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How Richard Bona found a rare Pastorius tune for his Brazilian-inspired solo album
By Nick Wells published
Bass worshippers will need to listen between the layers to catch the bottom-end brilliance of Bona’s Jaco tribute
Grace Bowers takes a rare acoustic turn to cover Led Zeppelin on her new single
By Matt Owen published
The fast-rising 18-year-old blues-rock sensation has paid homage to Page with an atmospheric take on Going to California for her new single
Body Count and David Gilmour release radical reimagining of Comfortably Numb in 2024’s most surprising crossover
By Matt Owen published
The Pink Floyd legend revisits one of his greatest guitar tracks in a completely new light with the help of the heavy metal institution
Blackie Lawless on touring, talking solos with David Gilmour – and that time W.A.S.P. bought 52 Marshall heads
By Andrew Daly published
He recalls scavenging Marshalls from Ted Nugent, explains why he still records to tape, and reveals what he’s discovered about his band’s early days that he didn’t know at the time
Eric Avery on overcoming JA’s “unthinkable” time without Dave Navarro and his brief stints with Metallica and Smashing Pumpkins
By Andrew Daly published
The “backbone” of Jane’s Addiction reveals what he learned from his time with rock royalty, how he sculpted his unconventional approach to bass, and why cellphones are changing the way he thinks about tone
Slipknot's Corey Taylor collaborates with his hero Steve Vai on new Billy Morrison track
By Matt Owen published
Incite The Watch is lifted from The Morrison Project, which sees the Slipknot vocalist fulfil a lifelong dream of working with the virtuoso
Hear Eddie Van Halen solo again in a preview of the last song he worked on with his brother
By Matt Owen published
Titled Unfinished, the full song will be released as part of the audiobook version of Alex Van Halen's forthcoming tell-all memoir
Andy Summers on his longstanding relationship with Robert Fripp – and their surprise new collab album
By Janelle Borg published
Summers and Fripp have known each other since childhood and decided to record three albums' worth of material back in the '80s after they both achieved success with their respective bands
Tracking the phenomenal guitar lineage of John Mayall in 12 essential releases
By Andy Aledort published
We trace the evolution of the six-string linchpin behind the British blues rock boom of the 1960s
“I was determined to avoid hailing him as the future of shred, but I simply cannot do it”: July 2024 Guitar World editor's picks
By Michael Astley-Brown published
From an eight-string chug-a-thon with blues licks to make Eric Johnson blush, to a baritone turn from the hottest guitar player on the planet right now, this month was soundtracked by some top-tier guitar action
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