All content archive
August 2022
Filter
274 articles
- August 31
-
- Gretsch teams up with Nigel Hendroff for a simplified but elegant signature Penguin guitar
- EVH reimagines the 5150 Deluxe model with an ornate Limited Edition Ash finish
- Watch Tommy Emmanuel tear it up on Steve Vai's custom, Strat-style Ibanez JEM – with Vai on rhythm guitar
- Dave Mustaine on the secret to playing Megadeth: “A lot of the technique is in the right hand. It's not what the left hand is doing at all”
- At long last, you can treat your guitar to the novelty toggle switch surround and truss rod cover it deserves
- Shane Theriot: "The best lead guitar players, like Eddie Van Halen, were great rhythm pocket players. Everything is rhythm"
- Nita Strauss on lighting Demi Lovato’s guitar fire and how fresh tones – and the 2nd position – are helping her introduce shredding solos to new audiences
- Best beginner guitar amps 2024: top guitar amplifiers for beginners
- 10 essential Elvis Presley guitar tracks
- Stella Donnelly: “I would find refuge in my music, rather than have it be something I felt like I needed to turn up for”
- Randy Jackson on his return to Journey, what makes a great bassist, and playing football with James Jamerson and Jaco Pastorius
- Fender’s latest Chicago Music Exchange-exclusive Telecasters have a secret finish that reveals itself the older the guitars get
- Jim Root's first-ever Charvel signature model has officially landed
- Harley Benton MR-Modern review
- Gibson Gene Simmons G2 Thunderbird review
- August 30
-
- Josh Klinghoffer: "Rick Rubin was way more a hindrance than a help" on Red Hot Chili Peppers' I’m With You
- Nashville and LA session player Shawn Tubbs offers some of the most iconic amp tones in history with his new signature overdrive, the Revv Amplification Tilt
- Watch Nirvana's legendary Reading 1992 set in full in remastered 4K
- Watch Steve Vai and Yvette Young share the stage for an ‘80s-flavored jam at Vai Academy 6.0
- Hear Nita Strauss unleash a storm of shred in new instrumental single
- Neurosis founding guitarist Scott Kelly retires from music after admitting to abuse of wife and children
- Gibson recreates two of Noel Gallagher’s prized guitars with 1960 ES-355 and Epiphone Riviera signature models
- Tim Henson: “Between every album, I think: how can I level my s**t up?”
- Black Midi’s Geordie Greep on how he learned to stop worrying and love his amp
- How wild gear changeups, Irish guitar lessons and "way too much" Boss Metal Zone helped Russian Circles make their heaviest album yet
- Zakk Wylde will use Dimebag Darrell’s guitar gear on Pantera's reunion tour
- Manson Guitar Works Oryx VI review
- Ozzy Osbourne hints at future tour: “If I have to go up there and die on the first song, I’ll still be back the next day”
- John Mayer used this $58 delay pedal during the Born and Raised and Paradise Valley world tour
- November 2022 Guitar World lesson videos
- August 29
-
- Muse's Matt Bellamy is planning to release a signature fuzz pedal with Manson Guitar Works
- Watch Robben Ford take his signature PRS guitar for a debut spin at intimate Helsinki club gig
- Yes announce 50th anniversary Close To The Edge American tour
- The greatest guitar albums of the ’80s: the rise of the next-gen guitar hero
- Def Leppard’s Rick Savage: “The bass player is the bridge between the rhythm and the melody... without you the whole thing will fall apart”
- EarthQuaker Devices Special Cranker review
- Live Photos: KISS, Sydney 26/08/22
- August 26
-
- Watch Megadeth perform The Sick, The Dying... and The Dead! single We'll Be Back live for the first time
- Ryan ‘Fluff’ Bruce of Riffs, Beards & Gear unveils signature Fishman Fluence Custom Series pickup
- Julian Lage explains why he doesn’t use many effects pedals
- Dimebag Darrell’s final Dean USA Custom Shop guitar showcased in new video
- Machine Head drop sprawling new album ØF KINGDØM AND CRØWN, share melodic fifth single, NØ GØDS, NØ MASTERS
- Watch Mateus Asato shred while John Petrucci lays down the funk
- Watch Slash guide you through his incredible guitar haul in Gibson TV’s The Collection
- Hear Matt Bellamy’s Yngwie Malmsteen-inspired solo on the new Muse album
- The Chats: “We’re sounding better than ever right now, and I’m f***ing stoked with that”
- Fender Japan launches sensationally styled Scandal signature Stratocaster and Telecaster models
- 5 cutting-edge prog guitar licks you need to learn
- First Pantera reunion shows announced
- Steven Wilson on Porcupine Tree's triumphant return and his love of “guitar players that can play one note and break your heart”
- Fulltone reportedly shutting down its California factory after 3 decades
- Inside the new issue of Total Guitar: Muse – How two metal titans inspired their heaviest songs yet!
- Blackstar St James 50 EL34 Combo review
- August 25
-
- From John Mayer-approved folk-pop to returning mathcore fury: here are this week's essential guitar tracks
- Epiphone ES-335 review
- Vola partners with Myrath’s Malek Ben Arbia for one of the wildest-looking signature models of the year, the Djinn
- Best guitar strings for metal 2024: our top string picks for the metalheads
- Michael Manring heads up unique fundraiser on August 28
- 18-29-year-olds more likely to play guitar than any other age group
- Best multi-effects pedals 2024: top do-it-all guitar effects units
- Sammy Hagar claims Eddie Van Halen visited him in a dream and they wrote a song together
- Boss expands its portable practice amp lineup with the Dual Cube LX and Dual Cube Bass LX
- Lava Music Blue Lava review
- Robert Fripp in-depth: his quest to combine Hendrix and Bartók, what made King Crimson “problematic” and why he has “no interest in gear at all”
- Nova Twins: “When we’re on stage, we feel unstoppable. We want people to feel that energy when they’re listening at a show or at home”
- Best 5-string bass guitars: all of the options from budget to boutique
- August 24
-
- Download and stream the audio from Total Guitar Annual 2023
- Nita Strauss hints at future return to Alice Cooper’s band: “Everyone’s saying it’s a ‘departure’ but I don’t feel, necessarily, that I left”
- Mathcore pioneers Botch surprise-release first new song in 20 years
- Ernie Ball Music Man introduces 5 new limited-edition finishes for its Short Scale Stingray bass
- Mdou Moctar shares unreleased 13-minute guitar jam in new 6-track collection, Niger EP Vol. 1
- Guild Surfliner review
- Gustaf’s Tine Hill: “Bass is one of those instruments that chooses you”
- The 30 greatest rock guitar albums of 1972
- Best guitar amps under $1,000 in 2024: 9 top combo amps and heads
- Arctic Monkeys announce seventh studio album, The Car
- Beddy Rays: “I think the music does a lot of speaking for itself”
- Did Gibson just reveal a Noel Gallagher Epiphone Riviera is in the works?
- Dave Mustaine reflects on Marty Friedman’s Megadeth departure: “What happened to Marty was definitely not okay”
- Best guitar tuner apps: top free and paid options
- Jane's Addiction founding bassist Eric Avery rejoins the band after 12 years
- Larkin Poe flip the script with latest Blood Harmony track, Georgia Off My Mind
- Best acoustic guitar strings for beginners 2024: Our top choices for getting to grips with acoustic guitar
- August 23
-
- John Mayer overcomes technical guitar problems to perform Born and Raised in full at final Rise for the River charity concert
- Former Cradle of Filth guitarist Stuart Anstis dies aged 48
- Yep, Robert Fripp and Toyah have covered Limp Bizkit’s Nookie
- Fender Custom Shop honors Jerry Garcia’s 80th birthday with ultra-limited Masterbuilt Alligator Stratocaster recreation
- Rabea Massaad on his synth-equipped Neural DSP Archetype plugin: “You can make it super-wide and go all ‘80s… It absolutely does Stranger Things noises”
- Polyphia celebrate Dimebag Darrell's birthday with live cover of Pantera's Domination
- Parkway Drive channel Black Album-era Metallica on stirring new ballad, Darker Still
- Alter Bridge partner with Mammoth WVH for North American 2023 tour
- August 22
-
- A 1990 Gretsch White Falcon used by Dave Grohl in the Monkey Wrench video is going up for auction
- Godin’s Radium-X is a chambered electric with an acoustic alter-ego
- Watch Steve Stevens demo his newly upgraded signature Friedman SS-100 v2 tube amp head
- Watch Johnny Marr perform classic Smiths tracks onstage with The Killers
- Fender Rumble Stage 800 review
- Learn the rhythm and lead styles of Rush’s Alex Lifeson
- How Chris Squire got his iconic bass tone
- August 21
- August 20
- August 19
-
- From somber blues guitar duels to Shadows-esque guitar-pop: here are this week's essential guitar tracks
- Hear Larkin Poe’s roots-y reinvention of the Scorpions’ Wind of Change
- The greatest guitar albums of the ‘70s: Getting the Led out with Sabbath, the Who, Pink Floyd and more
- Red Hot Chili Peppers serve up first single from Return of the Dream Canteen with a double serving of funk
- Fender Play Foundation appoints Aarash Darroodi as president
- Stranger Things’ Joseph Quinn reveals his personal guitar heroes
- 5 ways to up your shred game in the style of Jason Becker
- Live Review: Gang Of Youths, Melbourne 12/08/22
- Remembering Chris Squire – the bass pioneer who redefined the instrument in the ‘70s with prog icons Yes
- Reef’s Jesse Wood: “We worked in the way Keith Richards describes as ‘the ancient art of weaving’”
- Neal Schon on Journey’s greatest tracks: “After Don‘t Stop was done I turned to everybody in the room and said, ‘I think this song is going to be massive’”
- August 18
-
- The greatest guitar albums of the ‘60s: From Beatlemania to Electric Ladyland, a rock ’n’ roll revolution takes shape
- Bare Knuckle adds Unity humbucker set to its standard range in support of humanitarian aid
- Watch unseen footage of Creedence Clearwater Revival’s 1970 performance of Fortunate Son live at the Royal Albert Hall
- Queens of the Stone Age’s Dean Fertita announces solo project Tropical Gothclub, gets wild with the guitar for lead single Wheels Within Wheels
- Watch Dave Grohl, Tenacious D, Beck, Greg Kurstin and John C. Reilly cover Seals and Crofts’ Summer Breeze
- Megadeth’s Kiko Loureiro names the best bass players he’s ever played with
- Eric Clapton drops previously unreleased cover of Albert King's Born Under a Bad Sign
- Mark Hoppus weighs in on Tom Delonge's rumored Blink-182 return: “I keep writing music, and I’m open to whatever the next phase of Blink is”
- Becos CIQ5 CompIQ Pro Stella Compressor review
- August 17
-
- Hear the ethereal (and "ridiculous") sounds of a harp run through a wah pedal
- Learn the blues-rock, acoustic fingerstyle and slide guitar approaches of the legendary Rory Gallagher
- Todd Rundgren recruits Steve Vai, Rick Nielsen, Rivers Cuomo and more for star-studded new album, Space Force
- Nail the tones of the most iconic vintage amps, and more, with Universal Audio’s “extraordinary” UAFX Guitar Amp Emulator pedals
- How to watch the all-star Taylor Hawkins tribute concert at Wembley Stadium
- What would Master of Puppets sound like if it was written by Slipknot? This TikTok user has the answer
- Gibson’s Cesar Gueikian just teased an all-new electric guitar
- Steve Miller says T-Bone Walker taught him how to play guitar behind his head when he was nine years old
- Behemoth summon the darkness on face-ripping new single, Thy Becoming Eternal
- UK math-rockers Alpha Male Tea Party appeal for help following huge gear theft
- Rhett Shull has teamed up with Novo for an all-new offset electric guitar, the Idris
- This Ukrainian guitarist’s apartment was hit by a Russian airstrike – and he’s auctioning guitar pedals that were inside at the time
- Best distortion pedals for bass: thicken up your low end with these aggressive bass stompboxes
- Spotlight: Kate McGuire of VOIID
- Watch Sarah Lipstate show off her insane pedal and guitar collection – complete with a wild Gizmotron-equipped Ed O’Brien Stratocaster
- Tim Henson: “When you compose something, it should sound good in its most bare state. Once it sounds good, you can add whatever you want”
- Bass Player magazine to close, as brand moves fully online
- Download and stream the audio from Guitar Techniques 339
- August 16
-
- Electro-Harmonix and J Mascis team up for signature Ram’s Head Big Muff Pi – available exclusively via Reverb
- Charlie Parr: “If I get to touch the strings and play a little lick and make some sounds, everything else is gravy”
- Nikki Sixx takes aim at Hanoi Rocks guitarist Andy McCoy: “I get it, he’s just trying to sell a book, album or club tour”
- Fender launches the Christone “Kingfish” Ingram Telecaster Deluxe – a blues guitar for playing all kinds of genres
- Holly Montgomery: “Playing John Paul Jones’s basslines and singing Robert Plant’s lyrics is no joke”
- Gene Simmons says Kiss will “continue in ways even I haven't thought of” following conclusion of their End of the Road world tour
- Gamma G25 and G50 guitar combo amplifiers review
- Rage Against the Machine perform Fistful of Steel for the first time since 1997 as New York residency raises $1 million for charity
- Steve Vai on the importance of music theory: “A person has to balance how much technique they need to get their point across”
- New Found Glory guitarist Chad Gilbert diagnosed with tumor in his spine
- Richie Faulkner: “Getting the guitar back in my hands was what I needed to do to get back on track – to give me the strength to keep going”
- August 15
-
- Charvel Jake E Lee Signature Pro-Mod So-Cal Style 1 and Satchel Signature Pro-Mod DK22 review
- Dave Weiner: “For a long time I had no desire to pick up a guitar. The guitar has always been my coping mechanism and now it seemed silly”
- Jeff Beck announces mammoth list of US tour dates, including a string of shows with Ann Wilson and ZZ Top
- Wrecking Crew guitarist Bill Pitman dies aged 102
- Tony Iommi explains why Geezer Butler didn’t join him and Ozzy at Commonwealth Games closing ceremony
- Watch Nita Strauss make her full live debut with Demi Lovato
- Orange Amplification updates its O Bass series of single-cut, retro bass guitars
- King’s X stalwarts dUg Pinnick and Ty Tabor take you inside Three Sides of One, the prog-rock trio’s first album in 14 years
- Norm Stockton: “I’ve always strived to make my music something that speaks to the heart”
- Warren DeMartini, Steve Stevens, Lita Ford and an all-star panel share their guitar highlights of the ‘80s
- August 12
-
- From Viking metal to indie disco: here are this week's essential guitar tracks
- David Ellefson on Megadeth ouster: “You find out who your friends are… pretty f**king quick when the s**t hits the fan”
- Goo Goo Dolls’ John Rzeznik on taking the plunge on vintage guitars, longevity, and why he will never be a social media star
- Beabadoobee talks alternate tunings, “weird, strange” recording techniques, and the subconscious influence of ‘90s grunge and alt-rock
- Rage Against the Machine cancel European tour dates following frontman Zack de la Rocha’s leg injury
- Gary Holt: “I had one job in Slayer and one job only. Go out, play killer, bang your head and play a little bit of a guitar hero role. I wear a lot more hats in Exodus”
- DYLAN talks customizing Strats and rocking out to Guns N' Roses in latest Fender Player Plus Session
- Megadeth show us their war face on precision-riffing new single Soldier On!
- Dune Rats: “We’ve been able to fine-tune our songwriting – we’re not a one-trick pony”
- How luthiers voice an acoustic guitar top
- How to play the blues like B.B. King
- Buddy Guy announces new album and teams up with Jason Isbell for its first single, Gunsmoke Blues
- August 11
-
- Watch Rush’s Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee reunite to perform Closer to the Heart, with South Park creator Matt Stone on drums
- Watch John Mayer and Bob Weir play acoustic versions of Grateful Dead classics at the Rise for the River benefit
- Porcupine Tree’s Steven Wilson says high-gain metal guitars don't sound heavy anymore
- 20 gear innovations from the ‘80s that changed the game for guitar players
- Catalinbread’s all-new Fuzzrite Germanium recreates a highly sought-after Mosrite classic
- Jared James Nichols: “I’ll never forget the moment I first saw Zakk playing in the flesh with Ozzy – it was beyond powerful. I was mesmerized”
- How chords can literally be turned on their heads to produce interesting new harmonic effects in songwriting
- John Scofield: “When you’re playing without a band, all kinds of subtleties in your playing come out, maybe good and bad… You really hear what you’re doing”
- Joe Bonamassa shows you how to connect pentatonic boxes to find new musical ideas
- How Blackstar’s St. James series made tube amps lightweight without sacrificing tone
- August 10
-
- Pigtronix unveils the Gloamer – a polyphonic amplitude synthesizer for “cinematic string sounds, asymmetrical tremolos, and angular stutter effects”
- Model your gear and turn it into a plugin with IK Multimedia’s new AmpliTube Tonex software
- Moist Limb’s Trone Noir is the pitch-perfect black metal cover of Wet Leg’s Chaise Longue you must watch
- Watch pro-shot footage of Pavement’s epic headline set from Primavera 2022
- Dave Mustaine reveals the fastest song Megadeth have ever written, and it is 190 bpm
- Fender celebrates 40 years of Squier in style with the official launch of 10 lavish anniversary models
- The Pogues “saddened beyond words” following the death of bassist Darryl Hunt, aged 72
- Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine: the ultimate interview – only in the new Guitar World
- Elvis biopic has doubled the number of people learning the rock and roll icon’s songs on guitar, according to Fender Play
- Beach Bunny: “The songs resonated with me a lot, but I’m happy to be on the other side of them”
- Kramer debuts the Striker Collection, shreddable electrics in hot colors with high-performance and affordability as standard
- Ernie Ball Music Man officially launches patent-pending Heat-Treated pickup technology on three new guitar models
- August 9
-
- 40 Years of Squier: how Fender’s budget brand conquered the world
- Turn up the volume on your blues-rock soloing with this lesson in the style of Joe Bonamassa and Jimmy Page
- Wampler Pedals unveils the Moxie, a compact and “twisted” twist on a vintage TS-style overdrive
- Gord Lewis, founding guitarist of Canadian punk rock outfit Teenage Head, found dead in apparent homicide
- Andrew Gabbard: “My love for Firebirds comes from Neil Young because he had a Firebird pickup in his Goldtop and they just cut through”
- Ian Crichton on rediscovering his mojo with Six by Six – a power trio that offers the perfect platform for his blazing prog guitar style
- This guitar was made entirely out of Ikea furniture
- Halsey guitarist Liv Slingerland emerges from the visceral heat of a pyro-laden pop show to discuss gear choices of a session ace and her debut solo LP, Hey You
- Eastman E20OOSS/v and E20SS/v review
- Ozzy Osbourne and Tony Iommi reunite for triumphant surprise performance at 2022 Commonwealth Games closing ceremony
- August 8
-
- Jeff ‘Skunk’ Baxter on recutting his classics, mad-scientist modding and hustling Guitar Center for parts in the ‘70s
- Best electric guitars under $1,000 in 2024: 8 killer options for beginners and pros
- 10 questions for Yngwie Malmsteen: “I’m an extremist in everything I do. More is more in everything”
- Phil Collen used stock Squier guitars to record Def Leppard’s new album
- Def Leppard’s Vivian Campbell and Phil Collen on writing rock for a stadium audience and learning from ‘80s spandex cringe
- Watch BRUIT ≤ guitarist Théophile Antolinos talk us through his killer rig
- High-quality bootleg recording of Led Zeppelin’s 1972 show in Kyoto emerges, and is reportedly set for release
- The Mars Volta announce new album and share Vigil – a track lit up by Omar Rodríguez-López's dreamy guitar tones
- The Offspring escape unscathed after car in touring convoy bursts into flames
- August 6
- August 5
-
- Kim Thayil, Steve Vai and Wolf Marshall discuss legendary six-strings in these exclusive extracts from Greg Prato's Iconic Guitar Gear
- Watch Ichika Nito shred a Casio DG-20 and give us a glimpse of what could have been an alternate future for guitar
- Slipknot dial back the tempo on Yen, the brooding third single from their upcoming album, The End, So Far
- Demand for female and non-binary artists' signature guitars outstripping supply, says Reverb
- Flower Pedals debuts the digitally controlled, MIDI-compatible analog Sunflower Deluxe Tremolo
- Guitars played by Jimi Hendrix, George Harrison, Ace Frehley go up for auction
- Marcus King drops slow-burning new single, Blues Worse Than I Ever Had
- Hear the ferocious tones of ESP’s smartly spec’d LTD Deluxe SN-1000HT Fire Blast guitar
- Jeff Berlin releases Jack Bruce tribute album featuring guitar solos from Alex Lifeson, Bumblefoot and Eric Johnson
- Spector NS Dimension 4SFB review
- Ron ‘Bumblefoot’ Thal teases new solo instrumental album for 2023 – “I’m slowly getting there”
- Polyphia’s staggering guitar genius is front and center in this full-band playthrough of Neurotica
- Soulfly's Max Cavalera says “soap opera” surrounding Marc Rizzo's exit fueled the “fire” and “anger” of new album Totem
- Phil Collen says today’s bands lack “star power” and argues that “the TikTok and YouTube crowd” are part of the problem
- The Kooks: “I think the best thing you can do as a songwriter is be authentic and honest”
- Jeff Beck and Johnny Depp accused of stealing lyrics from a 1960s spoken word poem
- August 4
-
- Rory Gallagher's legendary Deuce album set for 50th anniversary remaster, deluxe reissue
- Willow Smith will release a new album, COPINGMECHANISM, on September 23
- Sweetwater opens online used gear marketplace, The Sweetwater Gear Exchange
- Boss RE-2 Space Echo review
- Watch Steve Vai hand his guitar to a teenage fan mid-show, who then brings the house down with his insane playing
- Deftones recruit Freddie Gibbs, Turnstile and Phantogram for third annual Dia De Los Deftones
- The three pedals Steve Vai would rescue in the event of a zombie apocalypse
- Vinnie Moore says Eddie Van Halen inspired him to take a chisel to his Strat
- August 3
-
- James Hetfield: "I’m on this eternal quest to get the best guitar sound in the world, but my vision of what is 'the best' changes every time I go into the studio"
- Madison Cunningham: “As guitar players, we should be challenging ourselves and hurting our brains a little bit”
- Open up worlds of alternate-tuned awesomeness with Kyser’s new Quick-Change Short-Cut and Quick-Change Drop D capos
- Watch pro-shot footage of the Pixies’ triumphant headline set in Cologne, Germany
- Tommy Thayer is teaching you how to play his favorite KISS solos over on the Gibson App
- Get IK Multimedia’s AmpliTube Nu-Tron III auto wah plugin for free throughout August
- Mark Hoppus dispels rumors of Tom DeLonge’s imminent return to Blink-182
- Gretsch expands its range of Electromatic Double Jets with new Bigsby and V-Stoptail-equipped models
- Phil Demmel: “I wanted to do five really good songs that were like rapid punches to the face and then get out ”
- EarthQuaker Devices partners with L.A. creative studio Brain Dead for new-look Ghost Echo reverb pedal
- October 2022 Guitar World lesson videos
- Neural DSP launches Archetype plugin suite for Rabea Massaad – and it has an actual synth onboard
- Phil Demmel to fill in for Willie Adler on Lamb of God’s European dates
- Spotlight: Matt Preen of Great Gable
- Alter Bridge unleash destructive dual-guitar action in explosive new single, Silver Tongue
- August 2
-
- Rudolf Schenker: “We tried all our equipment from the ‘80s – the Marshall stacks, all this equipment – to find that original, old ‘80s sound”
- Pedal Pawn unveils the Octone, an octave fuzz inspired by the “spooky magic” of a vintage Octavia
- Walrus Audio promises “mountains of sustain and a smooth attack from” the Mira Optical Compressor pedal
- The magic of Fender Japan: how MIJ custom finishes and unorthodox builds dug a rabbit hole for collectors
- Joe Walsh recruits Nine Inch Nails, The Black Keys and Dave Grohl for VetsAid 2022’s all-Ohio lineup
- Is Tom DeLonge about to announce his return to Blink-182?
- Epiphone Jerry Cantrell ‘Wino’ Les Paul Custom and Les Paul Custom Prophecy review
- Gulfer: “Tapping is easy when it’s the same notes over and over. What we like is some kind of melodic component”
- Porno For Pyros recruit Billy Corgan for a performance of Led Zeppelin’s When the Levee Breaks at Lollapalooza
- August 1
-
- Ross “the Boss” Friedman: “The Ramones were like our brothers... We were very different bands, but we both had the swagger and attitude”
- Rick Beato gives viewers a guided tour of his studio – including the ‘secret stuff’ he keeps behind the camera
- Cordoba’s new Stage electric guitar brings nylon-string design into the modern age
- Rise Against guitarist Zach Blair launches podcast dedicated to guitar anti-heroes
- Dean must stop producing V, Z and Gran Sport electric guitars after latest ruling in Gibson trademark infringement lawsuit
- Stone Gossard says grunge didn’t kill ‘80s hard rock bands – but “yes, some did die”
- How your guitar’s control pots affect its tone
- Producer Max Norman recalls recording Randy Rhoads’ remarkable solos: “You could see it in his face... he was steeling himself, getting ready to pounce”
- Halestorm: “Everybody was just on 11, pushing ourselves and playing these parts as if the world was never going to get back to any semblance of normalcy”
- Watch Metallica jam with Stranger Things star Joseph Quinn backstage at Lollapalooza
- Sophie Lloyd on learning Pink Floyd’s Comfortably Numb: “It’s the precision of those bends that always blows me away”
- How to play funk guitar – a beginner’s guide
- Jaguar Jonze: “The guitar, to me, is like a second set of vocals”
