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GALLERY: Crossroads Guitar Festival 2013

Highlights from Friday and Saturday night at Crossroads. Photos by Kevin Mazur/WireImage

"DBII kicks off his set with ""Green Light Girl"" and ""Cry"" before being joined by Citizen Cope and Gary Clark Jr."

Also click here to read our 20 Best Moments of Crossroads 2013 with fan videos.

Photo credit: Epiphone

In a career defined by evolution, Joe Bonamassa is ready to turn the page once again. The blues-rock virtuoso has just announced Breakthrough, his most adventurous and genre-blending studio album to date, out July 18th via his own J&R Adventures.

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Delicious, dynamic fuzz tones that touch on classic themes without aping them. Excellent quality. Super-cool and useful octave effect.

Can’t mix and match gain modes.

$349

Great Eastern FX Co. Focus Fuzz Deluxe

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Adding octave, drive, and boost functions to an extraordinary fuzz yields a sum greater than its already extraordinary parts.

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Why is Tommy’s take on ā€œDay Tripperā€ so hard? And what song would Adam Miller never play with him? Plus, we get Adam’s list of favorite Tommy Emmanuel records.

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Patterns can be viewed as boring or trite, but a little bit of creativity can turn them into bits of inspiration.

Chops: Intermediate
Theory: Intermediater
Lesson Overview:
• Learn different ways to arrange scales.
• Combine various sequences to create more intersting lines.
• Solidify your technique by practicing unusual groupings of notes. Click here to download a printable PDF of this lesson's notation.
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