Latest articles by Matt Owen
Epiphone issues new Jack Casady signature model – bringing the firm’s revered Les Paul Signature bass design into fretless territory
The Jefferson Airplane icon has made his preferred Les Paul Signature bass design more appealing than ever before with a sleek fretless design
The most famous guitars from Jim Irsay's collection are set to go on public display – for one day
The best bits of Irsay's revered guitar collection will be around for one day only, at the grand opening of a year-long exhibit that will explore “how guitars have impacted popular music genres including jazz, country, folk, and especially rock and roll”
Trey Anastasio reveals why it’s impossible to play with onstage amps at The Sphere
In order to play the Sphere, The Edge ditched tube amps for amp sim pedals, and John Mayer has hidden his own amps away in wooden shipping creates. The Phish maestro explains why such workarounds are necessary for the state-of-the-art stage
John Mayer plays a Telecaster, taps through a solo, and tackles some of Dead & Company’s final shows with only three fretting fingers following injury
Mayer was forced to alter his playing style after injuring the "team captain" of his fretting hand last week – and whatever he's been doing in the practice room has clearly worked wonders…
“The best album I’ve made since The Dark Side of the Moon”: David Gilmour says his first solo record in 9 years is good enough to rival his best Pink Floyd work
Gilmour will release Luck and Strange later this year, and if his own words are to be believed, it could shape up to be a classic
Marcus King recalls playing with Gary Rossington at the late Lynyrd Skynyrd legend’s final show
King joined his hero during the band's 50th Anniversary show in November 2022 to perform Saturday Night Special – a track that had hugely influenced him as an aspiring guitar player
“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
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
Neural DSP unveils TINA – a robot that promises to revolutionize the digital amp modeling world forever
TINA connects to guitar amps via actuator arms, and collects data that will help faithfully and authentically model source material with unprecedented accuracy
B.B. King Blues Experience tour announced for 2025 in honor of the late blues great’s 100th birthday
Former Aretha Franklin guitarist, King’s own daughter and B.B.s drummer of 30 years will join the 10-piece band for The Thrill Lives On tour, which is set to hit the road next year
Simon McBride on how he’s made the Deep Purple catalog his own – while paying homage to the icons who came before him
McBride was appointed Deep Purple's lead guitarist in 2022, following in the footsteps of some of the most revered players of all time
Jim Root helped Fender create the most radical Jazzmaster ever – but he didn’t like the offset design at first
The Slipknot guitarist famously reconfigured the popular indie stalwart for heavy metal purposes, but it took him quite some time before he fell in love with the Jazzmaster in the first place
Conan O’Brien invites Jack White to swap solos on White Stripes and Eddie Cochran classics at the Newport Folk Festival
White took up position behind a custom Acoustasonic and a variant of his infamous Low Rider Telecaster to tackle two tracks during O'Brien's Newport set
Mooer takes the fight to Positive Grid once again with another streamlined Spark rival
The contemporary tech specialist has launched a deceptively small practice amp whose spec sheet seeks to take on Positive Grid's Spark family
“I never practiced”: Yngwie Malmsteen didn’t develop his superhuman guitar skills by practicing, apparently
Fancy becoming the next Yngwie Malmsteen? Well, you won't need to practice your A harmonic minor, according to the man himself
This 12-year-old guitar prodigy is destined to be a blues great – and he just jammed with Joe Bonamassa
Saxon Weiss' latest appearance on the Norman's Rare Guitars YouTube channel sees the aspiring player go toe-to-toe with JoBo for a four-minute funk blues jam
Matteo Mancuso has written a virtuosic tribute track to Paul Gilbert… on baritone
Mancuso uses his mesmerizing fingerstyle technique – and a peachy Bacci baritone – to honor one of his biggest guitar influences on Paul Position
Eric Clapton pays emotional tribute to his Bluesbreaker bandmate and blues mentor John Mayall
Clapton and Mayall joined forces in the 1960s to record one of British blues' most iconic records, which further established Slowhand as an up-and-coming blues great
America’s Got Talent star Old Grey Guitarist plays Whole Lotta Love… outside Jimmy Page’s house
John Wines took a brief break while on a popular Rock N Roll taxi tour in London to pay tribute to the Led Zeppelin legend
David Gilmour reckons vintage guitars are superior – and he’s got a theory as to why
Gilmour's prized 1945 Martin D-18 has been used as evidence to showcase the tonal benefits of vintage instruments
John Mayall, 1933-2024 – the guitar world pays tribute
Joe Bonamassa, Mick Jagger and Walter Trout have led tributes to the influential British blues pioneer, who has died at the age of 90
Thieves steal 1977 Gibson Les Paul… months after its owner’s house was destroyed by a tree
Chris Hoover has been without his beloved LP for decades, but mere months after his house was crushed in a storm, the guitar was stolen from a locked basement
John Mayall, The Godfather of British Blues, dies aged 90
The pioneering guitarist masterminded one of the most influential blues collectives ever formed, and helped catapult the career of countless guitar greats
Dave Navarro on how he and John Frusciante finally played together for the first time after decades of friendship
The former Red Hot Chili Peppers and current Jane’s Addiction guitarist has long had a close relationship with Frusciante, but they didn’t play together until 2020
