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- January 31
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- Watch Eric Gales and Joe Bonamassa treat an intimate Memphis crowd to a 13-minute, dueling solo-fueled I Want My Crown
- Watch Nita Strauss, Bumblefoot, Michael Starr and Jason Hook pay homage to Eddie Van Halen on the 2022 ShipRocked Cruise
- Red Hot Chili Peppers tease new music with fresh John Frusciante riff
- The Black Keys announce 32-date North American tour
- Zakk Wylde launches new podcast, The Wylde Goose Show
- Steve Vai tore a tendon in his shoulder while making pizza
- January 28
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- Hear remastered audio of Jimi Hendrix’s final performance – recorded two days before his death
- Takamine celebrates its diamond anniversary with the hand-crafted LTD2022
- Eric Gales marks the release of his highly-anticipated album, Crown, with powerful new Stand Up music video
- Dave Mustaine says Megadeth's new album, The Sick, the Dying and the Dead, has been pushed back to the summer
- Harley Benton embraces the dark side for the sub-$150, dual-active humbucker ST-20HH
- Music, Money, Madness... Jimi Hendrix In Maui is heading to theaters next month
- A 1995 Dumble Overdrive Special, valued at $175,000, has risen to the top of Reverb.com’s most-watched list
- Former Fender Custom Shop Master Builder Carlos Lopez establishes Castedosa Guitars
- The Phil Jones X4 Nanobass is a ridiculously small Bluetooth amp that can handle bass, guitar, keys and audio
- KMA Machines' Chief Disruptor promises super-sized, highly tweakable Big Muff-inspired fuzz tones
- Arch Enemy announce 11th studio album, Deceivers, new single Handshake With Hell arriving next week
- Get 2022 off to a rockin’ start with the second installment of Guitar World’s New Year New Gear guide
- Meshuggah debut new single, The Abysmal Eye
- Hear Steve Vai put his bonkers steampunk triple-neck through its paces on Teeth of the Hydra
- January 27
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- Taj Mahal and Ry Cooder join forces for their first new album together in 57 years
- Social Distortion's Mike Ness teams up with Gibson to create new signature 1976 Les Paul Deluxe Goldtop guitar
- Radiohead side project The Smile premiere ethereal new single, The Smoke
- Eric Gales, one of the greatest electric guitar players on the planet, reveals he actually prefers playing acoustic
- Audio from the Beatles' iconic 1969 rooftop performance to arrive on streaming services for the first time
- From furious bluegrass picking to volcanic black metal: here are this week's essential guitar tracks
- Wild Custom introduces Standard Edition of Billy Gibbons’ wacky Gyrock-equipped model
- Steve Vai reveals the most difficult aspect of playing Eddie Van Halen’s guitar parts
- Ghost debut new single, new masks and new Strats during the first show of their co-headline US tour with Volbeat
- Jackson bolsters its X Series range with freshly finished Soloist, Dinky, Warrior, Kelly and Rhoads models
- January 26
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- Watch Phil Demmel fill in for Willie Adler onstage with Lamb of God on the ShipRocked cruise
- Nuno Bettencourt has two new solo albums in the pipeline
- Charvel treats its Pro-Mod electric guitars and basses to a host of new body wood options and fresh finishes
- Andy Timmons announces new, Josh Smith-produced album, Electric Truth, premieres funky lead single, E.W.F.
- Roadie Coach is a guitar-mounted recorder, MIDI controller and tutor in-a-box
- Hear Annihilator’s re-recorded Van Halen cover Romeo Delight
- Fender breathes fresh life into its Paramount series with 6 all-new acoustics
- Kemper launches new, lighter Kabinet with neodymium magnets
- Keith Richards is re-releasing his second solo album Main Offender, complete with a live set from 1992
- Get 2022 off to a rockin’ start with Guitar World’s New Year New Gear guide
- From Steve Vai to Cobra Kai, plus an exclusive Frank Zappa flashback – only in the new Guitar World
- Gretsch introduces new pickups, colors and technical advances to its Electromatic, Streamliner and Jet lineups
- Jackson debuts new Concept Series, offering Custom Shop hardware without the eye-watering price tag
- Charvel teams up with Sean Long, Satchel, Jake E Lee and Henrik Danhage for four impressively appointed new signature models
- Baritone fans, rejoice: Squier has announced a Classic Vibe Baritone Custom Telecaster
- EVH unveils new finishes, updates for 5150 Series, Wolfgang Special, Wolfgang WG Standard models
- January 25
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- Joan Jett joins forces with Epiphone for new signature Olympic Special guitar
- Cory Wong teams up with Jackson Audio for new signature dual overdrive pedal, The Optimist
- Gibson is preparing to sell NFTs of its most famous models
- Watch Lexi Rose demo an original song using a brand-new Boroughs acoustic
- January 24
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- GuitarGuitar signs its business over to its employees
- Brian May helps return missing guitar to young boy
- YouTube shredder Andre Antunes turns Gordon Ramsay rants into a mammoth metal jam
- Bryan Adams reveals the identity of his “first real six-string”
- Hear Melvins cover Soundgarden’s Spoonman with Matt Cameron
- YouTuber turns the Lord of the Rings movie into a 3-hour metal song
- Manson Guitars teams up with Adam "Nolly" Getgood for new range of Oryx electric guitars
- Watch Thundercat make his acting debut in Star Wars spin-off series, The Book of Boba Fett
- Monty's Guitars promises a faithful recreation of Peter Green’s tone with its new Bethnal Green humbuckers
- D’Angelico unveils 2022 limited-edition electrics, boasting one-off finishes, pickups and spec combos
- Don Wilson, co-founding guitarist of instrumental rock trailblazers The Ventures, dies aged 88
- January 21
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- Matt Heafy recruits Emperor's Ihsahn for first single from long-awaited black-metal project Ibaraki
- Chibson’s absurd four-foot whammy bar is real, and you'll be surprised just how good it is
- Foo Fighters go full classic rock in new track Fraggle Rock Rock, as featured in the new Apple TV series
- Guitar Hero might be making a comeback following Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard
- Magnatone’s Starlite promises to pack classic Fender-style tones into a 5-watt Class A combo
- Expansive Bill Frisell biography, Beautiful Dreamer, announced
- Watch Adrian Smith and Richie Kotzen perform Iron Maiden's Wasted Years at their debut Smith/Kotzen gig
- InVisions' Lucas Gabb and Alex Scott tear through Deadlock in this mind-bendingly heavy guitar playthrough
- Eric Johnson pays heartfelt tribute to late amp-building icon Howard Alexander Dumble
- Molly Tuttle shares details and title track from new album Crooked Tree
- Rage Against the Machine postpone dates on forthcoming Public Service Announcement tour
- Rock icon Meat Loaf dies aged 74
- January 20
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- Death by Audio's new Germanium Filter pedal is a "love letter to sticking a pencil through your speaker"
- From face-melting anthems to moonlit waltzes: here are this week's essential guitar tracks
- Brian May to make acting debut in BBC children's TV series, Andy and the Band
- Martin expands its offset SC range with new ziricote, koa and burst models
- Hear Twisted Sister's Dee Snider and Eddie Ojeda team up with Rudy Sarzo and Mike Portnoy for a thunderous cover of Theme For An Imaginary Western
- Walrus Audio debuts hugely tweakable, six effect-strong M1 High-Fidelity Modulation Machine
- Police searching for man who stole an $8,000 Gibson Custom Shop '59 Les Paul by cramming it down his pants
- Jimi Hendrix's estate preemptively sues the estates of Noel Redding and Mitch Mitchell
- Taylor unveils five new-for-2022 acoustic models, headlined by the Master Designer-built Flametop AD27e
- Ghost announce 5th studio album, Impera, debut haunting new single, Call Me Little Sunshine
- January 19
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- Wolfgang Van Halen learned Tremonti's entire setlist the night before joining the band on tour
- Steve Vai shares video detailing insane, triple-neck Ibanez Hydra guitar
- Deftones bassist Sergio Vega opens up Reverb Shop for studio- and tour-played gear
- Watch Tommy Emmanuel and Mike Dawes give Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit a virtuosic acoustic makeover
- John McLaughlin: The Montreux Years sees the guitarist select his key performances at the legendary Swiss festival
- Line 6 opens the doors to its amp collection room and showcases its finest vintage treasures
- Guitto’s GGP-04 pickup aims to turn your parlor acoustic into a dreadnought with five onboard impulse responses
- Joe Satriani announces new album, The Elephants of Mars, unveils expansive first single, Sahara
- Cort joins forces with prog phenom Hedras for upgraded Fishman Fluence-loaded Duality II model
- Anthrax's Scott Ian teams up with his 10-year-old son to jam Sepultura's Roots Bloody Roots
- Watch Mateus Asato treat Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah to sublime slides and lush licks in new instrumental cover
- JAM Pedals releases the Seagull, a pedal dedicated to David Gilmour’s iconic Echoes sound effect
- Avenged Sevenfold's Synyster Gates and Johnny Christ personally deliver fan a signed Schecter guitar
- 8 tips from Elixir Strings for troubleshooting electric guitar string buzz
- January 18
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- Nancy Wilson, Orianthi, Jennifer Batten to host women-only Rock ‘N’ Roll Fantasy Camp in Los Angeles
- Steve Vai postpones the start of his American tour
- Slipknot announce 2022 Knotfest Roadshow North American tour
- Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson says he’s against guitarists who have techs tune their instruments for them
- D'Angelico unveils new, mid-priced Premier Bedford, EXL-1 electric guitars, new Sky Blue finish for Premier SS, DC, Mini DC models
- Walrus Audio updates the Mako Series D1 High-Fidelity Stereo Delay with refined tones and new functionality
- Animals As Leaders announce US tour in support of new album, Parrhesia
- Every Time I Die announce breakup
- Source Audio seeks to “make everything sound better” with its new ZIO Analog Front End + Boost
- Iconic pedal brand Maestro returns with five all-new stompboxes, including a reimagined Fuzz-Tone
- Howard Alexander Dumble, legendary designer of Dumble Amps, has died
- January 17
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- Watch Yvette Young teach her transformative tapping technique in this new video lesson
- Iron Maiden may play Senjutsu in its entirety for “diehard fans” on a future tour
- Hear the anthemic title track of Scorpions' new album, Rock Believer
- Spaceman Effects downsizes its cult classic Deluxe phaser with the powerful Explorer pedal
- YouTuber builds an entire guitar using reclaimed ocean plastic
- Solar Guitars unleashes five impressively spec'd, Fishman-loaded axes for 2022
- Meshuggah announce 9th studio album, Immutable, share chug-heavy teaser
- Judas Priest reverse decision to remove Andy Sneap from live lineup
- January 14
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- Frank Zappa and The Mothers' legendary 1971 Fillmore East shows to be released in their entirety in mammoth new eight-disc box set
- Keb’ Mo’ previews his upcoming album with breezy new single, Good To Be (Home Again)
- ESP unveils 43 new LTD and LTD Deluxe models in mammoth drop
- Eddie Van Halen's former guitar tech Tom Weber recalls his insane "trial-by-fire" job interview
- Jack White shares soothing, stripped-back acoustic ballad, Love Is Selfish
- Keith Richards enters the NFT fray, auctioning off a signed Gibson ES-335 guitar and digital asset in aid of charity
- PRS treats Mark Lettieri’s signature Fiore guitar to fresh Larkspur colorway
- Eddie Vedder’s new album is set to feature Ringo Starr, Elton John, Stevie Wonder – and guest vocals from his late father
- Coheed and Cambria announce new album, Vaxis II: A Window of the Waking Mind, due this May
- Slash dials up the classic rock crunch on Call Off the Dogs, his new single with Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators
- 2022 Guitar Workout & Simon Neil's guide to rock: inside the new issue of Total Guitar
- Dave Mustaine confirms bassist James LoMenzo will join Megadeth for the second leg of the Metal Tour of the Year
- January 13
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- Melissa Etheridge unveils exclusive, custom-designed Epiphone DR-100 acoustic in conjunction with new, guitar-centric graphic novel
- From spectral folk to metal Muse: here are this week's essential guitar tracks
- Steve Vai harnesses lick lightning on new single, Zeus In Chains
- Muse release pummeling new single, Won’t Stand Down
- Watch Dave Mustaine jam Megadeth classics with fans at Rock 'N' Roll Fantasy Camp
- Donner pedals are 20% off throughout January! Treat your 'board to a budget pedal overhaul
- Korn deploy seven-string riff mayhem in monstrous new single, Forgotten
- January 12
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- This heavily customized 1953 Gibson Les Paul Goldtop just sold for $35,000 – and it has an amazing back story
- Alex Lifeson launches new band Envy of None with industrial debut single, Liar
- Mammoth WVH, Dirty Honey postpone the start of their joint Young Guns North American tour
- Misha Mansoor and Mark Holcomb revive Haunted Shores for new album Void – hear thrashy first single Hellfire now
- This fingerstyle acoustic arrangement of Guns N' Roses' Welcome to the Jungle will bring you to your knees
- The Vintage Icon V65V promises an affordable take on a well-worn offset
- Seiji Igusa plays a guitar with no neck in his most bonkers video yet
- Just how tough is Gator’s new G-ICONELECTRIC guitar case? Watch Jay Leonard J put it to the torture test
- Orange unveils the Guitar Butler, a compact two-channel preamp and pedal platform
- PRS unveils mesmerizing Orianthi Private Stock and 24-08 switch-equipped S2 and SE electrics
- Paramore are working on a new album with “more emphasis on guitar”
- Harley Benton gets in on the expandable pedalboard action with the SpaceShip Flex 5085 and 4070
- January 11
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- Adam Jones offers first glimpse of potential Gibson Flying V signature model onstage with Tool
- Mackie’s Thrash Loudspeakers – the right choice when your music needs to be heard
- PRS officially launches the $849 SE Silver Sky – watch John Mayer put it through its paces
- Walrus Audio introduces revamped, preset-equipped Slötvå Multi-Texture reverb pedal
- Thrash metal is alive and well – just listen to Vio-lence's furious comeback single, Flesh From Bone
- Fender honors Chicago guitarist Terry Kath with meticulous new Custom Shop LE Terry Kath Telecaster
- Megadeth and Lamb of God announce new Metal Tour of the Year dates for 2022
- Johnny Marr teams up with Primal Scream’s Simone Marie for moody new single, Night and Day
- Andy Sneap says he’s “incredibly disappointed” but respects Judas Priest's decision to tour as a quartet
- Budgie frontman and bassist Burke Shelley dies aged 71
- Candy Harlots guitarist Marc Lee Dé Hugar dies aged 52
- January 10
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- Watch Tool play using “backup crappy gear” and no effects during intimate final pre-tour rehearsal livestream
- Nita Strauss becomes first female solo artist to have a number one single at rock radio
- Fender’s longest-serving employee Rogelio Centeno has passed away
- Judas Priest to tour as a four-piece as Andy Sneap departs live lineup
- Watch Jack White put his sparkling mystery Tele through its paces in a live performance of Taking Me Back
- Mastro Valvola launches the OFF1, a three-in-one octave, fuzz and ladder filter pedal
- Is this our first look at a Gibson Kirk Hammett Flying V?
- Dive into the ambitious new Slash album in Australian Guitar #146, out now
- Nile Marr, son of the Smiths' Johnny Marr, shares “liberating” new single, Only Time Can Break Your Heart
- Vola Guitars adds 3 new color options to its Strat-inspired OZ V3 MC
- January 7
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- Watch Tosin Abasi cover Radiohead's Paranoid Android on classical guitar
- Symphony X guitarist Michael Romeo announces new solo album, War of the Worlds, Pt. 2, premieres anthemic lead single, Divide & Conquer
- From full-throttle carnage to Sweet Potato Pie: here are this week's essential guitar tracks
- Muse unleash their inner metal in teaser for brutal new single, Won’t Stand Down
- DJ Ashba says he submitted “8 to 10” new Guns N' Roses songs to Axl Rose during his tenure, but they never materialized
- Edgar Winter recruits Joe Bonamassa, Joe Walsh, Billy Gibbons, Ringo Starr, Steve Lukather, Derek Trucks, Keb' Mo' and more for Johnny Winter tribute album
- Slash confirms a new Guns N’ Roses album is on the way
- January 6
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- The Beatles' legendary 1969 rooftop show will be screened in IMAX cinemas on January 30
- TC Electronic introduces the Infinite Sample Sustainer, complete with onboard reverb and modulation effects
- Diane Martin, wife of C.F. Martin & Co Executive Chairman Chris Martin IV, has died
- Ibanez treats the TS9 Tube Screamer to a Ruby Red colorway to celebrate its 40th anniversary
- Iconic pedal brand Maestro is making a comeback this year – is the legendary Fuzz-Tone about to return?
- John Mayer tests positive for Covid-19, drops out of Dead & Company's Playing in the Sand festival
- Loathe debut punishing new single, Dimorphous Display
- Faith Guitars pledges to plant at least one tree for every guitar it sells
- January 5
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- Radiohead side project The Smile premiere punky debut single, You Will Never Work In Television Again
- Albert Lee: "I took the middle pickup out of this SG and put it on the Tele. I'd like to think I was one of the first people to do that!"
- Fender CEO Andy Mooney “not optimistic” that guitar and amp supply chain struggles will improve any time soon
- Brody Dalle's boyfriend alleges Josh Homme tried to throw him off a balcony
- Want to get Lemmy's bass tone? The new Bass Player reveals all
- MXR reboots its cult classic Blue Box for the refined Poly Blue Octave pedal
- Positive Grid expands its hardware lineup with the new BIAS FX 2-friendly Riff audio interface
- YouTuber equips his Telecaster with classical guitar strings – and the results are surprisingly good
- Guitarist records entire album using only broken guitars
- January 4
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- PRS confirms launch date, specs of John Mayer signature SE Silver Sky
- Watch Josh Klinghoffer cover the Golden Girls theme song in honor of Betty White
- Joe Satriani announces fine art tour for January 2022
- Jared Dines recruits Michael Angelo Batio, Manuel Gardner Fernandes, Rabea Massaad and Felix Martin for quite possibly the best shred collab ever
- Young Pantera fan gifted Dean Dimebag Darrell ML from anonymous music store customer
- Nirvana Nevermind album artwork lawsuit dismissed
- David Lee Roth cancels his entire Las Vegas residency
- Wolfgang Van Halen names his 2 favorite Van Halen albums
- Samsung is releasing a guitar with LED guide lights on its fretboard
- KHDK Electronics debuts two-in-one Scott Ian signature pedal, the JSL
- January 1
