It's good to be original and authentic, but what if it sucks? You have to work on your original expression and improve its quality, and not just in terms of technique. | Photo: Greyson Joralem
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Armrest? I had no idea that such a little something would be so pleasant and comfortable | Photo: Astha guitars
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The modern era of Fender is marked by new designs, new lacquers and modern technologies that help beginners to develop their skills on their favourite instrument.
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Colombian guerrilla badass. | Photo: Matěj Ptaszek
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The Germs band logo | Photo: Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
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"The Bečva case is really bizarre," says Tomáš Niesner. | Photo: Jan Vrba
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Almost anything is possible in music, but where are the limits? There is a difference between playing the devil on stage and actually being the devil in the real world. | Photo: Maksym Vlasenko (Unsplash)
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Bitter Sweet Symphony was based around a four-bar sample of a Rolling Stones song, that led to the loss of 100% of the royalties. | Photo: Roger Woolman (CC BY 3.0)
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Jake Serek in his workshop l Photo: Serek Basses
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Thurston Moore made the jazzmaster really famous. | Photo: Paul Hudson, CC BY 2.0
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Göttsching and his Ash Ra Tempel coined the genre krautrock. | Photo by (c) MG.ART www.manuelgoettsching.com
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Sometimes it's hard to tell the line between insanity and brilliance. And that applies to bands, too.| Photo: Mihail Trebugov (Unsplash)
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Guitar making is a kind of alchemy. | Photo: author of the article
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One of the Colombian Paisas to who John Jairo Perez paid tribute with the song "El Paisa es el Rey" – "The Paisa is King". | Photo: Matěj Ptaszek
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The 1980s at Fender were interesting because many ideas were implemented that changed things for the next few decades, such as this Telecaster reissue from the first year of its production in 1982.
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"I'm an extremely sensitive person. The only way to deal with this emotional baggage is to vent it somehow," says Maella. | Photo: Beata Mathe
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Five minutes after the scheduled start of the concert, there are a few of your most faithful fans in the venue, the sound engineer, a random passer-by, a regular from the local bar to whom you promised a beer and the drummer's mum. | Photo: flickr
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Today it's regarded as one of the most outstanding products from the (in)famous era of 80s music. | Photo: Wjack12 (Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0)
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