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  “He was opening for Bobby Darin and the audience were going, ‘We want Duane! We want Duane!’ Poor Bobby was backstage, almost in tears. From there on, Duane finished the show”: Albert Lee, Joe Bonamassa and Vince Gill on the life and legacy of Duane Eddy

  guitarworld.com - Bill DeMain

  Duane Eddy. The very name is synonymous with a sound: simple melodies played on the low strings, enhanced with tremolo, deep reverb and a feathering …

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  13 hours ago

  “I had very few reference points – no one saying, ‘Try this.’ I just played through a bass amp then added a second amp”: Meet the Meffs, the Britpunk duo outnumbered by their amps

  guitarworld.com - Jenna Scaramanga

  Essex duo the Meffs have delivered impressive festival slots and played an arena tour supporting Alice Cooper, and they’re currently on the road with …

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  18 hours ago

  “People forget that in the ’80s, the Fender Strat was like having an old car and someone saying, ‘Why are you driving that piece of crap?’” Yngwie Malmsteen explains how he broke the mold for rock guitar – and brought the Strat in from the cold

  guitarworld.com - Andrew Daly

  Yngwie Malmsteen will be the first to tell you that 1984’s Rising Force wasn’t supposed to be a hit. But it definitely was – and the young Swedish …

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  “I was really fortunate that I got to work with Kurt. He had a real ear for a hook – playing bass with him was super-easy”: Krist Novoselic achieved harmony through Kurt Cobain’s chaos – and was the making of this Nirvana classic

  guitarworld.com - Bryan Beller

  Back in 1991, just before Nirvana suddenly broke huge on MTV, rock fans and musicians alike were in a bit of a holding pattern – mainstream '80s hard …

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  “We were getting comfortable being back together – that was part of the reason we went out on the road without a record deal. Another reason was that we couldn’t get a record deal...” Why Aerosmith’s ’80s misfire, Done With Mirrors, was the making of them

  guitarworld.com - Andrew Daly

  Joe Perry and Brad Whitford rejoined Aerosmith in 1984 after being away for four and two years, respectively. Soon after, the Bad Boys from Boston …

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  “To be in this band, you’ve got to be able to play solos and straight-ahead blues, and be something of a bass player, too, to cover the low end guitar-wise. It’s hard to find someone who can do all that”: The resurrection of GA-20

  guitarworld.com - Joe Bosso

  “Musical differences” is Matt Stubbs’ explanation for his recent split with his GA-20 co-founder, co-guitarist, and singer Pat Faherty. When pressed …