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- July 31
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- Brian May says this Queen song inspired Eddie Van Halen’s two-hand tapping technique
- Why the PRS SE McCarty 594 is a “vintage and versatile” modern marvel
- “Paul was tuning his guitar at one point, and I said ‘What key is that in?’, added a bassline and that became a song”: The good luck and creative chaos behind Mr Big’s Lean In To It
- This is session man Tyler Tomlinson’s new Knaggs Guitars signature model, the Keya J TT
- Jim Irsay, owner of some of the world’s most iconic guitars, says he was offered over $1 billion to sell his collection and relocate it to Dubai
- An iconic pairing: Stevie Ray Vaughan’s Tube Screamer resurfaces for sale – and sells immediately
- “The essence of Zacky’s tone”: KHDK collaborates with Zacky Vengeance for gnarly Night of the Living Shred pedal
- “Marty Friedman taught me to pick phrases that help tell the story. Resist the temptation to use your songs to show off your fastest licks”: Nita Strauss on how she stepped up her game for The Call of the Void
- 9 times Nuno Bettencourt proved to be guitar's M.V.P.
- “Instead of the toy store, I wanted to go to the guitar store and play all the expensive guitars”: Steve Lukather shares his biggest gear hits and misses
- Jared James Nichols is the wild man of modern blues-rock – let your solos loose with 6 of his most ferocious licks
- “Living, breathing amplifier designs in their own right”: Blackstar breaks into the amp sim software market with St. James plugin
- “I knew exactly what I wanted to do in every respect”: How Jimmy Page built Led Zeppelin from the ashes of the Yardbirds
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- "Man, I like this thing!" Watch Billy Gibbons play the blues on a cardboard Strat
- “I am fascinated by their talent, technique and creativity”: Steve Vai taps this generation's most innovative players for Vai Academy 7.0
- Chuck Berry-by-way-of-the-gutter riffs and choppy Strat-isms from Fender's latest signature artist: This week's essential guitar tracks
- Fender launches three-string Stratocaster and Telecaster models as it partners with Loog for new kid-sized guitars
- “The amp that started it all is back”: Marshall’s first new build since the takeover is a streamlined, vintage-inspired take on its classic JTM45
- Ernie Ball has unveiled Synyster Gates signature string sets – but what is that mystery guitar amp?
- Introducing nu-disco shred, a fresh genre of guitar playing that combines ’70s pop and ’80s soloing – and where dancing while you two-hand tap is an absolute must
- 10 live mistakes every guitarist makes
- Tosin Abasi revives one of John Petrucci's most iconic guitar finishes
- “An integral part of the Eagles and instrumental in the early success of the band”: Eagles founding bassist, Randy Meisner, dies aged 77
- “I feel like every song has a tapping lick at some point!”: Wolfgang Van Halen on embracing solos – and his dad’s iconic gear – for the boundary-pushing Mammoth II
- One of the strangest guitar mods of all time? How Leon Wilkeson adapted his Gibson Thunderbird following the Lynyrd Skynyrd plane crash in ‘77
- How to create melodies that connect relative major and minor chords
- Electro-Harmonix Lizard Queen review
- July 27
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- “That’s amazing, dude! You just whipped that out!” Rivers Cuomo shreds Yngwie Malmsteen’s Far Beyond the Sun and floors Chris Shiflett
- Jackson’s best guitars of 2023? The Pro Plus Series packs Fishman Fluence, Bare Knuckle and EverTune appointments – plus stainless steel frets
- "I grew up listening to Megadeth, Metallica and White Zombie. A good riff will always grab my attention": How metal-raised blues dynamo Eric Johanson is taking a heavy approach to a classic genre
- “Ritchie Blackmore’s phrasing is so cool – he just played with so much fire”: Pete Thorn and James Cole on how they replicate iconic solos and tones in The Classic Rock Show
- “I need to keep my f**king mouth shut”: Nuno Bettencourt issues apology to Richard Fortus following Rihanna gig disagreement
- Joe Bonamassa has collaborated with some of today’s finest blues players – learn their soloing secrets with this epic lesson
- “Mick came in with his Les Paul, plugged in to my amp and fiddled with the controls. All of a sudden there it was, the full Ziggy Stardust tone”: The post-Bowie career of Mick Ronson, rock ’n’ roll’s most quietly spoken guitar hero
- July 26
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- Singer/songwriter Sinéad O'Connor dies at 56
- Lillying the Guild: this “ultra-collectible” D-55 celebrates the firm’s 70th anniversary by adding some serious sparkle to its flagship acoustic guitar
- Boost pedals: the history of the stompbox that supercharged the sound of rock ’n’ roll – and how to make the most of one on your pedalboard
- Fender Gold Foil Telecaster review
- “We’ve been talking about it for a decade – our artists want ‘that’ sound in their arsenal”: How Myles Kennedy and Paul Reed Smith reinvented a classic
- Muse are selling Kempers loaded with their guitar and bass tones, plus a revered Russian Big Muff and much more
- Orange Learn review
- Eric Clapton and Van Halen covered his songs, and he led Jimmy Page's favorite American band: Watch overlooked guitar genius Lowell George demonstrate his slide technique on German TV
- Dimebag Darrell’s legendary Warhead amp is returning this year – could his guitars be next?
- Jack White is selling off his White Blood Cells guitar, his customized Ernie Ball St. Vincent and, er... a potentially “irradiated and possibly haunted” autopsy table
- When TM Stevens met James Brown: “I said, ‘One day I'm going to play with you!’ He said, ‘Don't do it! Stay in school!’”
- Fender ushers in a new chapter of its history by opening flagship Tokyo store – and celebrates the milestone with three custom Acoustasonic Telecasters
- “That incredible musicality James Jamerson would bring to his parts – nobody wants to hear that today”: Duran Duran bass legend John Taylor on why music is becoming simpler
- “Our best amp yet”: Darkglass introduces the limited-edition Microtubes X 900
- July 25
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- Download and stream the audio from Guitar Techniques 351
- Electro-Harmonix heralds a new era of mini pedals with its most versatile compact POG yet
- The guitar solo is still in rude health – here’s what you can learn from today’s most exciting soloists
- “Everyone else had walls of Marshalls, but Rory just turned up, put a Vox AC30 on two folded-out chairs and let rip”: Rory Gallagher – the gear behind the legend
- Get a massive 20% off select Fender Vintera guitars – but only while stocks last
- Guitar Center is raising hell and reducing prices on big-name brands in their demonic Metal Mayhem Sale
- EVH 5150 Iconic Series 15W review
- Fender officially reissues Tom DeLonge’s in-demand signature Stratocaster – and it comes in four classic finishes
- "There was something about that picture of Marilyn that resonated with how I feel when I’m trying to get something right on the bass": Why Gail Ann Dorsey named her bass after Marilyn Monroe
- “The biggest challenge for digital products is not the tone”: John Petrucci, Tosin Abasi and Devin Townsend explain what modelers don’t do as well as amps – yet
- A guitar pick dispenser pedal is in the works – and we really, really want one
- Pigtronix Infinity 3 review
- "That otherworldliness comes from very tight rhythm playing": Kevin Shields on hiding music inside his new Fender pedal, his Jazzmaster setup secrets and what guitarists overlook about his technique
- They're one of Yvette Young's favorite bands and influenced a generation of math-rock guitarists – now cheap guitar enthusiasts Enemies are back because their music "never seemed to die"
- July 24
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- Download and stream the audio from Total Guitar 374
- Squier treats its uber-affordable Sonic range to limited-edition colors – including the Jeff Beck-pioneered Graffiti Yellow
- “I was in my sixth year as a studio guitarist when one day the bass player didn’t show up. The producer asked me...” How Carol Kaye became a session bass icon
- Kramer’s Hot Dogger ’84 guitar started as a joke but it’s now very real
- Stevie Ray Vaughan defined the sound of contemporary blues guitar – here are 20 techniques you can learn from the Stratocaster master
- Beetronics Seabee Harmochorus review
- John Mayer says you shouldn’t learn blues solos note-for-note – here's why
- Jason Becker is selling the guitar Eddie Van Halen gave him in their emotional first meeting
- Nuno Bettencourt fires back at Richard Fortus after he defends Slash over Rihanna gig comments
- Singular Sound Aeros Gold Edition looper pedal review
- It’s official: the Fender Tom DeLonge Stratocaster is coming back – with one neat twist
- July 23
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- July 21
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- Joe Bonamassa transforms Madonna’s Like a Prayer into a soulful blues-rock solo showcase
- Slash and Wolfgang Van Halen’s Barbie song is here and, yes, it absolutely lives up to the hype
- “There’s not much swagger in that band.” For Glenn Hughes, joining Deep Purple wasn’t the clear-cut choice that you’d think
- Slash is working on a “blues-oriented” sequel to his debut solo album – and it will feature “a bunch of different singers”
- How to play jazz guitar: 5 ways to get started
- “He’s the funkiest dude in the shredder family tree”: The world’s greatest guitarists explain why Nuno Bettencourt isn’t your typical guitar hero
- Is the concept of British vs American speaker voicings out of date?
- “A lot of Sugar Hill records were clichéd bass riffs that DJs would spin in the clubs”: How a bassline by art-rockers Liquid Liquid became one of the biggest hip-hop anthems of all time
- Roger Waters has shared the first single from his re-recording of The Dark Side of the Moon – and there's not a guitar solo in sight
- Meet the daredevil guitarist taking on Vito Bratta's hair-raising White Lion solos – and winning his hero's approval
- High-profile collabs with '90s alt-rock guitar royalty and Keanu Reeves' return to music: this week's essential guitar tracks
- July 20
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- Conan O’Brien nearly bought Buddy Holly’s amp – here’s what stopped him
- Boss Katana vs Line 6 Catalyst: Which should you buy?
- Session guitar pro explains why he played a used $99 Squier Strat from Guitar Center on a chart-topping album
- How should you learn guitar scales – and why should you bother?
- Korg Nu:Tekt TR-S Power Tube Reactor and HD-S Harmonic Distortion review
- How Sunny War went from shredding Slayer to honing her standout acoustic style: “Guitar can be a new thing forever if you let yourself be experimental all the time”
- “Whenever we’d drop that bass riff, places would become unhinged”: Listen to Tim Commerford’s isolated bassline on Killing In The Name by Rage Against The Machine
- The loudest 30-watt amp on the market? Orange unveils its new over-performing head, the OR30
- Ken’s guitar of choice in the Barbie Movie is… a Gibson Jerry Cantrell acoustic?
- Boss is back in the synth business – and its new GM-800 could be the best way to get keyboard sounds from your guitar yet
- Fake Klon Centaur pedals are being sold “for big money”, warns designer Bill Finnegan
- “If you’ve never heard this record but you can appreciate shredder music, oh my God it’s going to f**k you up”: Mutoid Man’s Stephen Brodsky reveals 10 guitarists who shaped his sound
- “A true inspirational person to be around”: Animals As Leaders pay tribute to guitar tech Dave Cohen, who has passed away
- July 19
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- Gene Simmons says Geddy Lee "didn't understand what a blues scale was" when they first jammed together
- Nuno Bettencourt on playing with Rihanna: "I’m sorry, most of the guitar players who I admire could not in their lifetime play that gig"
- Creed to reunite for first live performances in over a decade
- Meet John Matos, the death-metal guitarist whose brutal viral video riffs have cracked up guitar heroes and comedians alike
- John Petrucci officially launches his own software brand, Tonemission – and its first drop replicates his exact signal chain
- Best Gibson acoustic guitars: acoustics for all styles of player from the lauded US brand
- This Squier Strat was left outside for five years – before it was brought back to life by a crazy guitar mod
- John Lennon: “Willie Weeks was supposed to do it, but he was doing a George Harrison session”: In August 1980 John Lennon could have called just about any bass player on Earth. He went with Tony Levin
- Apogee Jam X review
- Mike Spreitzer on why he's “letting notes actually sustain” on DevilDriver's latest, and what keeps him coming back to his custom ESP Vs – even if he can't play them sitting down
- Strymon's push towards compact pedals continues with its most affordable delay unit yet – the Brig dBucket Delay
- The history of the Fender ‘Tweed’ Bassman – the tube amp for bass players that became a guitar classic
- July 18
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- "For me, it’s perfect": PRS drops stunning new Private Stock John McLaughlin model
- Need more control over your tone? This new preamp from Aguilar was made to “push your bass sound to the limits”
- Watch John Mayer lead Dead & Company out for the final time with a series of stunning fretboard displays
- “Jimmy Page and Jim Sullivan were getting a lot of work, but I was always getting plenty of calls – and that increased after I did the Jack Bruce sessions”: The confessions of session pro Chris Spedding
- “His legacy in guitar is worthy of a book itself”: Joe Bonamassa, Neal Schon and Mat Koehler pay tribute to former Gibson luthier Edwin Wilson
- Walrus Audio has finally issued a stereo version of its Slö reverb pedal – and it’s about time
- "I don't even own a Strat! I used my Dean Thoroughbred, a far cry from what David Gilmour used": How ex-Megadeth guitarist Chris Poland ended up covering Pink Floyd
- 3 ways to shred like Nuno Bettencourt
- Best locking tuners 2024: improve your performance with these powerful upgrades
- Blackstar Debut 50R review
- “You would make Jimi proud if he heard that solo”: Greg Sover and Jimi Hendrix bassist Billy Cox cover Hendrix’s deep cut, Remember
- “In the throes of death”: future of Dean Guitars in question following court filing
- Epiphone is celebrating its own heritage with four 150th anniversary guitars – and there's not a Gibson build in sight
- July 17
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- Guitar tour of the year? Mammoth WVH and Nita Strauss to hit the road together this fall
- He's played the Super Bowl and is a go-to guitarist for music's biggest names – see why Rob Gueringer has the hottest session chops around in this jaw-dropping demo at Norman's Rare Guitars
- “What you don’t play is as important as what you do play. You need the space, as it makes the small things that you do seem bigger”: 5 questions with McKinley James
- “Without tone, there really isn’t anything”: How to nail Stevie Ray Vaughan’s guitar sound on a budget
- Kevin Shields shares the secret to ensuring your Fender Jazzmaster or Jaguar won’t go out of tune – and it’s not a Mastery bridge
- The greatest guitar solos of the 21st century... so far
- Introducing the “up-and-down” fingerstyle approach – a new guitar technique designed to get you playing faster than ever
- "I'm finally getting up there with Eric Johnson… and the amp goes to s**t!" Orianthi on her A-list collaborations and the guitarists who shaped her sound
- Greg Howe: “I realized that I wasn't going to push pure technique any further than Paul Gilbert or Jason Becker. So, I thought, 'OK, what am I going to do after that?'”
- July 16
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- See an Ibanez Jem Jr. get hot-rodded to shred heaven courtesy of FU-Tone’s awesome guitar upgrades
- 5-string Strandbergs and 11-minute djent epics: this week's essential guitar tracks
- Manson just gave Matt Bellamy’s wildly equipped MB-1 signature its most spellbinding look yet
- Inside the new issue of Total Guitar: Wolfgang Van Halen – Believe The Hype!
- How to use chromatic passing tones as connective tissue in guitar solos
- “When I’m off the road, I have this love affair with ragtime guitar”: 7 questions with Wishbone Ash’s Andy Powell
- Larkin Poe’s Rebecca Lovell reveals what’s on her pedalboard – and the cab sim she swears by
- “He loves you guys. He doesn’t like anybody, but he loves you guys”: Joe Perry on the time he met Kurt Cobain – and Aerosmith’s unlikely influence on Nirvana
- Solar’s Chop Shop aims to create guitars that have “never been seen before” – and its flagship Blitz models were etched with 1000 volts of electricity
- Paul Simon: “People have tried to cop that bass solo, but it’s physically impossible” – how engineer Roy Halee created the iconic bass break on Call Me Al
- “Picks were too bendy. I couldn’t feel what was happening as the thing touched the string”: Brian May explains why he uses sixpences instead of picks
- Electro-Harmonix honors Andy Summers with a rare signature pedal, the Walking on the Moon Flanger
- Wait, is Fender about to revive Tom DeLonge’s highly sought-after Stratocaster?
- July 13
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- Are Arctic Monkeys “the last great guitar band”? Blur’s Damon Albarn sure thinks so
- A lost Dumble Overdrive Special that's been called “possibly the greatest amplifier ever made“ has resurfaced after 40 years
- “An official Vampire now”: Tony Iommi played Paranoid with Joe Perry, Johnny Depp and Alice Cooper at The Hollywood Vampires’ recent UK show
- “I still have the strings I used on that session in a Ziploc bag”: How Muzz Skillings took the rock world by storm on Cult of Personality
- With Slash and Wolfgang Van Halen onboard, is the Barbie soundtrack this year’s must-hear guitar collaboration?
- “A f**king disaster”: Vito Bratta says White Lion’s debut album left him “devastated” – here’s why
- Rik Emmett: “If I wrote a pop tune, the guys wanted to make it heavy. I’d put more power chords in and Townshend it up. For a while, it worked”
- Meet the ‘Greenburst’ ES-335 – a 1968 model so rare even Gibson couldn’t identify the finish
- Nuno Bettencourt's Rise solo is one of the 21st century's finest – here are 5 techniques you can learn from it
- Jackson overhauls its MJ Series Rhoads with EMGs and a locking tremolo – and the results are spectacular
- “I remember thinking, ‘What would Paul McCartney do?’” How Justin Smolian channeled his inner Beatle with Dirty Honey
- July 12
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- The Winery Dogs’ Richie Kotzen and Billy Sheehan talk improv, adrenaline, and the importance of balancing godly chops with songs
- “Whether it’s a $200 or $10,000 guitar, you’re gonna sound better on what you resonate with”: Tyler Bryant reflects on his greatest gear hits and misses
- A Star is re-born: EVH’s limited edition offset is inspired by Eddie Van Halen’s mad Charvel and Danelectro combo
- In praise of the Fender Electric XII, the 12-string electric loved by Jimmy Page that brought jangle to ‘60s rock
- It sure looks like John Petrucci is about to launch his own guitar software brand
- Tired of endlessly scrolling for Prime Day savings? Try our AI-powered chatbot to find a great guitar deal fast
- “This is going to sound so embarrassing…”: Sophie Lloyd says this kids cartoon – no, millennial icon – was responsible for her picking up the guitar
- Randall Wyn Fullmer of Wyn Guitars has died, aged 73
- Feast your eyes on Alex Lifeson’s stunning new Epiphone Les Paul signature, the Floyd Rose-equipped Custom Axcess
- July 11
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- Finding That Tone's Ámbar Overdrive promises Klon and TS10 sounds – and adds to the ongoing twofer pedal boom
- Vito Bratta recorded White Lion’s All You Need is Rock 'n' Roll with Jimi Hendrix’s black Stratocaster – and Leslie West’s Marshall amp
- Kurt Cobain-signed 1966 Fender Jaguar, Elvis Presley’s Rosewood Telecaster head up bumper guitar auction
- “I’ve always had a knack for emulating sounds or creating new ones”: Adrian Belew on the weird, wonderful and utterly unique tones behind his new solo album, Elevator
- Sophie Lloyd on the pros and cons of being 2023's reigning shred queen – only in the new Guitar World
- Sweetwater’s Prime Day-beating demo gear sale just put your dream guitar in reach
- The Lovin’ Spoonful's Zal Yanovsky is one of the Sixties' most overlooked guitarists – here's how he fearlessly blended genres to forge the 'Americana' guitar sound
- I write about guitar gear for a living - these are the 5 Prime Day pedal deals I'm considering
- Nuno Bettencourt shares his top tips for playing better guitar solos: “I always see the solo as its own song”
- Chris Duarte: “I sound much better when I practice every day. The guitar gives you back what you put into it – it’s that simple”
- Two Notes ReVolt Guitar review
- Keith Richards: “They haven't really improved the electric guitar since Les Paul and Leo Fender put their touch to it. Everything else is trying to sound like them”
- These Amazon Prime Day Fender and Squier deals are still live - but they won't be around for long!
- “We have an epic history in music, which comes with responsibility”: Cesar Gueikian appointed permanent CEO of Gibson
- Which Positive Grid Spark amp is right for you?
- July 10
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- "You are hot tonight, young man": when Gary Moore (and Greeny) played The Thrill Is Gone with B.B. King
- “I’ve put my life back together, but it’s all a growing process. If you stop growing, what good is it musically?” Stevie Ray Vaughan's In Step, and the new beginning that should have been
- Watch Mike McCready share solo duties with Jason Isbell in epic guitar duel – on a 1960 Fender Stratocaster he borrowed from Isbell
- Island of Love’s Karim Newble and Linus Munch: “When we started rehearsing we didn’t even have a fuzz pedal. We are still borrowing amps every single show”
- Watch Joel Hoekstra put on a riff and solo clinic as he performs and teaches his blazing single, Far Too Deep
- Kirk Hammett injures his knee onstage playing Master Of Puppets – but strides back in time for the solo
- A ‘lost’ Fender Performer from 1985 has surfaced – possibly the rarest example of the quirky electric guitar ever made
- July 9
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- A heartfelt Taylor Hawkins tribute and literally electrifying tap-heavy solo: this week's essential guitar tracks
- George Tickner, Journey’s original rhythm guitarist, dies at 76
- YouTuber gives Tim Henson a run for his money by turning Playing God into a fretless bass masterclass – and it will literally blow your mind
- Classic rock: Tony Iommi has 469 million year-old fossil named after him
- JWJ Guitars Parlour and Orchestra review
- Bruce Kulick looks back on the time he rocked out with Michael Bolton and ended up in a Rodney Dangerfield movie
- 5 ways to improve your guitar arpeggios
- Corook: “My dad used to say, ‘If you practiced guitar as much as you practice Guitar Hero, you’d be pretty good.’ I was like, ‘Fine, I’ll do that then!’”
- “I wrote Black Dog on a train. There was a Muddy Waters song with a riff that never ended...” How John Paul Jones wrote Led Zeppelin's Black Dog
- What is reamping? Here's everything you need to know
- “Beyond special”: Watch John Mayer and Dead & Company nail Knockin’ on Heaven's Door, All Along the Watchtower and Not Fade Away with Dave Matthews
- The “most versatile and transparent overdrive ever made” gets downsized as Jackson Audio and Joey Landreth debut the Golden Boy Mini
- Nita Strauss electrocutes internet trolls using shred guitar lightning during this Eruption-inspired solo for Digital Bullets
- July 6
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- The world’s most expensive guitar pick? A Kurt Cobain-signed plectrum, thought to have tracked the Nevermind demos, has sold at auction for over $14,000
- Mick Mars says he never wants to speak to Mötley Crüe again: “I think all of us would be okay with that”
- 7 questions with Loverboy's Paul Dean: First songs, embarrassing stage moments, and why the Neural DSP Quad Cortex is a game-changer
- How Indian slide maestro Debashish Bhattacharya made the 24-stringed chaturangui come alive on The Sound of the Soul
- “It felt like going fully digital would force me to think in new ways”: Guthrie Govan on his tech revolution and why he wrote a song about a rockhopper penguin
- “Like James Jamerson, Tommy Cogbill was a take-charge guy in the studio”: Inside the recording of Son of a Preacher Man
- Jeff Beck said Stevie Ray Vaughan “was the closest thing to Hendrix when it came to playing the blues”: watch the two guitar heroes duke it out on Goin' Down
- “This is huge”: Josh Scott says this new $99 drive pedal is “better than the Bad Monkey”
- Get on this cloud: KMA Machines just gave its Cirrus reverb and delay pedal a limited edition, super-stealth makeover
- Fretted vs. fretless bass: What’s the difference?
- AIRD drop: Boss’ new ME-90 multi-FX loses COSM amp sims in favor of the firm’s flagship modeling tech
- July 5
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- Cornerstone asked players for pedal ideas – and turned their two-in-one Klon/Bluesbreaker stompbox dreams into a reality
- Treasure map! This YouTuber tracked down the legendary Gibson map guitar used in the ‘American-made, world-played’ campaign
- Phrasing, vibrato and rock-solid timing: inside the essential elements of AC/DC's legendary guitar style
- Oddball studio experiments, going “full Spinal tap,” and “stinky riffs“: how Tigercub’s Jamie Hall is bringing bonkers guitar to the mainstream
- DOD Compressor 280 review
- “It’s harder to play country than jazz,” “Guitarists should pay more attention to pop,” “Bro country is bad for music”: YouTubers share their most controversial guitar opinions
- Joe Bonamassa and Brad Paisley exchange blues and country licks in this fiery onstage guitar duel for Nashville’s 4th of July celebrations
- Best Precision Bass 2024: P-Basses from Fender and beyond
- July 4
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- Zakk Wylde: “It’s not just about Dime’s chops – it’s about what he created. That’s his legacy – and it’s way, way bigger than just being a great lead player”
- Get your summer strum on with a massive 20% off select Fender ukuleles
- Nita Strauss’ new song has “an Eruption moment” that she wrote as “a big middle finger” to the Demi Lovato haters
- Nuno Bettencourt on why Instagram players make his jaw drop, how Eddie Van Halen inspired Extreme's new album – and why he apologized to Brian May for one of its leads
- Wolfgang Van Halen explains the technique quirk he inherited from Eddie Van Halen
- Back to the Future’s iconic Johnny B. Goode scene almost featured a Fender Stratocaster instead of the Gibson ES-345
- Session bass legend Mo Foster dies aged 78
- IK Multimedia TONEX Pedal review
- Mick Mars' 10 best Mötley Crüe guitar solos
- J. Rockett adds another Dumble-style drive pedal to the market – but this one features an ultra-rare mod
- September 2023 Guitar World lesson videos
- July 3
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- Wolfgang Van Halen gives tap-heavy new single Take a Bow its live debut (and obviously nails the solo)
- “Let it rip”: Watch John Mayer join Ed Sheeran to flex his supreme soloing chops on Thinking Out Loud
- Remember that Squier with the Epiphone bridge? Fender says it was unintentional and we won’t see many more of them
- “There were just ideas pouring out of him… then he got on that helicopter and took off”: The legacy of Stevie Ray Vaughan, and what could have been
- Harley Benton Fusion-T 25th review
- With panic-inducing chords and down-tuned Jim Root Strats, Jesus Piece are on a mission to shake up metalcore and write riffs that disturb you
- Ola Englund was in the running to be Pantera guitarist on the ongoing tribute tour
- Joe Bonamassa teaches you his favorite Fender Stratocaster blues licks
- Rick Froberg, singer and guitarist for Drive Like Jehu and Hot Snakes, dies aged 55
- The story of Aria Guitars: the unsung brand that has served metal shredders and jazz virtuosos alike for over 60 years
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