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- May 31
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- Andy Powers named new CEO, President and Chief Guitar Designer of Taylor Guitars
- MAS Effects aims for interstellar ambience with The Expanse harmonic tremolo pedal
- Best guitar stands and guitar hangers 2024: options for single and multiple acoustic and electric guitars
- NAMM 2022: Donner's intelligent DMI Smart Guitar aims to assist entry-level players with Berklee-approved courses
- Best guitar amps for recording: five home studio companions that will help you achieve tonal greatness
- Watch Paul Riario test drive the innovative Martin SC-10E, which “goes above and beyond what an acoustic is capable of in terms of playability and tone”
- NAMM 2022: Martin bolsters its Authentic, Road and StreetMaster ranges with four fresh offerings
- Watch Kirk Hammett fail the intro to Nothing Else Matters and fall on the floor during Metallica's Boston Calling set
- Volbeat’s Kaspar Larsen: “We go from pop-punk to rockabilly to Black Sabbath on this album, and the bass is a big part of the sound”
- NAMM 2022: Guild debuts new $449 Surfliner offset
- Big Wreck’s Ian Thornley on chasing new frontiers of “fuzzed-out, messed-up” sounds with Page-inspired riffs and super-heavy slide guitar
- How to journey across the fretboard using wide-interval chords
- Fender Player Plus Meteora HH review
- Gibson and Lzzy Hale officially unveil hybrid Explorerbird signature model
- May 30
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- Fancy a new Strat? These are the best Memorial Day Fender Player Stratocaster deals available now
- NAMM 2022: Donner offers sneak peek at ultra-portable, headless Hush-I Silent guitar
- The B.C. Rich x Stranger Things Warlock is this year's gnarliest guitar collab
- Watch Gojira and Chino Moreno perform a crushing cover of Sepultura’s Territory
- Watch Wilco’s Nels Cline perform a hair-raising guest solo onstage with Japanese Breakfast
- Save up to $120 on the Positive Grid Spark, amp bundles and Bias Software this Memorial Day
- Johnny Depp joins Jeff Beck onstage in Sheffield, UK for Jimi Hendrix, John Lennon and Marvin Gaye covers
- Why guitar companies owned by pro players are on the rise: 5 influential guitarists share their stories
- Tool’s Adam Jones shares sneak peek at a new double-neck Silverburst Gibson EDS-1275
- Watch Carlos Santana update Oye Como Va with the help of 25 musicians around the world
- Jimi Hendrix honored with second blue plaque at London hotel
- Best Memorial Day guitar sales 2024: today's most epic deals on acoustic and electric guitars, amps, effects and more
- Gibson wins Dean trademark infringement case – but is awarded just $4,000 in damages
- Big Thief’s Adrianne Lenker and Buck Meek on the tunings, techniques and gear behind their expansive indie-rock sound
- John Frusciante and Johnny Marr recall their collaborations on The Empyrean
- Maestro Comet Chorus review
- NAMM 2022: Donner gets into the carbon fiber guitar game with the Rising-G Pro
- Dave Navarro opens up on his six-month battle with “long Covid”
- NAMM 2022: Vintage recreates Bruce Springsteen’s iconic number one Tele with ‘The Boss’
- May 29
- May 27
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- Doug Aldrich harnesses palm-muted mayhem in new Dead Daisies single, Radiance
- NAMM 2022: Tsakalis AudioWorks debuts the MultiCab 4 cabinet simulator and preamp
- Jackson updates its X Series with a slew of freshly finished Soloist, Dinky, Warrior, Kelly and Rhoads models
- Neil Young’s lost 2001 album, Toast, set for release later this year
- Watch Tim Henson’s flawless unplugged performance of Polyphia’s Playing God
- Best Fender amps 2024: famous tube combos to digital headphone amps
- Watch Thom Yorke play Ed O’Brien’s signature Fender Strat on The Smile’s new track, Bodies Laughing
- Download and stream the audio from Total Guitar 359
- Manson and Matt Bellamy debut refreshed range of META Series MBM-2 signature models
- 7 habits that will make you a better guitarist
- Get to the roots of Eddie Van Halen’s groundbreaking playing with this lesson on his biggest influences
- Line 6 DL4 MkII Delay Modeler review
- NAMM 2022: Vox unveils new, limited-edition Rich Blue AC15 and AC10 guitar amps
- Porridge Radio's Dana Margolin on how a budget offset and lashings of feedback built their mesmerizing new album
- Gretchen Menn wins the Martin/Guitar World No Limits Challenge competition
- Nuno Bettencourt books Stone Temple Pilots and Bush to play a concert in an actual volcano crater
- May 26
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- Watch Paul Riario try out D’Addario’s new telescopic XPND pedalboard, the first-ever ’board that ‘adapts to you’
- NAMM 2022: Vola unveils 6-string versions of Quentin Godet, Pierre Danel signature guitars
- Old Blood Noise Endeavors and CHVRCHES team up for Screen Violence overdrive and modulation pedal
- Steven Wilson names the only guitar he's “ever truly loved”
- Vikki Thorn: “I need to be in the moment when I record”
- Radiohead’s Ed O’Brien is selling his Klon Centaur and other effects for charity
- Guitar Center's Memorial Day sale is here! Save up to 35% off a host of guitar gear and accessories
- John Browne on how Doom composer Mick Gordon ended up on the new Monuments album – and why they're moving forward as a one-guitar band
- NAMM 2022: Taylor overhauls its 700 Series with new koa Grand Concert and Grand Auditorium models
- TC Electronic debuts the Plethora X3, a downsized version of its feature-packed multi-effects pedal
- Why Gibson PAF humbuckers remain the most revered and elusive of all pickups
- Alex Lifeson on life after Rush and finding a new sound with Envy of None
- Watch 1,000 musicians perform heartfelt cover of Foo Fighters' My Hero in honor of Taylor Hawkins
- Nashville Pussy’s Bonnie Buitrago talks live albums, Larry Taylor’s influence, and playing through Kyuss’s Welcome to Sky Valley Ampeg SVT
- NAMM 2022: Mooer expands its Hornet range with three newly voiced 15W amps
- Atkin The Fifty-Two and The Fifty-Four review
- Download and stream the audio from Guitar Techniques 336
- Surviving as a woman guitarist in heavy metal: players detail the sexism they face online
- May 25
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- Watch Pavement take to the stage for the first time in 12 years
- Watch Metallica's James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett perform the national anthem at recent San Francisco Giants game
- Orange Amps has expanded into... hot sauce
- Evergrey: “We're such different guitar players – our solos on this album feel like conversations we're having together”
- Watch Fred Armisen demonstrate “the strumming styles of the world”
- Gretsch launches dazzling duo of limited-edition Players Edition Sparkle Jets
- Unpack the compositional brilliance of Gretchen Menn and Helen Ibe's No Limits Challenge finale performances
- John Frusciante names his favorite modern-day guitar players
- Hear Rusty Cooley make his “acoustic debut” on Karl Sanders‘ new solo single, The Sun Has Set on the Age of Man
- Watch Limp Bizkit invite fan onstage for a raging “karaoke” cover of Rage Against the Machine's Killing in the Name
- Tool invite shred star Bernth onstage for guest solo spot during Opiate performance
- Watch guitar ace Pete Thorn try out the “high-quality, well-made” and incredibly affordable Boroughs B30ACENT acoustic-electric
- Vivian Campbell admits he developed his signature vibrato style by accident
- YouTube guitar phenom Sophie Lloyd joins Machine Gun Kelly's live band
- 5 ways to shred like Buckethead
- Spector NS Pulse II review
- May 24
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- Ernie Ball Music Man expands its DarkRay line of bass guitars with new 5-string model, finishes
- Universal Audio aims to channel “the best vintage guitar amps of all time” with all-new UAFX Guitar Amp Emulator pedals
- Watch Wendy Melvoin break down Purple Rain
- Laura Lee of Khruangbin is the cover star of the new Bass Player, out now
- Spotlight: Lewis Matte of Sophisticated Dingo
- 10 pro guitarists who broke strings onstage – and how they recovered
- Rob Scallon launches new signature line with Schecter, marking end of partnership with Chapman Guitars
- Best acoustic guitars 2024: 10 top options for guitarists of all ages and abilities
- NAMM 2022: Two Notes debuts tube-driven ReVolt Guitar and Bass amp simulator pedals
- Shadow of Intent's Chris Wiseman displays his six-string prowess in monstrous Saurian King playthrough
- Fender's new Hammertone series expands and slims down its effects pedal line
- Zach Myers reveals how John Mayer’s Black1 Fender Strat inspired the heavy relic job on his PRS Silver Sky
- Cannibal Corpse bassist Alex Webster on his 5 best bass albums
- Watch Deep Purple perform with stand-in guitarist Simon McBride for the first time
- Kauffmann Cozy TL and TM review
- Evanescence announce new touring lineup following departure of Jen Majura
- May 23
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- The identities of Ghost's current band of Nameless Ghouls have been revealed
- Perry Farrell reunites Porno For Pyros for first full show in 26 years at Welcome To Rockville
- Sergio Vega on his exit from Deftones and new "revolving-door" project
- NAMM 2022: Morley’s Immortals Series George Lynch Dragon 2 wah is smaller and glows in the dark
- John 5 shares his love of instrumental guitar music and names his favorites
- Lo Moon’s Sam Stewart: “I do session work in LA for producers and artists, and they always want me to bring my Gretsch”
- Maestro Ranger Overdrive review
- Tech 21’s SansAmp Character Plus pedals celebrate iconic pairings of amps and effects
- Watch Gretchen Menn and Helen Ibe give the acoustic performances of a lifetime in the finale of the No Limits Challenge competition
- Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox cover Radiohead’s Creep on Sunday Lunch
- Musician’s Friend has dropped their Memorial Day sale early saving you up to 40% off big-name brands
- Evanescence announce departure of guitarist Jen Majura
- Kurt Cobain’s Smells Like Teen Spirit Fender Mustang sells at auction for $4.5 million
- Spiritbox part ways with bassist Bill Crook
- May 22
- May 20
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- Alex Lifeson’s treasured Gibson ES-355 sells at auction for $384,000
- Get up to 30% off Stage and Live Sound gear in Musician's Friends 'Take the Stage' sale
- Stephen Carpenter pulls out of Deftones' upcoming international tour dates
- Jason Momoa shares his love for the Fender Nocaster
- From two-hand-tapped math-pop to arena-primed blues-rock: here are this week's essential guitar tracks
- NAMM 2022: Crazy Tube Circuits launches the Super Conductor, a 4-in-1 analog boost pedal
- Cave In share how recording with Kurt Ballou and building a Covid-safe talk box helped them craft their biggest-sounding album yet
- Marcus King searches for salvation in swampy new single, Rescue Me
- Norman’s Rare Guitars founder reveals cancer diagnosis
- Korg buys Darkglass Electronics in bid to become “a leader” in the bass gear market
- Jaden Smith plays a psychedelic Fender Strat and rainbow-colored Orange amp rig in new performance video of Your Voice
- Nandi Bushell on her meteoric rise, playing with Foo Fighters, and her aspirations to collaborate with Slipknot and Metallica
- Mike Campbell: “When the Heartbreakers started out, we had 100-watt Vox Super Beatles – I don’t know how Tom Petty sang over those, but he did!”
- Fender Japan’s wild Hybrid II HSS Stratocaster equips the Strat with a reverse Telecaster headstock
- The secrets behind Jeff Beck’s guitar tone on Freeway Jam
- Learn Johnny Marr’s rhythm guitar secrets
- Larrivée D-03R and 000-40 Custom review
- NAMM 2022: Revv seeks to combine the “greatest amp sounds in history” in new Shawn Tubbs signature overdrive pedal, the Tilt
- May 19
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- Larkin Poe channel Screamin’ Jay Hawkins on hard-riffing new single, Bad Spell
- Teen Jesus And The Jean Teasers: “Now that we’ve got this platform, we’re really going to tell people what we think”
- Taj Mahal and Ry Cooder on reuniting after nearly 60 years to pay tribute to blues legends Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry
- How to get more out of fewer notes in a guitar solo
- Meet Rowan Robertson: Ronnie James Dio’s lost prodigy
- Pete Townshend: "I was at an art school where the course was dedicated to breaking the rules, and I just drafted that into my work as a guitar player"
- Opeth guitarist Fredrik Åkesson on his role on the new Ghost album: “There are a lot of Brian May-style parts”
- Cort Artisan B5 Element review
- Carl Barât issues appeal after two guitars are stolen prior to Dirty Pretty Things rehearsal
- EVH officially releases striking Gold Sparkle-finished Wolfgang WG Standard
- Ozzy Osbourne’s new album is reportedly arriving this September
- Pearl Jam cancel final US tour dates after bassist Jeff Ament tests positive for Covid
- May 18
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- A vintage Gretsch Tennessean used by The Monkees is headed to the auction block
- Gojira's Christian Andreu to sit out remainder of band's North America tour
- UK resident finds filthy Gibson Les Paul she kept in a closet is worth $190,000 – and sells it to Joe Bonamassa
- Hear Neal Schon pour out the licks on Journey’s new single, Let It Rain
- Gibson Gives and The Guitarwrist are raising money for charity with bespoke guitar string jewelry
- Coheed and Cambria serve up harmonized guitar-driven new single, Comatose
- Chris Cornell and Kim Thayil dissect Soundgarden's masterpiece, Superunknown
- Noel Gallagher’s Gibson ES-355, reportedly behind Oasis split, sells for more than $400,000
- NAMM 2022: Cort adds 3 new Fishman-equipped acoustic electric guitars to its Core Series
- Find the right instrument for you for an amazing price with 15% off all Donner acoustic and electric guitar bundles, ukuleles, and more
- Randy Rhoads: the ultimate 40th anniversary tribute – only in the new Guitar World
- Silverstein: “We are still very much a heavy guitar band, but we love seeing what other creative things we can do that don't fit inside the original box”
- Meris changes the delay pedal game with the new LVX Modular Delay System
- Bryan Adams: “My most prized guitar is a D-18 Martin acoustic that once belonged to Johnny Cash”
- Will Lee: “A groove is a groove is a groove. If it feels good now, it’s always going to feel good!”
- Remembering the Creation’s trailblazing guitarist Eddie Phillips, pioneer of the bowed guitar and feedback whisperer
- Vintage V65 Icon Vibrato review
- May 17
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- PRS unveils ornate, limited-edition Private Stock Special Semi-Hollow guitar
- Ernie Ball Music Man graces Jason Richardson's signature Cutlass guitar with two striking new finishes
- NAMM 2022: Walrus Audio drops the Badwater bass preamp and DI
- Spotlight: James McKendrick of Void Of Vision
- Noel Gallagher teases new signature Gibson ES-355
- John Frusciante shares 7 tips that will make you a better guitarist
- Best beginner bass guitars 2024: starter basses for beginners
- 30 instrumental guitarists with something to say
- Best ukuleles for beginners 2024: top picks from soprano to tenor
- Best bass amps 2024: killer low-end amplification options for bassists
- Eric Clapton tests positive for Covid-19, postpones shows
- Best guitar amp headphones 2024: 10 options for when the neighbors need a break
- Alex Edkins: “I was open to getting basic with Weird Nightmare – I was like, ‘Oh, an open D chord? That feels awesome!’ I hadn’t done that in 10 years”
- Best guitar strap locks 2024: Safeguard your axe
- The Lottery Winners’ Katie Lloyd on making indie collaborations officially a thing, bass heroes, and why the stage is in her blood
- Foxgear T7E Baby review
- NAMM 2022: Blackstar debuts all-new St. James amp series, featuring “the lightest 50-watt valve guitar amps on Earth”
- Watch Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready pay tribute to Eddie Van Halen with Eruption cover
- Live Review: Camp Cope, Melbourne 13/05/22
- May 16
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- Watch Paul Riario conjure the outer limits of tone with the NUX NDD-7, “a miniaturized version of a Space Echo from the ‘70s”
- Watch John Mayer cover Tears For Fears’ Everybody Wants to Rule the World with Alexander 23
- The Cliff Burton Museum has officially opened – and we were there to see it
- SolidGoldFX launches Surf Rider IV modulated spring reverberator
- Chase Bliss will now sell directly to consumers rather than raise prices or compromise on builds
- The Warning's Dany Villarreal on songwriting with her sisters and the videogame that kickstarted her guitar journey
- Iggy Pop and David Bowie guitarist Ricky Gardiner dies aged 73
- Les Paul Standard vs Les Paul Studio: what's the difference between these celebrated Gibson singlecuts
- Hear The Black Keys jam with Billy Gibbons on new track Good Love
- Scorpions' Matthias Jabs pictured at recent Madison Square Garden show with Band-Aids on his fingers, apparently bleeding onto his fretboard
- Halestorm’s Lzzy Hale and Joe Hottinger on the restorative power of Gibson guitars, Marshall amps, and volume
- Tracii Guns: “Everything I played on the new L.A. Guns record was recorded direct through a HeadRush – I didn’t use a mic’d-up amp for anything”
- Squeeze’s Glenn Tilbrook and Chris Difford answer your questions
- Khruangbin’s Mark Speer: “Don't be afraid of space. You can spend your time either filling up every section of the sonic void, or you can embrace that space”
- Maestro Discoverer Delay review
- James Hetfield gets emotional onstage after feeling “insecure” about his guitar playing
- Guitar at Eurovision 2022: a Brian May-inspired solo conquers, Måneskin and The Rasmus return, and the Gibson Theodore makes its TV debut
- Alex Lifeson spoke to his iconic “Whitey” Gibson ES-355TD before he put it up for auction
- May 15
- May 13
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- Paul Gilbert's hot-pink 1987 Ibanez “Ice-Stroyer” guitar has been put back up for sale on Reverb.com
- Dan Auerbach explains the Supro secret behind The Black Keys’ Howlin’ For You fuzz tone
- From flamenco trap-shred to glitch-guitar stabs: here are this week's essential tracks
- Fender has filed trademarks for NFTs and “other crypto-collectibles”
- Save 50% on Guitar Rig 6 Pro, now only $99.50!
- Gretchen Menn advances to final round of the Martin No Limits Challenge
- Watch Stephanie Bradley shred her way through the “stunning” granite sparkle-finished ESP E-II Eclipse electric
- Metallica, Red Hot Chili Peppers and AC/DC guitar riffs performed on obscure percussion instruments sounds surprisingly brilliant
- This Is Spinal Tap sequel confirmed for 2024 with original cast
- Five Finger Death Punch announce release date and artwork for 9th album, AfterLife, share pummeling new track, IOU
- Pearl Jam break out digital amps and rare Gibson guitars on US tour
- David Knudson on how sobriety, home recording and an unending love of the Line 6 DL4 helped him create his first-ever solo album
- My Chemical Romance surprise-release first song in 8 years, The Foundations of Decay
- Warpaint’s Theresa Wayman reveals the secret to her ambient tones – and it features less reverb than you might think
- The Flower Kings’ Roine Stolt on taking the Swedish prog-rockers back to the future for the uplifting By Royal Decree
- Line 6 Catalyst 100 review
- May 12
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- Michael Anthony confirms he was approached about Van Halen tribute tour
- "Everybody was going flat out": Keith Richards on the trials and tribulations that formed The Rolling Stones' Exile on Main St.
- Lindsey Buckingham’s first European tour as a solo artist postponed due to Covid
- Psychedelic Porn Crumpets: “That dread turned into a bit of angst, and then we put that to the heavier stuff”
- Fender Play vs Guitar Tricks: which is better?
- David Gilmour on future Pink Floyd live shows: “I suppose it's a possibility”
- How John Petrucci revolutionized Phil Collen's guitar rig
- Digging the new Polyphia? Here are 10 trap and lo-fi beat-loving guitar players you need to check out
- Lava Music's new Blue Lava is a touchscreen-equipped smart guitar with onboard apps for tone-shaping, practice and more
- John McLaughlin: “For me, music is a form of meditation and self-discovery, especially if you’re improvising”
- Kurt Vile: “What you’re trying to do when you’re writing a song, with vocals, lyrics and guitar, is to not think at all. Just lay it down fast”
- Fender recruits two new Custom Shop Master Builders
- Bleed From Within forecast Earth's destruction with new single, Flesh and Stone
- Why Buddy Guy loves polka dots
- Cort G290 FAT II review
- May 11
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- Trevor Strnad, singer of the Black Dahlia Murder, dies at 41
- Orianthi announces new live album, Live From Hollywood
- Analyze Gretchen Menn and Sophie Burrell's outside-the-box acoustic covers of Weezer, Kaiser Chiefs hits
- Johnny Marr teases new ‘Fever Dreams Yellow’ signature Fender Jaguar
- Solar unleashes 13 metal-friendly axes in mammoth spring 2022 drop
- The Smashing Pumpkins announce North American arena tour with Jane’s Addiction
- Best bass compressor pedals 2024: our pick of pedals to get your low-end in line
- Boutique effects for a good cause: Electric Love's Play for P.I.N.K. stompboxes raise money for breast cancer research
- Ludic: “Groove is something that should exist on every instrument you’re playing – it’s a side of guitar playing that can easily be neglected”
- St. Vincent, H.E.R., Phoebe Bridgers and Gary Clark Jr. to feature on Minions: The Rise of Gru soundtrack
- Bids on Kurt Cobain’s Smells Like Teen Spirit Fender Mustang have already hit $2 million
- Gibson and Lzzy Hale are developing a hybrid “Explorer Bird” model
- Behemoth announce 12th album Opvs Contra Natvram, share desolately heavy first single, Ov My Herculean Exile
- Kim Thayil names 11 guitar players who shaped his sound
- John Mayer signs fan’s Klon Centaur onstage and marks his specific settings
- Guitar Pro launches version 8 of its industry-standard notation software
- TC Electronic SCF Gold review
- May 10
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- Heather Brown Electronicals unveils new, Reverb-exclusive Sensation Fuzzdrive pedal
- Joe Satriani discusses the “terrifying” prospect of playing Eddie Van Halen's guitar parts for a potential tribute tour
- Gibson partners with Dave Mustaine for new signature Songwriter acoustic guitar
- Polyphia go acoustic on their first new song in three years, Playing God
- July 2022 Guitar World lesson videos
- Spotlight: Callum Robinson of Semantics
- Meet Otoboke Beaver, the Dave Grohl-approved Japanese punk-rockers influenced by everything from Manzai comedy to the Electro-Harmonix Big Muff
- Marty Friedman on why streaming listeners are skipping guitar solos: “Solos often have an obligatory existence – they must be there for a deeper reason”
- Ghost’s Tobias Forge: “I can proudly say ABBA are one of my favorite bands of all time... I’ll always feel like I’m in the shadow of their legacy”
- How the Line 6 DL4 changed the game for digital modeling effects pedals
- Black Midi announce third album, Hellfire, unleash sinister lead single, Welcome to Hell
- Bogren Digital unveils the AmpKnob RevC, a one-knob plugin for “album-ready” metal guitar tones
- Aguilar DB599 Bass Compressor pedal review
- May 9
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- Hendrix: Electric Requiem is a graphic novel that charts the life of the guitar icon
- UK busker gets stolen acoustic replaced thanks to Vintage Guitars
- Watch Pearl Jam, Chad Smith and Josh Klinghoffer pay tribute to Taylor Hawkins with Foo Fighters cover
- Tame Impala's Kevin Parker: “I've rediscovered the joy of trying random chord shapes and seeing what happens. That's how so many great guitar parts were written”
- Bauhaus' Daniel Ash: “I don’t really pick out guitar players in bands – I listen to something for the whole package”
- Watch Gretchen Menn and Sophie Burrell break the mold with imaginative acoustic remakes of Weezer, Kaiser Chiefs hits
- John Frusciante: “There’s an appreciation of the chemistry I can’t say I had last time – when you get so used to something, you sometimes take things for granted”
- U2’s Bono and the Edge perform at Kyiv subway station in support of Ukraine
- Fender and Chicago Music Exchange revive their exclusive Pacific Peach finish for new-look Player Stratocaster and Telecaster models
- Volbeat’s Michael Poulsen and Rob Caggiano on chasing away pandemic anxiety with a Boss HM-2 and the rush of a new album
- Maestro Fuzz-Tone FZ-M review
- May 8
- May 6
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- Matt Heafy teaches the ins and outs of Trivium's most ferocious riffs in latest episode of Gibson's Riff Lords
- Eric Johnson shows multiple sides of his virtuosity on new singles, Sitting on Top of the World and Love Will Never Say Goodbye
- Source Audio promises a comprehensive library of compression with new Atlas Compressor pedal
- Jack White details his relationship with Eddie Van Halen and the EVH Wolfgang
- Helen Ibe advances to final round of the Martin No Limits Challenge
- Pete Townshend says he was planning to quit The Who before Keith Moon died
- Jack White – It's getting loud again: Inside the new issue of Total Guitar
- Bonnie Raitt: “I didn't see anybody play slide, so I just figured it out in my room – and I put the bottleneck on the wrong finger!”
- How to devise creative blues turnarounds
- Joe Satriani: “There's got to be 100 guitar players out there who I love watching every day because they do things I could never do”
- Jason Richardson wields John Petrucci's Majesty 8 signature in staggering new 7-minute single, p00mbachu
- IK Multimedia AmpliTube X-Space review
- May 5
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- King's X have completed work on their first new studio album in 14 years
- Best tremolo pedals 2024: 8 top pedal choices, from old-school vibe to chopped-up tones
- Soulfly announce 12th studio album, Totem, share destructive new single, Superstition
- D Generation and Danzig bassist Howie Pyro dies aged 61
- Keith Xander on his one-armed guitar technique: “It takes a lot of time to learn an instrument, maybe even more so in my case”
- Defunct British guitar brand Westfield is being revived by Rotosound
- Chris Cheney: “Even the darkest songs, I’m proud of the way I allowed myself to wrestle with them”
- Harley Benton's new Fusion models feature EMGs and pro specs for under $400
- Schecter and Nick Johnston unveil Atomic-finished Diamond Series T-Type signature model
- IK Multimedia’s iRig Pro Quattro I/O is a mobile interface with four mic/instrument preamps
- Seymour Duncan launches Eddie Van Halen, Peter Green and Angus Young-inspired humbuckers
- Animals As Leaders’ Tosin Abasi and Javier Reyes on taking the maximalist “more is more” approach to their spectacular new album, Parrhesia
- Cory Wong and Victor Wooten team up for hour-long bass showcase
- Ian Hill reflects on 50 years of Judas Priest
- Mark Holcomb and Misha Mansoor on returning to Haunted Shores for a pissed-off djent-thrash record
- Dave Keuning on Johnny Marr’s enduring influence: “We talked about countless Smiths songs in the early Killers days”
- May 4
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- Cradle of Filth part ways with guitarist Richard Shaw
- Watch Christone "Kingfish" Ingram play The Star-Spangled Banner at a Memphis Grizzlies playoff game
- Judas Priest will finally be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
- Fender's Final Fantasy XIV Stratocaster is now available in the United States
- Marshall launches the Willen, a tiny dust- and water-resistant Bluetooth speaker
- Live Review: Polish Club, Melbourne 23/04/22
- Live Review: Groovin The Moo, Bendigo 30/04/22
- Lehle’s Mono Volume S is a smaller, lighter take on its Class A volume pedal
- Pink Mountaintops’ Stephen McBean: “There are a lot of tones on this record where I might have been like 'yuck' before, but now I like it”
- Flea reportedly set to appear in upcoming Star Wars spin-off show, Obi-Wan Kenobi
- Misery Index's Mark Kloeppel serves up destructive open-string riffs in knockout Administer the Dagger playthrough
- Grez Guitars hits new low with the Mendocino Bass
- X-Pick is a magnetic pick that brings multi-FX to your rhythm hand
- Take a closer look at R.J. Ronquillo and Helen Ibe's killer, Martin-driven acoustic blues showcases
- John Mayer has recorded a “wicked” guitar solo for Justin Bieber’s forthcoming album
- How Korn changed the face of guitar music
- The 50 greatest rhythm guitarists of all time
- Fender teams up with James Bay for one-of-a-kind Master Built Pink Lemonade Mustang
- Learn Orianthi's classic rock rhythm and lead styles
- How the war effort shaped the history of Gibson acoustics with the LG Series
- Martin SC-10E review
- May 3
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- Charvel launches new Pro-Mod series Jake E. Lee signature guitar
- Best headphone amps for guitar 2024: turn it up while keeping it down
- Kirk Hammett reveals his 11 favorite wah solos with Metallica
- Epiphone unveils two Jerry Cantrell signature models, the souped-up Prophecy and $849 “Wino” Les Paul Customs
- Deaf Club: "We have a little language as far as chord voicings go – they’re definitely anxious chords!"
- Learn the Chicago blues shuffle style
- Police recover $50,000 worth of The Brian Jonestown Massacre’s stolen vintage guitar gear
- Ernie Ball Music Man model played by Eddie Van Halen during a spontaneous Black Sabbath studio session hits the auction block
- Troy Sanders: “The Teardrinker bass solo turned from a silly joke to an interesting moment that I’d never done in Mastodon before”
- Spiritualized’s Jason Pierce: “I’m a big believer in pushing the simplest of ideas as far as they can go... you only need a chord to write a song”
- D’Angelico Premier Bedford SH review
- May 2
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- Watch Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox cover Queens of the Stone Age's No One Knows
- Dunlop releases Kirk Hammett's second signature Cry Baby Wah, the KH95X
- Watch Sammy Hagar & the Circle pay tribute to Taylor Hawkins with heartfelt cover of Foo Fighters’ My Hero
- Guitar-maker Johnny Foreigner lets you tweak 20 different specs to create your own instrument build
- Watch R.J. Ronquillo and Helen Ibe showcase their acoustic blues skills with a dynamic instrumental and raucous Stevie Ray Vaughan cover
- How luthier Roger Rossmeisl shaped the look of Rickenbacker guitars with the legendary Capri series
- IK Multimedia AmpliTube X-Time review
- How to play Motown rhythm guitar
- Joanne Shaw Taylor: “I phoned Joe Bonamassa and was like, ‘You do know I’m not bringing s**t to this session?’ Who goes to Nerdville and takes their own gear?”
- May 1
