<![CDATA[ Latest from Guitar World ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/feeds.xml Sun, 26 Apr 2026 10:20:00 +0000 en <![CDATA[ “Weather Report belonged to the three of us. When it ended, they didn’t pay me – they just took it”: Miroslav Vitous on his departure from Weather Report (and his thoughts on the bassists who replaced him) ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bassists/miroslav-vitous-on-his-departure-from-weather-report GhDNSgL6e53umwUmrNyQMW Sun, 26 Apr 2026 10:20:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I’d seen pictures of Keith Richards playing it. I figured I’d try one out”: How Joe Perry found his ultimate slide guitar ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/joe-perry-on-his-ampeg-dan-armstrong JusMnrDFVZ5QWxtFSsrqWY Sun, 26 Apr 2026 05:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Not only was John a virtuoso on guitar, harp, singing and choosing songs, to me it felt like he was totally possessed by the blues”: The life and times of John P. Hammond, the blues genius who inspired Bonnie Raitt and countless others ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/the-life-and-times-of-john-p-hammond 8Q7EYLjUvR2eaUE9BroNd Sun, 26 Apr 2026 05:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I didn’t think Pat would be our guitar player. I just sent him a tape. And he was like, ‘Oh my god, it’s so poppy’”: How Pat Smear surprised Dave Grohl and joined the Foo Fighters ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/dave-grohl-on-pat-smear-surprising-him-by-joining-foo-fighters 9kLTQgGSKAtCXSqW47uZkQ Sat, 25 Apr 2026 16:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I read the other day that I hated him. I can’t believe they said that”: Ritchie Blackmore sets the record straight about his relationship with Jimmy Page ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/ritchie-blackmore-on-jimmy-page gRZUgjMtNxPYmTHtmzaTWk Sat, 25 Apr 2026 11:30:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It might be the cleanest SG I’ve seen in quite some time. It’s dream guitar material”: All the guitar gear that caught my eye this week – including a new accessory that could change the game for guitar swaps ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/guitar-gear-round-up-april-25 ZSn6xy2rfsXuyCW3nsR6R8 Sat, 25 Apr 2026 08:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “People would hate us, bully us, throw stuff at us and threaten to beat us up, but they wouldn’t leave. We thought, ‘Okay, we’ve got something’”: Devo’s Bob Mothersbaugh on accidental hits, audience provocations and the de-evolution of guitar ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/devo-bob-mothersbaugh-mutate-dont-stagnate-tour wPAgnCWCpTsokCSfSo2eAC Sat, 25 Apr 2026 07:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “You hear the ‘Lowden effect’ immediately – even the simplest of chords seems to ring for days”: Lowden GL-J 2026 review ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/electric-guitars/lowden-glj-review H72Aj8hQQThaHnqgGfPwxb Sat, 25 Apr 2026 06:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I think this might just be the missing analog link to complete your amp modeling rig”: Victory PowerValve 200 review ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/combo-amps/victory-powervalve-200-review 5WPoWwMH2ZGUmEQxFB8ZVS Fri, 24 Apr 2026 21:33:22 +0000 <![CDATA[ $96,000 for an Epiphone acoustic? Noel Gallagher’s signed Wonderwall EJ-200 smashes pre-auction estimate ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/acoustic-guitars/noel-gallagher-wonderwall-epiphone-sells-for-usd-96000 JmLFgBRpLwLjYRGRSEAziR Fri, 24 Apr 2026 19:55:04 +0000 <![CDATA[ “My friend’s mom told Harry Nilsson, ‘You gotta hear him play!’ I played and he asked, ‘What are you doing next Wednesday?’”: Val McCallum’s accidental introduction to session work ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/val-mccallum-session-career u8v6Rxi5GmKWphMze6R23H Fri, 24 Apr 2026 15:53:38 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Love at first sight”: Fender Japan drops its MIJ Hybrid II 2026 Collection – and we can’t get enough of those new finishes ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/electric-guitars/fender-japan-mij-hybrid-ii-2026 3sZNoN8aUdYqohhuJ6KRR9 Fri, 24 Apr 2026 15:33:44 +0000 <![CDATA[ “COVID happened. I’m like, ‘I’m not going out there’”: Former Korn bassist Fieldy finally opens up on why he left the band ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bassists/why-fieldy-left-korn ycr93j2975EtbVjzMyG9LL Fri, 24 Apr 2026 15:06:13 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It’s extremely bizarre. It’s made by this very strange guy, who disappeared. No one knows where he is”: The mystery pedal that became a Sean Lennon favorite ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/sean-lennons-wildest-pedal J7gnufTPftwYjsRhivPsMA Fri, 24 Apr 2026 14:40:20 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Jimi got it into his head that he wanted to do All Along the Watchtower. He said to me, ‘That’s the coolest song! …You want to come and do it with me?’” When Dave Mason met Jimi Hendrix and played on the greatest cover of all time ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/dave-mason-jimi-hendrix-all-along-the-watchtower cQNr2izfbKLCgfnNUcrMb9 Fri, 24 Apr 2026 11:20:34 +0000 Fri, 24 Apr 2026 14:59:03 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He got hit in the face with a beer… We’re all a little mad when we get pelted – I don't understand why they throw cans at us”: Inside the rabble-rousing country rock guitar madness of Treaty Oak Revival ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/treaty-oak-revival-west-texas-degenerate 2nEZpe9eVDQQ4MxPxYhVVg Fri, 24 Apr 2026 10:43:33 +0000 <![CDATA[ “My dad said, ‘Take a seat – a band is coming in to make a record.’ I spotted a guitar case entering through the side door… carried by none other than B.B. King”: Billy Gibbons on how B.B. King changed his life ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/zz-top-billy-gibbons-on-bb-king EZQbSKQb2zHqByP9BWuaX3 Fri, 24 Apr 2026 10:00:36 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Something I’ve always needed, but has never existed”: The Flipjack is a cable that can go from straight to angled in an instant – and it could solve your guitar-swapping woes ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/guitar-cables/adam-hall-flipjack mmNA2DHAneY4D4jnxbEPLR Fri, 24 Apr 2026 09:30:30 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Absolutely essential listening for any would-be rock bass player”: How Rainbow bassist Craig Gruber galloped his way through a hard-rock classic alongside Ritchie Blackmore and Ronnie James Dio ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bassists/craig-gruber-ritchie-blackmore-rainbow-snake-charmer Fq2KUMtEnWKaB84q3KpVgM Thu, 23 Apr 2026 15:53:41 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I wanted a bicycle for Christmas, and they gave me a guitar. It pissed me off”: Jeff “Skunk” Baxter has played with everyone from Steely Dan to Dolly Parton – but he didn’t even want to be a guitar player ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/jeff-baxter-first-guitar mF3HBFvy7EjmHz79C9RxYH Thu, 23 Apr 2026 15:25:20 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I’m deeply uncomfortable with the amount of old men here. I’m no longer interested in playing blues or whatever the hell keeps attracting y’all”: Grace Bowers has quit YouTube over the number of “old ass creeps” ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/grace-bowers-quits-youtube EPH6D4qweqAouzXhsYFyRH Thu, 23 Apr 2026 13:54:42 +0000 Thu, 23 Apr 2026 13:57:03 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The neck is as thin as Gibson could go without the liability of it snapping”: Jake Kiszka talks us through his new Gibson SG signature, a devilishly thin-necked beast built to galvanize the next generation of rock kids ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/jake-kiszka-gibson-sg-standard-signature-model XDUzUwUyjFjmLGCA4sngvR Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:30:36 +0000 Thu, 23 Apr 2026 15:00:17 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I haven’t heard anything this cool in a generation”: Nuno Bettencourt names the up-and-coming guitarist who has blown his mind ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/nuno-bettencourt-new-favorite-player xJqmPVdf586fTpXLhh8Y7n Thu, 23 Apr 2026 10:17:31 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Danny Gatton and Jimmy Bryant have the otherworldliness that I saw in Dimebag Darrell and Randy Rhoads”: Baroness shredder Gina Gleason on 75 years of the Fender Telecaster, the magic that binds its players, and why it works for metal ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/gina-gleason-fender-telecaster-75th-anniversary jMHMiacG8yNPzpkqVqrbgb Thu, 23 Apr 2026 09:51:36 +0000 Thu, 23 Apr 2026 09:54:28 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I said that if we’re gonna make another Lamb of God record, it’s really gotta be worthy of being in the catalog we’ve created. That sets the bar high”: Willie Adler and Mark Morton take us inside metal’s premier riff machine ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/lamb-of-god-into-oblivion PoftwVKVsCzAMk5wTY7FfS Thu, 23 Apr 2026 09:41:45 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Tight harmonies that can sound like two (or three!) guitars playing together”: Electro-Harmonix Pico Intelligent Harmony Machine review ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/effects-pedals/electro-harmonix-pico-intelligent-harmony-machine-review 7naU6uvigU5Hck7f2RBSd8 Thu, 23 Apr 2026 09:25:15 +0000 Thu, 23 Apr 2026 19:41:38 +0000 <![CDATA[ “For those who stand at the crossroads of Hell and rock ‘n’ roll”: Jackson’s Diablo crossover Kelly is inspired by the Lord of Hatred – but you’re still going to love it ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/electric-guitars/jackson-diablo-kelly-limited-edition DfijsJR6YDLNwtSkZmCzx5 Wed, 22 Apr 2026 17:11:31 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I talked my folks into buying me a plane ticket to London. I took my guitar and some songs, and I ran into some people…” How the Beatles launched the career of one of the all-time great songwriters ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/james-taylors-beatles-break k33ZrU3Vq7B8FoCVBuPTR6 Wed, 22 Apr 2026 15:30:05 +0000 Thu, 23 Apr 2026 10:27:06 +0000 <![CDATA[ “When I started this business, I had two kinds of people: those who believed in it and those laughing at me”: Who is buying $15 million guitars? One of the world’s leading dealers lifts the veil on the collectible guitar market ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/guitars/matts-guitar-shop-interview UzQ65Wpr3uDnpZii3qViJ9 Wed, 22 Apr 2026 14:44:31 +0000 <![CDATA[ Suspect linked to organized crime ring targeting Guitar Center stores across the US arrested ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/guitars/suspect-linked-to-organized-crime-ring-targeting-guitar-center-across-the-us-arrested vLsqMGQwmqeEHuSijM2pvf Wed, 22 Apr 2026 14:38:27 +0000 Wed, 22 Apr 2026 14:57:30 +0000 <![CDATA[ “There were two camps. I came out of the Yardbirds camp – the Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck kind of things”: Why Todd Rundgren chose to play Gibsons over Fenders ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/todd-rundgren-on-why-he-chose-gibson Sha68JyCq3YcfnURFeFPRC Wed, 22 Apr 2026 14:33:58 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I had a two-neck guitar, then Steve Vai came out with his three-neck guitar. My label wanted me to challenge Steve to a duel”: Michael Angelo Batio on the origin of his four-neck guitar ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/the-origins-of-michael-angelo-batios-quad-guitar xLuLFRjyumF2z54sLx3oEX Wed, 22 Apr 2026 12:49:10 +0000 Wed, 22 Apr 2026 13:27:03 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I was very fortunate to have played with so many great artists, even just for a moment”: Dave Mason, Traffic co-founder who played with Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton and George Harrison, dies aged 79 ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/dave-mason-dies-aged-79 XVRD746PWmejkHmZdbgMnT Wed, 22 Apr 2026 11:21:20 +0000 <![CDATA[ “On tour, the soundman is always on me to turn down. So I wanted to make sure the amp stays full and articulate, even at lower volumes”: The making of the Blackstar Doug Aldrich Signature DA100 Ruby ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/guitar-amp-heads/making-of-the-blackstar-doug-aldrich-signature-da100-ruby e6XpwpKp9utVBCWMDFg4Y7 Wed, 22 Apr 2026 09:53:58 +0000 Wed, 22 Apr 2026 09:54:43 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The playability is good. The ‘great’ lies in the pickup swapping – you can change pickups in seconds”: Cream T Crossfire LT review ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/electric-guitars/cream-t-crossfire-lt-seymour-duncan-review sZWfs93iwo89Y63dao3iy Wed, 22 Apr 2026 09:43:48 +0000 Fri, 24 Apr 2026 16:49:08 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Think The Pretenders, Tom Petty or Sam Fender”: 5 easy open-position alternate chord voicings that will give you extra jangle ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/lessons/chords/5-easy-open-position-alternate-chord-voicings b5sfmpuyonuMcSrKJ5tYyj Wed, 22 Apr 2026 09:10:21 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The record label hid my name in a very small font size behind the CD. It took a long time to find!” You may not know who played guitar on some of Avril Lavigne’s biggest hits. It was Corky James ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/corky-james-avril-lavigne Xf56nH2QqBHT2atcFAdQ3M Tue, 21 Apr 2026 16:42:26 +0000 <![CDATA[ “When Ozzy approached me, there was an inner warning light that said, ‘Don’t do that’”: Why Michael Schenker turned down Ozzy Osbourne ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/michael-schenker-turned-down-ozzy-osbourne WNVL5TYuEBgWZD6s4zyaDd Tue, 21 Apr 2026 16:10:09 +0000 <![CDATA[ “A lot of people say he sounds like Hendrix, but to me, he doesn’t really”: Prince’s long-time bassist on teaching guitar to the Purple Rain hitmaker – and why the Jimi Hendrix comparisons are inaccurate ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/prince-long-time-bassist-on-teaching-guitar-to-the-purple-rain-hitmaker ' due to contractual disputes with his label, and, amid the turbulence, he granted Guitar World access to his onstage inner sanctum ]]> GFrvsVxTCpL6SLd38pixqj Tue, 21 Apr 2026 14:41:03 +0000 Tue, 21 Apr 2026 15:15:36 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I was so poor. I was pushing 50 years old. I thought, ‘I might have to get a job again’”: Guitar wizard Nels Cline was about to get a day job before Jeff Tweedy changed his life and asked him to join Wilco ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/nels-cline-jeff-tweedy-wilco-recruitment QzzTk9DEgoBek6HT76RrY8 Tue, 21 Apr 2026 14:18:53 +0000 <![CDATA[ “No-one believed in us. The manager said, ‘You can only play for a few minutes.’ The entire audience jumped up on their tables”: The story of Fanny, one of the world’s first all-female rock bands ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/the-story-of-fanny emRce3jwrdm26r49xDKQYj Tue, 21 Apr 2026 11:27:21 +0000 Wed, 22 Apr 2026 13:45:34 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I love it and it’s my friend forever. If I had to, I’d f**k it”: Keith Richards on his enduring love affair with the guitar, the effects of arthritis on his playing, and why he’s still learning the instrument at 82 ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/keith-richards-rolling-stones-2026-interview LzkZfQ79FhecZpKSKQbLjX Tue, 21 Apr 2026 11:15:54 +0000 Wed, 22 Apr 2026 15:19:54 +0000 <![CDATA[ “A unique symbol of punk’s emergence in the UK”: The Damned frontman Brian James’ iconic Gibson SG, the guitar that defined the sound of early UK punk, already set to exceed estimate at auction ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/the-damned-brian-james-gibson-sg-sale g57qgS6dtdrzYBUx8xZkZB Tue, 21 Apr 2026 11:03:13 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I love this guitar so much – if something happened to it, I’d stop playing”: Fingerstyle phenom Laura Snowden on the guitar she can’t live without, how downtuning makes classical guitar “creepy” and what she learned from the great Julian Bream ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/laura-snowden-this-changing-sky MdMdse3Cy7AZLqsJdUWmeY Tue, 21 Apr 2026 10:18:39 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Every Gretsch from the mid-’90s onwards is a copy of one I had in my collection”: How Randy Bachman saved Gretsch after its factory burned down ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/how-randy-bachman-saved-gretsch zj8nUHm9kVLmt52HRnW7nf Tue, 21 Apr 2026 09:02:53 +0000 Tue, 21 Apr 2026 15:18:59 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I didn’t see it for 18 or 19 years. It disappeared, and it broke my heart”: Jerry Cantrell looks back on the guitar gift from Eddie Van Halen that went missing ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/jerry-cantrell-on-the-guitar-gift-from-eddie-van-halen-that-went-missing mRy46dZCJDwPH7MnCrbdV3 Tue, 21 Apr 2026 07:00:00 +0000 Tue, 21 Apr 2026 13:17:47 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It can easily be seen as a gimmick, but it's much more than that. As a guitar, it’s superb; as a MIDI controller, it’s uncanny”: Strandberg x Jamstik Chameleon review ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/guitars/strandberg-x-jamstik-chameleon-review C8WQ3ZWdRdu7XG3KAyQ5b8 Mon, 20 Apr 2026 18:59:22 +0000 Wed, 22 Apr 2026 13:47:41 +0000 <![CDATA[ This browser-based amp and effects generator creates guitar tones based on text prompts – and it’s free to use ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/amps/fukkaudio-in-browser-guitar-tones HipsWxGBpa9rHb3pb8K98c Mon, 20 Apr 2026 16:32:49 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I really wanted to see Ozzy one last time, to give him one last hug”: Gus G opens up on missing out on Back to the Beginning ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/gus-g-on-missing-out-on-back-to-the-beginning TMUDe5gTX3GGKQqb2pHewi Mon, 20 Apr 2026 15:22:18 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I would get up in the middle of the night, play it in the middle of the night, in the dark, no light”: Billy Corgan trained himself to play in pitch black ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/why-billy-corgan-trained-himself-to-play-in-pitch-black CH9BCpkLYmkLkNhyuRWeQo Mon, 20 Apr 2026 13:56:34 +0000 Mon, 20 Apr 2026 13:56:44 +0000