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If the Fender Stratocaster is such a perfect design, why – wonders Dave Burrluck – is there a whole industry of aftermarket parts and pickups to improve it?

AN ESSENTIAL TECHNIQUE all electric guitarists should strive to master is the art of string bending, which can be used to create personally expressive, vocal-like sounds in unique ways. String bending

OUR TEST BLONDE version of the Tone Master Deluxe Reverb features the modelling combo series’ first major new software with the IR Manager via the v2 firmware update. It promises to add extra function

THE HUMBLE WAH-WAH pedal is probably one of the most underappreciated effects in the electric-guitar universe. Its most vocal legions of detractors usually point to its clichéd use in vintage porno mo

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