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- February 29
- February 28
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- D'Addario's Casein Picks aim to replicate tortoiseshell tone using dairy proteins
- Is Gary Holt’s medieval woodcut ESP the most satanic guitar ever?
- From metal behemoths to ethereal folk, here are this week's essential guitar tracks
- FU-Tone and Sully Guitars kick into high gear with the Conspiracy Series Elita range
- The Fibonacci Fibonacci is an archtop so nice they named it twice
- Behold Mateus Asato and Baroness’s Gina Gleason tear it up on a pair of Fender American Ultra Jazzmasters
- Steve Vai goes in-depth on his stunning new signature model, the Ibanez PIA: "It’s a guitar built for freakdom"
- 5 hurdles every beginner guitar player faces - and how to avoid them
- Andy Shauf: "Follow the melody and look at the chords later"
- Squier Classic Vibe '60s Jazz Bass review
- February 27
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- Orangewood Guitars introduces its first-ever acoustic bass, the ultra-affordable Oliver Jr.
- Chapman Guitars offers sneak peek at first-ever relic’d model
- Are Guild's affordable Starfire I models the best-looking sub-$600 semi-hollows yet?
- Whitesnake’s David Coverdale: “A lot of new rock bands don't really have guitar heroes”
- Electro-Harmonix just announced its most advanced reverb pedal ever - meet the Oceans 12
- Dirty Honey's John Notto: "I was never going to be a jazzer… or a teacher. No backups! Victory or death!"
- The storied history of Noel Gallagher's Les Paul Florentine
- Killswitch Engage's Joel Stroetzel: me and my guitar
- Squier Classic Vibe, Affinity and Contemporary Starcaster review
- April 2020 Guitar World lesson videos
- February 26
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- The MOD Dwarf crams infinitely updatable plugins into a giggable multi-effects pedal
- Kiesel unveils Will Swan and Marc Okubo signature six- and seven-string guitars
- Dimebag Darrell “wanted to go back to Pantera” shortly before his death
- How, when and why you should use a capo: Justin Johnson explains the essential guitar accessory
- The Peter Green tribute concert: 10 guitar highlights from David Gilmour, Kirk Hammett, Billy Gibbons, Pete Townshend and more
- Mazzy Star co-founder David Roback dies aged 61
- Diversify your playing with Greg Koch's red-hot hybrid-picking lesson
- Al Di Meola on The Beatles: "It's surprising that they had the guts to play those kind of chords"
- Guitar legends unite to wish Neal Schon a happy birthday, including Slash, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani and many more
- Vintage Reissued V100PBB and V100MP review
- February 25
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- The Blues Podcast launches with Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Kris Barras and more
- G&L keeps the 40th anniversary celebrations going with special-edition S-500 guitar and SB-1 bass
- Caroline Guitar Company causes havoc with tap tempo-equipped Megabyte Lo-Fi Delay Computer
- Footage of David Gilmour, Pete Townshend, Kirk Hammett and more rehearsing for Peter Green tribute concert released
- Marshall steps up its headphone game with noise-canceling Monitor II A.N.C. over-ears
- Wishbone Ash's Andy Powell: "We were the second generation. You’d already had Beck, Clapton, Page, Green. It was up to us to carry the torch"
- Fishman Fluence Bass Soapbar pickups review
- Eddie Van Halen's guitar gear: get the tone of the hard-rock icon
- Get a taste of Revv’s G3 and G4, two high-gain distortion pedals par excellence, in Cooking with Sound
- Make your guitar solos truly epic with these awe-inspiring licks
- Gibson responds to latest trademark ruling: “Gibson still holds valid and enforceable rights to the Firebird design in the EU”
- How to use bass compressor pedals
- February 24
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- Someone crammed a MIDI keyboard into the body of a Les Paul – and it sounds insane
- Redbeard Effects’ Honey Badger Octave Fuzz will burrow into your tone with “gobs of glitchy, monophonic goodness”
- Billie Eilish’s When the Party’s Over gets a prog-metal cover on a 16-string double-neck guitar
- Adrian Smith on Iron Maiden’s three-guitar line-up: “If you had three Yngwie Malmsteens, it would have been a fight after about five minutes”
- Gibson abandons fight to own Firebird and Thunderbird body shape trademarks in the EU
- Opeth: "Prog-rock has become all about intricate guitar solos and weird time signatures - there's more to us than that"
- Rig tour: Jimmy Eat World on how Fractal put an end to Riverdance and why only .013-gauge strings will do for Jim Adkins' signature Fender
- Fender Tone Master Twin Reverb & Deluxe Reverb review
- February 21
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- Brittany Howard: why you should never clean your pickups
- The Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman to auction off historic guitars, basses, amps and more
- From Superblood Wolfmoon to the Prince of Darkness: here are this week's essential guitar tracks
- How to use dynamic variation to make your solos really sing
- Tosin Abasi is unloading 100 guitars, amps and pedals on Reverb
- Sonny Landreth: “I once played slide with motorcycle handlebars!”
- Give your solos an unexpected twist by using math to craft musical phrases
- PRS SE Santana Singlecut Trem review
- Chris Shiflett: "Foo Fighters isn’t a band that has a lot of guitar solo-type stuff - on my own material, I do a lot more of that"
- Live review + photos: Tool, Sydney 2020
- February 20
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- Get good and glitchy with Hologram Electronics’ Microcosm granular effect pedal and looper
- Feast your eyes on Ernie Ball Music Man’s stunning February Ball Family Reserve Collection guitars
- The Surrealist wields two Abasi Larada 8-strings to mind-bending effect on the ethereal Arcadia
- Dean wants to help you attain “the next level of shredding glory” with its new Exile Select Series
- This Indonesian YouTuber’s acoustic fingerstyle cover of Guns N’ Roses’ Sweet Child O’ Mine is driving guitarists wild
- Fender’s hot-rodded Modern Jazzmaster is its most contemporary offset yet
- Jimi Hendrix's guitar gear: how to capture the tone of the greatest guitarist who ever lived
- Whoa, Nele: Extreme’s Nuno Bettencourt collaborates with Washburn on signature T-style with six-way pickup switching
- Torche's Jonathan Nuñez: "I’ve always been a fan of guitars doing things that are not so expected"
- Tal Wilkenfeld: "I don’t really think about switching from guitar to bass or vice versa - it’s more about what mindset you’re choosing to be in"
- TC Electronic’s Plethora X5 TonePrint Pedalboard might just be the multi-effects pedal you’ve been waiting for
- Gibson vs Kiesel: guitar giant allegedly sends cease and desist over Ultra V design
- Stonefield Mighty Mini, Sub Mini and Mini Plus review
- Blackstar’s Fly 3 Acoustic brings the game-changing mini-amp to fingerpickers
- February 19
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- Conjure tones ranging from “dirty blues to crushing metal” with the new Omega Ampworks Granophyre plugin
- VHT’s D-50H captures hand-wired, Dumble-style tones in a surprisingly affordable package
- A guitar signed by Keith Richards, Slash and many more is up for auction to benefit New York Dolls' Sylvain Sylvain
- Mr. Black crams old-school BBD-style tones into the $99 Mini Flanger
- Kiss want to bring out all former members for their final show
- Maddie Jay: "I feel like it was an advantage transferring from bass to guitar… which is a controversial statement!"
- Sylosis's Josh Middleton: "I always try and balance out the shreddy stuff with feel and melody"
- Ibanez Marco Sfogli Signature MSM100 review
- Leprous bassist Simen Daniel Børven: "Good sound is in the hands. All the cool brands out there won’t save you"
- February 18
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- Limp Bizkit’s Wes Borland returns to stage after breaking hand: "three fingers was enough to get the job done"
- Aerosmith’s Brad Whitford loves John Mayer's PRS Silver Sky: "I could literally play the whole show with it if I wanted to"
- Kirk Hammett and Mrs. Smith will face off to see who is the top 'wah abuser' in Cry Baby Battle Royale
- Watch Eric Clapton, Ronnie Wood, Roger Waters, Nile Rodgers and more jam Cream and Blind Faith in tribute to Ginger Baker
- Classic gear: the history of the Gibson J-45
- GR Dual 800 review
- Christie Lenée: "I would love a six-piece band but it is humbling to do everything yourself"
- Phil Campbell: “I did some of my best work with Motörhead asleep in the studio!"
- Splendour In The Grass debuts mammoth lineup for 20th anniversary
- February 17
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- Tony Iommi: "I could relate to Django Reinhardt after losing two fingers, and listening to him inspired me to play more"
- Rock N Roll Relics gets its Revenge with a mash-up of classic guitar designs
- Fender collaborates with Japanese artists FACE and MHAK on pop art-inspired Strat and Tele
- Alter Bridge's Brian Marshall: "As a bass player, I tend to play off of what a vocalist would do"
- Jennifer Batten: "Guitarists ask me about playing with Michael Jackson more than playing with Jeff Beck!"
- Hudson Electronics Broadcast-AP review
- Esteemed Washington luthier Mike Lull dies aged 65 - Pearl Jam pay tribute
- Manuel Gardner Fernandes turns Jared Dines ‘glitch’ diss into a T-shirt
- February 14
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- Shake up your songwriting by borrowing chords from a parallel minor key
- Sennheiser XSW-D Wireless Digital Pedalboard Set review
- From thrash metal to nylon-string mastery from an unexpected source: here are this week's essential guitar tracks
- Save up to $300 off a new Jackson, plus big discounts on Epiphone, Ernie Ball, Line 6 and Boss gear at Sweetwater
- D’Addario’s Pro Plus capo mimics the way a human finger frets a string
- Pigtronix takes looping to infinity and beyond with the new Infinity 2 pedal
- BecosFX's CompIQ Twain is a rack-mount-level compressor/limiter in a compact pedal
- Killswitch Engage's Mike D’Antonio: "I use less midrange these days so I can get that really sick, empty, low funk sound"
- Jackson Spectra Series JS3 bass review
- February 13
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- Tony Iommi's 10 best Black Sabbath riffs
- Five Finger Death Punch’s Jason Hook has been collaborating with Kiesel on a seven-string guitar
- Has the mystery behind Keith Richards' acoustic sound on You Can’t Always Get What You Want finally been solved?
- Steve Hillage: "Gong was quite chemically fueled and psychedelics were all part of the fun"
- Devin Townsend: "A big part of my childhood was just hanging out on the roofs of my friends' houses swapping Van Halen licks"
- Somebody recreated John Frusciante's ridiculously enormous pedalboard - and it sounds right on the money
- These are the 25 guitar players you need to hear this year, according to Fender
- D’Angelico puts a new spin on its flagship offset electric with the semi-hollow Deluxe Bedford SH
- Aclam Dr Robert overdrive review
- Jeff Beck's guitar gear: a guide through the ages and stages
- February 12
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- Get an intense, 'outside' sound with this lick
- Fantom power: DiMarzio’s new pickups offer classic P90 tone without the hum
- Bumblefoot and Billy Sheehan went totally "ampless" on the new Sons of Apollo album
- Dylan Mattheisen transforms Bruce Springsteen’s Born To Run into a two-hand tapping, altered-tuning midwest emo masterpiece
- Slipknot's Mick Thomson: "If I had my way, I would be playing a Jackson King V all the time!"
- Ruth Goller: "My regular Mustang Bass is still my favorite... I know exactly what to do with it"
- Taylor 562ce 12-string V-Class review
- Fender strips down with limited-edition Raw Ash American Performer Stratocaster and Telecaster models
- Rig tour: Volbeat on the gear that fuels the Danish-American rock ’n’ roll machine
- Mike Zito: "You can't outdo or be better than Chuck Berry"
- February 11
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- Hang tight with On-Stage’s new copper and seat-belt style guitar straps
- Ah via Stratocaster: Fender replicates Eric Johnson's iconic 1954 ‘Virginia’ Strat
- Marshall and Softube team up for Kerry King Signature and Plexi Super Lead 1959 plugins
- Paul Gilbert reveals the only type of guitar cable he ever uses onstage
- Learn the secrets of the blues guitar masters with these essential string-bending techniques
- Alvarez Artist Elite AFA95CESHB and Alvarez Masterworks MF60CEOM review
- Robbie Robertson: "The guitar is still a big point of discovery to me - it’s infinite"
- Pete Thorn: "Holly Henderson uses the guitar as a writing vehicle, and her solos weave melodic stories within them"
- Mary Spender: "Record labels told me to put the guitar down. Luckily, I was stubborn enough to ignore them"
- February 10
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- Sonata Marketing’s Modern Vintage range combines classic guitar and bass designs with modern features
- Watch Cliff Burton shred (Anesthesia) - Pulling Teeth onstage with Metallica in 1983
- The Wee Lowden 12 Fret is a small-bodied acoustic that packs a ton of midrange punch
- The Bluetooth-enabled A Little Thunder V2 is the smartest guitar pickup ever
- Korn's Fieldy: "I want it to be an almost percussion-sounding instrument rather than a bass"
- You can now get all-rosewood necks on Fender's Strat, Tele, Jazzmaster, P-Bass and Jazz Bass
- Sisters of Suffocation's Emmelie Herwegh: What's on My Playlist
- Janelle Monáe guitarist Kellindo: "The secret to being a good session player is being a good listener"
- Ernie Ball Music Man Mariposa review
- John Frusciante plays his first show with the Red Hot Chili Peppers since 2007 – and jams with Dave Navarro
- Australian Guitar's Fresh Frets: Vol. 1
- February 7
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- Fender's carbon fiber Stratocaster 1 is a souped-up, built-for-speed six-string
- Collings hits the sweet spot with the new 00 14-Fret Series acoustics
- G&L Guitars keeps the 40th anniversary celebration going with the Ruby Edition CLF Research Espada
- The secrets behind Steve Miller's tone on Jet Airliner
- Keeley DDR Drive Delay Reverb & Fuzz Bender pedals review
- Paul McCartney guitarist Brian Ray has a Les Paul-shaped swimming pool - and yes, it’s called the Les Pool
- 5 types of overdrive pedal every guitarist needs to try
- Double-neck tapping virtuoso Felix Martin: "A lot of Venezuelan music can mix well with progressive metal and fusion"
- From Satch to swampy Southern rock: here are this week’s essential guitar tracks
- Lady Antebellum guitarist Slim Gambill: "You have to have a sense of rhythm to play a good guitar solo"
- February 6
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- Carl Martin's Acoustic GiG puts multi-effects access right at acoustic players’ toes
- Mars Volta and Marilyn Manson bassist Juan Alderete suffers serious brain injury
- Master the signature elements of Gary Moore's instantly identifiable guitar style
- Joe Satriani surfs right back to the 1980s on appropriately titled new single Nineteen Eighty
- Turns out Billy Sheehan was offered the Van Halen bass player slot three separate times
- Bring a new level of rhythm and groove to your guitar playing by incorporating walking basslines
- Try TIDAL free for 30 days – stream your favorite guitarists for nothing
- The Iron Maidens: "Iron Maiden's music has no limits or boundaries, and I think it’s going to last forever"
- Jeff Beck's 11 best studio guest appearances
- Mooer Audio GE150 review
- Ernie Ball wants to maximize space on your pedalboard with its new Flat Ribbon Patch Cables
- February 5
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- Five Finger Death Punch’s Jason Hook to sit out remainder of the band’s European tour
- Black Crowes guitarist Rich Robinson denies he snubbed Jimmy Page’s offer to collaborate
- Get monstrous bass tone with Hartke's new HD508 combo amp
- Get every rock sound you could ever dream of with Hotone's Ampero amp modeler
- Prog bassists will want to Rush to grab Geddy Lee's new Signature SansAmp DI-2112
- Gruv Gear may have just revolutionized pedalboards with its modular LYNK design
- Takamine presents a Peace offering: its breathtaking limited-edition 2020 acoustic
- Dave Weiner: "Steve Vai was always the bar as far as quality and what I should be doing"
- These are the 6 fresh guitar artists you need to hear this month
- B.B. King's 10 greatest guitar moments
- This prog-metal playthrough is a masterclass in pounding guitar riffs, shifting time signatures and melodic solos
- Alain Johannes: "I have around 600 instruments and amps, but my Fender Jazzmaster is still my go-to"
- February 4
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- G&L Guitars celebrates 40th anniversary with Ruby Edition L-2000 bass
- Mad Professor’s FUZZ32 is a hand-wired germanium fuzz “without the shortcomings”
- Behringer launches rival to Reverb and eBay with the Free Music Tribe gear marketplace
- Work on your picking hand accuracy with these 4 highly effective warm-ups
- Fishman launches Fluence Legacy Series with Mike Inez bass pickup set
- Michael Schenker: "Rudolf doesn’t have much talent as a guitarist - I needed to pave the path for him. I’m saying that with an open heart"
- Dr. Z’s new Z Wreck Jr. offers “chiming clean and blooming overdrive” in a powerful low-watt package
- Martin Road Series D-12E review
- Shakira stunned the Super Bowl with a Swarovski crystal Gibson Firebird - but she has a surprising history of dazzling custom guitars
- Dream Studio Guitars Baccara Alain Johannes Signature review
- February 3
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- Megadeth's Dave Mustaine announces he is “100 percent” cancer-free
- Designer behind Dimebag's iconic Dean from Hell guitar aims to revive copyright case
- 5 Instagram guitarists to watch in 2020
- Final tickets released for Eric Clapton & Friends: A Tribute to Ginger Baker
- This ingenious guitarist invented an adjustable Lego fretboard that's fully playable - and educational
- How to tune your guitar to drop D tuning by ear
- Take your solos up a notch by using rhythmic note groupings to build musical phrases
- Battle for the bass: the story of Fender and Gibson's fight for low-end supremacy
- IK Multimedia AmpliTube Brian May review
- The secrets behind Nile Rodgers' tone on Chic's Le Freak
- Guitar World welcomes Australian Guitar magazine
- February 1
