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The best guitar albums of 2024
By Jonathan Horsley published
The guitar albums that had the biggest impact in the guitar world and beyond, as chosen by GW editors and pro players

“It’s rare to find Gilmour and Vai in one package”: December 2024 Guitar World Editors’ Picks
By Michael Astley-Brown published
This must surely be the busiest December for guitar releases since records began, as the likes of Bumblefoot, Reba Meyers, Julien Baker, TORRES and Phil X save their best for the end of the year

The best guitar songs of 2024 – as chosen by Guitar World editors and pro players
By Jonathan Horsley published
With the help of pals including Eric Gales and Vernon Reid, we run down the songs that lit up the guitar-o-sphere this year, including a remarkable hardcore breakthrough, a virtuoso collab for the ages and the prodigy that everyone’s talking about

“This is like Santana’s Soul Sacrifice at Woodstock or Hendrix’s Machine Gun”: The best guitar solos of 2024
By Jonathan Horsley published
From a supernova of tapping and pitch-shifted metal guitar anarchy to all-star team-ups, here is your year in lead guitar – featuring Mdou Moctar, Diamond Rowe and some dudes named Satriani and Vai…

November 2024 Guitar World editors’ picks
By Michael Astley-Brown published
Fresh jams from GW faves like Ola Englund, Smith/Kotzen, Ally Venable – and the hottest new guitar acts you need to hear right… about… now

No budget for Black Friday shopping? Get three free months of Amazon Music Unlimited streaming instead
By James Grimshaw published
Amazon has dropped a huge streaming freebie for Black Friday, saving you up to $33 on three months of unlimited music listening

9 must-hear albums that fueled the British blues guitar boom
By Denny Ilett published
The essential records that chart blues music’s epic journey – from its Delta roots through to the masterpiece that launched the heavy rock movement

Thin Lizzy to release first new record in over 40 years
By Phil Weller published
The Acoustic Sessions will feature stripped back acoustic reimaginings of some of the band's biggest hits
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