This devilishly cool Schecter MGK acoustic is heavily discounted at Reverb
marcohageman2025-12-08T13:56:14+01:00Just caught MGK on tour and now you’re inspired to get into guitar? Well, we’ve found a great deal on one of his signature [lees meer]
Beyond Emulation: Amp Sims, AI, and the Coming Saturation Point
marcohageman2025-12-07T18:41:45+01:00I’ve always been the kind of player who avoided going direct to the mixing board or FOH whenever I could. But lately, the stage [lees meer]
“He said, ‘I canceled a gig to come watch you play, could I steal some licks from you?’ That’s when we got to know each other”: Buddy Guy recalls the first time he met Jimi Hendrix
marcohageman2025-12-07T16:26:21+01:00The blues veteran reflects on having Hendrix in his audience, way back in the late ’60s
“Getting a Germanium Boy into Brian May’s hands pronto is a top priority”: Dirty Boy’s pedals are loved by the likes of John Frusciante and Neal Schon – is the Queen guitarist next?
marcohageman2025-12-07T12:26:32+01:00The future’s bright for the boutique guitar and pedal brand. Its CEO tells us its story so far and why he believes he has [lees meer]
The Most Versatile Picking Technique?
marcohageman2025-12-06T21:15:22+01:00Hybrid picking is a technique used by many players that combines regular flatpicking with fingerpicking. It’s not all arpeggio and patterns though. Caitlin Caggiano [lees meer]
Exploring Infinite Horizons with Abasi Concepts
marcohageman2025-12-06T20:14:25+01:00In the modern guitar lexicon, few names scream “new frontier” like Tosin Abasi. As the creative engine of Animals as Leaders, he’s helped reframe [lees meer]
Mr. Black Mod.One Review
marcohageman2025-12-06T19:11:18+01:00Way back in the 2010s, before starting Mr. Black as his pedal-building outlet, when Jack DeVille was releasing effects under his own name, he [lees meer]
“I’d met Elvis Presley’s guitar player, who told me James Burton used banjo strings…” How Ritchie Blackmore came across an obscure string mod that introduced him to a whole new sound – and why it didn’t work for him
marcohageman2025-12-06T18:10:20+01:00Burton proved it was possible to use banjo strings on guitar, but Blackmore’s early adventures with the hack got mixed results
“Rickenbacker had a doubleneck guitar and bass, so I bought one. Then Fender came to me and said, ‘Why are you playing that?’” How Moody Blues bassist John Lodge found another gear with a Fender double-neck that was half P-Bass/half Telecaster
marcohageman2025-12-06T18:10:18+01:00Having anchored the Moody Blues since the ’60s, the late John Lodge had a VIP seat for the Austin Powers-like era that made London [lees meer]
The Strangest—and Biggest—Gibson Ever Built
marcohageman2025-12-06T16:08:24+01:00There’s a fairly popular reality-television show that focuses on a pawn shop in Las Vegas where, in the opening credits, the proprietor says, “You [lees meer]