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  1. Quick Hits: Strat Pickups Review

    Signature '50s Fender tone with a bit more bite! One of the single best things about the electric guitar is the tons of available customizations. Sure, you can always get yourself a new pedal or an upgraded amp for a completely new sound, but I’m talking about the guitar itself, most notably, the pickups. While switching the pups on an...
  2. Judas Priest Talk New Album

    Live DVD hits stores later this month. Although Judas Priest had a bit of a snag which slightly delayed  the release of their new live DVD, “Epitaph” – due out later this month by the way – the band has done a great job of keeping fans in the loop, and not just regarding their DVD either. In a recent...
  3. Famed Fender Pick-Up Engineer Abigail Ybarra Announces Retirement

    Abigail Ybarra with Los Lobos during her private retirementparty.  The Fender Custom Shop is both pleased and wistful to announce that one of its most revered employees, “pickup artist” Abigail Ybarra, is retiring after more than 50 years in the Fender family. In celebration, Fender arranged for multiple Grammy Award-winning band Los Lobos to play at her private retirement party...
  4. Rolling Stone Readers Vote Creed As The Worst Band Of The '90s

    Creed during their '90s heyday. Unsurprisingly – Creed has been voted the worst band of the ‘90s by readers of Rolling Stone magazine. The real surprise actually came with the group voted in at number 5: Nirvana. In fact, even the Rolling Stone editors themselves were taken aback by the grunge legends' inclusion. “What the happened here?” they demanded. “Did...
  5. Slayer Reveals Jeff Hanneman's Death Was Alcohol Related

    Jeff Hanneman circa 1984. Details are finally starting to emerge on the death of guitarist Jeff Hanneman and unfortunately, it’s a story that we hear all to often in the rock world. Slayer have revealed that Hanneman's death on May 2nd at the age of 49 was not due to the "flesh-eating" disease necrotising fasciitis that sidelined him in 2011...

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