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Tunerette honors the heyday of rock ‘n’ roll with a clip-on tuner that looks like a cigarette
Beat the smoking ban while emulating true rock star moves with this tricky tuner
Phil X and Richie Sambora team up as two eras of Bon Jovi combine to perform Livin’ On a Prayer at LA benefit concert
The guitarist who helped write the classic song – and the man who later replaced him in the band – came together to raise funds in the wake of the LA wildfires
How Nathan East managed to make his bass sound like a guitar on these Kenny Loggins hits
East discloses the nifty technique that bassists can use in lieu of adding actual guitars to a track
Joey Molland, guitarist, singer, last surviving original member of Badfinger, dies at 77
In addition to his time with the early '70s hitmakers, Molland worked independently with all four Beatles, playing guitar on George Harrison's All Things Must Pass and John Lennon's Imagine
When Rory Gallagher was asked to fill Eric Clapton's shoes in rock's pioneering power trio
As Cream began to disintegrate barely two years into their existence, the enormously successful band's managers were desperate to keep them going
A guide to every guitarist who's played with Thin Lizzy
Thin Lizzy are tough enough for punks, heavy enough for metalheads, poetic enough for romantics – and their catchy riffs and licks have been played by some of the finest guitarists on earth
Joe Bonamassa now owns Rory Gallagher’s Number 1 Rangemaster
Bonamassa is one of Gallagher’s biggest fans, and now he’s been gifted the Rangemaster that formed the foundation of his legendary tone
Sting's longtime guitarist finds everything in the Police's catalog “playable,” but says this song is the band's most challenging to play
Dominic Miller also reveals whether there are any Police songs that prove tricky to recreate without the original lineup
Eric Johnson on his G3 reunion with Joe Satriani and Steve Vai
We catch up with the maestro to talk all things G3, formative influences, hollow-body Strat designs, and what he has to learn from Wes Montgomery after all these years
Rick Beato names the Chappell Roan mega-hit that’s ushered in a new age of guitar solos
Beato has heaped praise on one of Roan’s most popular tracks, which might be turning the tides back in the favor of guitar solos in pop music
Wolfgang Van Halen has gifted his favorite new guitar player one of his EVH SA-126 signature guitars
The Mammoth WVH leader has waxed lyrical about Aaron Marshall in the past – and now he’s sent the Intervals virtuoso one of his stunning semi-hollow signatures
Al Di Meola reveals one of the most important lessons he's ever learned in developing a great sense of rhythm
The fusion virtuoso discusses why the foot is key to anchoring a great sense of rhythm in any guitar player
Steve Vai, Eric Johnson and Joe Satriani share the secrets behind 3 instrumental epics in these exclusive Guitar World lessons
The three G3 virtuosos break down hits both classic and modern to celebrate the release of the G3 Reunion Live album
Bill Corgan on the time Eddie Van Halen asked him to play guitar – during a Guitar World interview
Turns out EVH was impressed by the Smashing Pumpkins frontman's guitar skills
Tommy Thayer emerged in a scene of shredders and guitar heroes – but the style they pioneered never appealed to him
The Kiss guitar player was surrounded by shredders in an era of evolution for guitar music, but felt a stronger affinity for what came before
Thin Lizzy guitarist and Live Aid mastermind Midge Ure was asked to join the Sex Pistols – but he didn’t think twice about turning them down
Ure claims he was scouted for his look by Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren and his punk co-conspirator (and later, the Clash manager) Bernard Rhodes
Lost chords that George Harrison wrote down before his passing have been turned into a new song
For the Love of George is taken from a new George Harrison tribute album, which was recorded using the late Beatle’s own guitars
Getting up close and personal with a 1928 Martin 00-42 – a pre-war, small-bodied vintage unicorn of an acoustic guitar
Martin has become synonymous with dreadnoughts and OM models, and there were rich pickings in the small-bodied pre-war era, too. We take a closer look – and get Chris Buck’s thoughts on it, too
