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October 31
- Harley Benton's new J-style MV-4JB Gotoh bass guitar has a more impressive spec sheet than its price tag would suggest
- Experience Bixonic’s Axentrix A1, a “new-gen distortion pedal with an endless supply of drive tones for any playing style”
- KHDK issues updated version of Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein’s Annihilator pedal – and it glows in the dark
- Fidelity Guitars unveils Mars Volta-inspired signature double-cut for Poly-Math guitarist Tim Walters
- Guitar missing? You're not alone. New survey reveals 1 in 4 UK musicians have had gear stolen
- Robert Fripp and Toyah celebrate Halloween with a spine-tingling take on Black Sabbath's Children of the Grave
- J Mascis offers a guided tour of his prized gear collection
- Nikki Sixx on why Mötley Crüe picked John 5 as Mick Mars' replacement: “He checks all the boxes. He's an insane player”
- Watch Red Hot Chili Peppers cover Nirvana’s Smells Like Teen Spirit with John Frusciante on lead vocals
October 28
- Jerry Lee Lewis, legendary rock 'n' roll wild man, dies at 87
- Steve Vai to auction off electric guitars and gear from across his career
- Mark Tremonti embarked on a quest to “try every pick ever made” in a bid to improve his tone – and reveals the one that “made a huge difference”
- Watch Mick Mars tear through a set-closing Kickstart My Heart in his final show with Mötley Crüe
- Solar Guitars enters the effects pedal market for the first time with the Chug distortion pedal
- Fender unveils its “most accessible Acoustasonic yet”, the cut-price Acoustasonic Player Jazzmaster
- John 5 confirmed as new Mötley Crüe touring guitarist
- Hear Polyphia channel Dimebag and Deftones in their heaviest song yet, the Chino Moreno-featuring Bloodbath
October 27
- Gretsch graces its ultra-affordable G9500 Jim Dandy acoustic guitar with a limited-edition Nocturne Blue finish
- Charles Berthoud's 60 second version of Slipknot's Duality might make you want to give up playing bass altogether
- Solar Guitars announce signature bass for The Haunted’s Jonas Björler
- From hell-raising garage-punk to towering shred storms: here are this week's essential guitar tracks
- Matt Sorum reunites with Slash and Duff McKagan on scorching Kings of Chaos single, Judgment Day
- G&L launches highly limited ASAT Classic Thinline model
- Brian May Guitars treats its Arielle signature model to Red Special-flavored Antique Cherry finish
- Watch Alex Lifeson and Robby Krieger join forces for 8-minute jam of Santana's Evil Ways
- Mötley Crüe’s Mick Mars retires from touring
October 26
- VegaTrem’s new VT2 Teletrem lets you easily equip a whammy bar to Fender Telecasters
- LAVA MUSIC’s new BLUE LAVA Original acoustic-electric provides “simplicity with stunning sound,” along with onboard chorus, delay and reverb effects
- Warm Audio debuts sub-$200 “true-to-original” clones of the iconic Klon Centaur and Hermida Audio Zendrive pedals
- Aguilar debuts new micro drive pedal, the long-awaited Storm King
- Marco Puglisi – aka Syndrone – recruits Andy Gillion for a no-holds-barred guitar playthrough of Android God Revolution
- Tech 21 partners with Geddy Lee for new YYZ Shape-shifter SansAmp to bring unprecedented levels of… Schmegilka?
- These one-off Lego pedals meticulously recreate iconic designs including the Tube Screamer and Fuzz Face
October 25
- Richie Faulkner and Rex Brown form new metal supergroup, Elegant Weapons
- Gibson and Dave Mustaine team up once again for another, limited-edition Flying V EXP guitar
- Bono wants U2's next record to be a “noisy, uncompromising, unreasonable guitar album”
- Fender Japan harks back to summer with breezy, ultra-limited Art Canvas Esquire models
- LAVA MUSIC debuts sub-$500 BLUE LAVA Original acoustic, complete with onboard reverb, chorus and delay effects
- Solar Guitars unveils striking new 7-string signature model for Heavy As Texas guitarist Marzi Montazeri
- Robert Fripp doesn't care what King Crimson fans think of his YouTube covers: “At age 76, why should I give a f**k?”
- How John Petrucci's signature model became one of The 1975's main guitars
- Nita Strauss taps Arch Enemy's Alissa White-Gluz and unleashes the shred on towering metal anthem, The Wolf You Feed
- Worst nightmare: band loses “every piece of musical gear” they own in freak studio fire
October 24
- Jeff Beck and Johnny Depp sue professor over plagiarism allegations
- Thief caught on camera stealing Nita Strauss's Boss multi-effects pedal during guitar clinic
- Fender CEO Andy Mooney: “There are still heaps of virtuoso players, but there are fewer guitar gods now”
- Mooer enters the headless guitar market with fan-fretted digital GTRS Wing Series models
- Wolfgang Van Halen is using more of his dad’s guitars on the new Mammoth WVH album – including a modded Gibson SG from Dirty Movies
- Are you ready? Robert Fripp and Toyah have covered Korn's Blind
- Young busker praised by Metallica after absolutely smashing Master of Puppets cover
- The 15 best Halloween guitar songs
October 21
- JHS Pedals partners with Madison Cunningham for signature Artificial Blonde vibrato pedal
- Fender opens its Mod Shop custom guitar builder to countries outside the US for the first time
- Vernon Reid announces he’s joined forces with Laney Amps and talks through his playing past and present
- Paul Reed Smith explains what possessed him to call one of PRS’s first guitar pedals Horsemeat
- Origin Effects celebrates its 10th Anniversary with stunning etched aluminum Cali76 and SlideRIG pedals
- Harley Benton adds 6 fresh colorways across its sub-$500 Fusion-III and Fusion-T electric guitar ranges
- Is John 5 about to be announced as Mick Mars’ replacement in Mötley Crüe?
- EarthQuaker Devices teams up with Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for limited-edition pedals
- Watch Instagram and TikTok shredder Vixen tear up Jackson's new American Series Soloist SL3 in killer shred video
- ESP School of Metal Guitar: how to play guitar like Parkway Drive
- Danelectro asserts its authority amid growing baritone guitar hype by reviving the quirky Longhorn baritone model
- Inside the new issue of Total Guitar: How To Play Blues – 20 Ways To Get Your Mojo Workin'
- Hear John Lennon sing Yellow Submarine as a melancholy acoustic ballad in this unearthed Revolver outtake
October 20
- Moog's Moogerfooger effects pedals are back (as plugins)
- Supro looks to offer vintage crunch in abundance with new Amulet 1x10 combo amp
- Woman unearths dusty old acoustic guitar in her back room – and discovers it’s a Martin from the 1870s
- EVH salutes Van Halen's revolutionary debut album with launch of Striped Series ‘78 Eruption guitar
- Gibson alleges Dean is in contempt of court for continuing to advertise its V and Z Series guitars
- Harley Benton puts its own spin on the Jazz Bass with the new budget-friendly JB series
- Godin ups its nylon-string electric game with intriguing, familiar-looking G-Tour Nylon Matte Black EQ
- Are ThorpyFX pedals actually bombproof? Watch an explosives team put it to the test
- 3 Eddie Van Halen-signed Charvel EVH Art Series guitars – and a Masterbuilt Bumblebee replica – hit the auction block
October 19
- 6.66 meter cables and Blood Splatter straps headline Jackson's new, none-more-metal line of accessories and merchandise
- Austin Evans serves up a volley of six-string carnage – with an upside-down guitar – in this brutal playthrough of Orthodox's Head on a Spike
- This busker just delivered one of the best shred guitar performances of the year
- Friedman updates two of its classic amp models with Pink Taco V2 and Little Sister heads and combos
- Donner’s Seeker Series guitars pair high-end tones with high-end looks on New York Fashion Show runway
- Johnny Depp’s “Shipwreck” guitar is one of the wildest custom builds you’ll see this year
- Research by Fender suggests women buy guitars online because they “aren't treated well” in shops
- Buddy Guy announces farewell tour, featuring Eric Gales, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, Ally Venable and more
October 18
- Strymon's versatile BigSky reverb pedal is now available as a plugin
- Dean expands its Exile X line of guitars with new, Satin White-finished model
- Noel Gallagher’s Silver Sparkle Gibson Les Paul Florentine – dubbed “the best guitar in the world” by the Oasis man – goes up for sale again
- Meet Donner’s Hush-I Silent guitar, the “ultimate portable, travel and gig-ready instrument”
- Burls Art unveils his best build to date – a guitar crafted almost entirely from newspaper
- Positive Grid launches OMNYSS, a collection of amps and effects for “epic soundscapes and massive tonal exploration”
- Matt Skiba is “truly happy” that Blink-182 have reunited with Tom DeLonge
- Courtney Love’s Masterbuilt Surf Green Fender Venus goes up for sale
October 17
- K.K. Downing says he will be performing with Judas Priest at Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame ceremony: “It's what I've done so many times”
- Watch John Mayer wield his custom Charvel for a performance of Never Gonna Be Alone featuring Jacob Collier and Lizzy McAlpine
- Mooer wants to “supercharge your one-man band” with its new Looper X2 and Drummer X2 pedals
- Zakk Wylde says he still needs to learn Dimebag Darrell's guitar parts for Pantera's upcoming reunion tour
- Vola’s new OZ RV TNC electric guitar is built for “speed, comfort, efficiency and classic and high-output tones”
- Ed Sheeran sparks guitar sale surge at local store after performing free gig in his hometown
- Jan Rivera serves up spellbinding chromaticism and gravity-defying fusion licks in this hypnotic playthrough of Existential Paranoia
- Robert Fripp and Toyah celebrate Chesney Hawkes' swansong Sunday Lunch appearance with a hilarious cover of Stacy's Mom
- Yvette Young announces new Covet lineup: “This is my shot at trying one more time”
October 14
- This guitar-toting, metal-themed puppet act brings circle pits to the youth
- Solar Guitars partners with Darkthrone's Nocturno Culto for a metal-ready signature model, the GC1.6NC
- CopperSounds expands its mini-pedal lineup with the Gravity Bomb V2 boost and Renegade multi-bias fuzz
- From Blink-182's powerchord-fueled return to eerie psychedelic soul: here are this week's essential guitar tracks
- Is a new DigiTech Whammy on the way?
- Harley Benton boosts its offset offerings with newly finished $177 JA-60CC model
- SolidGoldFX unveils revamped 76 MKII octave fuzz with new JFET preamp
- Watch Kacey Musgraves pause her ACL set to clip her nails – all in the name of guitar technique
- Dave Mustaine’s latest rig tour shows he’s made the full switch to Neural DSP’s Quad Cortex
- Ibanez teams up with viral fingerstyle virtuoso Marcin for his first-ever signature acoustic guitar
- Blink-182 release Edging, their first new song with Tom DeLonge in 10 years
- Watch Jason Richardson shred in honor of Alexi Laiho after buying his signature ESP V
October 13
- Watch Myles Kennedy shred like you've never seen him shred before in early '90s guitar contest
- Queen share “lost” track featuring Freddie Mercury, Face It Alone, recorded over 30 years ago
- G&L's new CLF Research S-500 is a fan-inspired “retro-futurist dream” that blends original designs with contemporary appointments
- Faith Guitars celebrates its 20th anniversary with three stylishly appointed The Twenty Legacy acoustic models
October 12
- EVH refreshes its Wolfgang WG Standard Exotic line with two eye-catching new finishes
- Kim Thayil set to appear alongside Stone Temple Pilots’ Robert and Dean DeLeo at next Rock ’N’ Roll Fantasy Camp
- Nancy Wilson is selling off her live ‘Barracuda’ SG and a stash of other ’70s and ’80s guitars
- Tedeschi Trucks Band cover Harry Styles’ Sign of the Times – and it may well make you weep
- PRS adds 20-watt head and 1x12 cab to its HDRX amp range inspired by Jimi Hendrix’s ‘Woodstock’ Marshall Super Lead
- PRS expands its SE acoustic line with A20E Angelus Cutaway and parlor-sized P50E
October 11
- Gibson has launched its own pickup shop
- PRS's Robben Ford signature guitar is here at last
- Amazon has just slashed the price of Zoom recording equipment including the killer Zoom H5 and ZUM-2 podcast mic pack
- Watch Steve Vai tame his monstrous triple-neck Hydra in the first-ever live performance of Teeth of The Hydra
- Obvurt, the band featuring a guitarist who relearned to play left-handed after a car accident, announce debut album, Triumph Beyond Adversity
- Josh Klinghoffer says playing with the Red Hot Chili Peppers was "enormously stifling creatively": "They’re an established band with an established sound"
- “Ow, it's burning!”: watch Justin Hawkins try to play like Polyphia
- Reverend’s futuristic-looking Billy Corgan Z-One model is a “smashing” signature axe
- Fender harnesses its heritage with all-new American Vintage II line of Stratocasters, Telecasters, Jazzmasters and basses
- Blink-182 confirm reunion with Tom DeLonge, announce new music and gargantuan global tour
- Ibanez finally launches Tim Henson’s eagerly awaited acoustic-electric signature nylon-string, the TOD10N
- Gear up with great new guitars, amps and pedals from Gibson, Epiphone, Kramer, Maestro and Mesa Boogie
- Joe Satriani on proposed Van Halen tribute concert: “If it's ever gonna happen, Wolfgang Van Halen should play guitar”
- John McVie’s iconic ‘Rumours’ bass to go under the hammer in star-studded Fleetwood Mac auction
- Willow continues her transformation to guitar star with raucous SNL performance
October 10
- Rob Scallon and Andrew Huang write 100 riffs in a day, with typically brilliant results
- Watch 10-year-old bass wunderkind Ellen Alaverdyan jam with guitar hero Steve Vai at the House of Blues
- Rare Buzz Effects’ Fuzz Bob-Omb offers tonal pilgrims a rare Soviet-era fuzz design
- Fingerstyle acoustic guitarist covers Slipknot's Before I Forget – and the results are astounding
- Polyphia take a blues-rock turn in blistering guest spot with Steve Vai
- Watch the trailer for In The Blood, a film about Rolling Stones bassist Darryl Jones
- An Eddie Van Halen and Chris Cornell collaboration very nearly happened
- Watch John Frusciante channel Eddie Van Halen with a tapping-heavy solo in Red Hot Chili Peppers’ live debut of tribute track, Eddie
- Watch Kirk Hammett join Journey for a full-throttle Enter Sandman and Wheel in the Sky jam
- Lamb of God perform with three guitarists for the first time ever: “We're going full Lynyrd Skynyrd!”
October 7
- Take a sonic tour of PRS’ first-ever range of innovative, flexible and superior-sounding stomp boxes
- Solar Guitars partners with Kirk Windstein of Crowbar and Down for an exceptionally minimalist signature model, the E1.6KW
- Gibson unveils the G-Bird, a new acoustic that blends the ‘Player Port’ with the classic Hummingbird profile
- Dunlop launches the Trigger Fly, a sleek, speedy and ergonomic take on its most-popular capo design
- Steve Vai was taken aback when he heard how Polyphia cut up his guest solo: “I thought, ‘Maybe they didn’t like what I did!’”
- Watch Nancy Wilson and Mike McCready tear it up in raucous live cover of Led Zeppelin’s Rock and Roll
- Donner’s innovative Rising-G Pro is a carbon-fiber acoustic that sounds great and is built to last
- Gavin Rossdale reveals how he came to own Joe Walsh's 'Hotel California' Fender Jazzmaster – and why he wasn’t too pleased when the Eagles legend signed it
- This Marshall 4x10 guitar cab is built almost entirely out of Lego – and it actually works
- Someone built a guitar that tases you for missing a note
October 6
- Epiphone joins forces with Joe Bonamassa yet again for elegant, well-appointed signature 1962 ES-335 guitar
- Troy Van Leeuwen is filling in for Dave Navarro on Jane’s Addiction's current North American tour
- From bowel-busting riffs to life-affirming 12-string acoustic bliss: here are this week's essential guitar tracks
- This is what an acoustic guitar sounds like when you fill it up with water
- Watch Nita Strauss rejoin Alice Cooper – and play a Jackson Jeff Loomis signature Kelly – at Colorado show
- Catalinbread gets in on the minimalism hype with one-knob Elements pedal series
- Wolfgang Van Halen discusses nerves over covering Eddie's guitar parts at Taylor Hawkins tribute concert: “I didn’t even know if I could do it”
- Boss finally drops the Waza Craft we’ve all been waiting for – the DS-1W Distortion
October 5
- Gretsch honors Malcolm Young with all-new, limited-edition “Red Beast” Signature Jet
- Watch Tim Henson shred his mesmerizing parts for Polyphia's Ego Death in new playthrough video
- Watch Smashing Pumpkins debut two new songs, Neophyte and Harmageddon, live
- Hail the cabs: Mesa/Boogie unveils comprehensive Boogie cabinet range
- Straight male guitarists play extreme metal to impress other men, study suggests
- Sterling by Music Man introduces the Sabre design to its 2022 lineup with two Fishman Fluence-equipped electrics
- Cort celebrates Elrick Bass Guitars' 30th anniversary with two special edition NJS four- and five-string models
- Rage Against the Machine cancel 2023 North American tour dates following Zack de la Rocha's Achilles tendon tear
- Lzzy Hale, Wynonna Judd and Vicki Peterson to host second-ever women-only Rock ‘N’ Roll Fantasy Camp in Nashville
- Fender releases refreshed Aerodyne Special series, putting a radical contemporary spin on its Stratocaster, Telecaster and bass models
October 4
- Gibson revives its Faded finish for six fresh Original Collection electric and acoustic models
- Wolfgang Van Halen to begin recording sophomore Mammoth WVH album today
- Loretta Lynn, country music legend, dies at 90
- Steve Vai and Polyphia team up for the guitar collaboration (and interview!) of the year – only in the new Guitar World
- Chris Cornell-owned 1979 Gretsch Chet Atkins Tennessean up for sale on Reverb for $395,000
- Adam Jones gifts signature Gibson Les Paul to 9-year-old Maya Neelakantan for nailing 7empest cover
- Zakk Wylde to teach “a complete breakdown” of his signature style in new in-depth online guitar course
- Fender partners with sports equipment brand Giro for a range of limited-edition guitar- and amp-inspired snow goggles
October 3
- Elvis Presley guitarist James Burton reveals kidney cancer diagnosis
- Neil Young and Crazy Horse announce new album, World Record, share tender first single, Love Earth
- Watch Metallica perform Nothing Else Matters with “real singer” Mickey Guyton
- Watch pro-shot footage of Rush performing Working Man with Chad Smith at Taylor Hawkins tribute
- Transform your guitar from ordinary to extraordinary with FU-Tone’s hardware upgrades
- Ichika Nito wields a headless seven-string Ibanez to devastating effect in dizzying new single, Away
- Robert Fripp and Toyah recruit Chesney Hawkes for his second Sunday Lunch guest spot – for a hilarious performance of The Killers' Mr. Brightside
October 1
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