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“For some reason, the post office shipped your guitar to Jim Root of Slipknot”: Sweetwater mailed a metal fan's Jackson guitar to a metal legend
He received a flight case but no guitar
"No one phoned me. They never contacted me and I thought, 'Well, I'm not going to bother contacting them either'": Ex-Judas Priest drummer Les Binks has died aged 73
“The acclaimed drumming he provided was first class – demonstrating his unique techniques, flair, style and precision”
“An incredible experience that went beyond just teaching music”: The UK’s biggest free music making weekend is extended to four days
Learn To Play is confirmed for October 9 – 12 this year
Harley Benton’s DIY Kit Challenge is now open and there are prizes to be won
Grab a DIY guitar kit and see what you can make out of it... A hat, a brooch, a pterodactyl? The sky's the limit – and there are Thomann vouchers to be won
"At first the tension was unbelievable. Johnny was really cold, Dee Dee was OK but Joey was a sweetheart": The story of the Ramones' recording of Baby I Love You
Legendary keys player Barry Goldberg on the sessions that spawned the band's biggest UK hit
Universal Audio releases its UAFX Woodrow '55 pedal as a plugin, putting an "American classic" in your DAW
Another of UA's amp modelling pedals gets the plugin treatment - and this time it's the company's take on the 1955 Fender 5E3 Tweed Deluxe
With its latest free update, Ableton has finally turned Note into the app I always wanted it to be
Offline MIDI editing makes Ableton’s iPhone and iPad app more of a must-have iOS companion for Live users
Drum heroes: Wrecking Crew legend Hal Blaine, Neil Peart's "six favourite drummers"
"We got the job done, and we made a hell of a lot of money doing it"
"It was ugly, like watching a divorce between four people. After a while, I had to get out": Beatles engineer Geoff Emerick on the recording of Abbey Road, track-by-track
A classic interview with the band's late chief engineer – "You could really see the joy in their faces as they played; it was like they were teenagers again"
