Latest articles by Matt Parker
He’s been sampled by Kanye, and played with Paul Simon – yet Delicate Steve is still the best-kept secret in indie guitar
Steve Marion tells us why his career highlights include a severely negative Pitchfork review, making an album he hated and Kanye sampling him… then not releasing the track
The best guitar albums of 2024
The guitar albums that had the biggest impact in the guitar world and beyond, as chosen by GW editors and pro players
Allen Abbassi has overseen every Fender electric guitar since 2007 – but he’s still pushing the envelope
The Director of Electric Guitars on the Ultra II line, the future of high-end offsets – and why Fender is keeping one eye on YouTube
The best guitar songs of 2024 – as chosen by Guitar World editors and pro players
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
Musician's Friend Cyber Monday deals 2024: Last chance to score up to 60% off music gear!
Our pick of the epic deals you need to check out in the Musician's Friend Cyber Monday sale
I think this Sterling by Music Man Cutlass is the smart buy of the beginner guitar market – especially as it’s now under $200 at Sweetwater for Cyber Monday
The Cutlass CT30 looks like a clever pick, particularly for burgeoning lead players
Selling a Cry Baby was my worst-ever pedal deal. Now Guitar Center is offering a 20% discount on the classic wah – is it finally time to let go of my very real pain?
A friend and I made a deal. A deal that has haunted me to this day. Specifically, Cyber Monday 2024...
Get your own Gilmour-style Black Strat with a $150 saving on this limited edition Fender Player Stratocaster at Guitar Center
The Mexican-made Strat has a maple fingerboard and a black scratchplate that is highly evocative of the Pink Floyd man’s most iconic Fender
Here’s a list of Cyber Monday deals on guitars, amps, pedals and more that were all highly-rated by our reviews team
Not every ‘bargain’ is a good purchase, so I've put together this round-up of deals on guitar gear that has scored at least four stars in our expert reviews
Fender’s Squier Debut Stratocaster took the fight to cheap Amazon guitars when it arrived earlier this year – now it’s dropped below $100 for the first time ever
Fender’s ultra-affordable Amazon-only Strat has received a $20 reduction, right in time for Cyber Monday
This travel guitar had our expert reviewer questioning the concept of tone woods. Now it’s dropped to $279, its lowest-ever price on Amazon
If you’ve been on the hunt for a travel guitar or silent practice option, the Donner Hush-X is a seriously impressive performer that still sounds good plugged-in to an amp
Guitar Center Black Friday deals 2024: you can still get the lowest prices of the year
Black Friday may be officially over, but Guitar Center still has loads of items on sale
The PRS SE NF3 was deemed one mod away from perfection in our review. Now you can grab one for $679 on Black Friday – and save $120 for the tweaks
Guitarist said the Indonesian-made SE NF3 could be modded to make it “dangerously close to the US builds” with this quick control tweak
This Black Friday hack at Musician’s Friend gets you an iconic EHX reverb circuit and a Klon-style drive – for a fraction of the usual price
One of EHX’s most underrated pedals – which bundles the Holy Grail Max circuit with the Klon-aping Soul Food – is currently available for less than the reverb costs on its own
It’s one of the all-time sleeper amps – and now there’s $100 off the Peavey Classic 20 at Sweetwater
The firm’s vintage-inspired tweed ‘n’ tubes line has long earned its own place in player’s hearts – and there’s a great deal on the super flexible Classic 20 combo right now
When Richie Kotzen learned a Hendrix classic wrong, his mom called him out
The guitar virtuoso says he had to face down criticism at the very outset of his playing career – albeit from his own mother
Schecter and Synyster Gates’ much-anticipated seven-string headless signature guitar has finally landed
The Avenged Sevenfold guitarist’s latest signature model has been trailed on social media but now we have the full spec
“This poses a risk of serious electric shock”: Blackstar has announced an immediate recall of Debut 100R amps with these date codes
The firm has highlighted significant safety issues with its Debut 100R 112 and 212 combos and is asking affected owners to get in touch
Breaking: Trump Guitars hit with cease and desist from Gibson over use of Les Paul body shape
Breaking: The patriotic line was launched as “the only guitar officially endorsed by President Donald J. Trump”, but Gibson says it infringes on its trademarks
Hear the AC15 Twin said to be John Lennon’s first Vox paired with Noel Gallagher's Les Paul
The storied 1962 Vox AC15 is expected to fetch between $127,132 and $254,265 at tomorrow's auction
Why Fender chose the Meteora over the Jazzmaster for its American Ultra II series
The Jazzmaster was notable in its absence from the new Ultra line-up, now, Fender’s Allen Abbassi explains why it chose to include the Meteora in its place
John Lennon’s first Vox amp – used at the Cavern and to record Please Please Me – is headed to auction
The Vox AC15 Twin, believed to be the unit purchased by Lennon at Liverpool’s Hessy’s Music, is going under the hammer with an auction estimate of $130,000-$260,000
How JHS founder Josh Scott built one of the world’s leading pedal firms by recommending his rivals
The JHS founder has become the internet’s go-to pedal guru. He tells GW about his pre-pedal days as a pawn-shop gear flipper, the Bad Monkey bubble – and the key to finding genuinely new guitar sounds
