Sam Roche
Staff Writer at GuitarWorld
Contributor at Freelance
Associate News Editor at Guitar Magazine
Associate News Editor at MusicTech
Articles
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1 week ago |
guitar.com | Sam Roche
Another week, another round of guitar deals at Reverb… And it’s our mission here at Guitar.com to bring you the best of the best. This week, we’ve found huge savings on Charvel, Jackson and Fender electric guitars, so whether you’re in the market for your next main instrument, or simply looking to expand your collection, now’s the time.
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1 week ago |
guitar.com | Sam Roche
Gene Simmons has recounted Kiss’s chaotic early days, pointing, in particular, to the raucous photoshoot for the band’s second album Hotter Than Hell. In a new conversation with Rick Rubin on his Tetragammaton podcast, Simmons recalls working with photographer Norman Seeff on the shoot, and the mayhem that later ensued.
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2 weeks ago |
guitar.com | Sam Roche
Jackson has tapped Bring Me The Horizon’s Lee Malia for a new Pro Series signature model, based on Charvel’s Surfcaster blueprint which debuted in the early ‘90s. Based on Malia’s beloved custom shop model built by Jackson’s Mike Shannon, the LM-87 was made to the BMTH guitarist’s exacting specifications. It features a TOM-style bridge with an anchored tailpiece and fine tuners for extra stability when dabbling in those low tunings Bring Me fans will be all too familiar with.
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2 weeks ago |
guitar.com | Sam Roche
Metallica have put out 11 studio albums over the course of their near-45-year career, each with vastly different sounds and production aesthetics. So you might expect guitarist Kirk Hammett to have trouble singling out the album with his best tone. But in a new interview with Guitar World, he wastes no time in asserting that his best-ever lead tone was, in fact, on the band’s sixth album, 1996’s Load.
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2 weeks ago |
guitar.com | Sam Roche
Singer-songwriter Ryan Adams left an audience stunned over the weekend when he stormed off stage during a gig in Belfast. The incident occurred as he was playing at the city’s Waterfront Hall on Saturday 5 April, in a show marking the 25th anniversary of his debut solo album, Heartbreaker.
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