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“I find that the electric guitar is almost a separate species”: Why being an acoustic guitarist doesn't necessarily make you an electric player – according to Eric Bibb Original

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By Janelle Borg, David Mead
| Guitar World
Does being a good acoustic guitar player automatically make you a good electric guitar player? That is the question, and the answer can vary depending on who you ask. According to blues extraordinaire Eric Bibb, being proficient in one doesn’t necessarily translate to the other. As he puts it, they’re not exactly the same species. “I’m really not an electric guitar player,” he admits in a new interview with Guitarist. “I find that the electric guitar is almost a separate species, you know?
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Dada Masilo's Hamlet

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By David Mead
| seeingdance.com
Sadler’s Wells, London May 25, 2026 South African choreographer Dada Masilo, who passed away in 2024, is known for her reinterpretations of Western European dance classics including Giselle, Swan Lake and The Rite of Spring. With Hamlet, attention shifts to one Shakespeare’s longest play, and one with a reputation for being difficult.
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“You’re not going to get the perfect guitar just because it’s old and cool and original and worth money”: Eric Johnson tells us why vintage is not always best (even if he regrets selling his ’54 Strat)

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By David Mead
| Inkl
What was the first serious guitar that you bought with your own money? It probably would be a ’63 ES-335 like the one Clapton used at the Albert Hall [for Cream’s Farewell gig in November 1968]. I found it in a music store for, like, $300 many, many years ago. I had a ’66 335 that my father helped me get when I was 12, but I found this other one when I was about 18 or 19. At the time, I didn’t know that Clapton had played a 335.
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