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A labor of love, Wes Borland's beloved custom Jackson King V began life as a factory floor reject
Rather than a top-of-the-line custom job involving the best of the company's best luthiers, Borland's favored King V was brought to his attention by Jackson because, not in spite of, the quirks that led to its initial rejection
How Nile Rodgers ended up on the latest Coldplay album
2024 saw the Chic co-founder add the British mega-act to his star-studded list of collaborators...
When Metallica hit the road for their first national tour, crowds weren’t convinced by their music
James Hetfield and co went on tour with British heavy metal band Raven when they came over to the States in the early 1980s – but they didn’t always win over the audience
10 unmissable President's Day guitar sales every guitarist should know about
Get ahead of the game with all the best early sales from across the web, including huge discounts on Gibson, Fender, Martin, Line 6, and loads more
Meet the rePEDAL – an AI overdrive maker that generates digital stompboxes at the click of a button
The experimental plugin is in its beta phase and offers a new way to inject a little grit into your tone
Guitar World deals of the week: save $530 on a Fender guitar, $71 on an Earthquaker Devices pedal, plus get a Universal Audio plugin for free
We've got a bumper Presidents' Day edition for you this week with some massive savings on guitar gear
Get first dibs on Fender’s Presidents' Day savings with big discounts on American-made guitars – including $200 off select American Professional II models and more
With discounts on everything from the American Professional II, Player Plus, American Ultra Luxe, and American Performer, now is the time to bag your dream Fender for a lot less
Billy Corgan names himself and two other ’90s guitar gods as the ‘metal Yardbirds’
The Smashing Pumpkins frontman shared near-identical early experiences with two other players close to his local area, but they all ended up going down different avenues – not unlike the Yardbird legends
