Latest articles by Matt Parker
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
Guitar Center Black Friday deals 2024: the GC Black Friday sale is officially live
Grab yourself massive savings of up to 50% off, with some of the lowest prices of the year on gear at Guitar Center
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
Did L.R. Baggs just unveil this year’s most forward-thinking acoustic guitar design?
Lloyd Baggs started out as a guitar builder before entering the pickup world. Now he’s come full circle – and in some style, too...
Texas man reportedly pays $4,000 for guitar autographed by Taylor Swift – and immediately smashes it with a hammer
Reports suggest the purchase and destruction of the instrument was politically motivated, following Swift’s endorsement of Kamala Harris
“I have convinced myself that they are the best actual rock band in the world at the moment”: September 2024 Guitar World editors' picks
Your monthly round up of the freshest new cuts from the world of guitar courtesy of Tetrarch, The Cure, Larkin Poe, Amyl and The Sniffers, Dayglow, and many more
Dweezil Zappa says he recorded Eddie Van Halen playing a “greatest hits guitar solo” at 5150 – and had to give EVH pointers
The session was the result of an unreleased ‘audio movie’ concept of Zappa’s in which he envisioned solo contributions from Brian May and Angus Young
Warm Audio debuts its take on the revered vintage chorus beloved by John Frusciante
The vintage revivalist has offered an updated version of Boss’s legendary CE-1 unit, alongside a new pedal format 1176-style compressor
From fixing Lennon’s Framus to giving Cloud III a CAT scan – it's all in the life of an A-list guitar appraiser
In his work for the prestigious LA auction house, Julien’s, Mike Adams has gone from guitar tech to guitar detective
Tony Levin explains his Funk Fingers appendages – and the rivalry they sparked with Peter Gabriel
The bass icon says the Funk Fingers are at the heart of an ongoing argument about the performance of Big Time
Carlos Alomar recalls making Fame with two rock icons – and why he turned down dinner with a Beatle
The long-term Bowie collaborator says he had to put his guitar ideas first
“Someone dosed Eric with LSD”: George Terry on stepping up during Clapton's bad nights on the road
The session pro and former Clapton sideman has been reflecting on life on tour and in the studio with the guitar icon in the 1970s
Renowned luthier and Superstrat pioneer James Tyler passes away, aged 72
The high-end guitar-maker built and modded instruments used on the era’s biggest hits by session legends like Michael Landau, Dean Parks and Dann Huff
Behind the scenes at Marshall Amps with new CEO Jeremy de Maillard – and how he plans to win back guitarists
Marshall Amplification is the ship that launched a thousand faces, but in the last decade, it’s been adrift. Now new CEO Jeremy de Maillard says he is out to meet the needs of modern guitarists
Paul Gilbert has had guitars worth $12,000 stolen – now the shred icon needs your help to find them
The instruments, including three distinctive Ibanez signature models, were taken amid Mr. Big’s European tour dates
Blackstar’s Polar 4 pitches for the pro player by supersizing the guitar-focused audio interface
The amp firm’s latest guitarist-centric interface offers a wealth of connectivity while continuing to wage war on digital clipping
H.E.R. performs national anthem – and solos as Tom Cruise abseils into the stadium – at the Olympics closing ceremony
The Strat-wielding superstar’s performance of the Star Spangled Banner marked the start of the official countdown to LA28
Tracking the phenomenal guitar lineage of John Mayall in 12 essential releases
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
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
“It's meant to be a noise gate... It actually makes it noisier when it shuts off”: That time Steve Albini listed all of his worst pedals and why he hated them
The influential guitarist and engineer had a few recommendations for your ‘don’t buy’ list
Jackson debuts a brand-new baritone body design in its road-warrior signature model for Roman Ibramkhalilov
It’s heavy bevels for heavy metals as Jackson breaks cover with a signature guitar that’s been four years in the making
