<![CDATA[ Latest from Guitar World ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/feeds.xml Fri, 05 Jun 2026 16:57:56 +0000 en <![CDATA[ “The knife flipped and hacked right on my knuckle… I play guitar in a weird way”: The bizarre gardening accident that changed the way Phoebe Bridgers plays guitar ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/how-a-gardening-accident-changed-phoebe-bridgers-playing-style GN5viSbZdwVuFYw7FU45B8 Fri, 05 Jun 2026 16:57:56 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He added his signature screaming guitar parts, and there it was”: Slash, Tim Henson, Guthrie Govan and Steve Vai have been assembled for an unlikely collaboration album – and it’s filled with A-list players ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/music-releases/bear-mccreary-cool-kids-slash-tim-henson-steve-vai-guthrie-govan 9Tt4oLbzrG3pPQh7qYUtKP Fri, 05 Jun 2026 16:18:39 +0000 <![CDATA[ “My guess was it was the PRS NF. So cool to know it was this”: New guitar, who dis? John Mayer just debuted his stunning new boutique T-style on his new collab with Lainey Wilson ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/john-mayer-boutique-t-style-lainey-wilson-collab XsDkvcqSUHifR2JCVzvx7e Fri, 05 Jun 2026 16:01:59 +0000 Fri, 05 Jun 2026 18:23:07 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We need our community’s help”: California music store appealing for aid following the theft of four Fender Custom Shop Stratocasters ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/four-strats-stolen-from-wild-west-guitars XJNbJgzQNfmqpatysc6WFm Fri, 05 Jun 2026 15:21:55 +0000 <![CDATA[ 15 hotshot NYC guitarists that prove the Big Apple’s still got some bite – from the Rat Queen to the most-hyped indie band on the planet ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/15-nyc-guitarists-to-check-out 89e3WdpdwxXQPWiA92B5bn Fri, 05 Jun 2026 12:48:11 +0000 Fri, 05 Jun 2026 15:20:08 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I don’t know how to say this without bragging”: This guitarist butchered classic riffs at Guitar Center to rage bait fellow customers. Then Jack White sent her his guitar ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/jack-white-gifts-triplecaster-to-charlene-kaye ycqSztZTYtdoCxDs9ruHve Fri, 05 Jun 2026 12:30:33 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I found him at the studio. I said, ‘You never called me back. I got nothing going on my career, you left me in the lurch’”: Pete Townshend offered Peter Frampton his place in the Who – then blanked him ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/when-peter-frampton-was-offered-a-spot-in-the-who QcnKZ7Guqe3pPd34naQv5H Fri, 05 Jun 2026 11:35:23 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I’ve tried Strandbergs and other ergonomic guitars. They were all close, but they weren’t it”: Meet the Afghanistan war veteran who made it his mission to design the ultimate ergonomic guitar ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/electric-guitars/ghost-lab-acoustics-hypernova-2 ra4ecyL9bpfWQVnMToARWc Fri, 05 Jun 2026 11:21:44 +0000 Fri, 05 Jun 2026 13:46:02 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I was just jamming to the track, and Michael came down with Brooke Shields. I asked, ‘Is this cool?’ He said, ‘Anything you want, Slash’”: The surreal beginning to Slash’s musical relationship with Michael Jackson ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/when-slash-first-worked-with-michael-jackson tYEtXQzQCpkzwQsgaAizfQ Fri, 05 Jun 2026 10:52:06 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Some of these guitars have doubled in value between 2019 and now”: The best guitar bargains on Reverb – and how to get more for your old gear ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/electric-guitars/tips-on-buying-and-selling-on-reverb-and-trends-in-used-guitar-prices AC9nL58DDDuW23YBMLtafS Fri, 05 Jun 2026 09:31:36 +0000 <![CDATA[ Fender keeps the pace with Neural DSP and Line 6 with a bumper firmware upgrade that gives players 15 new reasons to try the Tone Master Pro ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/amp-modeler-pedals/tone-master-pro-update-v1.8.45 NfmsWFLhQ6h85dLdccRumD Thu, 04 Jun 2026 15:51:52 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I was broke, so I said yes to everything. I just knew I could never have a normal job”: How Henrik Linder went from struggling music student to overnight success with Dirty Loops ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bassists/henrik-linder-dirty-loops gGegcR37fsVsKp7TjU4LJC Thu, 04 Jun 2026 15:12:04 +0000 Fri, 05 Jun 2026 18:23:43 +0000 <![CDATA[ If you learn one thing from Jake E. Lee it should be this: unlock bigger stretches for better shredding ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/lessons/techniques/jake-e-lee-bigger-stretches JSXjMUBgFEkfCJ89YSS8hH Thu, 04 Jun 2026 15:10:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Even the most cynical guitar techs were impressed”: The wireless system that finally convinced Radiohead to ditch their guitar cables for good ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/radiohead-goes-wireless 5FziA93gWwxV4fM2Zu7VeT Thu, 04 Jun 2026 14:28:31 +0000 <![CDATA[ “This might be the last time the Hydra comes out on tour”: Steve Vai might be retiring his monstrous triple-neck Ibanez ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/electric-guitars/steve-vais-hydra-might-soon-be-retired JkeFi2FsZxj7XqypkVChvJ Thu, 04 Jun 2026 14:10:18 +0000 <![CDATA[ Epiphone launches $229 Hummingbird Tribute to the acoustic beloved by Bob Dylan, Jimmy Page and Keith Richards ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/acoustic-guitars/epiphone-hummingbird-tribute FbJvczidYfHNEdzdJ7yNMm Thu, 04 Jun 2026 13:59:31 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I was on the way to Eric Clapton’s Crossroads festival and I got a DM from John Mayer…” Tom Misch on the time his guitar hero reached out of the blue and offered to join him on stage ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/tom-misch-playing-with-john-mayer-at-crossroads qzavsj9SB5yXPcCowLapmY Thu, 04 Jun 2026 11:04:28 +0000 Thu, 04 Jun 2026 11:04:49 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I snapped, flipped him off, grabbed my coat, and stormed out of the studio. I told him to ‘get Steve Vai’”: Kim Thayil reveals his battles over Soundgarden’s Superunknown and Black Hole Sun ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/kim-thayil-screaming-life-excerpt weyaGoxgYkreJVK9cDuX6G Thu, 04 Jun 2026 10:58:41 +0000 Thu, 04 Jun 2026 11:06:11 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I can’t stand Eddie Van Halen’s guitar playing”: The Jesus and Mary Chain call Eddie Van Halen one of the “worst guitar players in the world” ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/the-jesus-and-mary-chain-eddie-van-halen wAx3U9JeC7W2MxYfs3YXkf Thu, 04 Jun 2026 10:14:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Without the guitar, I’d probably be a professional dog-walker or in jail”: The life and times of Motörhead guitarist Phil Campbell ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/phil-campbell-obituary vADaNeZ3UGzD6CzESLyFWP Thu, 04 Jun 2026 09:47:37 +0000 Thu, 04 Jun 2026 09:53:44 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He was extremely let down by his manager. The guy ripped him off of so much money. To get Peter to talk about that, it was very painful”: Behind the scenes of the Peter Frampton documentary ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/frampton-documentary 7yk9t8HWb2aHfW9hjAddre Thu, 04 Jun 2026 09:43:38 +0000 Thu, 04 Jun 2026 11:09:20 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I got wrecked, paranoid, the whole thing... and then they hit this riff that I still remember. I just wept”: Paul McCartney on the life-changing moment he saw Fela Kuti live while smoking with Ginger Baker ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bassists/paul-mccartney-on-seeing-fela-kuti-live-while-smoking-with-ginger-baker JPaz5iaxNggagohBrMkhh5 Thu, 04 Jun 2026 08:46:03 +0000 Fri, 05 Jun 2026 13:25:59 +0000 <![CDATA[ Ace Frehley's main Kiss guitar, the 1975 “Budokan” Gibson Les Paul, sells for over half a million dollars at auction ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/electric-guitars/ace-frehley-budokan-gibson-les-paul-sells-for-over-half-a-million-dollars 3dfefETRVbY9ekCgVqWmJA Wed, 03 Jun 2026 21:57:43 +0000 <![CDATA[ "The price might be chunky, but the playing experience, build and sonic delivery are tough to argue with": Ibanez Alpha A528 review ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/electric-guitars/ibanez-alpha-a528-review Qipm5GL8N9V5zVWqSLyYMB Wed, 03 Jun 2026 17:07:29 +0000 <![CDATA[ “More Tim Henson than Bob Dylan”: An Elvis Presley guitar and Bob Dylan’s ultra-luxe custom Strat are up for sale – and could fetch a combined $1.5 million ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/guitars/elvis-presley-and-bob-dylan-guitars-sale-ms-rau pPfkt2hjUMSaTiDEipoFG7 Wed, 03 Jun 2026 16:30:46 +0000 Wed, 03 Jun 2026 16:38:37 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Stone Gossard is the reason I picked up guitar in the first place. Having a front row seat to his playing has been amazing”: Josh Klinghoffer on Chili Peppers vs. Pearl Jam and playing in Andrew Watt's new wrecking crew ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/josh-klinghoffer-pluralone-drop-in-the-ocean hUd2RMyDXFxcDpRmJqg8Mf Wed, 03 Jun 2026 16:04:10 +0000 Wed, 03 Jun 2026 16:59:10 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I kept seeing him out the corner of my eye, where he’d be with his guitar”: Mastodon’s first single with their new guitarist is a powerful tribute to Brent Hinds ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/music-releases/mastodon-your-ghost-again WtRX4apKKDYSHuBQ8GVNbN Wed, 03 Jun 2026 16:00:47 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It was the biggest mistake of my career”: JHS Pedals once mistakenly put an ultra-rare Dumble boost circuit into one of its DIY pedals – now it’s been launched as an $89 standalone stompbox ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/guitar-pedals/jhs-pedals-fumble-clean-boost xinxn5HWRDmRCMTk8rtAkm Wed, 03 Jun 2026 15:36:48 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I was like, ‘Let’s freshen up the electric guitar.’ 60 years later, you’re still putting out tributes to the station wagon”: The story of John Mayer’s Fender fallout – and how it gave birth to the Stratocaster’s biggest rival ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/why-john-mayer-left-fender-and-joined-prs-guitars 3kEp7Ak4E93vu9WT29yfan Wed, 03 Jun 2026 14:36:33 +0000 Wed, 03 Jun 2026 16:54:27 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I wanted to dislike it!” Is Joe Bonamassa warming to modeling amps? He’s taken a Fender Tone Master on tour ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/joe-bonamassa-playing-fender-tone-master-on-tour v4Tqz24x4gRERz9u747hgb Wed, 03 Jun 2026 13:33:22 +0000 Wed, 03 Jun 2026 13:37:36 +0000 <![CDATA[ Best octave pedals for bass 2026: Pitch-shift your playing with my pick of essential pedalboard additions ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/guitar-pedals/best-octave-pedals-for-bass vM2LB7hoTSE3ZsDP3ydVtf Wed, 03 Jun 2026 10:20:12 +0000 Thu, 04 Jun 2026 12:44:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I’ve got a little story about a chord you might like”: Paul McCartney is challenging fans to work out the mystery guitar chord that inspired his new album – and we’ve figured it out ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/paul-mccartneys-secret-chord bzE6WKg3dLJUG7Rv7fQ3Nc Wed, 03 Jun 2026 09:41:51 +0000 Thu, 04 Jun 2026 11:09:20 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It’s possible to play a great solo without many notes if the rhythm is interesting”: How to funk up your blues solos ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/lessons/techniques/how-to-funk-up-your-blues-solos 5EMbPnirYwtMzbZYmpjRfG Wed, 03 Jun 2026 08:44:50 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Even though it’s a budget guitar, it’s great. Paul Stanley used to smash one up at the end of KISS shows”: The amps that defined punk, the custom electric that was “painted in a shed” – Bruce Watson on the gear behind Big Country’s sound ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/bruce-watson-big-country-gear-tour e5m8pGpgivNoz32JegJuef Wed, 03 Jun 2026 08:37:56 +0000 Thu, 04 Jun 2026 09:59:25 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It’s a genuinely unique instrument – and it always raises a smile”: Nigel Tufnel's “World on Fire” guitar, used during Spinal Tap's Live Earth performance, is headed to auction ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/guitars/nigel-tufnel-world-on-fire-guitar-auction nNuxvfTjxVyvB7g8Kks87L Tue, 02 Jun 2026 20:59:28 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He only ever said one thing to me about sounding like anyone he’d played with before”: Rowan Robertson on the key piece of advice he received from Ronnie James Dio on how to faithfully play Tony Iommi’s riffs ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/ronnie-james-dio-advice-to-rowan-robertson-on-playing-like-tony-iommi 2QSMwyi2twDQTCgcyAwTeH Tue, 02 Jun 2026 16:45:35 +0000 <![CDATA[ "Where many modeling amps of this ilk fail to impress me, I found the Reactor to be incredibly receptive, balanced and warm": Positive Grid Reactor 100 Intelligent Guitar Combo Amp review ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/combo-amps/positive-grid-reactor-review NHXYkfvjrfw29caYcg5tER Tue, 02 Jun 2026 12:04:34 +0000 Wed, 03 Jun 2026 13:17:33 +0000 <![CDATA[ “A turning point for the industry”: TONE3000’s new A2 NAM modeling tech beat some huge hitters in a blind listening test – and it’s completely free to use ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/amp-modeler-pedals/tone3000-nam-architecture-2 ap3KtcKtr8tJg6obvE8RTb Tue, 02 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0000 Wed, 03 Jun 2026 09:46:19 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I was a child – he’d choose which records I would get royalties on and which I didn’t. He was stealing my money, and I didn’t realize it”: The untold story of “The Lost Beach Boy” David Marks ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/david-marks-the-lost-beach-boy tzn74aJRnWoo8m3AtkPGqL Tue, 02 Jun 2026 09:10:48 +0000 Tue, 02 Jun 2026 09:10:56 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I suspect Fender decided against building Thinlines with this specification because they would have been too expensive to manufacture”: What two 1967 prototypes tell us about the evolution of the Telecaster Thinline ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/electric-guitars/fender-1967-telecaster-thinline-prototypes 7fqGK9yVsgPhTwjJeJ2U9k Tue, 02 Jun 2026 08:21:22 +0000 Tue, 02 Jun 2026 08:23:44 +0000 <![CDATA[ Positive Grid branches out from the Spark with the Reactor – an AI-powered combo that can generate tones from images and adapts to your playing ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/combo-amps/positive-grid-reactor X3rgcLraymtpYiQqakNezZ Tue, 02 Jun 2026 08:00:00 +0000 Tue, 02 Jun 2026 08:08:58 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Damon got very good, so it was pretty hard to write with him around – especially when he was rejecting your songs”: How Graham Coxon came out from his Blur bandmate’s shadow ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/graham-coxon-castle-park hVRcY6iUvtFLmKqz3ACHBo Tue, 02 Jun 2026 07:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “If anybody could play like that, they must be crazy”: How Dave Davies wrote the savage solo for the Kinks’ breakthrough hit ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/how-dave-davies-wrote-the-kinks-you-really-got-me-guitar-solo 37JGS8ZNE8aYVTzdWaEXmZ Mon, 01 Jun 2026 13:05:23 +0000 <![CDATA[ “If you think this is a bunch of throwaway crap to suck the dollar out of poor, unsuspecting Van Halen fans, it’s not”: Eddie Van Halen’s soon-to-be-released recordings are going to blow you away, according to Steve Lukather ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/steve-lukather-van-halen-album-update fbAnjGg2Gs2yDhxENMStpW Mon, 01 Jun 2026 11:36:37 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I did four or five songs, then Ozzy said, ‘Welcome aboard’. I would have loved to have spent more time with him”: Randy Rhoads was his guitar teacher. Then he ended up in Ozzy Osbourne’s band ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/joe-holmes-david-lee-roth-randy-rhoads-ozzy-osbourne RJgQ8H4Wp6hd282iFRfpRY Mon, 01 Jun 2026 11:24:10 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It’s a one-string instrument with a handle on it, and I hit it with a stick”: Les Claypool’s bonkers one-string leads the biggest (and strangest) bass releases of the month ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/bass-guitars/bass-gear-round-up-may-2026 ZCegzLiqESYedX2RxxzuFQ Mon, 01 Jun 2026 10:46:49 +0000 Mon, 01 Jun 2026 10:47:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Quirky and off-the-wall, it’s waiting to throw a spanner in the works of your guitar tone”: Electro-Harmonix Pico Atomic Cluster review ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/guitar-pedals/electro-harmonix-pico-atomic-cluster-review b4KEKEcVXhBZ2kHoZoQPkM Mon, 01 Jun 2026 10:15:39 +0000 Mon, 01 Jun 2026 12:44:15 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Everyone who is anyone has used one at some point in their careers”: The story of the Boss digital delay pedal that changed the world ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/guitar-pedals/boss-dd-2-dd-3-digital-delay NTMNUDr4aKQ6XJGzadS8GB Mon, 01 Jun 2026 09:45:33 +0000 Mon, 01 Jun 2026 09:45:53 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He took some small songs of mine that nobody paid any attention to and turned them all into classics”: 11 cover songs that Jimi Hendrix made his own – including one that became Eric Clapton’s favorite Hendrix track ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/11-jimi-hendrix-covers-he-made-his-own DGcCqbXurfPJbRqsRpMacj Mon, 01 Jun 2026 09:38:37 +0000 <![CDATA[ Best overdrive pedals for bass 2026: The ultimate in bass saturation at all price points ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/bass-guitars/best-overdrive-pedals-for-bass 2gqbsGUkywRDbjGRck82QS Mon, 01 Jun 2026 08:52:53 +0000