“His rhythm playing is tight and in tune in a way that’s rare, and his intonation is stunning”: Joe Satriani and Steve Vai have detailed the full SatchVai Band lineup – and Pete Thorn is handling rhythm guitar

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Ever since it was announced last December that guitar heroes and longtime friends Joe Satriani and Steve Vai would be forming a band together – the first time they’ve ever done so – the main question on everyone’s lips has centered around who will fill out the group. Today, thatContinue Reading

Travis Scott Announces Halftime Show At College Football Playoff National Championship Game

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Image Image Credit Andreas Rentz / Staff via Getty Images Image Size landscape-medium Travis Scott is launching his next music era a lot earlier than anticipated. On Monday (Jan. 20), the Houston rapper revealed he’ll debut the long-awaited “4X4” live at the College Football Playoff National Championship. Set to kickContinue Reading

Donald Trump’s First Orders of Business: Immigration, Gender, Drilling, and J6 Pardons

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Newly minted President Donald Trump signed several sweeping executive orders on Monday evening, including dropping out of the Paris climate agreement, requiring all federal workers to go back to in-person work, and rolling back dozens of Biden-era initiatives. Joined by his and Vice President JD Vance’s families on the CapitalContinue Reading

“A less idiosyncratic, more intuitive but still distinctly handsome machine. It plays and feels like a much more modern proposition”: Gretsch Professional Series Hollow Body Tennessean review

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Guitar World Verdict The Tennessean of 2024 is an altogether less idiosyncratic, more intuitive but still distinctly handsome machine. That it’s beautifully built, plays and feels like a much more modern proposition, and supplies all manner of brilliant sounds from shimmering cleans to snarling driven tones is testament to theContinue Reading

“I rediscovered the glorious bottom-end of the Fender… I feel far more fluid playing the Jazz Bass than I ever did on the Rickenbacker”: Geddy Lee went on a tonal quest and broke all the bass rules to make Rush sound huge

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Geddy Lee is the rare type of bass player whose combination of talents creates a fiercely original voice. His vocal shriek is unmistakable; his bass guitar countermelodies, soaring and adventurous; his tone, in-your-face. Combining his skill set with guitar alchemist Alex Lifeson’s sonic concoctions and drum god Neil Peart’s downrightContinue Reading