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Electric guitars & amps · 102 stories, +61 vs last week

Electric guitars & amps: 102 stories in seven days, +61 on the week before.

Guitars'You Can't Replicate' The Tone Of '59 Les Paul, Warren Haynes Says: 'It's Definitely Unique' [News] Ultimate Guitar

GuitarsEric Clapton revealed why he’d grown tired of endless guitar solos in this 1976 interview: “You’re just repeating yourself over and over again” Guitar Player

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DJ MagLive & DJSkrillex apologises for “nightmare” set at Head Trip festival Fans have been split, with some decrying sound and production issues while others say it was the highlight of the weekend

DJ MagLive & DJThe Prodigy tease mysterious "Non-Music Projects" platform, BLK.ANT The platform appears to be based at London's TileYard Studios

DJ MagLive & DJHow Charanjit Singh reimagined Indian classical music for the electronic age In 1982, Indian composer Charanjit Singh’s ‘Synthesizing: Ten Ragas to a Disco Beat’ became one of the first albums to harness the potential of the Roland TB-303, the bass synth that would later…

Ultimate GuitarGuitars'You Can't Replicate' The Tone Of '59 Les Paul, Warren Haynes Says: 'It's Definitely Unique' [News] Interviews : UG Exclusive: The Gov't Mule frontman and former Allman Brothers legend also pointed out that these instruments may be tricky to navigate if you're not used to them.

Guitar PlayerGuitarsEric Clapton revealed why he’d grown tired of endless guitar solos in this 1976 interview: “You’re just repeating yourself over and over again” This interview appeared in Guitar Player ’s August 1976 issue. Eric Clapton is now 31 years old. For more than a decade he has been the rock guitarist.

PollstarIndustryZach Bryan Announces 2027 ‘Young Manhood And Other Donatable Organs Tour,” Support From John Fogerty, Ryan Bingham, Vance Joy Country music superstar Zach Bryan has announced the “Young Manhood and Other Donatable Organs Tour,” taking him across North America and Australia in 2027.

RekkerdDAW & pluginsModulate your plugins with Stride sound design engine Plugin Boutique has introduced a smart, musical automation engine that pushes the limits of sound design.

Music ConnectionIndustryHappy Birthday Justin Hayward of The Moody Blues The Moody Blues ’ Days Of Future Passed was recently celebrated with an expanded 50 th Anniversary Deluxe Edition Days Of Future Passed was the Moody Blues’ landmark second album and formally marked…

Bass Musician MagazineGuitarsGear News: Spector One-of-One Custom Shop Rose Sparkle Bass Auction for Breast Cancer Research Spector is supporting Breast Cancer Awareness Month with a one-of-one Custom Shop bass created to benefit breast cancer research.

Music ConnectionIndustrySOLID STATE LOGIC POWERS THE VOICE – LA PLUS BELLE VOIX WITH ADVANCED LIVE AUDIO TECHNOLOGY Solid State Logic ’s L550 Plus consoles helped deliver seamless audio production for France’s The Voice—La plus belle voix season finale.

Roland ArticlesMakersListening Guide: Daramola Daramola is emotional. Every aspect of the Nigerian music producer’s music is informed by emotion—from sound selection to the drum sounds in specific sections of the song.

Magnetic MagazineLive & DJNeural DSP Adds New Tone King Features Amp simulation has reached an interesting point where the conversation increasingly focuses on what happens around the amplifier.

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Three pins, and nearly every signal in this business passes through them.

The magazine is named after the cable: the microphone in the booth, the line to the desk, the DMX run that fires the lights. Studio, stage and rig share the same cable. Most magazines pick one of the three. This one covers all of it, because the people we read do too — the engineer mixing a record on Tuesday is on front of house by Saturday.

Around a hundred and sixty sources, in English, Japanese, Spanish, German, French, Chinese and Italian: makers and their release notes, reviewers who put a hand on the thing, studios and touring crews, the producers and collectives surfacing this month and the scenes they came out of. Synths and modular, plugins and DAWs, guitars and drums, microphones, monitors, PA and lighting. What the trade is talking about is counted and plotted. The editor's letter has just started; it will find its rhythm.

For each story: a headline, a short excerpt, one picture and the link out. We never reprint the article, and the picture belongs to the maker or the photographer. A German review appears in German and a Japanese one in Japanese, as the writer published it; the link goes to the original.

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