News Latest News from Ultimate-Guitar.Com. en-US Copyright 1998-2026 Ultimate-Guitar.Com. All rights reserved. https://it.ultimate-guitar.com/modules/rss/news.xml.php Fri, 19 Jun 2026 21:11:15 -0400 Sun, 14 Jun 2026 21:26:17 -0400 60 Ultimate-Guitar.Com https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/static/_img/logo_trans.png https://it.ultimate-guitar.com/modules/rss/news.xml.php 144 44 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/analysis-bob-dylan-isnt-a-sloppy-guitarist-his-playing-has-just-been-misunderstood-187112 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/analysis-bob-dylan-isnt-a-sloppy-guitarist-his-playing-has-just-been-misunderstood-187112 In Evidenza: Everyone always talks about Bob Dylan's lyrics, and if they mention his guitar playing, they say he can only play three chords. This isn't exactly the case, and Dylan is much better than people think.]]> Fri, 19 Jun 2026 21:11:15 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/tab_spotlight/kisss-alive-isnt-fully-live-and-it-changes-whether-you-should-learn-the-studio-or-the-live-versions https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/tab_spotlight/kisss-alive-isnt-fully-live-and-it-changes-whether-you-should-learn-the-studio-or-the-live-versions Tablature In Risalto: The live takes run faster, "Deuce," "Strutter," and "Black Diamond" all push harder, so a studio "Deuce" won't sync to the record. Ace Frehley's solos sprawl too, bending notes longer and stretching into breaks the studio cuts never had, like the extended one on "She."]]> Fri, 19 Jun 2026 14:13:28 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/beck-is-no-one-hit-loser-and-odelay-proved-it-30-years-ago-187091 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/beck-is-no-one-hit-loser-and-odelay-proved-it-30-years-ago-187091 In Evidenza: Working with the Dust Brothers, Beck threw hip-hop beats, folk melodies, garage-rock guitars, turntable tricks, and funk grooves into one record that somehow held together. ]]> Fri, 19 Jun 2026 11:48:42 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/retrospective/keith-richards-musicians-who-dont-play-live-are-chickening-out-he-said-some-nights-something-takes-over-the-stage-and-youre-looking-at-your-fingers-saying-this-cant-be-me https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/retrospective/keith-richards-musicians-who-dont-play-live-are-chickening-out-he-said-some-nights-something-takes-over-the-stage-and-youre-looking-at-your-fingers-saying-this-cant-be-me Retrospettiva: "I really think it's necessary for a musician to play face to face to the audience," Richards said in a 1988 interview.]]> Fri, 19 Jun 2026 05:02:01 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/sleep-parts-ways-with-matt-pike-drops-first-song-in-8-years-with-voids-bubba-dupree-al-cisneros-compares-the-new-vibe-to-blue-sunglasses-era-iommi https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/sleep-parts-ways-with-matt-pike-drops-first-song-in-8-years-with-voids-bubba-dupree-al-cisneros-compares-the-new-vibe-to-blue-sunglasses-era-iommi Notizie Musicali: "The music and art are alive and after the decades of obstacles that Sleep has overcome, it is time to move forward and make songs and albums," a press release from the band wrote.]]> Fri, 19 Jun 2026 02:55:09 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/a-12-year-old-nailed-jeff-porcaros-shuffle-and-his-teen-sister-shredded-lukathers-solo-meet-missioned-souls-four-kids-and-their-parents-who-became-an-internet-sensation https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/a-12-year-old-nailed-jeff-porcaros-shuffle-and-his-teen-sister-shredded-lukathers-solo-meet-missioned-souls-four-kids-and-their-parents-who-became-an-internet-sensation Notizie Musicali: "When we tracked 'Rosanna' in the studio back in 2024, I wasn't used to the outro solo yet—I felt super stiff trying to nail it! Playing it live this year with the Ernie Ball Music Man was a totally different story," the teenage guitarist Neisha told Ultimate Guitar.]]> Fri, 19 Jun 2026 01:04:22 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/interviews/larry-lalonde-on-hideous-primus-chord-find-three-notes-that-dont-go-together-play-them-all https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/interviews/larry-lalonde-on-hideous-primus-chord-find-three-notes-that-dont-go-together-play-them-all Interviste: UG Exclusive: For Primus guitarist Larry LaLonde, conventional rock patterns take a back seat to psychological friction. "If it's not super-comfortable sounding," LaLonde explains, "it's going to actually make your brain kind of think about it without you thinking about it."]]> Thu, 18 Jun 2026 19:17:09 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/guitar-gear-is-expensive-now-building-your-own-guitars-and-pedals-can-save-you-hundreds-187058 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/guitar-gear-is-expensive-now-building-your-own-guitars-and-pedals-can-save-you-hundreds-187058 In Evidenza: Assembling a kit, building from scratch, or modifying a guitar into a partscaster gets you the customization people chase boutique prices for, at a fraction of the cost. I once tore apart a cheap Les Paul Special to build the Gretsch I couldn't afford, and turned a generic Strat copy into an HSS partscaster that outplayed pricier guitars in my collection.]]> Thu, 18 Jun 2026 14:22:47 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/tab_spotlight/rushs-yyz-riff-looks-simple-on-paper-but-its-a-brutal-test-of-your-picking-hand https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/tab_spotlight/rushs-yyz-riff-looks-simple-on-paper-but-its-a-brutal-test-of-your-picking-hand Tablature In Risalto: Although the famous instrumental isn't all that complex, playing it at full speed, locked in with the drums, it gets much harder than it seems at first.]]> Thu, 18 Jun 2026 11:39:32 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/he-shaped-cream-and-mountain-but-is-remembered-only-for-how-he-died-felix-pappalardi-186767 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/he-shaped-cream-and-mountain-but-is-remembered-only-for-how-he-died-felix-pappalardi-186767 In Evidenza: A classically trained kid from the Bronx, Pappalardi found his best talents as a producer, working on Cream's "Disraeli Gears," co-writing "Strange Brew," and then pulling Leslie West from a Long Island bar band to build Mountain, until the group's punishing volume cost him his hearing.]]> Thu, 18 Jun 2026 11:19:01 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/desmond-child-told-aerosmith-their-chorus-was-bad-the-first-time-he-met-them-steven-tyler-then-sheepishly-revealed-the-original-lyric-that-became-dude-looks-like-a-lady https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/desmond-child-told-aerosmith-their-chorus-was-bad-the-first-time-he-met-them-steven-tyler-then-sheepishly-revealed-the-original-lyric-that-became-dude-looks-like-a-lady Notizie Musicali: "Steven said, sheepishly, 'Well, originally, I was singing, 'Dude looks like a lady.' And I said, 'That's a hit title.' And Joe said, 'But we don't know what that means.'"]]> Thu, 18 Jun 2026 02:02:01 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/gear/dimebag-darrell-estate-launches-dime-guitarz-with-dean-zelinsky-amid-legal-fallout-with-dean-its-a-misconception-that-dime-had-a-relationship-with-dean-of-today https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/gear/dimebag-darrell-estate-launches-dime-guitarz-with-dean-zelinsky-amid-legal-fallout-with-dean-its-a-misconception-that-dime-had-a-relationship-with-dean-of-today Attrezzatura: "Dime played Dean Zelinsky's MLs when he had braces on his teeth and he died with one in his arms."]]> Wed, 17 Jun 2026 22:09:28 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/kurt-cobain-tried-to-find-the-overlooked-band-he-loved-os-mutantes-reunion-came-too-late-186764 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/kurt-cobain-tried-to-find-the-overlooked-band-he-loved-os-mutantes-reunion-came-too-late-186764 In Evidenza: In 1968, three young musicians from São Paulo cut one of the decade's strangest records. Fuzzed-out guitar, bossa nova, tape collage, and studio sabotage created the kind of strangeness that would win over none other than Nirvana's Kurt Cobain.]]> Wed, 17 Jun 2026 21:00:50 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/how-eric-claptons-the-fool-sg-ended-on-an-xtc-record-author-explains-it-was-not-in-great-shape https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/how-eric-claptons-the-fool-sg-ended-on-an-xtc-record-author-explains-it-was-not-in-great-shape Notizie Musicali: "Of course, he [David Gregory] was amazed to find this instrument, this very, very famed instrument in the studio – in Todd Rundgren's studio."]]> Wed, 17 Jun 2026 20:19:52 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/iconic-effects-on-the-dark-side-of-the-moon-were-actually-alan-parsons-studio-solutions-real-clocks-and-two-guys-walking-187082 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/iconic-effects-on-the-dark-side-of-the-moon-were-actually-alan-parsons-studio-solutions-real-clocks-and-two-guys-walking-187082 In Evidenza: "The Dark Side of the Moon" is regarded as a larger-than-life album, a product of complete genius beyond normal mortals. But for all the myth, the recording itself was pretty standard.]]> Wed, 17 Jun 2026 18:44:25 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/kenny-wayne-shepherd-explains-how-his-playing-changed-in-30-years-my-hands-are-working-a-lot-better-now https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/kenny-wayne-shepherd-explains-how-his-playing-changed-in-30-years-my-hands-are-working-a-lot-better-now Notizie Musicali: "There's certain songs you're like, 'OK, here we go. We're gonna see if we got it tonight.'" ]]> Wed, 17 Jun 2026 12:34:39 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/labels-tried-to-woo-soundgarden-with-girls-and-a-bus-kim-thayil-wasnt-having-it-what-is-our-value-to-you-tell-us-how-were-valuable https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/labels-tried-to-woo-soundgarden-with-girls-and-a-bus-kim-thayil-wasnt-having-it-what-is-our-value-to-you-tell-us-how-were-valuable Notizie Musicali: "That's all they wanted us to know. They're sitting there telling us, 'We could do this for you. We could do that. And you could have this! And you could get that!'"]]> Wed, 17 Jun 2026 02:02:02 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/gear/fender-ceo-responds-to-cease-and-desist-backlash-calling-it-s-style-is-an-attempt-to-whitewash-leo-fenders-legacy https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/gear/fender-ceo-responds-to-cease-and-desist-backlash-calling-it-s-style-is-an-attempt-to-whitewash-leo-fenders-legacy Attrezzatura: "We are not going to let the legacy be erased, nor are we going to let it be diluted."]]> Tue, 16 Jun 2026 22:08:36 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/lessons/how-studying-jazz-actually-makes-you-a-better-rock-guitarist-the-real-transferable-skills https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/lessons/how-studying-jazz-actually-makes-you-a-better-rock-guitarist-the-real-transferable-skills Lezioni: The old cliché claims that jazz musicians can play anything, but the operational reality is far more nuanced. An analysis of horizontal versus vertical improvisation, chord-melody layering, and clean-tone authority reveals the exact structural skill sets that successfully transfer from jazz study straight onto a rock stage.]]> Tue, 16 Jun 2026 19:33:34 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/40-years-ago-johnny-marr-tried-to-snatch-the-masters-of-the-queen-is-dead-after-his-label-moved-to-block-it-187055 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/40-years-ago-johnny-marr-tried-to-snatch-the-masters-of-the-queen-is-dead-after-his-label-moved-to-block-it-187055 In Evidenza: Marr had told himself the album "had to be a serious piece of work," and the result drew a rave from Rolling Stone's David Fricke, who heard Morrissey sounding the alarm "not with a bang but an urgent whisper."]]> Tue, 16 Jun 2026 16:33:42 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/it-was-a-non-existing-band-but-rolling-stone-actually-made-it-real-the-masked-marauders-became-a-real-hit-186761 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/it-was-a-non-existing-band-but-rolling-stone-actually-made-it-real-the-masked-marauders-became-a-real-hit-186761 In Evidenza: Under the pseudonym T.M. Christian, Rolling Stone editor Greil Marcus spiced things up in October 1969 with something that nobody was meant to take seriously: Dylan singing "Duke of Earl" and a Jagger doing a number called "I Can't Get No Nookie." Readers bought it anyway.]]> Tue, 16 Jun 2026 10:50:27 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/retrospective/rushs-neil-peart-kept-taking-drum-lessons-despite-being-a-master-drummer-what-is-a-master-but-a-master-student https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/retrospective/rushs-neil-peart-kept-taking-drum-lessons-despite-being-a-master-drummer-what-is-a-master-but-a-master-student Retrospettiva: "And if that's true, then there's a responsibility on you to keep getting better and to explore avenues of your profession."]]> Tue, 16 Jun 2026 04:02:01 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/nuno-bettencourt-says-guitarists-who-tried-to-be-like-yngwie-malmsteen-misunderstood-him-his-technical-prowess-was-not-his-super-power https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/nuno-bettencourt-says-guitarists-who-tried-to-be-like-yngwie-malmsteen-misunderstood-him-his-technical-prowess-was-not-his-super-power Notizie Musicali: "Playing it perfectly and clean with precision... They misunderstood that Yngwie’s technical prowess was not his superpower."]]> Tue, 16 Jun 2026 02:10:51 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/jon-bon-jovi-didnt-like-bon-jovi-classic-livin-on-a-prayer-but-desmond-child-begged-him-to-try-it-hes-still-singing-it https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/jon-bon-jovi-didnt-like-bon-jovi-classic-livin-on-a-prayer-but-desmond-child-begged-him-to-try-it-hes-still-singing-it Notizie Musicali: "Jon still thought that, because I'd written it on the piano, it was piano driven. And he was a guitar band and all that – he thought, 'This isn't gonna work.'"]]> Tue, 16 Jun 2026 00:16:36 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/interviews/zacky-vengeance-on-scary-aspect-of-a7xs-last-album-addresses-booing-section-that-doesnt-like-what-you-do https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/interviews/zacky-vengeance-on-scary-aspect-of-a7xs-last-album-addresses-booing-section-that-doesnt-like-what-you-do Interviste: UG Exclusive: "We boldly go in a direction that we want to, fully knowing that the potential for backlash and uncertainty will always be present," the guitarist admitted.]]> Mon, 15 Jun 2026 17:09:07 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/steven-adler-recalls-helping-slash-come-up-with-gnrs-sweet-child-o-mine-intro-dude-play-that-with-half-the-notes https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/steven-adler-recalls-helping-slash-come-up-with-gnrs-sweet-child-o-mine-intro-dude-play-that-with-half-the-notes Notizie Musicali: "One bathroom break, Slash starts playing that circus thing, the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus Theme…" ]]> Mon, 15 Jun 2026 12:24:33 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/tab_spotlight/fingerpicking-starts-with-the-beatles-blackbird-paul-mccartneys-ultimate-acoustic-guitar-standard https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/tab_spotlight/fingerpicking-starts-with-the-beatles-blackbird-paul-mccartneys-ultimate-acoustic-guitar-standard Tablature In Risalto: Paul McCartney's acoustic composition relies on an open G-string drone and parallel tenths instead of traditional chord progressions. The song establishes a mechanical foundation for the alternating-bass technique and is a gateway to fingerstyle guitar.]]> Mon, 15 Jun 2026 09:30:35 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/what-the-f--k-are-we-doing-geddy-lee-and-alex-lifeson-on-the-moment-they-realized-that-a-rush-reunion-was-actually-happening https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/what-the-f--k-are-we-doing-geddy-lee-and-alex-lifeson-on-the-moment-they-realized-that-a-rush-reunion-was-actually-happening Notizie Musicali: "That's when we looked at each other in the studio and went, 'Yep, we have a real problem, because now we have a drummer and we're going to make a commitment.'"]]> Mon, 15 Jun 2026 02:02:01 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/richie-kotzen-on-why-modern-virtuosos-fall-flat-compared-to-nuno-bettencourt-zakk-wylde-and-evh-those-are-complete-musicians-who-can-write-great-songs https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/richie-kotzen-on-why-modern-virtuosos-fall-flat-compared-to-nuno-bettencourt-zakk-wylde-and-evh-those-are-complete-musicians-who-can-write-great-songs Notizie Musicali: "If you're of mind of the art of making music, I find that very disheartening."]]> Sun, 14 Jun 2026 23:38:37 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/led-zeppelin-stripped-their-name-from-iv-after-critics-called-their-success-hype-187040 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/led-zeppelin-stripped-their-name-from-iv-after-critics-called-their-success-hype-187040 In Evidenza: "After all this crap that we'd had with the critics, I put it to everybody else that it'd be a good idea..."]]> Sun, 14 Jun 2026 21:26:17 -0400