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Blackstar launches Polar Go – a “pocket-sized” audio interface with built-in stereo mics

marcohageman2025-08-06T18:27:55+02:00

Blackstar has unveiled Polar Go, a “pocket-sized” two-in-one audio interface and stereo recorder. Designed to “meet the needs of modern creators”, Polar Go has [lees meer]

Blackstar launches Polar Go – a “pocket-sized” audio interface with built-in stereo micsmarcohageman2025-08-06T18:27:55+02:00

“Why do I have to impress 10 people when a thousand people are saying, ‘Hey, man – I dig this’?”: Joe Bonamassa is done with criticism from blues purists

marcohageman2025-08-06T18:27:52+02:00

Joe Bonamassa is embracing his difference as a modern blues player, and says he’d much rather put his own spin on the genre than [lees meer]

“Why do I have to impress 10 people when a thousand people are saying, ‘Hey, man – I dig this’?”: Joe Bonamassa is done with criticism from blues puristsmarcohageman2025-08-06T18:27:52+02:00

“Somebody had stolen some equipment from the opening act and we got blamed for it. The crowd went crazy”: Ricky Byrd on the disastrous Joan Jett gig where they were wrongly accused of stealing gear – and the audience turned on them

marcohageman2025-08-06T17:27:39+02:00

Byrd and Jett were on the road with Scorpions at the time – and it’s not a gig that brings back fond memories

“Somebody had stolen some equipment from the opening act and we got blamed for it. The crowd went crazy”: Ricky Byrd on the disastrous Joan Jett gig where they were wrongly accused of stealing gear – and the audience turned on themmarcohageman2025-08-06T17:27:39+02:00

“He took us to 5150, and it still had all the tapes up there. There was Jump, the old analog tapes, everything marked”: Lzzy Hale on why Wolfgang Van Halen is well positioned to “save rock ‘n’ roll”

marcohageman2025-08-06T17:27:38+02:00

Hale and the rest of Halestorm were invited to Eddie Van Halen's iconic home studio

“He took us to 5150, and it still had all the tapes up there. There was Jump, the old analog tapes, everything marked”: Lzzy Hale on why Wolfgang Van Halen is well positioned to “save rock ‘n’ roll”marcohageman2025-08-06T17:27:38+02:00

“It survived crashing onto the highway and turned up in a pawnshop”: How Zakk Wylde’s ‘The Grail’ Ozzy Osbourne Les Paul found its way back to him – 3 years after it fell out of a moving vehicle

marcohageman2025-08-06T17:27:36+02:00

The guitar became his main axe during his career with Ozzy, but after it fell off a truck in 2000, he feared he’d never [lees meer]

“It survived crashing onto the highway and turned up in a pawnshop”: How Zakk Wylde’s ‘The Grail’ Ozzy Osbourne Les Paul found its way back to him – 3 years after it fell out of a moving vehiclemarcohageman2025-08-06T17:27:36+02:00

A Telecaster Enthusiast Adds Six Strings and Doubles the Jangle

marcohageman2025-08-06T17:27:13+02:00

Reader: Mark Shadle Hometown: Atlanta, GeorgiaGuitar: dodeka I’ve been a Telecaster guy from my very first electric guitar purchase, and I’ve since had many [lees meer]

A Telecaster Enthusiast Adds Six Strings and Doubles the Janglemarcohageman2025-08-06T17:27:13+02:00

“If you want to trace the origins of heavy metal back to anything, that’s where I would go”: Music journalist says this Jimi Hendrix song gave birth to metal music

marcohageman2025-08-06T17:27:09+02:00

Is it possible to pinpoint the birth of heavy metal? Obviously, many generally agree that the genre is the handiwork of Black Sabbath, but [lees meer]

“If you want to trace the origins of heavy metal back to anything, that’s where I would go”: Music journalist says this Jimi Hendrix song gave birth to metal musicmarcohageman2025-08-06T17:27:09+02:00

“You could argue that the pickups are the most important thing. But in the end, there’s nothing more important on the guitar than this”: Paul Reed Smith on a guitar’s most crucial feature – and how it dictates your tone

marcohageman2025-08-06T16:29:04+02:00

Forget pickups and the weight of a guitar – this is where tone really starts, according to Smith

“You could argue that the pickups are the most important thing. But in the end, there’s nothing more important on the guitar than this”: Paul Reed Smith on a guitar’s most crucial feature – and how it dictates your tonemarcohageman2025-08-06T16:29:04+02:00

“Ghost Guitar is a beam of light coming in through a window and illuminating a big empty space”: Rafiq Bhatia breaks down the experimental techniques that earned him an Oscar nomination for his scores – and why it all stems from Jimi Hendrix

marcohageman2025-08-06T14:33:03+02:00

The Son Lux songwriter and producer explains his return to improvisation after a decade of studio-based constructs, the pedal he won’t tour without and [lees meer]

“Ghost Guitar is a beam of light coming in through a window and illuminating a big empty space”: Rafiq Bhatia breaks down the experimental techniques that earned him an Oscar nomination for his scores – and why it all stems from Jimi Hendrixmarcohageman2025-08-06T14:33:03+02:00

“We’ve had to bring in some help”: Gibson hires the investigative journalists who helped find Paul McCartney’s lost Höfner violin bass to aid the hunt for the missing Back to the Future ES-345

marcohageman2025-08-06T13:28:29+02:00

The guitar has been missing since filming wrapped 40 years ago. This shrewd hire might just turn the tide

“We’ve had to bring in some help”: Gibson hires the investigative journalists who helped find Paul McCartney’s lost Höfner violin bass to aid the hunt for the missing Back to the Future ES-345marcohageman2025-08-06T13:28:29+02:00

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