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All rights reserved. https://ja.ultimate-guitar.com/modules/rss/news.xml.php?artist=0 Wed, 17 Jun 2026 22:09:28 -0400 Fri, 12 Jun 2026 16:44:12 -0400 60 Ultimate-Guitar.Com https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/static/_img/logo_trans.png https://ja.ultimate-guitar.com/modules/rss/news.xml.php?artist=0 144 44 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 ギア: "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 特集: 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 音楽ニュース: "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 特集: "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 音楽ニュース: "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 音楽ニュース: "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 ギア: "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 レッスン: 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 特集: 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 特集: 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 レトロスペクティブ(逆行): "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 音楽ニュース: "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 音楽ニュース: "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 インタビュー: 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 音楽ニュース: "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 タブスポットライト: 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 音楽ニュース: "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 音楽ニュース: "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 特集: "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 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/soundgarden-was-becoming-risky-and-experimental-before-splitting-in-97-kim-thayil-says-some-of-that-was-happening-maybe-not-enough-in-the-direction-that-i-would-have-enjoyed https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/soundgarden-was-becoming-risky-and-experimental-before-splitting-in-97-kim-thayil-says-some-of-that-was-happening-maybe-not-enough-in-the-direction-that-i-would-have-enjoyed 音楽ニュース: "I was perfectly willing to do things that were a little bit more challenging." ]]> Sun, 14 Jun 2026 18:35:29 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/guitar_of_the_week/a-16500-guitar-made-of-two-aluminum-sculptures-bolted-together-teuffel-birdfish https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/guitar_of_the_week/a-16500-guitar-made-of-two-aluminum-sculptures-bolted-together-teuffel-birdfish 今週のギター: German luthier Ulrich Teuffel has hand-built each one since 1995, machining the bird-and-fish frame, winding his own pickups, and running a waitlist measured in years. The idea is that the aluminum adds no voice of its own, so the sound comes from swappable wooden tone bars and five pickups that slide along a rail into any position.]]> Sun, 14 Jun 2026 14:22:07 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/jason-newsted-claims-metallica-is-actually-hetfield-and-ulrichs-garage-duo-he-was-just-embellishment https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/jason-newsted-claims-metallica-is-actually-hetfield-and-ulrichs-garage-duo-he-was-just-embellishment 音楽ニュース: "Before there was Black Keys, before there was White Stripes, before there was Flat Duo Jets or whoever those guys are, before there was those kind of bands with no bassist, there was James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich as the original garage duo."]]> Sun, 14 Jun 2026 11:24:17 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/gear/derek-trucks-played-jerry-garcias-tiger-and-says-hed-have-recognized-its-energy-without-being-told https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/gear/derek-trucks-played-jerry-garcias-tiger-and-says-hed-have-recognized-its-energy-without-being-told ギア: "It wants to be played a certain way, I think."]]> Sun, 14 Jun 2026 05:02:01 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/retrospective/john-lennon-said-nobody-understood-the-beatles-relationship-with-producer-george-martin-they-either-say-george-did-everything-or-we-did-its-neither-one https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/retrospective/john-lennon-said-nobody-understood-the-beatles-relationship-with-producer-george-martin-they-either-say-george-did-everything-or-we-did-its-neither-one レトロスペクティブ(逆行): "George had done little to no rock and roll when we met him, and we'd never been in the studio, so we did a lot of learning together."]]> Sun, 14 Jun 2026 03:17:33 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/zakk-wylde-challenges-gene-simmonss-take-on-life-in-the-music-business-be-like-jimmy-page-put-all-your-eggs-in-one-basket https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/zakk-wylde-challenges-gene-simmonss-take-on-life-in-the-music-business-be-like-jimmy-page-put-all-your-eggs-in-one-basket 音楽ニュース: "Gene [would] say, 'You can't put all your eggs in one basket,' which I don't agree with."]]> Sat, 13 Jun 2026 23:38:50 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/how-silence-makes-guitar-parts-immortal-the-playing-styles-of-king-hendrix-and-gilmour-187025 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/how-silence-makes-guitar-parts-immortal-the-playing-styles-of-king-hendrix-and-gilmour-187025 特集: Using silence as a compositional tool can make riffs and solos even better, but many players are afraid to use it.]]> Sat, 13 Jun 2026 18:53:22 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/big-star-almost-no-one-bought-their-records-yet-they-shaped-rem-the-replacements-and-wilco-186758 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/big-star-almost-no-one-bought-their-records-yet-they-shaped-rem-the-replacements-and-wilco-186758 特集: Although the Memphis quartet Big Star had a head start, their 1972 debut record undersold. Eventually, the band fell apart, but a few thousand who did hear their music were inspired to start bands of their own.]]> Sat, 13 Jun 2026 07:57:23 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/gear/alex-lifeson-explains-why-he-returned-to-gibson-after-years-playing-prs https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/gear/alex-lifeson-explains-why-he-returned-to-gibson-after-years-playing-prs ギア: "That blew me away. I almost started crying."]]> Sat, 13 Jun 2026 04:19:29 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/retrospective/pete-townshend-thought-mick-jagger-was-horrible-until-one-show-left-him-stunned https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/retrospective/pete-townshend-thought-mick-jagger-was-horrible-until-one-show-left-him-stunned レトロスペクティブ(逆行): "I think we learned more about rock theater that night than…well, I've never, ever, ever been zapped like that."]]> Sat, 13 Jun 2026 02:02:01 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/hillel-slovak-built-the-blueprint-that-john-frusciante-turned-into-his-own-voice-187013 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/hillel-slovak-built-the-blueprint-that-john-frusciante-turned-into-his-own-voice-187013 特集: "I was still using his style as the basis for what I did. His style is the centre of my own."]]> Fri, 12 Jun 2026 16:44:12 -0400