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“It was the most metal thing I’d ever seen – I was hooked”: Jackson launches spectacular EverTune refresh of Christian Andreu’s signature Rhoads – and why we’ve got Kirk Hammett to thank for it

The Gojira riffer says he has been in love with the Jackson Rhoads ever since he saw Hammett of play one, and Andreu's latest signature version takes its design where it's never been before

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Thinking of checking your guitar in as hold luggage on your next flight? After watching this, you might think again

Viral footage shows a baggage handler throwing multiple guitars to the ground at LAX

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Spotify's new SongDNA feature reveals the "complex web of people, stories and inspirations" behind each song

Now rolling out in beta to Premium users worldwide, SongDNA is an interactive map that lets you explore a song's collaborators, samples, interpolations and covers

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“Human heartbeats can become kick drums, birdsong and whale calls can become melodies”: Exploring the new industry of AI-integrated hardware effects pedals

AI is making the jump from software to hardware with a plethora of smart effects pedals. Is it just another gimmick or will AI-based hardware finally legitimise the controversial technology?

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"It's currently the only compact power supply you can count on to power a 3A, 12V amp and effects modeller alongside pedals without buying any extra kit": Walrus Audio Canvas Power HP review

A small pedal power supply with serious juice

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“Brian Jones was the first steel slide player I heard. He was really in front of that game, and that’s what I really admired about him when we first started playing together”: Keith Richards pays tribute to Stones guitarists past and present

“Once I heard Brian playing Elmore James, I thought, ‘I’ve found a guy here who I can mess with’”

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"You’re coming to a place where it says ‘no entry’ on the gate, you’re coming up those steps": How Abbey Road is reinventing itself and becoming more accessible in 2026

Bringing in the "most comprehensive collection" of new gear it's ever housed, the historic recording studio is on a mission to inspire the next generation of music-makers

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“I might not be good at making streaming numbers but I can make music that is emotionally engaging. That’s more important than just getting a hit on a digital platform”: We speak to Hot Chip’s Alexis Taylor

The bespectacled frontman of one of the 2000’s most influential synth-pop acts continues to pursue fresh sonic frontiers on new solo record, Paris in the Spring

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“She has perfect pitch. If she hears a song, she’ll be like, ‘Play it again,’ and then she’ll teach herself”: Jay-Z says that his daughter Blue Ivy is a “crazy pianist” who has a rare musical gift

He’s also been addressing the hip-hop feud between Drake and Kendrick Lamar

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Want to finally finish that track? Here’s how to escape the 4-bar loop trap and actually make some music

Transform your unfinished projects into release-ready records with our proven creative hacks

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$“I remember the fracas. Simon stood in the middle and said to Rodgers, ‘If you want to hit anyone, hit me’ – so he did”: The multi-million selling supergroup whose last big hit was the punch that the singer stuck on the drummer$

“I remember the fracas. Simon stood in the middle and said to Rodgers, ‘If you want to hit anyone, hit me’ – so he did”: The multi-million selling supergroup whose last big hit was the punch that the singer stuck on the drummer

Bad Company made some of the greatest rock music of the 1970s

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“A fantastic one-stop shop of all that you need in a synth”: Knobula Monumatic review

Monumatic promises to be the one synth voice to rule them all and we think Knobula might be underselling itself

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At a ridiculously low price tag, Harley Benton unveils three entry-level T-styles with Bigbsy-style vibratos and vintage mojo to burn

Ideal for beginner player with a taste for old-school guitar design

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Freaky Style-AI: Hillel Slovak’s voice on new Chili Peppers documentary has been AI-generated

Film looks at the band’s early years

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"The closest thing Akai has released to a vintage MPC in decades": Akai MPC Sample review

The MPC range gains a fun, affordable sketchpad with a fair few tricks up its sleeve

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A much-loved reverb plugin that we called "one of the most creative we've come across" is free for a limited time

UVI Sparkverb 1.5 is free for KVR Audio members until April 12th

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“A few years ago, I decided, ‘I'm just going to play trumpet every day, no matter what. And after a couple of years of doing it, I'm going to make a record’”: Flea covers Frank Ocean and explains why he’s scratching a long-standing itch on his new album

Watch him doing double duty on trumpet and bass in the company of Jimmy Fallon

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“We’ve got these little satellites”: Thom Yorke will release another solo album “later in the year”, says Ed O'Brien, suggests Radiohead is “the mothership”

And says they can all “co-exist”

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“I had vocal polyps. It was really intense. I didn’t sleep for an entire month. There was no sound coming out. But I learned how to talk again. I learned how to sing again”: How Snail Mail's Lindsey Jordan found her falsetto and made her comeback

“The craziest thing about it is that people could hear I’d had polyps on my previous albums”

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"This was my girlfriend for a long, long time… And I’ve got a lot of success with it”: Richie Sambora was so desperate to track down his stolen Explorer he hired a private detective – now after 41 years it has been returned to him

Sambora played this heavily modded Explorer as Bon Jovi rose to fame and has been looking for it for decades. Matt's Guitar Shop in Paris tracked it down

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"Apparently it was the one song that got John recording again. I think John just thought, ‘Uh oh, I had better get working, too’”: The story of the last entry in Lennon and McCartney’s musical conversation

Track apparently inspired Lennon to record Double Fantasy

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“Damon’s got two sides to him. He’s that guy who plays with musicians all around the world. But he’s also got a really hard side...”: Phil Daniels on Blur, Quadrophenia and the solo album he’s recorded

Album is “a cross between Ian Dury and a sort of theatrical night out”

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“Although the songs and listeners were fake, the millions of dollars Smith stole was real. Millions of dollars in royalties that Smith diverted from real, deserving artists and rights holders”: US Man pleads guilty to industrial scale AI fraud

Michael Smith stole over $10 million in royalties

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“What are you planning to actually use it for?”: Back in 1984, Midge Ure appeared on BBC TV to reveal our MIDI guitar synth future with his box-fresh Roland GR-700

“I think I’d have to spend many a long hour sitting in the studio working with the thing before I take it out on stage,” he admits

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Klang.io says Transcription Studio is the "world’s first" AI music tool that can transcribe multiple instruments simultaneously

The software promises to convert any recording into sheet music, tab or MIDI

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