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Billie Joe Armstrong on how his first-ever guitar defined Green Day's sound

Armstrong's cheap Fernandes Strat copy, “Blue”, would make its way onto four and-a-half Green Day albums – and leave a permanent imprint on the sound of punk ...
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Ed Sheeran’s own backing band and all support acts pull out of US tour

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Meet the “super arpeggio” – the extended shape that can supercharge your solos

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Riff Wood formed when they were 11 years old. Then they were discovered by Green Day’s producer. Stadiums are next

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Brian May on what guitar he’d play if he never made the Red Special

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On the trail of Paul McCartney, the Beatles’ not-so-secret guitarist

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Joe Bonamassa’s pawn shop SG changed his outlook on P-90s – now Seymour Duncan has recreated its pickups

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Every Time I Die guitarist and pro wrestler Andy Williams dies aged 48

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Why Anthrax’s riff-writing isn’t like other bands’

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How to Play Like Dickey Betts of the Allman Brothers Band and Great Southern

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Manson teams up with President, revealing new models for the masked metallers

Notably, these seem to be custom-made guitars, given that neither is listed on the Manson website. By Guitar World’s count, Heist’s new weapon might just be the firm’s first-ever seven-string baritone ...