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Rig Rundown: Marilyn Manson

Sure, collectible gear can be important to rock stars, but for this mayhem-filled gig, Paul Wiley and Juan Alderete opt for loudness and durability.

The low string on this 32” Warwick Streamer gets tuned down to B or C for a few songs in the set. Like it’s Warwick brother, Juan Alderete put in the Nordstrand NP4 pickups.

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Thurston Moore is back with some new ideas on his ninth solo release, saying that he feels like a perennial apprentice in the world of music.

The Sonic Youth founding member is best known for his uniquely experimental approach to the guitar. On his latest solo release, Flow Critical Lucidity, he only proves to further that reputation, mixing in spoken word, his favorite alternate tuning, and prepared instruments.

On the cover of Thurston Moore’s new solo effort, Flow Critical Lucidity, sits a lone metal soldier’s helmet, spiked with an array of tuning forks jutting out in all different directions. The image, a piece from the artist Jamie Nares titled “Samurai Walkman,” seemed to Moore an apt musical descriptor of the record.

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Four-time Grammy Award-winning guitarist Gary Clark Jr. announces his 2025 North American tour.

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Line 6’s DL4 Delay Modeler turns 25 and gets a supercharged update.

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