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- January 31
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- St. Vincent and Nile Rodgers are working together in the studio
- John 5 reveals his guitar rig for Mötley Crüe’s upcoming world tour
- This is what an acoustic guitar sounds like after you've drilled dozens of holes in it
- Paul McCartney shares previously unreleased Jeff Beck collaboration
- Gibson and Heritage agree to drop long-running trademark dispute
- Rick Rubin says Paul McCartney is the “best of all bass players”
- January 30
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- Only known Kiss soundboard recording with Mark St. John set for official release this spring
- Neural DSP just made its ultra-powerful Quad Cortex even better with its latest update
- See Tal Wilkenfeld play Wish You Were Here, Anna Molly with Incubus in first live show with the band
- Jane’s Addiction tap Josh Klinghoffer to fill in for Dave Navarro on upcoming live shows
- Robert Fripp and Toyah put a wild spin on Mötley Crüe’s Shout at the Devil
- Magnatone introduces 2x12” combo version of its Super Fifty-Nine M-80 amp
- January 28
- January 27
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- New book explores guitar journalist's friendship with Eddie Van Halen
- Watch Michael Angelo Batio rip a gonzo, supersonic solo onstage with Manowar
- Mark Tremonti recalls his experiences playing a Kemper onstage with Alter Bridge – and explains why he didn’t stick with it
- Shakira's Swarovski crystal-encrusted, Super Bowl LIV halftime show Gibson Firebird to be exhibited at Grammy Museum
- Watch Kayla Kent nail the solo to Ozzy Osbourne's Bark at the Moon – the first metal song she ever heard
- Abasi Concepts’s ēmi 7 electric combines classic and modern features in an ergonomic and elegant double-cut design
- Justin Hawkins brands Plini “a bit boring”
- Paul Gilbert’s guitar-loving cat, Juliette, has passed away
- Watch Måneskin’s Thomas Raggi trade licks with Tom Morello in fiery Gossip performance on The Tonight Show
- Big Ear Pedals launches the WHAC-A – a boost pedal with no knobs and an obscene number of footswitches
- January 26
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- Orange unveils the Rockerverb 50 MkIII Combo Neo – and it's almost 20% lighter than the original Rockerverb
- From evocative standards to the missing link between Dokken and Nine Inch Nails: here are this week's essential guitar tracks
- John Mayer announces North American acoustic solo tour
- Dave Mustaine responds to praise from Kerry King: “It's not every day one of the most fearsome guitarists in the world gives you a compliment”
- The 50 greatest moments in electric guitar history – only in the new Guitar World
- Tal Wilkenfeld to play bass for Incubus as Ben Kenney recovers from brain surgery
- Founding Yardbirds guitarist Antony “Top” Topham dies aged 75
- Pantera’s upcoming concert in Vienna has been canceled
- Korg introduces two new build-it-yourself Nutube-driven Nu:Tekt pedals – the TR-S tube amp emulator and HD-S Distortion
- January 25
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- Nikki Sixx says first Mötley Crüe rehearsal with John 5 was “f***ing epic”
- Metallica will use movie theaters to host a “worldwide” listening party for 72 Seasons
- Kramer launches the SM-1 Figured, an AAA maple-topped shred machine with high-spec components for less than $1,200
- Watch Manuel Gardner Fernandes turn The Last of Us theme into an ambient two-hand tapping fretboard exercise
- Panic! At The Disco disbands after nearly 20 years
- Foo Fighters replace Pantera at Rock Am Ring and Rock Im Park festivals
- Kiesel debuts headless Thanos electric guitars and introduces a wealth of spec updates across its new-for-2023 collection
- Epiphone revives the Newport Bass and introduces a new acoustic four-string, the El Capitan J-200 Studio Bass, for 2023
- January 24
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- Brian May Guitars flips the Red Special aesthetic and decks out Arielle’s signature model in metallic Windermere Blue finish
- Unlock 50% off Fender Play annual subscriptions and get a two-week free trial with this mega-deal
- Mötley Crüe begin rehearsals with new guitarist John 5 ahead of world tour
- Takamine's all-new sub-$500 GL Series headlines comprehensive 2023 acoustic collection
- Pantera removed from this year's Rock Am Ring and Rock Im Park lineups
- Kerry King turned down his Sum 41 guest solo 10 times – here's what changed his mind
- Blackstar delivers an entire guitar rig in a pedal with the Dept. 10 Amped 2
- January 23
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- Dean Zelinsky teases potential new Dimebag Darrell model
- Watch Jared James Nichols, Richie Faulkner, Zach Myers and Marty Schwartz trade licks in awe-inspiring Free Bird cover
- Ian Hunter’s new album features Slash, Jeff Beck, Billy F Gibbons, Rob Trujillo, Taylor Hawkins, Mike Campbell and more
- Robert Fripp and Toyah are on their usual ridiculous form in this bizarre cover of Kiss's I Was Made For Lovin' You
- Neal Schon just created the craziest PRS Silver Sky yet – complete with a humbucker and Floyd Rose
- Joe Bonamassa’s mouth-watering amp collection is being modeled by IK Multimedia
- We finally have a good look at John Frusciante’s gigantic new Red Hot Chili Peppers pedalboard
- Burls Art builds guitar out of 1,000 aluminum cans – and the result is insane
- Paul Gilbert now drills holes in his picks for better grip – and you can see why in his latest blazing clip
- Marshall celebrates a prominent era in rock ‘n’ roll history with limited-edition “Target 62” SV20C combos
- January 20
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- Watch Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi serve up a stirring, slide-heavy rendition of The Star-Spangled Banner
- Joe Satriani, Eric Gales and Steve Morse jamming on Going Down showcases some of the best solos of the year so far
- Keeley unveils the Parallax Spatial Generator, “the perfect end-of pedalboard solution for shoegaze, ambient, and experimental tone seekers”
- Pantera announce massive North American headline tour through 2023 and 2024
- Eventide’s powerful and flexible H90 Harmonizer represents “the apex of engineering and sound fidelity in a singular multi-effect stomp box”
- Watch David Crosby’s final performance – a rendition of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young’s Ohio with Jason Isbell
- Watch Jack White recruit his daughter on bass to perform The Hardest Button to Button live
- Metallica share scorching, wah-laden new single, Screaming Suicide
- January 19
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- David Crosby, co-founder and guitarist of the Byrds, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, dies at 81
- From “upside-down Hendrix licks” to sweetly subversive Whammy solos: here are this week's essential guitar tracks
- Harley Benton looks to tempt Slash fans with new $315 Tribute Series single-cut
- Fall Out Boy's Joe Trohman steps away from band for mental health reasons: “I must disclose that my mental health has rapidly deteriorated over the past several years”
- Metal-loving couple exchange Gibson Explorers instead of rings at wedding
- Metallica unveil custom one-of-a-kind 'Flying M' guitar – and you can win it
- January 18
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- Van Conner, bassist and co-founder of Screaming Trees, dies at 55
- Taylor launches its best-looking American Dream models yet with the arrival of three new sunburst acoustics
- Tool’s Adam Jones reveals he’s bought one of the Gibson Custom Shop’s ultra-exclusive Greeny Les Paul reissues
- Want a Seymour Duncan Pearly Gates humbucker for your Tele? That’s now an option
- Brian May on how Led Zeppelin inspired Queen: “I owe a lot to Jimmy Page”
- YouTube influencers join forces to launch new '80s-inspired guitar company
- January 17
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- Hear Eddie Van Halen jam R&B, rock classics with Cheech Marin in newly unearthed audio from 1985
- Devin Townsend explains why "Les Pauls look s**t on me"
- Justin Norvell says Fender will be “full steam in the digital amps and effects space” in 2023
- Angel Vivaldi takes a radical Latin turn and embraces his inner Santana on virtuosic new single, Eight
- Walrus Audio debuts a dedicated wall of noise pedal – meet the Melee, a joystick-controlled distortion and reverb
- Josh Smith and Poly Effects finally unveil the Flat V – a wild two-channel gain pedal that took more than two years to make
- YouTuber plays 86 Meshuggah riffs in one take
- How Brian May broke a golden guitar recording rule during the tracking of Queen's debut album
- Fender harks back to the guitars of '60s garage rock with Gold Foil pickup-equipped electric and bass models
- Way Huge launches outrageously funky Attack Vector Phaser & Envelope
- Eric Krasno names the three pedals he couldn't live without
- January 16
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- Vola Guitars launches the OZ SRM, a no-nonsense 24-fret metal machine
- Two of the guitar world's most innovative amp and effects firms just joined forces
- Björn Gelotte explains why he turned down a Gibson signature Les Paul
- Someone has stuck an iPad into an electric guitar – and it might just be the six-string of the future
- Steve Vai reunited with Yankee Rose “Swiss Cheese” guitar after 36 years
- Are Bill Kelliher’s new Mojotone Hellbender pickups the most versatile metal humbuckers ever made?
- Move over, I'll drive: Meet Dingwall's Lamborghini-inspired signature bass for Bad Wolves' Kyle Konkiel
- Eric Gales issues public invitation for John Mayer to perform with him
- John Mayer receives a prototype replica of Jerry Garcia’s iconic Wolf guitar – watch him play it during Dead & Company’s last-ever tour
- Watch Tommy Emmanuel pay tribute to Jeff Beck with a heartfelt acoustic fingerstyle performance of Cause We've Ended As Lovers
- January 13
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- From Periphery's jazz turn to Måneskin's team-up with Tom Morello: here are this week's essential guitar tracks
- Tim Henson wants to work with Meshuggah and Thundercat – and says new Polyphia music is coming in the summer
- Watch Jeff Beck help a young Tal Wilkenfeld play an insane bass solo
- Brian May pays tribute to Jeff Beck: “He was so unique, and so influential on every guitarist I've ever met in my life”
- Joe Satriani, Vinnie Moore, Ron ‘Bumblefoot’ Thal, Alex De Rosso and more team up for new album in support of military vets
- Schecter reinvents the Reaper range with three all-new upgraded Elite models
- January 12
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- Guitarist switches the solos of Eagles' Hotel California and Megadeth's Tornado of Souls – and the results are insane
- Boss expands its Katana amp range with upgraded entry-level combo, 100-watt head and Waza 2x12 cab
- Watch Jeff Beck play a ferocious set of Yardbirds classics with the White Stripes in 2002
- Ibanez launches its first-ever fretless headless design, a multi-scale ‘crossover’ bass and a 5-string electric upright
- Two previously unreleased Frank Zappa concerts from 1980 set for release later this year
- Watch footage from Jeff Beck’s final live performance, featuring a stellar guitar solo on This is a Song for Miss Hedy Lamarr
- Jeff Beck, 1944-2023: the guitar world pays tribute
- January 11
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- Jeff Beck, a giant of rock guitar, dies at 78
- You can now buy Machine Gun Kelly’s Mainstream Sellout Schecter signature guitar
- Watch Andrew Watt shred with Iggy Pop's all-star Kimmel band, featuring Josh Klinghoffer, Duff McKagan and Chad Smith
- Frantone’s Fran Blanche reckons she knows the real secret to Josh Homme’s tone – and it’s not the Peavey Decade
- Peter Frampton announces free “one night only special” concert
- The PRS Modern Eagle V boasts 17 different pickup combinations – and now you might be able to get your hands on one
- PRS launches new Dustie Waring signature guitar, updates Mark Holcomb and Zach Myers SE models
- PRS celebrates 10th anniversary of the S2 Series with 2 limited-edition six-strings
- PRS revives the Sonzera 20 combo with updated voicing and construction
- January 10
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- PRS adds David Grissom signature, three McCarty 594 models to affordable SE line
- H.E.R. teams up with Fender for striking limited-edition Blue Marlin version of her signature Stratocaster
- Watch Jared James Nichols play Eddie Van Halen’s own hand-made Kramer Stryper guitar – further proving tone truly is in the fingers
- Iggy Pop explains why he prefers his albums to sound “rough”: “I like Link Wray a lot better than Yngwie Malmsteen, put it that way”
- January 9
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- This virtuoso is using a Hello Kitty Stratocaster to cover Eric Johnson’s Cliffs of Dover… in a bunch of different scales
- Periphery announce fifth album, Djent is Not a Genre, in ultimate trolling of rock press
- Guitarist reworks the entirety of Iron Maiden's Powerslave for nylon-string acoustic guitar
- Hear Mattoverse’s fruit and veg-powered pedal, the FloraVolt, in action
- Willow has been in the studio with St. Vincent – and a Fender Mike McCready 1960 Stratocaster
- Florida man serves up uber-patriotic, shred-heavy rendition of the national anthem at Jaguars vs Titans game
- Soulfly finally announce new guitarist to replace Marc Rizzo – for the next 9 weeks
- "Get someone young and help them": Stanley Clarke confirms new touring line-up and the importance of mentoring
- January 6
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- Nita Strauss says she was told to “show more skin” and “appear available” early in her career
- Pantera producer says it's “entirely possible” the current tribute lineup will release new music
- Nirvana, Nile Rodgers and Heart’s Nancy and Ann Wilson all honored with 2023 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Awards
- 5 things we learned about Tim Henson from his eye-opening Ernie Ball String Theory episode
- January 5
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- A Kramer Triax, one of the most bizarre guitar designs ever conceived, has been listed for sale on Reverb
- Donner’s Arena2000 Multi-effect Processor offers serious modeling power and flexibility at an incredibly affordable price
- Ibanez revamps its AZ range with SSS models and a signature guitar for Luca Mantovanelli, all with innovative pickup blending options
- Alan Rankine, guitarist and co-founder of The Associates, dies at 64
- Iron Maiden honored by the UK's Royal Mail with a new range of postage stamps
- Jared James Nichols argues tone comes from the fingers – and recalls the time he played through Eddie Van Halen’s own amp as evidence
- Ichika Nito wields Tim Henson’s signature nylon-string once again on new Polyphia-esque track
- Catalinbread launches the Formula 51, an overdrive pedal inspired by the Fender Tweed Champ
- January 4
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- Watch J Mascis shred on a cardboard Fender Strat
- Watch Brad Whitford go through his enviable guitar collection – including a ‘58 Les Paul hand-delivered by Tom Murphy – in Gibson TV’s The Collection
- Someone on Twitter said “Basslines aren't needed in songs”. Cue hilarious pile-on…
- Anvil and Overkill guitarist Sebastian Marino dies aged 57
- You can ask artificial intelligence to create Tube Screamer plugins now – and the results are better than you might expect
- Rob Chapman now owns stakes in other US guitar and pickup firms
- Mark Tremonti was asked to try out for Pantera – here’s why he declined
- Ibanez launches the FRH10N – a cheaper, standard-run version of Tim Henson’s nylon-string signature guitar
- Tony Iommi reveals he is about to start recording a new album
- January 3
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- Foo Fighters will continue without Taylor Hawkins, band confirm
- Cort’s freshly-designed KX700 EverTune is an “audacious” six-string with cutting-edge looks and aggressive tones
- Iggy Pop says he was once asked to join AC/DC: “I listened to their record. I thought, I can’t fit that bill”
- Jared Dines recruits Matt Heafy, Nita Strauss, Ichika Nito, Lari Basilio, Marcin and more for one of the most star-studded shred collabs ever
- Ibanez expands its stompbox catalog with impressively spec'd, slider-equipped Pentatone Preamp pedal
- January 1
