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March 31
- Dave Mustaine reveals bassist on new Megadeth album – and surprise Sammy Hagar, Ice-T guest appearances
- Glenn Tipton teases “experimental” new Judas Priest album
- Charvel launches newly spec'd, freshly finished Pro-Mod DK24, San Dimas and So-Cal models
- John Scofield announces first ever solo guitar album
- Steve Morse announces temporary hiatus from Deep Purple due to personal reasons
- Is this the most baffling "greatest guitar riffs" list ever assembled?
- IK Multimedia launches ToneNET, a new preset-sharing community for AmpliTube 5
- Acorn Amplifiers unveils the Peavey Decade-inspired Solid State preamp pedal, based on Josh Homme's "secret weapon" amp
- Fender Japan unveils Japan Junior Collection of 24”-scale Stratocaster, Telecaster and Jazzmaster models
March 30
- EVH launches newly finished 5150 Standard and Deluxe models
- Yoshi Ikegami steps down as president of Boss
- Gretsch refreshes Electromatic Jet lineup and unveils new looks for the G5700 Lap Steel
- You can now control your Kemper with your phone using the new Profiler Rig Manager iOS app
- 3Degrees Audio launches the Bygones, a multi-effects pedal that aims to bottle your nostalgia
- Ceti’s E.S.U. is a pocket-sized touchscreen multi-FX, amp processor, audio interface and hard drive recorder
- Chase Bliss Audio unveils the Habit, a half-effect, half-instrument that even the company doesn’t quite understand
- Flea stars on the cover of the new issue of Bass Player
- Paul McCartney pays tribute to Taylor Hawkins: “You were a true rock and roll hero”
- Cory Wong announces season 2 of his Cory and The Wongnotes talk show – and reveals its stellar lineup
- Foo Fighters cancel all upcoming tour dates following Taylor Hawkins' death
March 29
- KMA Machines slims down, revamps its Wurm distortion pedal
- Fender expands its most affordable line of guitar amps with new Frontman 20G model
- Ann Wilson shares infectious, riff-driven new single, A Moment in Heaven
- Gibson launches considerably more affordable Adam Jones Les Paul Standard
- Joe Satriani announces massive 2022 North American tour
- Flea reveals he changed his long-serving bass amp setup for Red Hot Chili Peppers’ latest album
- Solar bolsters its baritone lineup with three stealthy six-strings
- Opeth drop expansive new single, Width of a Circle, announce extended edition of In Cauda Venenum
- Fender and Jackson Custom Shops announce two new Master Builders
- Watch Lita Ford join Sammy Hagar onstage to cover Led Zeppelin and Montrose classics
March 28
- Hear Slash and Marc LaBelle’s biting cover of Mountain’s Mississippi Queen
- The Gaslight Anthem return and confirm work has begun on their sixth album
- Watch Jack White’s humorous attempt to ‘steal’ Beck’s Nashville show with a Chumbawamba cover
- Watch Robb Flynn cover Black Sabbath onstage with a tribute band
- Hear Yngwie Malmsteen’s energetic cover of Long Red, taken from the new all-star Leslie West tribute album
- Wolfgang Van Halen pays tribute to the late Taylor Hawkins with emotional cover of Foo Fighters’ My Hero
- Rammstein and Faith No More members Come Together for Beatles cover in aid of UNICEF Ukraine fundraiser
- Strandberg teams up with Plini for updated Prog NX 6 and Neck-Thru Black signature guitars
- Watch Genesis play their last-ever gig at London's O2 Arena – with former frontman Peter Gabriel in attendance
March 26
- Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins dies aged 50
March 25
- Matt Heafy recruits My Chemical Romance frontman Gerard Way on epic new Ibaraki single, Rōnin
- Meshuggah drop excoriating new single, I Am That Thirst
- Minus the Bear guitarist David Knudson announces debut solo album, The Only Thing You Have to Change Is Everything
- From ethereal desert ballads to scuzzy '90s power-pop: here are this week's essential guitar tracks
- Western Electric gearing up for domestic production of guitar amp tubes to fulfil demand
- Skid Row debut first track with new vocalist Erik Grönwall, The Gang’s All Here
- Dave Grohl finally releases his full-length metal album – and it's heavier than you'd ever imagine
- Jason Richardson offers gravity-defying sweeps and insane two-handed tapping aplenty in new single, Ishimura
March 24
- Watch Van Halen close out a 1986 show with a rabble-rousing cover of Led Zeppelin's Rock and Roll
- Red Hot Chili Peppers dial back the tempo on dreamy new ballad, Not the One
- Robin Trower releases blistering new track, The Razor’s Edge
- These are the 25 guitar artists you need to hear this year, according to Fender
- Metallica will bring 7 historic live albums and documentaries to the Coda Collection this spring
- Beabadoobee returns with scuzzy new single Talk and announces second album, Beatopia
- Fredrik Åkesson had to “scale down” his leads on Ghost's new album, Impera
- Nili Brosh set to perform with Danny Elfman at Coachella 2022 – complete with an eye-popping new Ibanez Custom Shop model
- Sum 41 announce half-punk, half-metal double album, Heaven and Hell
- Tosin Abasi and Javier Reyes used a Gibson Les Paul on the new Animals As Leaders album
- Boss unveils two new Space Echo pedals, the long-awaited RE-2 and RE-202
March 23
- Aerosmith announce 2022 Las Vegas residency dates
- Joe Satriani reveals the song that was impossible to play live: "My hand didn’t want to do it live. It started to really hurt"
- A 1970 Gibson Les Paul Custom – gifted by Eric Clapton to Gregg Allman – is headed to the auction block
- Ernie Ball Music Man adds luxurious limited-edition Spring 2022 models to its Ball Family Reserve collection
- John Mayer praises Jim Root’s signature Fender Telecaster as what “every Tele should look like in this day and age”
- 30 instrumental masters, starring Tosin Abasi and Joe Satriani – only in the new Guitar World
- Watch Joe Bonamassa get hands on with Gibson’s new Theodore electric guitar
March 22
- Amid supply crunch, Western Electric publicly floats expansion into guitar tube manufacturing
- Gibson and Triumph join forces to unveil 1959 Legends custom Les Paul and motorcycle
- Line 6 reveals the DL4 MkII, a reboot of its legendary multi-function delay/looper pedal
- Fender launches new JV Modified Series, inspired by its sought-after ’80s Japanese Vintage reissues
- Dean unleashes Trans Blue-finished Quilt Top ML Select 24 Kahler
- Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo dons Ed Sheeran’s Martin Divide acoustic for Kimmel performance of A Little Bit of Love
- Greta Van Fleet postpone US tour following Jake Kiszka's battle with pneumonia
- Sterling by Music Man launches refreshed 2022 guitar and bass lineup
March 21
- Dunlop releases Joe Bonamassa Custom Jazz III picks
- Gibson-backed virtual fundraiser MusicCares: Music on a Mission returns for 2022
- Danny Elfman and Trent Reznor reunite for a souped-up cinematic reworking of Native Intelligence
- Mark Tremonti announces Frank Sinatra covers album in support of the National Down Syndrome Society
- James Hetfield’s son launches debut album with Bastardane
- Watch Perry Farrell join Foo Fighters onstage to perform Jane’s Addiction hit Been Caught Stealing
- Machine Head reunite with founding guitarist Logan Mader for The More Things Change... 25th anniversary full-album playthrough
- Watch Tosin Abasi test drive a prototype Abasi Concepts Larada nylon 7-string
- Dave Grohl confirms release date for full Dream Widow thrash album
- Hear Edgar Winter and Keb’ Mo’s new tribute to Johnny Winter, Lone Star Blues
- Kirk Hammett confirms his second signature Dunlop Cry Baby Wah is on the way
- Australian Guitar celebrates the founding fretters of alt-rock in #147, on sale now
March 18
- Megadeth’s Kiko Loureiro sets up his own online Guitar Academy
- From funk-leaning shred to blackgaze catharsis: here are this week's essential guitar tracks
- Yvette Young and Carmen Vandenberg set to be honoured alongside Dionne Warwick at 10th Annual She Rocks Awards
- Mattoverse’s Solar Sound Drive pedal reacts to light using a built-in solar panel
- Vote for your favorite covers in Martin's No Limits Challenge
- Royal Blood release surprise new single Honeybrains
- Watch blues phenom Justin Johnson conjure big vintage tones from the versatile Baldacci Bighorn Solidbody electric
- Harley Benton expands sub-$500 acoustic guitar line with 2 full-size strummers, 2 hollowbody hybrids and a parlor model
- Joe Satriani shares funk-infused new single, Pumpin’
- Gibson debuts the Theodore, a brand-new body shape based on a 65-year-old archive design
March 17
- Get an in-depth tour of Gibson's former Kalamazoo, Michigan factory in this recently unearthed 1967 documentary
- The Smile give a Radiohead rarity a jazzy re-working on new single, Skrting On The Surface
- Machine Gun Kelly drops new single with Bring Me the Horizon – and hints at new signature Schecter with Mainstream Sellout artwork
- Def Leppard announce first new studio album in seven years, Diamond Star Halos, premiere catchy lead single, Kick
- Lollar launches Bass VI single-coil pickups
- Muse announce first album in four years, Will of the People, share ominous new single, Compliance
- Steve Vai recalls playing to a crowd chanting Yngwie Malmsteen's name at his first gig with Alcatrazz
- Godlyke partners with Carbonfund.org Foundation for carbon-free power supply, the Power-All ECO-Dapter
- John Mayer owns the Dumble amp that Stevie Ray Vaughan used to record Texas Flood
- Yngwie Malmsteen partners with Dunlop for new signature Delrin guitar pick
- Eric Gales and Devon Allman to host two-night Albert King tribute concert with Gibson Gives
- Boss debuts its first-ever Katana bass amps, the Katana-110 and Katana-210 Bass
March 16
- Jackson launches the Concept Series, offering Custom Shop hardware without the eye-watering price tag
- Mooer's Prime P1 aims to put 126 guitar effects into your pocket
- Monoprice takes on its affordable guitar gear rivals with the $249 Indio 66SB DLX Plus single-cut
- Watch Nilüfer Yanya perform Midnight Sun on The Tonight Show with a Fender Player Plus Strat – and a pair of angel wings
- Blackstar partners with blues ace Jared James Nichols for JJN 3 practice amp
- EarthQuaker Devices celebrates the success of its Afterneath V3 reverb with special-edition pedal and feature-length documentary
- Electro-Harmonix resolves export issues for Russian tubes – but prices will go up
- Watch an aggrieved customer stage a shred guitar protest outside a dentist's office
- Randy Rhoads’ prototype Jackson RR3, once lost for 25 years, goes up for auction
- Sweetwater has slashed $500 off the rock-ready D'Angelico Deluxe Bedford and Deluxe Brighton models
- Hughes & Kettner unveils ultra-compact StompMan pedal amp
- Line 6 debuts metal-focused Metallurgy Collection of amp and effects plugins
March 15
- SolidGoldFX aims to put a fresh spin on the BluesBreaker with new, slider-equipped Commodore overdrive pedal
- Alex Lifeson partners with Julien's Auctions to sell over 100 items of used guitar gear and Rush memorabilia
- Kramer unveils the SM-1 H, the latest evolution of its hot-rodded Stagemaster model
- Wolfgang Van Halen’s upcoming EVH semi-hollow will be called the SA-126, in honor of Eddie Van Halen’s birthday
- Fender showcases the first relic’d Acoustasonic Stratocaster – and it was made for Brie Larson
- Fender launches new Player Plus Meteora models, bringing its most extreme offset to the masses
- Evil Invaders' Max Mayhem serves up rapid-fire leads and crystalline cleans in new In Deepest Black guitar playthrough
- Strum Perfect is a guitar attachment that aims to help beginners learn the art of strumming
March 14
- Dolly Parton withdraws from 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominations
- Solar debuts its Duncan Solar Plus Alnico VIII humbucker set on new Type-A six- and seven-string guitars
- Mike McCready confirms a more affordable version of his signature Fender Stratocaster is in the works
- The Aquabats debut Eaglebones Falconhawk’s two-in-one signature pedal, The Falcondrive
- Joe Satriani announces new Crystal Planet NFT collection
- Watch Sammy Hagar & the Circle cover Van Halen's Ain't Talkin' 'bout Love – with Michael Anthony on lead vocals
- Watch Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox perform Green Day’s Basket Case while hitting a drum with eggplants
- New documentary Really Good Rejects tells the story of cult LA luthier Reuben Cox
- Daryl Hall reveals Eddie Van Halen asked him to replace David Lee Roth in Van Halen
- Keith Richards reveals The Rolling Stones are writing new music with drummer Steve Jordan
- Is a tube shortage imminent? Mike Matthews confirms Electro-Harmonix brands are subject to Russian export ban
- ESP unveils ultra-limited, handcrafted Pyrograph Nosferatu
- Neural DSP takes a vintage-voiced turn with new Tone King Imperial MKII amp sim
- Watch Glenn Tipton join Judas Priest onstage for encores in Oakland and Las Vegas
March 11
- Joan Jett and the Blackhearts announce their first ever acoustic album, Changeup
- Kim Thayil on performing Soundgarden material with his former bandmates: "I think we'd wanna re-explore that and do that at some time in the future"
- From 18-minute opuses to Rammstein's return: here are this week's essential guitar tracks
- Machine Gun Kelly fires back at TikTok user who accused him of not playing guitar on stage
- Watch Flea jam with Warren Ellis and Nick Cave on the Bad Seeds‘ We No Who U R
- John Mayer has a secret stash of uniquely finished PRS Silver Skys that he says would make people “flip out”
- Watch Wet Leg perform on The Tonight Show armed with Fender Noventas
- Johnny Marr – The Ultimate Interview: inside the new issue of Total Guitar
- Josh Smith announces new album, Bird of Passage, shares laid-back lead single, Brand New
- Joe Satriani used one plugin for all the guitar tones on his new album – and it wasn't his signature AmpliTube collection
March 10
- KHDK and Trivium join forces once again for the In Waves clean boost pedal
- Mike Cross, guitarist and co-founder of alt-rock band Sponge, dies at 57
- Rammstein announce new album, Zeit, share cinematic title track
- Squier refreshes Contemporary Series with redesigned Active Jazzmaster, Starcaster and Jazz Bass, plus all-new Active Precision Bass
- Ditch your cables for wireless freedom with the “amazingly portable and powerful” NUX C-5RC wireless guitar system
- The Black Keys announce 11th studio album, Dropout Boogie, drop slick new blues-rock banger, Wild Child
- Alexisonfire announce first album in 13 years, Otherness, share explosive new single, Sweet Dreams of Otherness
- Charvel expands its bass guitar lineup with the five-string Pro-Mod San Dimas PJ V
- Blues On Broadbeach announces second lot of acts for 2022 festival
March 9
- Tom Morello: these are the three greatest guitar solos of all time
- Paul Gilbert teams up with Guitar Techniques to debut his latest fretboard masterclass, That’s Too Much Like Work!
- The MC5 announce first album in over 50 years, American tour
- Fender Custom Shop revs up 16-strong Hot Wheels guitar collection
- Tallah announce sophomore album, The Generation of Danger, share raging first single, Telescope
- Slash swapped his Les Paul for a Gibson Flying V on two tracks from his new solo album
- Hear Kenny Wayne Shepherd “play his butt off” on Ann Wilson’s new single, Missionary Man
- Jackson and Jeff Loomis team up once more for seven-string signature, the Pro Series Soloist SL7
- Harley Benton expands its ukulele offering with a new solidbody mini-strummer and three U-Bass models
- Moon Tooth's Nick Lee serves up a prog-metal take on Hendrix in Carry Me Home playthrough
- Orange’s new wireless headphones transmit audio by vibrating your face bones
- 98% of female performers have suffered performance anxiety, according to global survey
- Andy Timmons supplies soulful vocal guitar lines aplenty in emotive new single, When Words Fail
- Deftones part ways with longtime bassist Sergio Vega
- King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard announce 20th album Omnium Gatherum, share 18-minute lead single, The Dripping Tap
March 8
- Catalinbread aims to create Many Worlds of swirl with its new phaser pedal
- Gibson salutes Elvis Presley with two new signature acoustic guitars
- Harley Benton vows to deliver dying battery tones with its $65 PowerPlant ISO-3AC SAG Modular power supply
- Watch Sister Rosetta Tharpe shape the future of blues-rock guitar with an incendiary 1964 performance at an English train station
- Porcupine Tree announce first tour in 12 years, share deceptively complex new single, Of The New Day
- Cort introduces the updated G290 FAT II, equipped with an alder body and roasted maple neck
- Electro-Harmonix shakes up its tremolo pedal lineup with the Nano Pulsar
- Watch Chris Stapleton deliver a fierce performance of Watch You Burn with a Squier Baritone Jazzmaster at the 2022 ACM Awards
- Fender gives Guitar Center a piece of the ‘80s hair metal action with exclusive Ferrari Red and Neon Green Player Stratocasters
- Phish's Trey Anastasio announces first-ever solo acoustic record, Mercy
March 7
- ZZ Top announce new live album, Raw
- Fender unveils 2022 Custom Shop Masterbuilt Prestige and limited-edition Annual Collection models
- Watch Tool play Undertow live for the first time since 2002
- Grab a free AmpliTube Mesa/Boogie Triple Rectifier head and cab model from IK Multimedia this month
- Slash says he still gets self-conscious playing in guitar stores
- Paul Reed Smith reveals the first guitar to feature the brand’s bird inlays – and it was made for Peter Frampton
- Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox play Rockin’ in the Free World in solidarity with Ukraine
- Hear Blackberry Smoke’s Charlie Starr cover soulful Leslie West rocker, Silver Paper
- Richie Faulkner returns to the stage as Judas Priest kick off rescheduled 50 Heavy Metal Years tour dates
- John Mayer parts ways with Columbia Records after 21 years
March 4
- Billy Gibbons once played a harmonic with his beard, according to Josh Homme
- PUP’s new single Matilda will make you weep for your first guitar
- From old-school soul to 8-string chug: here are this week's essential guitar tracks
- One of Alexander Dumble’s final amps was built for Slash
- Back in black: Strymon offers Midnight Edition finish on its TimeLine, Mobius, DIG, and BlueSky pedals
- What is John Frusciante's greatest guitar song with the Red Hot Chili Peppers?
- Join blues ace Justin Johnson as he shops for a new guitar at ProAudioStar.com
- Billy Howerdel releases haunting new solo single, Poison Flowers
- Caroline Guitar Company's FCK PTN pedal raises $9,500 for Ukraine in 10 minutes
- Meshuggah drop uber-destructive new single, Light the Shortening Fuse
- Red Hot Chili Peppers return to laid-back, wah-driven funk with new single, Poster Child
March 3
- Michael Schenker Group announce new album, Universal
- Watch Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Slash, Zakk Wylde, John McLaughlin and more wish Neal Schon a happy birthday
- Sammy Hagar: Eddie Van Halen recorded the Right Now solo in "pajamas and slippers"
- Bleed From Within announce new album, Shrine, share punishing single, Levitate
- Jack White joins forces with Q-Tip for irresistible off-beat romp, Hi-De-Ho
- Ghost blend reggaeton-style beats with metal riffing in theatrical new single, Twenties
- Deftones’ Stephen Carpenter explains why he’s always preferred being a rhythm guitarist rather than a lead player
- Gretsch refreshes its Electromatic hollowbody collection of guitars with new pickups, trestle bracing system
- Bandcamp acquired by Fortnite developer Epic Games
- Yamaha revamps its Revstar range, adding new chambered bodies, fresh finishes and more affordable models
- Alex Lifeson's Envy of None release dreamy new single, Look Inside
- Pixies return with anthemic new single Human Crime
- Boss launches its first touchscreen-equipped amp and multi-effects processor, the GX-100
March 2
- The new issue of Bass Player celebrates the 100th birthday of Charles Mingus
- Nekrogoblikon guitarist Joe Nelson joins Avril Lavigne, Travis Barker and blackbear on Jimmy Kimmel Live!
- Bartees Strange channels jangly indie and post-hardcore on new single Heavy Heart
- Is ThorpyFX’s Boneyard Fuzz the ultimate take on the Tone Bender?
- Joe Doe Guitars puts one-of-a-kind "Apollocaster" up for Emergency UNICEF Ukraine Appeal auction
- NUX’s compact, rechargeable C-5RC brings guitar wireless systems into the 5G future
- Trace Elliot says its connection-packed TE-1200 bass head represents a “new period of innovation”
- Ritchie Blackmore’s hometown refuses blue plaque, but campaign finds a way
- Fractal Audio unveils upgraded FC-6 and FC-12 Mark II foot controllers
- Les Paul Foundation recruits Slash, Joan Jett, Peter Frampton and Nile Rodgers to head up new Advisory Council
- Dean expands its Thoroughbred Select series with Floyd Rose-equipped Quilt Maple model
- Greta Van Fleet extend their Dreams in Gold Tour with over 40 US dates for fall 2022
- Hedras flexes his fusion fretboard prowess in the EDM-infused title track of his newly announced album, Angels
March 1
- Hear Opiate², Tool's extended re-working of their 1992 track, Opiate
- Watch Nili Brosh team up with members of Anthrax and Mastodon for a relentless cover of Judas Priest's Screaming for Vengeance
- Watch Nirvana cover The Cars at their final show in 1994
- Watch Jerry Cantrell and Kim Thayil play Alice in Chains and Soundgarden songs with fans at Rock ‘N’ Roll Fantasy Camp
- Blink and you'll miss Jason Richardson's insane sweeps and rapid alternate picking in this next-level playthrough of G2 Esports' Our Way
- Nandi Bushell flexes her guitar chops with a quick-fire cover of Jimi Hendrix’s Little Wing
- How to build a strong website that’s right for your music
- Steve Vai announces European leg of his upcoming Inviolate World Tour
- Night Ranger’s Brad Gillis and Mr. Big’s Billy Sheehan announce new Skills project, share debut single, Stop the World