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IGF Summer School 2025

The IGF Summer School celebrates 30 years of levelling up guitar players with a bumper Bath event

By Phil Weller published

Sponsor Content Created With International Guitar Foundation

Taking place 12-17 August in the historic UK town of Bath, the five-day event will celebrate guitar playing in all its forms, helping players take their talents to new heights

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NAMM 2025: Jackson Surfcaster, Marshall modded 1959, Fender Standard Series Telecaster, MXR Rockman X100

These are the gear trends that will shape your guitar buying in 2025

By Matt Owen published

NAMM 2025 was one for the history books, with an avalanche of surprise announcements as industry titans broke their own rules, the neck humbucker took a backseat and guitar stars started seeing other companies – here’s what we learned

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[Left] Acclaimed producer Terry Date reclines on a blue couch as he speaks at an industry convention; [right] The late Pantera guitarist Dimebag Darrell, holds a note and feels it. He is wearing a white Garth Brooks T-shirt and plays his blue lightning finish Dean ML electric guitar.

“I was doing everything I could to just keep up”: Terry Date on his studio sessions with Dimebag

By Nick Bowcott published

The acclaimed producer describes Dimebag as a force of nature – and reflects on that ill-fated time when the late Pantera guitarist decided to give him a guitar lesson…

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A poster advertising the 2025 NAMM show adorns the front of the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California

NAMM 2025 live! The biggest guitar news as it happened

By Michael Astley-Brown last updated

All the red-hot gear news and artist goings-ons from the show floor at the world’s biggest guitar gear trade show

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Detail of the headstock and tuners on a Gibson Les Paul 70s Deluxe electric guitar with a 70s Cherry Sunburst finish, taken on July 22, 2021

Gibson has pledged an initial $250,000 to L.A. wildfires relief

By Janelle Borg published

Gibson and its philanthropic division Gibson Gives are also joining forces with Guitar Center, the NAMM Foundation and MusiCares – as well as numerous humanitarian aid organizations – to support impacted communities

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Telecaster style guitar and a laptop laid on a desk

You can now comment directly on Guitar World articles

By Matt Parker published

Join the conversation and have your say on all things six-string

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The DiMarzio bridge pickup of a Charvel Pro-Mod So-Cal electric guitar. During a studio shoot for Total Guitar Magazine/Future via Getty Images, January 6, 2011

DiMarzio pulls out of NAMM 2025 in response to L.A. wildfires

By Janelle Borg published

The pickup firm has joined Maybach Guitars in publicly announcing they won't be attending the annual trade show

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General view of the Anaheim Convention Center during The NAMM Show at Anaheim Convention Center on January 27, 2024 in Anaheim, California

Boutique guitar brand pulls out of NAMM 2025 in the face of L.A. wildfires

By Janelle Borg published

In an updated statement, the CEO of NAMM confirmed that plans are solidly in place for the event to still go ahead

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The logo of the guitar manufacturer Fender can be seen on a bass guitar on March 03, 2023 in Berlin, Germany

Fender launches initiative to replace instruments and gear destroyed by L.A. wildfires

By Janelle Borg published

Fender has committed $100,000 to this effort – with more announcements expected in the coming weeks

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Samantha Fish (left) and Jennifer Batten perform onstage

Jennifer Batten, Samantha Fish, Lindsey Stirling, and more to feature at 2025 She Rocks Awards

By Jackson Maxwell published

Set to take place at the Hilton Anaheim Pacific Ballroom next Saturday, January 25, the annual event celebrates the achievements of women in music and audio

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