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October 31
- Producer Profile: Kiah Gossner
October 30
- Watch Guitar World’s Paul Riario hit the gas on Maxon’s OD808 and new Apex808 overdrive pedals
- Electric Guitarist of the Year nominations are about to close – here’s everything you need to know
- Meet the compact, all-solid-wood Taylor GT
- Ernie Ball Music Man introduces 2020 Jason Richardson Cutlass
- Eric Johnson, Mike Stern, Mark Lettieri and Stanley Jordan tear it up in epic 18-strong guitar jam for charity
- This fearless guitarist has been dressing up as a headless horseman and playing acoustic while riding a bike
- Gerry Beckley and Dewey Bunnell look back at America's remarkable 50-year career
- Lou Pallo, longtime Les Paul Trio guitarist, dies aged 86
- Kramer's Modern Collection breaks cover
- D’Angelico commemorates 50 years of the Grateful Dead’s American Beauty with special-edition Premier SS semi-hollow
- 4 guitar tricks you can learn from Keith Richards
- Mini-humbuckers: exploring the tonal magic of Seth Lover's 'other PAF' humbucker
- Old Blood Noise Endeavors Minim review
- Listen to Tom Morello’s new EP, featuring a Slash guitar duel, heavy Jimi Hendrix cover and Eddie Van Halen tribute
October 29
- Fantastic Negrito: "I try to keep some of that ugliness in there – it’s very organic"
- Pick up a limited edition Epiphone Les Paul Special II for under $200 with this fantastic deal
- Alice in Chains, Mastodon and Anthrax members cover Soundgarden’s Rusty Cage in blistering new playthrough video
- From Egyptian death metal to folk-ambient tranquility: here are this week's essential guitar tracks
- Kemper launches new overdrive system, inspired by classic drive pedals
- Yamaha debuts THR-30IIA wireless acoustic guitar amp with mic modeling
- Watch the official trailer for Zappa, the first all-access documentary on Frank Zappa’s life and career
- Jon Gomm: “It's inevitable that when I write a new song I'm going to have some ridiculously complex way of playing it“
- Singer-songwriter and outlaw country legend Billy Joe Shaver dies aged 81
- IDLES: "We always dreamed of having such huge setups… we get giddy every time we look at our guitar rigs!"
- IK Multimedia promises “one giant leap for ampkind” as it launches AmpliTube 5
- Epiphone SG Special P-90 review
- Tom Morello announces new EP, featuring Slash, a Jimi Hendrix cover and Eddie Van Halen tribute
October 28
- Andrew Watt celebrated his 30th birthday by hosting an all-star jam session with Post Malone, Rob Trujillo, Taylor Hawkins and Chad Smith
- Guitar World has a long history of uniting guitar legends – as evidenced in these classic covers
- Luna Guitars announces ornately finished Fauna Phoenix acoustic-electric
- Want to win Guitarist of the Year 2020? Last year’s winner Dylan Reavey tells you how he did it
- Cory Wong on 10 key tracks from his extraordinary run of funk guitar albums
- Angus Young: “I can still feel Malcolm communicating to me when I’m playing guitar”
- Danelectro ’57 Guitar & ’59 Divine review
- Zach Myers: “Brent told an audience of 2,500 people that we were making a double album… it was the first I'd heard about it!”
- Gibson unveils the Adam Jones 1979 Les Paul Custom as it announces a multi-year partnership with the Tool guitarist
October 27
- Tom Morello, members of the Foo Fighters, the Bangles cover the Eurythmics’ Sweet Dreams with Afghan group Girl With a Guitar
- Roy Ziv puts on a truly dazzling display of fretboard fireworks in this exclusive – and pretty darn scenic – playthrough
- Dunable Guitars raffles off EVH-themed Yeti model to support out-of-work tour crews
- Machine Gun Kelly says his new pop-punk album “is gonna make the demand for guitar music go up”
- D’Angelico unveils sumptuous limited-edition models with new colors and pickups
- The Smashing Pumpkins are working on a 33-song “rock opera” sequel to Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
- Harley Benton unveils remarkably well-spec'd $90 CG-45E mahogany acoustic-electric
- Spark amp savings, free gifts and cheap Bias software – the Positive Grid Halloween Monster sale is live!
- You can now buy AmazonBasics guitar pedals
- Nile Rodgers: “Bernard Edwards hated my sound with a big fat jazzy guitar… he talked me into buying a Strat!”
- Is IK Multimedia about to launch AmpliTube 5?
- Why Canada is home to some of the world's most exciting hard-rock guitar players
- Molly Tuttle teaches you how to crosspick and play Wildwood Flower
- Jackson X-Series Soloist SL4X DX review
October 26
- There are 5 days left to enter Electric Guitarist of the Year
- PRS SE Hollowbody II Piezo review
- H.E.R. gives her new Fender signature Strat a stellar debut on Saturday Night Live
- Godin launches nylon-string Multiac Grand Concert Deluxe acoustic-electric
- Mike Dawes performs awe-inspiring percussive acoustic rendition of Van Halen's Jump – including the solos
- Pentatonic scales for guitar (beyond the blues!)
- Wolfgang Van Halen shoots down rumors that he is set to take Eddie’s place in Van Halen
- Jerry Jeff Walker, outlaw country star and Mr. Bojangles writer, dies aged 78
- Steve Morse: ”I don’t plan out my solos. It’s not really a solo if you do!”
- Harley Benton just launched a $91 guitar for metal players
- Fender stirs up more mischief as it launches the Troublemaker Tele Deluxe
- Javier Reyes teaches you his progressive fingerstyle approach with this exclusive track and video lesson
- Eddie Van Halen memorial planned in Pasadena to honor iconic guitarist
October 25
- Tony Iommi unravels the enduring legacy of Black Sabbath in Australian Guitar #140, out now!
October 23
- Gibson Flying V: the futuristic electric guitar that was ahead of its time
- Blackstar unveils the mega-affordable, livestream-compatible ACOUSTIC:CORE 30
- Levara, featuring guitarist Trev Lukather, share debut single, Heaven Knows
- Joe Bonamassa gives Guitar World an exclusive video tour of his newly-acquired Albert King-inspired Flying V and ’59 Les Paul Custom "Black Beauty"
- PRS closes out its 35th anniversary with Paul’s 85 Private Stock run of guitars personally spec’d by Paul Reed Smith
- Holiday 2020 Guitar World lesson videos
- A busker in Scotland had his guitar smashed on the street – so Jack White bought him a new one
- Deep Sea Diver: "I wanted the guitar to be more natural on this record, because what I was saying was truer and lyrically stated”
- Add some snap, crackle and pop to your tone with SolidGoldFx’s NU-33 Vinyl Engine
- Nobels ODR-1 BC & ODR-mini review
- How to use a capo on guitar
- John Frusciante is working on new material with the Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Brian May admits he stole the riff from Bo Diddley's I'm A Man for his guest spot on WOMAN's I'm A Woman
October 22
- Firewind: "This is the most complete Firewind record to date"
- From melodic, headbang-inducing chug to explosive indie-pop perfection: here are this week's essential guitar tracks
- The Wire’s Wendell Pierce confirmed to play B.B. King in The Thrill Is On film
- The Hater Maker, a triple-necked, T-style electric, takes top honors at the Great Guitar Build Off 2020
- What is Angus Young’s number one Gibson SG?
- Paul Kossoff's 'Stripped Top' 1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard up close and personal
- Jah Wobble on his 5 essential bass albums
- Taylor American Dream AD27 & AD17 Blacktop review
- Eventide launches its TriceraChorus plugin for Windows, Mac OS X and iOS
- Wildly customized Fender Stratocasters to be auctioned to raise funds for The Big Issue
October 21
- Guild adds 3 new single-cutaway acoustic guitars to its orchestra-sized OM range
- Solar’s shred-ready Vinter six-string is a beautiful beast of a guitar
- Peavey officially resurrects the beloved HP2 offset electric
- Joey Molland looks back on Badfinger's tumultuous, remarkable career – 50 years on
- Macmull Guitars introduces the no-frills, gig-ready Stinger electric
- Spencer Davis, guitarist and founder of the Spencer Davis Group, has died aged 81
- Fender 70th Anniversary Broadcaster review
- L.A. Witch's Sade Sanchez: ”People can’t go out, so this is a perfect time for everybody to learn how to play the guitar”
- Old Blood Noise Endeavors launches the oil can delay-inspired Black Fountain V3
- Sick Riffs: Kyle Mortensen teaches you the delay-driven guitar solo of East of June's Rebel
- Australian Guitar's Fresh Frets: Vol. 5
October 20
- Robby Krieger: "I always like to be really near the amp, to keep the dynamics going between guitar and amp"
- Diesel: "I’ve been fascinated with the whole idea of suburbia since we moved from the place I grew up in..."
- Fender launches new interactive online guide pairing players with the perfect guitar or bass
- Taurus unleashes the Stomp-Head 6.CE pedalboard amplifier
- Angus Young explains why Malcolm’s playing is not on AC/DC’s 'Power Up' album
- The force is with Felix Martin and his eight-string Kiesel acoustic in this awesome Star Wars medley
- Sunnaudio goes big with the Nucleus NU-1 dual boost preamp
- 15 of the greatest all-star guitar teachers
- Fender Mustang GTX100 review
- Take a look at Cort's new multi-scale length acoustic-electric – the Cut Craft
- Two guitars customized and played by Eddie Van Halen are headed for auction
- How to use a DI box on bass guitar
October 19
- Taylor Swift’s Gibson acoustic, Keith Urban’s Hi9 electric guitar and more to be auctioned for COVID-19 relief
- This might be one of the most star-studded YouTube guitar collaborations you'll ever see
- John Petrucci announces Nebula range of beard and mustache grooming products
- Former King Crimson singer and bassist Gordon Haskell has died aged 74
- Eddie Van Halen's last-ever show with Van Halen is now available with soundboard audio
- Build a ukulele for only $20 with Harley Benton's Concert Ukulele DIY Kit
- Brad Gillis on his modified Strat, working with Gary Moon and that time he bought a wig for Ozzy Osbourne
- Larkin Poe: “Be tenacious. If you really want to learn how to write good songs, you gotta do it and do it again“
- Laney Cub-Super12 review
October 18
- Asking Alexandria: "We were all very much under the impression that this record was going to be a step in a positive direction"
October 16
- Acorn Amplifiers unleashes the Mind Killer dual-channel distortion pedal
- Danelectro releases '59DC short-scale bass
- TheGigRig debuts the G3, its next generation of pedalboard switching systems
- These fast-moving melodic phrases will help you chromatically ascend the fretboard
- Fano Guitars launches new, heavily customizable Oltre series
- Wampler shakes up the mini-pedal market with the feature-rich Plexi-Drive Mini and Belle Overdrive
- The secrets behind Buddy Guy's tone on Damn Right, I've Got the Blues
- Watch Corey Taylor and Van Halen's Michael Anthony join John 5 for a crazy-accurate cover of You Really Got Me
- Tosin Abasi, Matt Heafy and Lzzy Hale are your Young Guitarist of the Year judges
- EVH Striped Series Shark review
- Watch Paul Riario ride Eventide’s incredible Blackhole pedal to the outer realms of “ethereal and ambient” reverb
October 15
- Stand Atlantic - Pink Elephant album review
- 10 discontinued Boss pedals that are worth seeking out
- From comedic political shred to funky Hendrixian jams: here are this week's essential guitar tracks
- Eddie Van Halen honored at the Billboard Music Awards
- David Crosby apologizes – sort of – for Eddie Van Halen diss, says he "didn’t remember" the guitar hero had just died
- Producer Sterling Winfield on the making of Pantera's final album, Reinventing the Steel
- George Harrison’s rare Bartell fretless electric guitar sells for more than $300,000 at auction
- Former AC/DC bassist Paul Matters has died
- Those guitars Pete Townshend smashed onstage with the Who? He glued them back together in order to smash them again
- Fender CEO Andy Mooney: “When that article came out with the headline ‘Guitar is dead’, that was the definition of fake news”
- This is the pedalboard Jack White used for his Eddie Van Halen tribute performance on SNL
- Kirk Hammett reflects on Peter Green's legacy: "You could put Oh Well or Green Manalishi up against the first two Sabbath albums"
October 14
- Watch Steve Stine unlock the myriad tones offered by the PRS S2 Vela
- Danelectro’s new Baby Sitar promises to conjure the sounds of the psychedelic ‘60s
- Malcolm Young co-wrote every song on the new AC/DC album, Power Up
- Original pedals from Jimi Hendrix, Jack White, SRV and many more gathered in new Stompbox coffee table book
- Snag a Gibson USA pickup-loaded Les Paul for just $499 with this killer Epiphone deal
- Jimmy Page says he “reconnected with guitar” during lockdown
- Jason Hook confirms departure from Five Finger Death Punch
- Score $100 off Martin's Special X1 and 15ME Streetmaster acoustic-electric guitars with this unmissable deal
- How Barefaced Audio revolutionized the guitar cab
- Eric Johnson: “Prioritizing perfectionism is not how you make emotionally meaningful music“
- Chic bassist Jerry Barnes: “I use Bernard's chucking, but not like him… I’m trying to keep from bleeding!“
- Epic deal alert: get a massive $120 off Positive Grid’s superlative BIAS FX 2 Elite guitar amp and FX modeling plugin
- Slim down your rig (without slimming down your bank account) with $50 off IK Multimedia's iRig Stomp I/O USB Pedalboard Controller
- Anasounds Spinner, Ages and Sliver Pedals review
October 13
- An Echo Dot and 6 months of Amazon Music Unlimited for less than $19? Yep, you read that right
- Quick! You can get 25% off D’Addario EJ11 80/20 Bronze acoustic guitar strings right now – but you’ll need to hurry
- Make Them Suffer: "We’re capable of doing any kind of sound we want"
- Get 20% off KLIQ's incredibly comfortable AirCell guitar straps
- NU-X’s MG-300 Modeling Guitar Processor packs massive sound and loads of options into a compact pedal enclosure
- Bag Epiphone's beautifully adorned Hummingbird Performer PRO acoustic-electric at a $50 discount
- Joe Satriani spans a career's worth of guitar tones in new signature AmpliTube showcase, Shifting Song
- Save nearly $250 off the Hagstrom Fantomen Ghost signature model for your own rituals
- Guitarists band together to support blues great Eric Gales, who is battling COVID-19
- Ernie Ball Music Man Luke III review
- Are these Tetris-like effects the future of stompbox design?
- Artists, fans and peers slam David Crosby's “disrespectful” Eddie Van Halen statements
- Fender unveils all-new flagship American Professional II Series
- Organize your pedal collection with 25% off Road Runner's compact pedalboards
- Save $50 on this mega-affordable Yamaha Dreadnought acoustic-electric at Guitar Center
- Save $150 on a Jackson X Series Soloist SL5X FSR in this face-melting deal over at Guitar Center
October 12
- Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony pay tribute to Eddie Van Halen with emotional Right Now performance
- This none-more-purple Fender Road Worn ’50s Telecaster has had $200 slashed off its asking price
- Abasi Concepts unveils its most affordable Larada models yet
- Satchel and his neon Charvel hail Eddie Van Halen with a ripping cover of Unchained
- Jack White two-hand taps on an EVH Wolfgang in tribute to Eddie Van Halen on Saturday Night Live
- Save big on 3 tonesome MXR overdrive and distortion pedals, now starting at just $39 each
- Add some djent to your guitar collection with this insane deal on the Schecter Demon-7 over at Guitar Center
- The greatest guitar songs of the 21st century
- Save up to $160 off two limited edition Fender Player Strat HSS models with this tantalizing deal at Guitar Center
- 7 electric guitars that can also handle acoustic sounds
- Save $150 on this eye-catching Ibanez RG450EXB electric guitar over at Guitar Center
- Revelation RBN 5 review
October 11
- Enter Shikari: "We did the whole second half of the recording with one guitar and one amp sim, because the sound we got from them was just so good"
- Take your looping to the next level with 15% off Pigtronix's Infinity Looper 2 pedal
October 9
- Alex Edkins: "You come up with your own guitar chord palette. There are five or six shapes that shaped the sound of Metz"
- Harley Benton releases ultra-affordable P-90-loaded SC-Special
- Steve Vai: “I could never play like him… Only an idiot competes with Eddie Van Halen”
- Greta Van Fleet look to banish Led Zeppelin comparisons with new single, My Way, Soon
- Save 20% on Morley's Steve Vai Bad Horsie 2 Contour Wah pedal in this epic deal over at Musician's Friend
- Fender debuts Hypebeast Stratocaster
- Improve your rhythm playing with this guide to 16th notes, the roots of chug
- Fender American Acoustasonic Stratocaster vs PRS SE Hollowbody II Piezo
- Wolfgang Van Halen to run EVH Gear alongside longtime EVH tech Matt Bruck
- Solar Guitars announces eye-popping Lime Burst additions to its Type V and Type E lines
- Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony pay tribute to Eddie Van Halen in emotional new video
- Epiphone unveils Joe Bonamassa signature Les Paul Custom “Black Beauty”
- What were Guitar World's first-ever tab transcriptions?
- Vintage launches striking 25th Anniversary Series of limited-edition Silver Burst electric guitars
- Guitarist of the Year partners with PRS Guitars
October 8
- Spotlight: Oli Leimbach of Lime Cordiale
- From big, warm, instrumental hugs to returning Aussie rock heroes: here are this week's essential guitar tracks
- Orianthi, Emily Wolfe, Celisse and Rita Wilson to play Gibson and Women Who Rock virtual concert charity series
- Could Cicognani Engineering’s Pompeii PE603 Four-Head Sonic Echo be the key to conjuring classic Pink Floyd-like delays?
- Plini details new album, unveils soaring instrumental track, I’ll Tell You Someday
- Nile Rodgers releases all-new song, Inside the Box, inspired by the Fender Acoustasonic Stratocaster
- Memphis blues artist Rev. John Wilkins dies aged 76
- John Petrucci, Nita Strauss and John 5 are your Electric Guitarist of the Year 2020 judges
- Sick Riffs: Mike Visser teaches you the looped, alternate-tuned clean lines of Imaginary Tricks' Art Flakey
- Watch Guitar World’s Paul Riario test-drive the “bold and innovative” Martin SC-13E acoustic-electric
- Save 25% on G&L's Limited Edition Tribute ASAT Classic Bluesboy with this tasty deal
- The story of Paul Kossoff's 'Stripped Top' 1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard
- Kramer Original Collection 2020 review round-up
- Michael Manring: “I’ve come to believe the bass may have more capacity for altered tuning than any other instrument“
October 7
- Harley Benton reveals eye-popping sub-$200 T-style electric – the TE-90FLT Blast
- Machine Head’s Robb Flynn shreds Eruption in tribute to Eddie Van Halen
- Eddie Van Halen's final live solos showcase his unending creativity and love of the guitar
- John Mayer pays tribute to “guitar superhero” Eddie Van Halen
- Joe Satriani: “Eddie Van Halen put so much joy into every little note that he played”
- Jimmy Page on Eddie Van Halen: “He was the real deal”
- Remembering the time Guitar World visited Eddie Van Halen at 5150 Studios to discuss his iconic Frankenstein guitar
- Sire collaborates with Larry Carlton once more on mid-priced A4 acoustic series
- Everything you need to know about Gibson Non-Reverse Firebirds
- Pete Townshend reveals how he first connected Eddie Van Halen and Michael Jackson in tribute to late guitar legend
- BishopSound unveils super-affordable full-range, flat-response speakers
- Eddie Van Halen discusses his early influences and groundbreaking technique in his first Guitar World interview from 1981
- Bog Street’s innovative Axe Series picks offer more picking control and options, minus the hand fatigue and tension
- SolidGoldFX Communication Breakdown review
- AC/DC release new single Shot in the Dark, confirm Power Up album details
October 6
- Eddie Van Halen revisits Van Halen's landmark '1984' album
- Eddie Van Halen: the guitar world mourns
- Eddie Van Halen goes deep on the playing and tone secrets behind 10 iconic Van Halen tracks
- CD Review: Ocean Alley - Lonely Diamond
- Eddie Van Halen dies aged 65 following cancer battle
- What if Eric Johnson or Eddie Van Halen played Jimmy Page’s iconic Stairway to Heaven solo?
- Spotify's Global Top 10 gets a metal makeover at the hands of one intrepid YouTuber
- Members of Anthrax and Megadeth headline Deep Purple charity jam to benefit Metal for Kids. United!
- Brian May: how the Bohemian Rhapsody film nailed every detail of the Red Special
- Touché Amoré show you how to play I'll Be Your Host with this post-hardcore playthrough
- Led Zeppelin emerge victorious in long-running Stairway to Heaven copyright battle
- Troy Van Leeuwen: "People think you need all this extra distortion – if your amp’s loud and you get the speakers to move, that’s how you sound huge"
- Fender refreshes the Troy Van Leeuwen Jazzmaster with an all-new Copper Age finish
- How a capo can make 5 classic songs easier to play
- Bright Eyes: "Getting guitar sounds is about how you employ gear, how you hear it and react, all of the little micro things"
- Adam Black Route 61 CE review
October 5
- The NU-X Mighty Plug is loaded with tons of effects, amp models and cab IRs – and fits in the palm of your hand
- Lego is releasing a Fender Stratocaster kit
- Victory teams up with Two Notes to unleash Duchess and Kraken virtual cab sims
- Record your guitar for less with $50 off IK Multimedia's Axe I/O Solo audio interface
- Steve Morse says he combined Ritchie Blackmore and Joe Satriani's playing styles for his first Deep Purple gig
- Spinal Tap to reunite at virtual fundraiser for Pennsylvania Democrats
- AC/DC's new album will feature riff ideas from late guitarist Malcolm Young
- 8 things to expect when you start learning the guitar
- Al Joseph: "It’s easy to learn techniques – it’s harder to make the guitar sing"
- Jessica Elalouf: “Being fancy is fun, but timing, technique, and grooving is most important to me“
- Michael Kelly Custom Collection Element 4 review
October 4
- Custard: Fresh ’N’ Funky
October 2
- Acoustic Remedy’s hand-built, climate-controlled cases will keep your guitar safe and secure – and do it in style
- Watch modern-day guitar master Sarah Longfield put the state-of-the-art Aeros Loop Studio through its many paces
- From generation-bridging jams to seismic melodic hardcore: here are this week's essential guitar tracks
- Kirk Hammett recalls the first time he ever saw Metallica in new Gibson Icons trailer
- Slash takes you through his Gibson signature electric and acoustic models in new Slash Collection video
- Chase Bliss Audio teams up with Meris for the automated slider-equipped CXM 1978 Studio Reverb
- The Dave Grohl vs. Nandi Bushell battle heats up as Bushell releases new song, Rock and Grohl
- Cory Wong enlists Joe Satriani for Massive, the shreddiest funk jam you’ve ever heard
- Yamaha celebrates 30 years of the Billy Sheehan signature series with limited-edition Attitude 30th bass
- The history of Martin's earliest acoustic guitar designs, from the 1800s to the early 1900s
- How to use the major hexatonic scale of a I-IV progression
- Overloud TH-U review
- JHS launches $99 pedal range – meet the 3 Series
- MXR unveils versatile six-mode Tremolo pedal
- Fender releases exotic new American Acoustasonic Stratocaster models
October 1
- Get $50 off Fender's Tim Armstrong Anniversary Hellcat acoustic guitar with this enticing deal
- Megan Washington: The Most Bountiful Harvest
- Dave Mustaine: Megadeth are "in the process of doing guitar solos" for new album
- Ian Curtis’s “Love Will Tear Us Apart” Vox Phantom VI Special guitar is up for auction
- Taylor’s brand-new GT-size acoustic combines big sound with compact playability
- Get TC Electronic’s Flashback Mini Delay for just $99 in this sweet deal
- Scott Reeder, Tracy Wormworth and Doug Wimbish are your Bassist of the Year judges
- The first snippet of AC/DC's very AC/DC-sounding new single, Shot in the Dark, is here
- Is Lari Basilio Ibanez’s next signature artist?
- Dion DiMucci: "Blues is a tradition. But it’s a living tradition. It’s not dead. It’s a handing-down and passing-on"
- Geoff Tyson on the big gear questions, 20-kilo guitars and his Frankenstein “hodge-podge“ Strat
- IK Multimedia Z-Tone Buffer Boost & Z-Tone DI review
- Boss expands its Loop Station family with new RC-5 and RC-500 flagships
- Hughes & Kettner unveils tiny, super-affordable 50W Spirit Nano amp heads
- Boss takes on Line 6’s HX Stomp with the pedalboard-friendly GT-1000CORE