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Shapes of Things

THE BULK OF JEFF BECK’S DEBUT ALBUM, TRUTH, WAS recorded in two sessions and a total of four days in May 1968, after the renegade guitarist resisted putting out additional solo singles in the Mickie Most-approved “Hi Ho Silver Lining” vein.

These days, most conversations about Beck begin with how the revered axman maintained consistent creativity and innovation over the decades, particularly with his inventive whammy bar usage on his Fender Stratocaster — and fair enough. This lesson, however, focuses on the late guitar legend’s cutting-edge role in the British Invasion of the Sixties, before he

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