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The ubiquitous Hot Rod Deluxe celebrates its 30th birthday with a snazzy new look and some subtle sonic enhancements

The ubiquitous Hot Rod Deluxe celebrates its 30th birthday with a snazzy new look and some subtle sonic enhancements ...
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Let's get quizzical: It's MusicRadar's Quiz of the Week #8!

Moving. Shaking. Rocking. Rolling. The world of music never stands still and keeping up with the pace can prove quite the burden… But don't crack up… Bend your brain… See both sides… And throw off ...
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“I don’t know. I tried to not let it get to me or upset me. I think I just try to keep it trucking”: Five years on from their songwriting credit drama, Olivia Rodrigo ...

I just try to make songs that I love and try to be kind and good to other people and supportive of other people, and I’ve always like tried to be like that," she says ...
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MusicRadar deals of the week: We've found hundreds of classic acoustics, jaw-dropping plugin deals, and tasty recording gear bargains

We've uncovered the very best offers on a range of music-making gear at Guitar Center, Sweetwater, Musician's Friend and more ...
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“Neil sat in the control room and played it. We looked at each other and we both knew it was a number one record. It was incredible”: How Neil Young created his biggest hit ...

Such was the case in early February 1971 when a chance encounter prompted Neil Young to record the song Heart Of Gold in Nashville, Tennessee. Young was in Nashville to appear on The Johnny Cash Show, ...
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“Sets an entirely new benchmark for portable, affordable audio interfaces”: SSL just released its cheapest audio interface yet

The SSL 1 is aimed at both first-time audio interface buyers and more experienced creators who want something portable to ...
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“I bought one in 1984 – I'm looking at it now, still the same one. I plugged it in the other day, bracing myself, and the bloody thing was in tune! I couldn't believe it ...

As he prepares to release a new album as part of Doublespeak – a synth-pop super-covers-band that also includes Benge and ...
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“This is like the center of gravity for the bass world”: Geezer Butler, Tal Wilkenfeld and Nate Mendel hail the legacy of the P Bass, as Fender celebrates its 75th anniversary

Fender unveils the 75th Anniversary P Bass Collection featuring a a stunning American Professional PJ Bass, a Player II P ...
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“I began writing a song in my head about the drudgery of being an astronaut. An entire verse fell out of my mind and onto the page”: The classic song that transformed Elton ...

Such was the case with the artist born Reginald Kenneth Dwight, better known to the world as Elton John. It’s now almost 60 years since the classically-trained session pianist from Pinner in Middlesex ...
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“By using Sellotape I could make it play two preset rhythms at the same time, creating cool beats”: 50 years ago this summer, Jean-Michel Jarre began making the album that ...

Oxygène is the album that launched and defined Jean-Michel Jarre, but also the record that, with his background and education, he was almost destined to make. It was also (Popcorn by Hot Butter aside) ...
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“It was the record that changed our lives. The record that won us freedom of creative expression”: Rush frontman Geddy Lee recalls how the band's 1976 prog classic 211…

No one at the record company was happy to hear that Rush had another concept record. But this time the prog trio stuck the ...
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Donner just reinvented the travel guitar with a headless electric featuring an onboard amp, effects, Bluetooth and – wait for it – a detachable speaker

There are travel guitars and then there are travel guitars like Donner’s all-new Hush-X Live and Live Pro, and yes, we said something similar when the Hush I-Pro was launched (and it’s still ...