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- December 23
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- TC Electronic celebrates the 45th anniversary of its first-ever pedal with the Stereo Chorus Flanger Gold
- You can stream Metallica’s two 40th anniversary concerts for free for a limited time
- R.E.M.’s Peter Buck recalls how his beloved Rickenbacker Jetglo 360 was stolen in 2008, only to be returned by a Finnish biker gang
- Eric Clapton backs down on collecting legal fees from woman selling bootleg CD on eBay
- December 22
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- Lava Music unveils touchscreen-equipped carbon fiber smart guitar, the Lava Me 3
- Watch Steve Vai shred on a hollowbody in his new Little Pretty music video
- Watch Dave Navarro and Anthony Kiedis team up to cover Lou Reed’s Walk On the Wild Side
- Zakk Wylde reveals Ozzy Osbourne's I Don't Want to Change the World started life as a joke
- Cory Wong announces his most insane extra-musical event to date: Wong On Ice
- Save big on Tidal's HiFi and HiFi Plus services, and get 90 days of lossless streaming from as little as $1
- December 21
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- It sure seems like an SE version of John Mayer's PRS Silver Sky will be unveiled in January
- Nita Strauss explains why she doesn't own an acoustic guitar: “I don't find acoustic playing particularly fun”
- Watch Billy Corgan pay tribute to his father with a set of Christmas songs at his Chicago tea shop
- Eric Clapton writes new single, Heart of a Child, with fellow vaccine skeptic
- Brian May tests positive for Covid, keeps playing guitar: “I want to show you that you can actually play after Covid”
- Gibson's Cesar Gueikian joins Kirk Hammett's Wedding Band onstage in San Francisco, and the Metallica guitarist lets him play his iconic 1959 “Greeny” Les Paul
- John Mayer and Cory Wong swap signature guitars and trade licks in new studio jam session
- Perform at Expo Dubai 2020 and win a bespoke, handmade guitar with Lowden’s Take the Stage competition
- December 20
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- Lari Basilio, Mark Lettieri, Ariel Posen and Tom Quayle headline Paul Davids' epic 10-guitarist solo collaboration
- Watch Ruben Wan conjure awesome electric and acoustic tones from the PRS SE Hollowbody II Piezo guitar
- Gerard Way on rock music's resurgence: “People missed the sound of the guitar”
- Adrian Belew on how Eddie Van Halen advanced guitar playing "to the next level"
- Tony Iommi says he has “four or five hundred” unused riffs on his phone
- Metallica perform rare tracks and deep cuts during celebratory 40th anniversary shows
- December 17
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- Pink Floyd surprise-release 12 live albums to streaming services
- Save up to $150 on a range of next-level guitar lessons in TrueFire’s biggest sale of the year
- Neural DSP teams up with John Petrucci for new Archetype: Petrucci plugin
- Watch Billy Gibbons, Joe Bonamassa cover Jimi Hendrix at Gibbons' 72nd birthday jam in Los Angeles
- Great Eastern FX Co. takes inspiration from the Fender Champ for its first-ever stompbox, the Small Speaker Overdrive
- Leonard “Hub” Hubbard, longtime bassist for the Roots, dies aged 62
- Taurus adds the IR loader-equipped Stomp-Head 7.Apogee to its line of pedal amps
- Watch Paul Riario conjure a ‘new species of swirl’ with the Eventide TriceraChorus pedal
- Toni Cornell and Pete Thorn pay tribute to Chris Cornell with Nothing Compares 2 U performance on The Tonight Show
- Watch Tom Morello demonstrate just how close his MXR Power 50 Overdrive pedal gets to his trademark Marshall amp sound
- The Awards Issue 2021: inside the new issue of Total Guitar
- December 16
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- Eric Clapton successfully sues 55-year-old German widow for listing bootleg CD on eBay for $11
- From cinematic death metal epics to math-rock magic: here are this week's essential guitar tracks
- Wolfgang Van Halen discusses learning Paradise City to perform onstage with Guns N’ Roses
- Give the gift of guitar lessons this Christmas with up to $100 off an ArtistWorks gift card
- Mr. Black unveils new-and-improved 8-stage Mini Phaser
- Jerry Cantrell recalls how Tom Morello inspired Layne Staley to step up his guitar playing
- Watch Paul Riario rev up the 'next-level' Dean MD24 Floyd Roasted Maple electric
- Richie Faulkner is back in the studio following his life-saving heart surgery
- And So I Watch You From Afar announce ambitious new multimedia album Jettison
- Rob Chapman confirms Dorje have disbanded
- December 15
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- Harley Benton updates its practice amp line with HB-40MFX and HB-20MFX modeling amps, starting from $99
- Kickstarter launched for the Amonito, “the lightest all-in-one guitar amp ever created”
- Iced Earth‘s Jon Schaffer named in lawsuit by D.C. Attorney General seeking damages for Capitol riots
- The Modal Effects Disruption is a modular gain pedal with interchangeable blocks
- Allman Family Revival tour dates postponed due to Covid
- Phil Chen, bassist and session pro with the likes of Jeff Beck, Rod Stewart and Brian May, dies aged 75
- Epiphone pays tribute to the first-ever SG model with Burstbucker-equipped ‘61 Les Paul SG Standard
- December 14
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- Watch former Steel Panther bassist Travis Haley – aka Lexxi Foxx – play his first show with new band, Hollywood Gods N' Monsters
- Watch Paul Riario get a big tone from Martin’s new 'crisp and loud' Grand J-16E 12-string acoustic
- High on Fire guitarist Matt Pike announces debut solo album, Pike vs. the Automaton, releases ultra-heavy lead single, Alien Slut Mum
- Gibson finally releases its first Dave Mustaine signature model, the Flying V EXP
- Mooer expands upgraded X2 pedal lineup with dual-channel digital Preamp Model X2
- Zakk Wylde and Dario Lorina walk you through their favorite Black Label Society guitar riffs
- Hear Lari Basilio let loose with some dazzling lead work on Ester Na’s new instrumental track, Free
- Paul McCartney’s bass and Eddie Vedder’s Telecaster break world records in Music Rising charity auction
- December 13
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- Watch guitar ace Nili Brosh crank it up with the new Blackstar Dept. 10 valve-loaded pedals
- Collision Devices debuts limited-edition reverb/delay/tremolo pedal, the Nocturnal
- Watch DJ Ashba perform Bella Ciao at the opening of the MMA Awards 2021
- Wes Borland's new Big Dumb Face album, Christmas in the Cave of Dagoth, might be the heaviest festive record of the year
- Guitarist who relearned to play left-handed returns with ambidextrous playthrough using Michael Angelo Batio’s double-sided Sawtooth signature
- Tony Iommi says “you can never say never” to Black Sabbath reunion
- Bill Kelliher reveals Ron Wood’s signature ESP as his secret studio weapon: “It’s the best-sounding Tele ever”
- Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp share unseen Sunday Lunch clips – and a new guitar jam
- Adrian Smith and Richie Kotzen announce first US tour dates
- Yngwie Malmsteen postpones US tour dates on “doctor's orders”
- Watch RJ Ronquillo conjure super-personalized tones with the OPFXS V-Uno Reprogrammable Guitar Pedal
- Cesar Gueikian reveals Mesa/Boogie’s Randall Smith is working on a new range of Gibson amps
- J Mascis and Kim Gordon team up for two-track single, Abstract Blues
- Red Witch announces the Nonpareil series, comprising 54 unique pedals
- December 10
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- H.E.R. teases collaboration with Dave Grohl: "I would love to work with him on an album or something"
- Michael Nesmith, Monkees guitarist, dies at 78
- Crazy Tube Circuits debuts the Crossfire, inspired by “one of the most iconic pedal/amp combinations in history”
- Josh Smith shows how he blends classic blues with state-of-the-art tech in new, in-depth pedalboard breakdown
- Hear Wham!’s Last Christmas reimagined by Japanese experimental rockers Boris
- Metallica will stream their two upcoming 40th anniversary live shows for free
- Watch Wet Leg perform Chaise Longue on Late Night With Seth Meyers
- Jack White announces huge 2022 Supply Chain Issues world tour
- Australian prog-metal monsters Karnivool debut new single, All It Takes
- Behringer endeavors to emulate Mu-Tron's classic octave circuit with the faithfully spec’d Octave Divider
- Arch Enemy take death metal back to the '80s with galloping, lead-heavy new track, House of Mirrors
- An Eddie Van Halen Funko Pop! figure is on the way
- Ed Sheeran donates prototype ‘= Edition’ acoustic guitar to hometown school raffle
- Watch guitar ace Sophie Burrell try out the "mega-impressive" NUX Mighty Air wireless stereo modeling amp
- Bass Player reveals 2021 Lifetime Achievement Awards
- December 9
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- Gibson pays tribute to Johnny Winter with new Custom Shop 1964 Firebird V model
- Watch Steve Stine demonstrate the tonal versatility of the Baldacci Bighorn
- Olivia Rodrigo caps off her year as one of 2021’s most-streamed guitar artists with five acoustic-strong “good 4 u” performance
- IK Multimedia teams up with Mesa/Boogie for new AmpliTube collection
- Watch Jeff Cole, an Indiana guitarist recovering from paralysis, tear through Wolftooth's Garden of Hesperides in this inspiring playthrough
- The Ohio venue where Dimebag Darrell was killed has been demolished
- Eric Gales lights a fire under the blues shuffle form on explosive new single, You Don't Know The Blues
- Harley Benton unveils Fusion-T HH HT line of twin-humbucker hardtail T-style electrics
- Robbie Shakespeare, bass player of influential reggae rhythm duo Sly and Robbie, dies aged 68
- December 8
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- Vulfpeck announce new album, Vulf Vault 005: Wong's Cafe, debut slinky lead single, Smokeshow
- G&L introduces fretless version of its Kiloton bass guitar
- Joyo unveils the ultra-compact, super-affordable Bantamp Meteor II lunchbox amp head
- Lollar announces new La Prima and B.S. J-Bass pickups
- Watch Mdou Moctar‘s stripped-down 30-minute Boiler Room session – complete with improvised solo
- Watch Neil Young talk tubes, tone and working with amp “guru” Sal Trentino in this exclusive clip
- AngelMaker serve up rapid-fire alternate-picking lines aplenty in this destructive guitar-and-bass playthrough of Vengeance
- Wolfgang Van Halen explains why his surname is a “blessing and a curse”
- Watch Courtney Barnett perform If I Don’t Hear You Tonight on Jimmy Kimmel Live!
- Vola teams up with Kaspar Jalily for signature semi-hollow, the KJM J1 Vasti
- Chibson USA launches official website, releases activity book inspired by its social media ad campaigns
- December 7
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- John Frusciante, Jack White, Emily Wolfe and Peter Frampton pay tribute to Electro-Harmonix founder Mike Matthews on his 80th birthday
- Wampler aims to blend high-gain sounds of the past and present with new Pantheon Deluxe dual overdrive pedal
- Watch Foo Fighters, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Jane's Addiction, Tool, Queens of the Stone Age members jam on classic rock standards at all-star benefit concert
- Megadeth's new album The Sick, the Dying and the Dead is “super-close” to being released, Dave Mustaine says
- Alice Cooper joined by Ace Frehley and Orianthi at his 19th annual Christmas Pudding benefit concert
- St. Vincent had the Peavey Decade practice amp built into a pedal after Josh Homme revealed it as the secret behind the Queens of the Stone Age sound
- Nile Rodgers to sell over 100 guitars and basses in mammoth We Are Family Foundation charity auction
- Positive Grid's Spark amp is an ideal last-minute Christmas gift idea for guitar players - save up to $160 on bundles
- Watch Richie Faulkner shred on Instagram Live just 10 weeks after life-saving open-heart surgery
- December 6
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- David Lee Roth claims the Frankenstein’s stripes were his design, but his story just doesn't add up – here's why
- Custom Shop Master Builder Carlos Lopez leaves Fender
- Jimmy Page pays tribute to Led Zeppelin tour manager Richard Cole: “He was a brother and a friend to the end”
- Keith Richards-played 1957 Gibson Les Paul Mickey Baker Deluxe, traded to Gram Parsons, goes under the hammer
- Tony Iommi: “One of my rock gods is Brian May… He's got a certain character that you didn't hear from anybody else”
- Meet Mojo Hand FX's Sericon, a highly tweakable Klon-style drive with three gain controls
- Prince William begins his week by listening to AC/DC's Thunderstruck
- Harley Benton steps up its multi-effects pedal game with the sleek, sub-$400 DNAfx GiT Pro
- Stuck on present ideas for Christmas? Laney’s comprehensive new 2021 holiday gift guide will provide you with the inspiration you need
- Megadeth launch their own cryptocurrency, $MEGA
- December 3
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- The Darkness's Justin Hawkins endorses Laney
- A Stevie Ray Vaughan stage-played Fender Elite Stratocaster, purchased by Mark Tremonti, goes up for auction
- Harmony celebrates a classic build with the $699 H72 Reissue
- Unprocessed reach for new genre-bending heights in latest single, Portrait
- Solar Guitars debuts signature model for Coroner guitarist Tommy Vetterli, the Type A1.6Coroner
- Paul Cochrane teases a third version of his legendary Tim overdrive
- “Make it sound as much like a car accident as you can”: Buzz Osborne is Gibson’s latest Riff Lords guest
- Slash ft. Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators debut new song Fill My World
- Radiohead side-project The Smile debut new material – and pedalboards – in surprise rehearsal livestream
- Hear Tom Morello trade licks with Alex Lifeson and Kirk Hammett on new track I Have Seen the Way
- Get the holiday gear fires burning with the final installment of Guitar World’s Holiday Ultimate Gear Guide
- December 2
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- Glenn Tipton will play on the next Judas Priest album, Rob Halford confirms
- Kim Gordon blends dissonance and classic rock riffage on new single, Grass Jeans
- From bubblegrunge to Steve Vai's hollowbody dalliance: here are this week's essential guitar tracks
- Harley Benton unveils four new high-performance Fusion-III electric guitars
- Steve Vai swaps Ibanez for Gretsch in new single Little Pretty, and reveals bonkers triple-neck Hydra guitar
- Watch Nancy Wilson, Jerry Cantrell and Sammy Hagar perform Alice In Chains' Brother and more in 10-minute jam session
- MXR crams Tom Morello’s iconic amp tones into a new signature pedal, the Power 50 Overdrive
- Eddie Vedder announces February 2022 US tour with backing band The Earthlings, featuring Andrew Watt, Josh Klinghoffer, Chris Chaney and Chad Smith
- Carlos Santana cancels Las Vegas residency following health scare and "unscheduled heart procedure"
- Joe Duplantier says Greta Van Fleet's latest album gave him “more faith in humanity”
- Zakk Wylde and Dario Lorina team up to teach you Black Label Society’s Set You Free in this exclusive Guitar World lesson
- Electro-Harmonix unveils the Nano Q-Tron, a downsized version of John Mayer’s favorite envelope filter
- December 1
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- Steel Panther are still searching for a new bassist – and they need your help to narrow the field of candidates
- Hear Drowning By Numbers, the new single from Japanese experimental supremos Boris
- Ed Sheeran debuts limited-run '= Edition' Lowden signature model
- The Linda Lindas share rapid-fire power-punk effort, Nino
- Watch Peter Dinklage and the Dessner brothers perform Your Name from the Oscar-tipped Cyrano
- Meet Supro’s first ‘loud clean amp’, the Royale
- Craig "Goonzi" Gowans and Steven Jones deliver crushing riffs and soaring melodies in this monstrous playthrough of Bleed From Within's Night Crossing
- Zakk Wylde's career in 12 songs, Mastodon's masterpiece and Steve Howe – only in the new Guitar World
- Kim Thayil channeled the loss of Chris Cornell in his solo on the new Mastodon album
- Steve Vai announces new album, Inviolate, reveals tracklisting and release date
- Brody Dalle sentenced to 60 hours community service following contempt conviction
- Ibanez officially unveils Yvette Young’s second signature guitar, the YY20
