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June 30
- Pink Floyd announce release of long-delayed Animals remaster
- Metallica cover Ozzy, Deep Purple, The Beatles and Rare Earth on live acoustic EP
- Fender Japan unveils eye-catching Blue Paisley and Blue Flower Acoustasonic Telecasters
- Hear Megadeth, Metallica and Iron Maiden hits like never before in major key Happy Metal YouTube experiment
- Native Instruments adds Strat vibes to its Session Guitarist virtual guitar library with the all-new Electric Mint
- Gene Simmons says Ace Frehley lacks “physical stamina” to play a full Kiss show on the End of the Road tour
- Musician's Friend’s 4th of July sale has arrived early with hundreds slashed off Fender, Gretsch, Schecter and more
- Did Gibson’s Cesar Gueikian just tease Murphy Lab acoustics?
- Reddick’s groundbreaking modular Voyager guitar gets new Standard and Custom builds
June 29
- Tedeschi Trucks Band release Ascension, second video instalment in their quadruple album and film project I Am the Moon
- Death metal supergroup Bloodbath set HM-2 pedals to burn on blistering new track Zombie Inferno
- Danny Elfman and Iggy Pop join forces for industrial new single Kick Me
- How Tim Henson, Plini and Cory Wong used their signature Neural DSP plugins to write one of the guitar instrumentals of the year
- Watch "Kirk Hammett" and "Marty Friedman" shred Mötley Crüe's Dr. Feelgood in blockbuster TikTok guitar battle
- Venom Prison’s Ash Gray and Ben Thomas serve up thunderous riffs and haunting cleans in this killer Pain of Oizys playthrough
- Finnish blues-rock phenom Erja Lyytinen returns with new single Bad Seed
- Korn’s Brian ‘Head’ Welch and James ‘Munky’ Shaffer say they’ve “never sounded better” since using EverTune bridges
- Primus cancel European leg of A Tribute To Kings tour due to “unavoidable logistical challenges”
- You can now watch Slash ft. Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators’ Live at Studios 60 concert in virtual reality
- Strymon upgrades 6 pedals with powerful processors, improved interfaces and MIDI capabilities
- Gibson unveils signature J-180 Collector’s Edition acoustic for folk legend Yusuf/Cat Stevens
June 28
- John Petrucci: Hearing Steve Morse play for the first time was a "life-changing" moment
- Doyle Wolfgang Von Frankenstein launches new Monster Gear company with signature string sets
- Bass legend Tony Franklin recalls teaming up with David Gilmour and Kate Bush to perform Running Up That Hill in 1987
- Jack White wields his crazy pitch-shifting Jazzmaster and a custom Acoustasonic Telecaster in wild Glastonbury secret set
- Tracii Guns plays L.A. Guns gig from backstage bathroom after panic disorder flare up
June 27
- Watch and listen to John Entwistle's isolated bass on The Who's Won't Get Fooled Again
- Neil Young and Promise of the Real announce live album and share From Hank to Hendrix video
- Billie Joe Armstrong says he plans to renounce US citizenship in the wake of Roe v Wade repeal
- Welcome to Wampler’s Metaverse, a programmable multi-delay pedal with a whopping 11 core sounds
- Paul McCartney joined by Dave Grohl and Bruce Springsteen during Glastonbury headline set
- Legendary producer Ken Scott says Steve Morse is the best guitarist he has ever worked with
June 24
- From genre-bending, jaw-loosening collaborations to soulful blues: here are this week's essential guitar tracks
- Dave Mustaine says he forgives David Ellefson but firing him from Megadeth was “a hard decision that had to be made”
- Salt Box Workshop’s Spite Box is a lean, mean distortion/fuzz machine built in aid of a good cause
- Has black metal guitar just been evil surf rock all this time?
- Lari Basilio announces new album Your Love – watch the video for its breath-taking title track now
- Jen Majura “still in shock” after Evanescence firing, has already had offers from other bands
- Ozzy Osbourne shares epic new single Patient Number 9 featuring Jeff Beck
June 23
- Megadeth return in glorious form with new thrasher, We’ll Be Back
- Hear Marcus King's hard-riffing new song, Lie Lie Lie
- D'Angelico unveils elegant new Excel DC, SS XT electric guitars
- Stream music for less with up to 4 months of Amazon Music Unlimited, completely free
- Watch Tommy Emmanuel and Mike Dawes’ thrilling acoustic cover of Nirvana’s Smells Like Teen Spirit
- Spiritbox release surprise new three-track EP, Rotoscope
- Remembering Ove Bosch
- H.E.R. files lawsuit against record label to secure release from contract
June 22
- Pigtronix turns loose the Star Eater, a super-jumbo fuzz with filter and selectable germanium and silicon clipping
- 5 things to expect from Adam Jones’ seemingly imminent signature Epiphone Les Paul Custom
- Jim Schwall, guitarist and vocalist of the Siegel-Schwall Band, dies at 79
- Rick Beato, Phil X and Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal rewrite Angus Young’s Back in Black solo
- Neural DSP adds nine new amplifiers, 10 new effects to the Quad Cortex in major new update
- Watch classical guitarist Thomas Zwijsen cover Iron Maiden’s epic Senjutsu album in its entirety on nylon-string guitar
- Join Paul Reed Smith in his tricked-out home studio for a video tour of his awesome pedal collection
- Julian Lage teams up with the legendary Bill Frisell for new single Auditorium, reveals new album title
June 21
- The Mars Volta return with Blacklight Shine, their first new song in 10 years
- Kirk Fletcher announces new album, Heartache By The Pound, premieres biting new single, Afraid To Die, Too Scared To Live
- Fender partners with Meta for an out-of-this-world VR experience, the Stratoverse
- Wake’s Rob LaChance and Arjun Gill serve brutal metal riffs and atmospheric melodies in this triumphant playthrough of Infinite Inward
- Abasi Concepts expands its Larada Legion series with its most affordable six-string electric guitar to date
- Machine Head reveal epic new single and Unhallowed be its name
- Gibson pays tribute to a thrash metal classic with the Dave Mustaine Flying V EXP “Rust in Peace” signature model
- Learn to play like the great Chris Squire in Bass Player's killer new issue
June 20
- Lemmy’s ashes to be enshrined at Hellfest ceremony
- Matt Bellamy channels his inner Thanos with a wearable robot glove synth during Muse’s Isle of Wight headline set
- Watch never-before-seen 8mm footage of Led Zeppelin's 1975 show in Maryland
- Jack White goes fretless with his new super-cool Fender Custom Telecaster Bass
- Watch Matt Heafy deliver a poignant rendition of Johnny Cash’s Hurt cover on a Gibson SJ-300 acoustic
June 17
- David Gilmour's 1985 Gibson J-200 Celebrity has been put up for sale on Reverb.com
- From irresistible, summer-ready grooves to apocalyptic triplet chugs: here are this week’s essential guitar tracks
- The Police were going to throw out Every Breath You Take until Andy Summers recorded its iconic riff – in one take
- Krist Novoselic, Nile Rodgers, John Paul Jones and Nandi Bushell join lineup for Foo Fighters’ Taylor Hawkins tribute shows
June 16
- Steve Stevens dishes on the recording of the iconic Top Gun Anthem
- TC Electronic drops some bright ’n’ shiny 45th anniversary bling for your pedalboard with the SCF GOLD SE
- Mesa/Boogie unveils its lightest, smallest and most affordable bass amp ever, the Subway D-350
- Watch Anthrax's Scott Ian play Slayer's Raining Blood with his 10-year-old son, Revel
- Watch Austin Butler, star of Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis biopic, play the King’s Gibson J-200 acoustic guitar at Graceland
- Steve Jones on joining the Sex Pistols: "The only spot open in the band was guitarist, so I had to do that or f**k off"
- Save up to 60% off guitars and accessories this month at Musician's Friend
June 15
- Foo Fighters to be joined by Brian May, Wolfgang Van Halen, Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson and more at Taylor Hawkins tribute concerts
- Charvel unveils striking new finishes for four Pro-Mod Style 1 guitars
- EVH commemorates Eddie Van Halen's Eruption solo with new Striped Series guitar, launches 3 fresh natural-finished models
- The Chase Bliss Generation Loss MKII makes your guitar sound like a VCR
- Solar Guitars debuts first Sustainiac-equipped six- and seven-string A1 models
- Beetronics’ Zzombee Filtremulator is a four gain-stage monster with modulated filter, tremolo, wah, fuzz and more
- The best-looking American Acoustasonic guitars yet? Fender launches all-mahogany Telecaster and Jazzmaster acoustic-electrics
- James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett give guitar lessons as Metallica partner with Yousician
- Jim Root's long-awaited Charvel signature model heads up the company's new Artist Signature Series drop
- Malcolm Young's triple-pickup "Beast" joins new Nigel Hendroff model in Gretsch's 2022 signature lineup
- Electro-Harmonix's latest synth pedal might just be its masterpiece – meet the STRING9 String Ensemble
June 14
- Gibson honors the Everly Brothers with elegant new signature SJ-200 acoustic guitar
- NAMM 2022: Tour the ins and outs of Donner's innovative Rising-G Pro carbon fiber acoustic guitar
- Meshuggah reveal surprise amp shakeup during the recording of new album, Immutable
- Bradley Hall assembles 35 guitar players for the biggest-ever all-female shredfest
- The ultimate '80s tribute, starring White Lion's Vito Bratta, Scorpions, Def Leppard and more – only in the new Guitar World
June 13
- Moscow guitar builder laments the closure of McDonald's in Russia with French fries-themed electric guitar
- Is this the future of guitar cabs? Meet the ultra-slim ‘flat-panel’ Model Twenty
- The Anasounds Full Story is a modular fuzz pedal with swappable Tone Cards containing 7 iconic Big Muff circuits
- Keeley's new HALO Dual Echo brings Andy Timmons' secret signature sound to the masses
- Watch Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox cover Killing in the Name
- Ichika Nito features on Machine Gun Kelly's latest single, More Than Life
June 10
- Eric Johnson premieres two new songs, Move on Over and To Be Alive
- Lamb of God release thunderous new single, Nevermore
- From tightly choreographed blues-soul blowouts to jagged alt-rock collaborations: here are this week's essential guitar tracks
- Watch 9-year-old guitarist Maya Neelakantan tackle Tool’s 16-minute epic, 7empest
- The Collision Devices Nocturnal is a reverb, delay and tremolo that takes you from dusk ’til dawn
- Rage Against the Machine unveil thundering rehearsal clip ahead of summer tour
- John Mayer serves up nearly a minute of pristine soloing on Jacob Collier’s new single, Never Gonna Be Alone
June 9
- Artist AJ Masthay has customized six D'Angelico guitars to commemorate Dead & Company's 2022 tour
- Capture “biting clarity and warm, crunchy overtones” with the Seymour Duncan ’78 Model humbucker
- What song is Eddie Munson shredding in the Stranger Things season 4 trailer? The internet debates
- Yngwie Malmsteen reveals the origins of his love for the Fender Stratocaster – and why he chose it over a Gibson Les Paul
- Harley Benton unveils new $62 DNAfx GiT Mobile headphone amp – but we sure feel like we've seen it before
- Jeff Beck and Johnny Depp release first Depp-written single from upcoming joint album, 18
- The guitarist on Top Gun: Maverick’s soundtrack has been revealed
- Pixies announce first studio album in 3 years, Doggerel, drop stomping lead single, There’s a Moon On
- Tenacious D release raucous three-song Who medley in support of Everytown For Gun Safety
June 8
- NAMM 2022: Explore Donner's travel-friendly, headless Hush-I Silent guitar
- Jack White drops If I Die Tomorrow, the latest single from his second album of 2022
- Foo Fighters announce Taylor Hawkins tribute concerts for September
- Female and non-binary artists make up less than 6% of the signature electric guitar market
- Watch Guns N’ Roses cover AC/DC’s Back in Black at recent Spain show
- Schecter equips its “half electric, half acoustic” C-1 E/A Classic semi-hollow with new finishes and updates
- ThorpyFX aims to harness Syd Barrett’s early Pink Floyd tones with new Scarlet Tunic amp emulator pedal
June 7
- NAMM 2022: Blackstar unveils the CV10, a 10-watt version of Carmen Vandenberg's signature amplifier
- Epiphone unveils new Cherry-finished B.B. King Lucille guitar
- Ride waves of classic and modern tones with the vintage-inspired Guild Surfliner
- NAMM 2022: Cort introduces newly contoured, Seymour Duncan-loaded KX700 EverTune
- Adrian Belew, Todd Rundgren announce Celebrating David Bowie 2022 North American tribute tour
- Epiphone and Matt Heafy launch MKH Les Paul Custom Origins Collection, including 25.5"-scale 7-strings
- Jack White demos the bonkers pitch-shifting custom Fender Jazzmaster he thinks will make Tom Morello jealous
- NAMM 2022: Phil X endorses removable stickers that make your guitar look as though it's been relic'd
- NAMM 2022: Familiarize yourself with the downsized Positive Grid Spark MINI's game-changing innovations
- NAMM 2022: Hear the tasty tube-driven tones of Two Notes’ all-new ReVolt Guitar amp simulator pedal
- Watch Guns N’ Roses cover AC/DC and revisit deep cuts for the first time in 30 years at first show of 2022 European tour
- Parkway Drive drop first new single in four years, Glitch
June 6
- NAMM 2022: Take an in-depth tour of Blackstar's ultra-lightweight St. James valve guitar amp
- NAMM 2022: Watch Guitar World's Paul Riario explore the many tones of Donner’s versatile, $260 DST-400
- NAMM 2022: the 10 biggest things we discovered at this year's show
- Lamb of God announce ninth album, Omens, new single arriving Friday
- NAMM 2022: Martin CEO Thomas Ripsam discusses the company's growth strategy moving forward, and the importance of engaging with younger audiences
- Jeff Beck confirms imminent release of joint album with Johnny Depp
- NAMM 2022: Fret-King previews its comprehensive 13-strong 2023 Collection of electric and bass guitars
June 5
- Alec John Such, founding bassist of Bon Jovi, dies aged 70
- D'Angelico revamps its Excel Series acoustic collection for 2022
- NAMM 2022: Ciari Guitars unveils revamped, Grover Jackson-designed version of its Ascender folding electric guitar
- NAMM 2022: Eastman unveils the Romeo’s Shakespearean six-string soulmate, the Juliet
- NAMM 2022: Godin introduces Seymour Duncan-loaded, reverse headstock-equipped Session R-HT Pro
- Pete Thorn unveils his first signature model with Suhr in nearly eight years
June 4
- NAMM 2022: Tosin Abasi discusses the genesis of his radical Ernie Ball Music Man Kaizen model, and why guitarists might be surprised by its capabilities
- NAMM 2022: Watch Tom Quayle demonstrate the sonic versatility of Laney’s impressive new The Difference Engine delay pedal
- NAMM 2022: Tom Quayle wows us with his new Ibanez signature model and some dazzling licks
- PRS Tele-style guitar rumors sparked by mysterious Myles Kennedy model
- NAMM 2022: Tosin Abasi introduces us to Emi, Abasi Concepts’ first ergonomic double-cut guitars
- NAMM 2022 news: all the latest guitar news, rumors and predictions
- NAMM 2022: Michael Kelly Guitars announces four new electric guitars with a range of pickup options for 2022
- NAMM 2022: Ashdown introduces rack mount preamp version of its ‘Little Stubby’ bass amp head, the CTM Valve Pre
- NAMM 2022: ESP bolsters its LTD bass lineup with 16 new Deluxe and Signature models
- NAMM 2022: Godin partners with Honeymoon Suite's Derry Grehan for a hard-rockin' new signature model, the Tread 1
- NAMM 2022: ESP officially confirms Kirk Hammett signature V-style model, the LTD KH-V
- Blues and country slide guitar ace Kelly Joe Phelps dies at 62
June 3
- NAMM 2022: Guitar World gets up close and personal with Steve Vai's ridiculous triple-neck Ibanez Hydra guitar
- NAMM 2022: This is ‘The 60th’ – Takamine’s stunning limited-edition celebration of its diamond anniversary
- NAMM 2022: Ashdown celebrates its 25th anniversary with new EVO V and ABM-400 Limited Edition bass amp heads
- SolidGoldFX aims to harness “legendary tones of yesteryear” in new-and-improved If 6 Was 9 MkII fuzz pedal
- NAMM 2022: ESP unveils some of the most eye-catching guitar designs of the show so far with its new Exhibition Limited lineup
- NAMM 2022: Takamine expands its affordable G Series with 6 new acoustic models
- NAMM 2022: Two Notes unveils its GENOME software – an adaptive channel strip tailored to guitarists
- NAMM 2022: Yamaha celebrates the 10th anniversary of its THR30II desktop amp with two new-look versions
- NAMM 2022: Donner expands its DST family of electric guitars with three new ultra-affordable six-strings
- NAMM 2022: Vintage announces the Historic Series – a line of no-nonsense spruce/mahogany acoustics
- NAMM 2022: Fresh Nita Strauss, Tom Quayle and Jake Bowen signatures headline Ibanez’s new-for-2022 artist model lineup
- NAMM 2022: Rapier continues its resurgence with impressively spec'd Saffire 6 and 12-string electric models
- NAMM 2022: Rich Robinson talks to Guitar World about his stunning new Martin D-28 signature model and the Black Crowes' covers EP, 1972
- NAMM 2022 live: all the biggest news as it happened
- NAMM 2022: Laney’s The Difference Engine allows you to mix features from classic delays
- David Gilmour – His Greatest Moments: Inside the new issue of Total Guitar
- NAMM 2022: Reverend celebrates its 25th anniversary with stylishly appointed electric guitar and bass models
June 2
- NAMM 2022: Ernie Ball Music Man overhauls its John Petrucci range with a wealth of new finishes
- NAMM 2022: Ernie Ball Music Man takes a fresh approach to pickup design with new patent-pending Heat Treated pickups
- Gibson teases Moderne reissue as Kirk Hammett uses prototype onstage with Metallica
- NAMM 2022: Walrus Audio’s new Lore Reverse Soundscape Generator is post-rock in a pedal
- Eric Gales gives a guided tour of his live and studio rig, and shows how he gets his "Darth Vader" tone
- Soldano announces the SLO-Mini head – a $249, 30W take on the Super Lead Overdrive
- NAMM 2022: BluGuitar launches its analog programmable guitar amp, the AMPX
- NAMM 2022: Martin partners with the Black Crowes' Rich Robinson for a luxuriously appointed new D-28 signature model
- NAMM 2022: Martin introduces five lavish special edition acoustics
- NAMM 2022: Martin unveils its 2.5 millionth guitar, a luxury acoustic encrusted with 436 diamonds
June 1
- NAMM 2022: Martin debuts ukuleles made of FSC tone woods and recovered “sinker” mahogany
- Guitar Center to auction off PRS Private Stock Rainbow model for “Play with Pride” LGBTQ charity campaign
- Muse deliver huge riffs and rock-solid grooves in new single, Will of the People