CM
- Musikmesse 2016: 660 Guitars' Aviator AV27 electric guitar takes off
- Propellerhead's A-List Studio Drummer just became your neighbour's best friend
- Your answers: Is DJing becoming too easy?
- DTronics DT7 has just made the Yamaha DX7 easier to use
- 9 of the best multi-effects guitar pedals for beginners
- Elephante on ditching corporate life for Ableton Live
- Turn your vocals into synth sounds with Madrona Labs Virta
- Computer Music – ARRANGE THE PERFECT TRACK – Issue 229, May 2016
- Fred W Gretsch talks meeting Duane Eddy - with a little help from George Harrison
- Musikmesse 2016: Gibson Custom replicates Rick Nielsen's favourite 1959 Les Paul Standard guitar
- March 23
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- Talking Shop: OCH
- Dave Grohl writes letter to Cornwall Council, protests noise restrictions on local band
- Two-Rock unveils Cardiff guitar amp head
- Do you like old VHS video intro logos? Then try the Phonec 2 plugin synth
- Anthrax's Scott Ian: 10 albums that blew my mind
- ModeAudio is giving away an Ableton Live drum rack made up of vinyl and turntable samples
- 10 questions for Ben Poole
- RP-1 for iOS gives you dual delay lines and complete connectivity
- Musikmesse 2016: Martin launches new John Lennon and Macassar acoustic guitars
- 63% of people haven't been to a gig in the past year
- March 22
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- Blast from the past: Buchla modular synths
- The KVB: 10 tracks that blew our minds
- Musikmesse 2016: Cort's Sunset Nylectric bridges the gap between electric and classical guitars
- Fancy your chances of owning a vintage Minimoog Model D for just $20?
- The Sonuus Loopa is the world's first looping microphone and it needs your help
- Steve White embarks on first Yamaha UK clinic tour
- Never lose your pedal settings again with Loknob
- Is this the best new musicians' product that Apple just announced?
- Dan Patlansky talks improvisation, phrasing and playing more expressive blues
- March 21
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- Amon Amarth's Olavi Mikkonen talks Jomsviking, Explorers and Viking metal
- Fender: the early years
- Is the mastering process being democratised?
- Spitfire Audio is offering you the Pixies' sound in a new instrument
- Cheap Trick's Rick Nielsen: my top 5 tips for guitarists
- Producer Matthew Herbert gets to the root of music with some veggie vinyl
- Snark "reinvents the pick" for guitarists
- March 18
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- SampleRadar: 320 free stretched samples
- Mu-FX unleashes three pedals in one with the Boostron 3
- Is 'HD vinyl' coming to a turntable near you?
- Huey Morgan and Brian 'Fast' Leiser talk Fun Lovin' Criminals' Come Find Yourself track-by-track
- The Red 4Pre is Focusrite's best audio interface yet
- Nomad Factory has the Drum Tools to help you hone your beats
- Graph Tech makes guitar machine head changes easy with Inviso-Match Mounting System
- Kilohearts Tape Stop gives you a simple way to create Spindown sounds
- Playing drums not challenging enough? Throw in a backflip
- PluginBoutique's StereoSavage could be a beast of a widening plugin
- March 17
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- Seymour Duncan releases Palladium Gain Stage guitar pedal
- Trackstack is the app that brings crate digging to your pocket
- Your answers: are effects pedals cheating?
- Ian Thornley talks Secrets, guitar gear and nearly joining Velvet Revolver
- Liine says that its Skram iPad app enables anyone to make music
- Build something with Blocs Wave, a new track-starting app for iOS
- Mike Vennart: the 10 records that changed my life
- March 16
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- A gig inside an Icelandic volcano sounds like the hottest ticket in town
- When small became big: a brief history of lunchbox guitar amps
- Just Be: the 10 records that changed my life
- Mission releases official expression pedal for Line 6 Helix Rack
- Bullet For My Valentine's Matt Tuck plays guitar while skydiving, dog sledding and speedboating
- 6 of the best guitar practice amps
- Railhammer launches Billy Corgan Signature guitar pickups
- Joe Bonamassa showcases the best of his breathtaking guitar and amp collection
- Watch the trailer for George Martin's final TV documentary project
- Are DJ mixes, remixes and mash-ups coming to Apple Music?
- UK government will protect grassroots music venues with new legislation
- Christian Smith's favourite music software
- AAS's Chromaphone 2 plugin synth could become the acoustic object of your affection
- March 15
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- On the road: Explosions In The Sky
- Chris Hadfield reveals what to expect when playing guitar in space
- Wave hello to Steinberg's WaveLab 9: new interface, mastering plugins and more
- Is it time to ditch the DAW and use a wooden sequencer?
- Mastro Valvola launches Area reverb pedal
- Daft Punk's new merch is seriously rock 'n' roll
- The world's smallest wireless mic could redefine your acoustic guitar sound
- 28 new guitarists you need to hear in 2016
- John Mayer's PRS Private Stock Super Eagle guitar takes flight
- Meet the programmers: Klevgrand
- Craig Blundell on drumming for Steven Wilson, technology, counting and more
- The 2020 one-screen beat machine looks like the console on a spaceship
- Tritik's Krush is a new free bit crushing plugin for Mac and PC
- April issue of Rhythm on sale now
- March 14
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- Mike Portnoy: "I'm not a great drummer"
- C3N Loops will change the way you make music
- Electro-Harmonix hit rewind with the new Mel9 Tape Replay Machine
- Robert Cray talks heroes, gear and the blues today
- Eventide and Tony Visconti working on 'secret' plugin effect
- Run Rabbit Run Vibe hopping to a pedalboard near you
- Cereal sound designer Diego Stocco makes 'plant-powered music'
- Lamb's Andy Barlow on his favourite gear and what's next for the band
- Billy Gibbons talks BB King and new album Perfectamundo
- Stevie Wonder to play Songs In The Key Of Life in its entirety in the UK
- DRC is a (sort of) free multi-platform software synth - what's not to like?
- Keith Emerson dies at 71: music stars react and pay tribute
- George Harrison Tribute Custom Shop Telecaster comes out of hiding
- For sale: Prince's vintage acoustic guitar, unheard demo tape, engagement ring and more
- March 12
- March 11
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- Bryan Adams' 1957 Martin guitar defaced by Egyptian Customs
- IK Multimedia's iRig BlueTurn is a real page turner
- Denon DJ tweaks its Engine and releases version 1.5
- Total Guitar 278 on sale now: Blues Made Easy
- Will the GTC Revpad replace traditional guitar effects pedals?
- Get busy in your browser with the Waka Flocka Beat Maker
- Watch pro musicians explain how they go about finishing a track
- Catalinbread founder Nicholas Harris dies aged 37
- Trey Gunn on starting out, King Crimson and playing a 10-string guitar
- Superbooth16: the news, rumours and predictions
- Composer Ty Unwin is very pleased with his new Moog System 55
- March 10
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- Don Broco drummer Matt Donnelly on singing and playing with personality
- Danimal Cannon writes music with a guitar and Game Boy
- Meet Morphestra 2, the mighty morphin' cinematic orchestra
- Stevie Ray Vaughan's Ibanez Tube Screamer goes up for sale
- Elektron has made your Analog machine even better than it was
- Google's Chrome Music Lab is educational and addictive
- 15 guitar pedals we wish existed
- Brian Eno, Rick Rubin and Tony Visconti appear in a short video tribute to the late George Martin
- Issue 303 of Future Music is on sale now
- This is what Blink-182 would sound like as a metal band
- James Bay offers signed Victory V40 amp up for charity auction
- Korg just got us even more excited about the Volca FM
- March 9
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- 10 of the best new sample and soundware packs (March 2016)
- Jesse Rose talks DJing, production and juggling far too many record labels
- Trivium's Matt Heafy: the 10 records that changed my life
- Stop what you're doing and play this Google Doodle theremin
- Black Stone Cherry talk Kentucky in new studio video
- Ricky Gervais set to release David Brent guitar songbook
- Mix and blend guitars and effects with Radial's Mix-Blender pedal
- One for the road: Status Quo's Rick Parfitt on first gigs, pratfalls and stage rigs
- George Martin dies at 90: music stars react and pay tribute
- POLL: The greatest Beatles album ever is...
- Sir George Martin, legendary Beatles producer, dies aged 90
- March 8
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- What Blue Monday would sound like if it was released in the '30s
- Everything is awesome about these Lego synth modules
- Free Nightlife EDM VST synth lets you "rock the house without pushing a mouse"
- Clutch's Neil Fallon and Tim Sult talk Psychic Warfare
- 17 of the hottest VST/AU distortion plugins
- Find out how you can win an Aston Microphones Origin microphone
- In the studio: Wolfmother
- Get ready to lose yourself in Eminem's The Slim Shady LP on cassette
- Level 42 drummer Pete Ray Biggin's top 5 tips for funk drumming
- Access is giving you another chance to buy the Virus TI Darkstar synth
- March 7
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- Want to produce a track at Real World Studios and get it released on iTunes?
- Start me up: Alan Nimmo
- New drum gear of the month: review round-up (March 2016)
- Deafheaven's Kerry McCoy on black metal, Johnny Marr and armchair critics
- CableGuys says that its PanShaper plugin delivers a new level of stereo control
- 10 technologies that are changing the way we make music
- End of the Road guitars take relic'd finishes to a whole new level
- UK Learn to Play Day 2016 - five days to go!
- March 4
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- Your answers: would you make music even if you knew no one would ever hear it?
- The waiting is over: Dave Smith and Tom Oberheim's OB-6 synth is shipping
- The 10 best music producers of the '60s
- 10 of the toughest gigs for guitarists
- This is how you turn your MiniBrute into a wood-panelled desktop synth
- March 3
- March 2
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- Focusrite designer reveals the secrets of high-quality A-D and D-A audio conversion
- Your answers: are guitarists open to innovation?
- John 5: the 10 records that changed my life
- New guitar gear of the month: review round-up (March 2016)
- This is what 100 guitar pedals chained together sounds like
- Kanye West reads MusicRadar, appears to go on Pirate Bay and gets slammed by Deadmau5
- Squier unveils The Cribs signature Ryan Jarman guitar and Gary Jarman bass models
- IK Multimedia's Lurssen Mastering Console has arrived on PC and Mac
- March 1
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- Eventide's Blackhole reverb gets an other-worldly discount
- Coheed And Cambria talk The Color Before The Sun and losing the concept
- Let the bells ring out for Mersenne, a melodic percussive iPad synth
- In pictures: Venetian Snares' modular-stuffed studio
- Positive Grid launches BIAS Head with Amp Match
- New tech gear of the month: review round-up (March 2016)
- The 4-octave version of ROLI's Seaboard Rise is now available