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- January 31
- January 29
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- Fender and Barrett-Jackson team up for a Custom '69 Strat and matching Fender Mustang – with a Tone Master amp in the trunk
- Eddie Van Halen showed a 12-year-old Dweezil Zappa how to play Runnin’ With the Devil at his school talent show rehearsal
- Old Blood Noise Endeavors updates and streamlines the Alpha Haunt Fuzz
- Eddie Van Halen’s former guitar tech has plans to erect an EVH statue in Pasadena
- Peter Frampton covers David Bowie, Lenny Kravitz, Radiohead on new instrumental album, Frampton Forgets the Words
- Sadowsky announces new limited-edition MetroLine and Masterbuilt basses for 2021
- Sick Riffs: Jesse Cash walks you through the immensely technical, multi-string tapping verse riff of ERRA's Snowblood
- Tony Iommi pays tribute to Eddie Van Halen: “He created his own guitar world – and what a world it was“
- Nile Rodgers: “To me, the less information I throw at you at once, the funkier something sounds“
- Boss Acoustic Singer Live LT review
- Allman Betts Band: “We're totally focused on marching forward and continuing our own body of work just like our fathers did“
- New Year New Gear: Martin unveils the StreetMaster acoustic, Boss revolutionizes guitar instruction with the Pocket GT and Cort offers up the varied Core-OC Collection
- January 28
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- From swaggering funk to futuristic pop cocktails: here are this week's essential guitar tracks
- Harley Benton unveils ultra-compact, uber-affordable Block-300B bass amp head
- Dozens of guitars from Tom Petty, George Harrison, Bono and more are on the block at mammoth Gretsch Family Archives auction
- Michael Leo Valeri delivers a spectacle of seismic riffs in this playthrough of Brand of Sacrifice's Animal
- Fender goes heavy metal with Sterling Silver Playable Guitar Pick
- Booker T. and the M.G.’s legend Steve Cropper announces Fire It Up, his “first proper solo album since 1969”
- Jason Momoa details his jams with Les Claypool: “It was like a childhood dream”
- Radial Engeering seeks to breath new life into your pedal collection with the EXTC-Stereo re-amper
- Metallica-shredding TikTok star Zaria plays through her favorite guitar riffs
- Steve Albini offered to produce Nirvana’s In Utero for free if they beat him in a game of pool
- Carmen Vandenberg: “I want to be the kind of guitarist who can do a show with nothing – just an amp and a guitar. But I'm a geek, and I love pedals!”
- The creator of the COVID vaccine/Boss Metal Zone pedal hoax reveals all: “There ain’t a lot of sane people in this world”
- Guild launches versatile new Starfire I Bass for 2021
- 8-string baritone headlines Guild's 2021 lineup of acoustic guitars
- Watch Paul Riario unbox and rock a gig with the "sleek and refined" Bose L1 Pro16 PA system
- Fender 60th Anniversary Jazz Bass review
- January 27
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- Powderfinger - Unreleased (1998-2010) album review
- Universal Audio launches its first-ever effects pedals, with “sonically authentic emulations” of classic reverb, delay and modulation circuits
- That viral TikTok sea shanty has been transformed into a massive metal anthem
- My Chemical Romance’s Frank Iero gave Gary Holt a signed Ampeg Dan Armstrong electric guitar
- Rivolta releases elegant new Regata VII
- Warwick unveils new limited-edition Natural Oil-finished Teambuilt and Masterbuilt basses for 2021
- Prince’s “Diamonds and Pearls” Fender Gemini II acoustic guitar is hitting the auction block
- A children's book about pedal collecting exists and it's called My Daddy Has 100 Pedals
- Fleet Foxes' Robin Pecknold: "I've always started every song on guitar, but I'm comfortable to let it be a songwriting tool and remove it, if necessary"
- Guitar Center Hollywood officially unveils epic Eddie Van Halen mural
- Fender Japan's new Miyavi signature model is one of the most radical Telecasters yet
- Adrian Smith and Richie Kotzen detail debut album Smith/Kotzen
- Cliff Williams: “AC/DC’s songs are very guitar-driven, so I don’t need to be noodling around underneath. I just need to be driving it“
- Charvel Joe Duplantier Signature Pro-Mod San Dimas Style 2 HH Mahogany review
- New Year New Gear: PRS unveils new SE Series electrics, Vox offers the Mini Go portable amp range and IK Multimedia wows with feature-packed AmpliTube 5
- January 26
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- Bring Me The Horizon’s Lee Malia: “I wanted to go as Slayer as I possibly could...”
- Dean unveils hot-rodded, high-spec Exile Select Floyd Fluence Black Satin
- Blackstar updates HT-1R MkII amps with new Bronco Grey finish
- The HyVibe System transforms any acoustic into a smart guitar
- Steven Wilson: “I wanted to make an album that was more reflective of the electronic world we live in – the guitar is there, but it’s used in a different way”
- Dave Keuning is back in the studio with The Killers
- Watch Ryan “Fluff” Bruce dive (bomb) into the new Dean MD24 F electric guitar
- Dweezil Zappa sets up shop on Reverb.com to sell a wealth of custom guitar gear
- Dunlop debuts limited-edition Dual-Inductor Custom Badass Cry Baby wah
- Jamstack launches new ultra-portable guitar amp with tone-sculpting smartphone software
- The 25 greatest Eddie Van Halen deep cuts
- Electro-Harmonix 1440 Stereo Looper review
- January 25
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- Passenger: “It’s just the sensible thing to do to be a good guy and give back a little bit”
- Graph Tech seeks to bring out the best in your archtop with new ResoMax guitar bridge
- This stop-motion animation of a Jawa playing Eruption is an out-of-this-world Star Wars-themed tribute to Eddie Van Halen
- NAMM 2021: the biggest guitar, amp and pedal releases so far
- Thurston Moore: “Writing music is about stepping away from the ego and creating something that's selfless”
- ProCo set to announce the Lil' Rat, a micro-sized version of the Rat 2
- Adam Jones pays tribute to Eddie Van Halen: “100 years from now, when people talk about the history of music, they will talk about Van Halen“
- D'Angelico decks out Premier Series LS acoustics with Aged Mahogany finish
- Matt Heafy reveals his newest signature model, the MKH Origins Les Paul Custom
- 35 high-octane shredders – including Michael Angelo Batio, Joel Hoekstra and Nikki Stringfield – join forces for massive charity speed-guitar fest
- Kirk Fletcher: ”Some players neglect the history. The most iconic players of all time – Hendrix, Clapton and Page – all had that foundation”
- New Year New Gear: Dean and Spector conjure multiscale madness, Maxon cranks up the gain with the Custom Shop SSD-9 Super Sonic Distortion pedal
- January 24
- January 22
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- Collings debuts meticulously crafted I-35 LC Vintage
- Royal Blood announce new album, share groovy new single, Typhoons
- Billy Corgan used a $25 Klon Centaur clone for his tones on the new Smashing Pumpkins album
- NUX ups its multi-FX game with the MG-30 Versatile Modeler
- Jim Root has owned a Gibson Custom Shop guitar for 10 years but never opened the box
- Red Panda offers serious bitcrushing power with the Bitmap 2
- Walrus Audio unveils its third Mako Series pedal, the ACS1 Amp + Cab Simulator
- John Petrucci-led prog supergroup Liquid Tension Experiment share new song, The Passage of Time
- Goat Girl: "We're all drawn to gray sonics that don't quite sound right"
- Joe Satriani immortalized as TRON-style action figure
- Behringer unveils a trio of new practice amps with Virtual Tube Circuit technology
- Eastman announces its latest thinline semi-hollow electric, the Romeo LA
- Joe Bonamassa: ”Writing this record in London has done its job. It really does sound inherently British”
- Molly Tuttle teaches you how to play Good Enough
- New Year New Gear: PRS' new Core models, Darkglass' ADAM distortion/compression and Fishman's PowerTap acoustic pickup system
- How to use alternating four- and five-note patterns to add intrigue to your solos
- Classic gear: Gibson CF-100E
- March 2021 Guitar World lesson videos
- January 21
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- The Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan: "I’m a firm believer that the distortion signatures of a guitar need to be organic"
- Get to know the Gibson App, the “only guitar app you’ll need”
- Tech 21 reboots the original SansAmp as the SansAmp Classic
- The Struts' Adam Slack: “I’ve always listened to old records, where you can hear the skin touching the strings. I found it cooler the sloppier it is“
- EMG introduces all-new Les Claypool 'Pachyderm Gold' bass pickups
- UK tribute act Pearl Jamm changes name after receiving cease-and-desist letter from the real Pearl Jam
- Harley Benton Mighty-15TH Head review
- Celestion debuts the smokin’ new G12M-50 Hempback speaker
- Zoom heralds “the future of guitar pedals” with touchscreen-equipped G6 amp modeler and multi-FX
- AmazonBasics Drive pedal listed for $1,000,000 on Reverb
- Aclam recreates Pete Townshend’s “clear fuzz dirge” tone with the Windmiller Preamp
- Ernie Ball debuts Volt compact pedalboard power supply
- Gibson offers an in-depth look at the first guitars relic'd by the Murphy Lab
- Rotosound releases single string sets for its entire range of guitar and bass strings
- Gibson celebrates the SG's 60th anniversary in style with two 1961 SG Custom Shop models
- Gibson updates its Modern and Original collections with new ES and Thunderbird Bass models
- EarthQuaker Devices takes shimmer reverb to the next level with the Astral Destiny
- Blackstar partners with Carmen Vandenberg on versatile CV30 signature amp
- Gibson announces Orianthi, Tom Petty, Slash and Noel Gallagher signature acoustics alongside new Modern and Historic models
- Gibson teases new signature electric guitars for Marcus King, Peter Frampton and Jerry Cantrell
- January 20
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- 7 used guitar amps that are perfect for home practice
- Collings updates its Traditional Series with the CJ-45 T
- Kramer debuts Snake Sabo Baretta, Tracii Guns Gunstar Voyager and Charlie Parra Vanguard signature models
- Vox reveals a wealth of new guitars in development with intriguing Future Product Preview
- Ernie Ball Music Man freshens up its electric guitar and bass finishes for 2021
- Brian May reacts to Bohemian Rhapsody topping Total Guitar’s greatest solo of all time poll
- Is Universal Audio about to launch its first guitar pedal?
- Walrus Audio’s feature-rammed Mako Series expands with the dreamy R1 High-Fidelity Stereo Reverb
- Slash confirms imminent arrival of new Epiphone Slash Signature Series J-45
- Johnny Marr receives Boss Lifetime Achievement Award at NAMM Believe in Music Week
- Shavo Odadjian: "After 30-something years, my playing has just become its own thing. I never said I wanted to play like anyone else"
- Spector introduces new NS Dimension and NS Ethos bass lines
- D'Angelico introduces new Brighton, Bedford SH and Excel 59, updates existing guitar ranges with flashy finishes
- Create twists and turns in your solos with four-note 7th-chord arpeggios
- New Year New Gear: Tascam introduces new audio interfaces, FU-Tone brings fully-loaded guitars and Blackstar unveils the ID:Core V3 amp line
- Passive vs active bass guitars: bass electronics explained
- Gibson launches ultra-versatile triple-humbucker signature SG for The Roots’ “Captain” Kirk Douglas
- January 19
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- Epiphone puts a unique spin on the Nighthawk with its affordable new Nancy Wilson signature Fanatic guitar
- Could D’Addario’s new XS designs be the best coated strings yet?
- Mix and match the most iconic fuzz tones in rock with Jackson Audio’s Modular Fuzz Pedal with Octave
- Collings and Julian Lage team up for a signature electric guitar, the 470 JL
- How to build a pedalboard on a budget
- Epiphone Prophecy Flying V review
- Dean shreds the price tag, but not the feature set, with affordable new Kerry King Signature V
- Neural DSP unleashes Archetype: Gojira, the “heaviest plugin in the universe”
- Frank Hannon tells the story behind his signature Gibson Love Dove acoustic
- Taylor updates its Grand Theater offering with new 800 and Koa series acoustics
- Ibanez refreshes Joe Satriani, Steve Vai and JB Brubaker signature guitars for 2021
- Supro soups up its existing product line and introduces all-new Delta King tube amp collection
- Watch Pete Thorn demo IK Multimedia’s feature-packed AmpliTube 5
- Blackstar gives its Studio 10 6L6 a Surf Green makeover
- Opeth’s Martín Méndez signs with Sandberg for new signature bass
- January 18
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- Vox promises accurate amp simulations from its new VGH guitar/bass amplifier headphones
- Nancy Wilson bought Eddie Van Halen an acoustic guitar after he told her he didn’t own one
- Iced Earth’s Jon Schaffer arrested, facing six charges related to Capitol Building riots
- Ex-Black Crowes guitarist Marc Ford declined offers to join Guns N’ Roses twice
- Vox reinvigorates its Bobcat guitar series with all-new finishes and Bigsby vibratos
- Gene Simmons pays tribute to Eddie Van Halen: “Not since Hendrix did anyone change the game like Edward“
- Boss updates BCB pedalboard series with innovative new designs
- Eddie Van Halen honored with new Guitar Center Hollywood mural
- Vox announces affordable Mini Go line of portable modeling guitar amps
- Tyler Bryant and Rebecca Lovell: ”Setting up gear and making music with someone I love so deeply but also respect is such a joy”
- Phil Jones Bass Cub II BG-110 Combo review
- Way Huge launches the Atreides ‘analog weirding module’, a wild slider-equipped fuzz synth
- Ibanez unveils eagerly awaited Lari Basilio LB1 signature model
- Ibanez introduces Josh Smith signature FLATV1 alongside all-new AZS series
- Pigtronix boldly goes where no mini pedals have gone before as it launches the ultra-versatile Constellator, Space Rip and Moon Pool
- January 15
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- Jeorge Tripps teams up with Reverb for a super-limited 10-unit run of hand-built Fuzz Face pedals
- The history of the Fender Musicmaster, Duo-Sonic and Mustang
- How creating chains of dotted-eighth syncopations can revolutionize your rhythm playing
- Faith Guitars expands its solar system of acoustics with the Venus Blue Moon
- Seymour Duncan announces Joe Bonamassa “Bonnie” Strat Pickup Set and Loaded Pickguard
- Martin introduces Grand J-16E 12-string, two ziricote acoustics and DJR-10E StreetMaster for 2021
- Eddie Van Halen tribute concert will definitely happen, say Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony
- Julien Baker gives Soundgarden’s Fell on Black Days a delay-drenched acoustic makeover with haunting new cover
- RedSeven Leviathan review
- PRS launches all-new SE Custom 24-08, fresh SE Series colors and new Core Series pickups for 2021
- PRS and John Mayer unveil ultra-limited, luxuriously finished Lunar Ice Silver Sky
- PRS and Mark Lettieri join forces for versatile new Fiore signature guitar
- New York Dolls guitarist and punk icon Sylvain Sylvain dies aged 69
- Get 50% off a year of guitar, bass or ukulele lessons with Fender Play
- January 14
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- Register today, and for free, for NAMM’s Believe in Music Week online extravaganza
- JHS Pedals owner Josh Scott is selling the first-ever Klon Centaur for $500,000
- General Motors' new Hummer EV will play electric guitar riffs as you drive
- Wolfgang Van Halen says his father cried the first time he played him “Distance”
- Taylor Guitars recruits over 50 artists – including Zac Brown, Jason Mraz and KT Tunstall – for uplifting 2021 single, I Know What Love Is
- Tim Bogert, bassist for Vanilla Fudge, Cactus and Beck, Bogert & Appice, dies aged 76
- Watch Sarah Longfield take the Universal Audio Luna Challenge
- Download and stream the audio from Total Guitar 341
- Ty Dolla $ign pays tribute to Kurt Cobain with a faithful take on Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit
- Wes Borland and Bill Kelliher join The Kings of Quarantine for a virtual cover of Jane's Addiction's Mountain Song
- Best acoustic bass guitars 2024: Unplug and play with our pick of top acoustic basses
- Affordable Mariposa model headlines Sterling by Music Man's 2021 lineup
- Brothers Osborne: “We try to stay true to the music we hear in our heads. That’s how you establish your own identity“
- Quicksilver Messenger Service's John Cipollina: the life and times of an unsung guitar innovator
- Sandberg California TM Nighthawk Plus and VS Lionel review
- Viral Metallica-shredding TikTok star Zaria signs with Sully Guitars
- Australian Guitar's Fresh Frets: Vol. 6
- January 13
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- Dean pays homage to Dimebag Darrell with Dime Razorback Rust reissue
- Holeyboard introduces the expandable and fully reconfigurable Holeyboard 123 pedalboard
- ESP officially announces Kirk Hammett's new 30th Anniversary Signature KH-3 Spider
- Martin teams up with David Gilmour for signature D-35 and 12-string acoustics
- Hinds’ Ana Perrote once underwent clinical trials to fund a Fender guitar amp
- Nandi Bushell celebrates Jimmy Page's birthday with a crushing all-looped cover of Led Zeppelin's Immigrant Song
- Slash shares surprise sneak peek at new Epiphone Signature Les Pauls
- Best 12-string guitars 2024: our pick of 12-string acoustic and electric guitars
- How Fender recreated Eddie Van Halen's Frankenstein so accurately that he mistook it for the original
- 4 guitar tricks you can learn from Rory Gallagher
- Charvel adds 2 bass guitars to its Pro-Mod San Dimas line for 2021
- Fender packs a huge array of amp tones into the pocket-sized Mustang Micro
- January 12
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- Watch Richie Castellano use the XSonic Airstep to control all his studio gear from one central location
- Jackson unveils a mind-boggling array of new Pro Series, X Series and affordable JS Series guitars for 2021
- Fender celebrates its 75th Anniversary in style with luxurious Strat, Tele, P-Bass and Jazz Bass models
- Fender reinvigorates classic tube amp tones with new '68 Custom Vibro Champ and Pro Reverb
- Martin unveils its first FSC-certified, plastic-free acoustic, the 00L Earth Guitar
- Fender discovers Mike McCready’s fabled ’59 Strat is actually a 1960 model during the creation of new Custom Shop replica
- Fender announces eye-popping, high-spec Squier Contemporary Stratocasters, Telecasters and Jaguars for 2021
- Jason Isbell, Chrissie Hynde Telecasters and Ben Gibbard Mustang headline Fender's 2021 signature model lineup
- Blackstar launches ultra-affordable ID:Core V3 series, promising huge amp tones from a versatile feature set
- Taylor Guitars is now 100% owned by its employees
- JD Simo on the best (and worst) guitars he's bought over the years
- Joe Satriani to release his own sci-fi-themed comic book, Crystal Planet
- Gretsch decks out its super-affordable Electromatic and Streamliner guitars with all-new pickups and finishes for 2021
- Elliot Easton: “People think I use a chorus pedal because of the sounds I recorded with the Cars. That’s actually the last thing I’d want on my pedalboard!“
- Colin Bass: “It’s an unknown future for musicians and crew. But hopefully we will all rise like phoenixes from the ashes“
- January 11
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- Charvel unveils 15-model strong 2021 electric guitar line
- ESP unveils mouth-watering USA Eclipse FR Jawbreaker
- Gretsch debuts show-stopping Players Edition and limited-edition models, plus a Chris Cornell-inspired Vintage Select Edition
- EVH honors Eddie Van Halen's legacy with new 2021 guitar lineup
- Purple Mirror Marty Friedman and surprisingly traditional Misha Mansoor models headline Jackson’s 2021 signature series
- Funk guitar god Cory Wong turns talk show host in newly announced Cory and The Wongnotes variety show
- Cort continues its quest to "push the limits of conventional electric guitars" with the Hedras-designed new X700 Mutility
- Nancy Wilson to be honored at the She Rocks Awards 2021
- Michael Anthony says he never had a chance to reconcile with Eddie Van Halen
- Steve Morse: ”I do have the ability to take a good solo and screw it up – sometimes I’ll need 20 takes, by which time Bob Ezrin runs out of the room screaming!”
- Martin Schmidt walks us through the Surf Guitar Book, a deep dive into the scene's tones, techniques and greatest players
- Blackstar Live Logic review
- Stratocaster and Jazzmaster collide with Fender’s new off-the-wall Strat Jazz Deluxe
- Jared Dines reveals 20-string Mountain Dew Meme Guitar – and yes, it's fully functional
- John Mayer, David Grissom and Mark Lettieri join the lineup for PRS's 2021 Virtual Launch Party
- January 8
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- Watch Steve Stine demo three versatile models from Furch’s extensive acoustic range
- Corey Taylor, Dave Navarro, Chris Chaney and Taylor Hawkins to join forces as Ground Control for huge David Bowie tribute show
- Tom Morello teams up with The Pretty Reckless for hard-riffing new single
- Gibson announces multi-year partnership with Gene Simmons on custom line of G² guitars and basses
- Fender resurrects the late-’80s Boxer Stratocaster HH for 2021
- GEWA Music acquires Ovation Guitars
- Gus G announces his own pickup company, Blackfire Pickups
- Sweetwater is now selling Behringer pedals for $19 each as part of a new “super partnership”
- The secrets behind Pete Anderson's tone on Dwight Yoakam's Guitars, Cadillacs
- Fender Limited Edition HM Strat review
- Timothy B. Schmit: “I didn’t peak in my 20s or 30s, like a lot of songwriters do. I’m starting to get it now, which keeps me feeling hopeful“
- Jeff Loomis partners with Joey Sturgis Tones and producer Jens Bogren for signature Toneforge plugin
- Tom Morello and Serj Tankian unveil riotous cover of Gang of Four’s Natural’s Not In It
- Reverend Guitars teams a pair of P-90s with a humbucker in new "first of its kind" Six Gun HPP
- January 7
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- Axl Rose had Slash pick out a guitar for Dave Grohl as a thank you for lending the singer his onstage “throne”
- Add some "outside" color to your pentatonic licks with this cool chromatic concept
- Iced Earth guitarist Jon Schaffer photographed storming the US Capitol building during pro-Trump riot
- Marcus King joins forces with Orange to auction off signed Terror Stamp pedal for charity
- Eddie Van Halen goes deep on his approach to tone, technique and guitar design in this classic 1993 Guitarist interview
- Korg USA announces acquisition of Aguilar Amplification
- Evanescence: “Guitarists need to be honest. Use your voice. We don’t need fake – we need humanity and real people”
- Ibanez introduces all-new SR600 series with exclusive Nordstrand pickups
- John Petrucci: ”The guitar melody takes the place of the vocals. If it was all soloing and noodling, it would get really boring”
- January 6
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- Watch virtuoso bluegrass picker Sierra Hull demo the PRS SE Parlor acoustic-electric guitar
- Audient unveils upgraded iD4 and iD14 MKII audio interfaces, new EVO Start Recording Bundle
- Ex-Aborted guitarist Mendel's custom Legend of Zelda Carillion guitar is the ultimate six-string Nintendo tribute
- Gretsch unveils elegantly appointed Michael Guy Chislett Signature Falcon
- This one-handed guitarist absolutely nails Slash’s Knockin' on Heaven's Door solo
- JC Curleigh, Cesar Gueikian and Randy Smith on Gibson's monumental acquisition of Mesa/Boogie – and what it means for the iconic brands
- Gibson acquires Mesa/Boogie amps
- ESP heralds the return of Kirk Hammett's KH-3 Spider Eclipse with star-studded video streaming events
- Molly Tuttle teaches you the secret to "backward" crosspicking
- Gibson Les Paul Junior Tribute DC Bass review
- Ibanez unveils long-awaited Jon Gomm JGM10 signature acoustic
- Reverend Guitars launches Strat-style Gil Parris GPS
- Ibanez extends its mini-pedal lineup with the launch of new Phaser and Booster Mini
- January 5
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- FU-Tone launches FU PRO line of electrics with features “never before available on a production guitar”
- Steve Vai pays tribute to Alexi Laiho as he recalls sharing a Guitar World cover with the late metal hero
- Jennifer Batten’s Guitar Cloud “Heroes” event to teach techniques from EVH, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page and Joni Mitchell
- Is Jared James Nichols' signature Epiphone Old Glory about to get a Goldtop makeover?
- Slash, Joe Perry, Paul Stanley star in the first Rock Camp official movie trailer
- Nita Strauss shares touching tribute to Alexi Laiho on social media
- The force is strong in this 50-guitar version of the Star Wars theme
- The Fender Tune Player Pack guitar app is free right now on iOS and Android
- Ibanez launches 15 eye-catching new RG models for 2021
- Watch Bernth Brodträger tear through David Hasselhoff-led CueStack shred-a-thon Through the Night – with onscreen tabs
- Australian Guitar #141 kicks the new year off in style with a double-length AC/DC cover story
- Ibanez reveals all-new Paul Gilbert, Paul Waggoner and Martin Miller signature models for 2021
- How Fender reimagined its flagship guitar line with the American Professional II series
- Vinnie Moore shows you how combining 5th intervals with open strings can provide fresh phrasing ideas
- Sheeran By Lowden S03 & W02 review
- Alexi Laiho, 1979-2020: the guitar world pays its respects
- January 4
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- TikTok star gets called out for wearing Metallica T-shirt, responds by shredding Master of Puppets, Enter Sandman, One and Battery
- Ibanez’s AZ series expands with first 7-string and rosewood fingerboard models
- Watch Slash and Chad Smith join Post Malone, Andrew Watt and Chris Chaney for an epic cover of Black Sabbath's War Pigs
- Steve Hackett: ”The wounds never healed from my dad’s guitar. He said, ‘You’ll get calluses’… but I just had fingers that were bleeding!”
- Blackstar HT Venue MkII Club 40 6L6 combo review
- Rookie: “Sometimes you just need to let the song breathe... your part will be more powerful through the negative space“
- Brad Paisley gifts guitar to Nashville-based guitarist whose home was destroyed in Christmas Day blast
- Ernie Ball brings out all-new Limited Edition Slash signature string set
- Conspiracy theorists share schematic for “5G chip” they claim is implanted in COVID-19 vaccines – only it's actually for the Boss Metal Zone
- Electro-Harmonix supercharges the Metal Muff with new noise gate-equipped Nano design
- Rick Beato is getting a signature Gibson Les Paul Special DC
- Alexi Laiho, Children of Bodom frontman and metal virtuoso, dies aged 41
