Home
News
Interviews

Interviews Featured Content

A Tribute to Jeff Hanneman: The Slayer Guitarist’s Wife Recalls the Spider-Bite Incident and How It Lead to Her Husband’s Downfall

Rex Brown Recalls the Making of 'Cowboys from Hell,' 'Vulgar Display of Power' and Other Legendary Pantera Albums

Interview: Megadeth's Chris Broderick Talks Technique

Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath Opens Up About His Battle with Cancer and the Struggle to Make '13'

All Interviews Articles
Lessons
Lessons RSS
Lessons Featured Content

Tapper's Delight: 20 Challenging Tapping Licks

Professor Shred with Guthrie Govan: Tapping in 16th-Note Triplets

Interview: Megadeth's Chris Broderick Talks Technique

The Ultra Zone: Steve Vai's Course In Ear Training, Part 2

All Lessons Articles
Gear
Gear RSS
Gear Featured Content

Praise the Loud! Guitar World Delivers Sonic Salvation with a Host of Divine and Almighty Amplifiers

Zero to '60s in Five Pedals: Five Modern Effects that Conjure Far-Out, Vintage Tones

Your Signature, Please: Five Essential Pieces of Signature Gear

Blues Power: An In-Depth Guide to the Amps and Effect Pedals in Stevie Ray Vaughan’s Arsenal

All Gear Articles
Blogs
Girls

Girls Featured Content

Guitar World Girls: Anna Sengthavongsa

Guitar World Girls: Brittany

Guitar World Girls: Miranda Velez — Video and Photo Gallery

Guitar World Girls: Sami

All Girls Articles
Store
Subscribe
GUITAR SOLOS POLL

News

Photo Gallery: Vampire Weekend, Arctic Monkeys, Red Fang and More at Sasquatch! 2013 Music Festival

Posted 06/05/2013 at 10:19am | by Guitar World Staff, Photos by Robert Delahanty

0

Comments

Check out live photos of Vampire Weekend, Arctic Monkeys, Red Fang and more!

» Read More

Exclusive Video: Walter Trout Discusses His New Album, 'Luther’s Blues: A Tribute to Luther Allison'

Posted 06/05/2013 at 7:47am | by Damian Fanelli

0

Comments

Today, GuitarWorld.com presents the exclusive premiere of a new video featuring Walter Trout. In the video, the venerable blues guitarist discusses his new album, Luther’s Blues: A Tribute to Luther Allison, which will be released June 11 by Mascot Label Group's Provogue Records.

» Read More

Review: Zoom MS-100BT Multistomp Pedal with Bluetooth

Posted 06/05/2013 at 7:41am | by Guitar World Staff

0

Comments

The following content is related to the May 2013 issue of Guitar World. For the full range of interviews, features, tabs and more, pick up the new issue on newsstands now, or in our online store.

» Read More

1973 Photo Gallery: 50 Classic Albums Celebrating Their 40th Anniversary in 2013

Posted 06/05/2013 at 7:30am | by Damian Fanelli, Melanie Gottshall

4

Comments

Nineteen hundred and seventy-three is one of those rare years — like, say, 1968, 1969, 1971 and 1991 — that saw the release of an impressive assortment of seminal rock albums. As we wrote two years ago in our 1971 roundup, "Even for a year that falls squarely in the heart of the 'classic rock' era, it was a particularly classic year."

» Read More

Music Industry Day: 2013 Summer NAMM Show to Open Doors to the Public July 13

Posted 06/04/2013 at 4:32pm | by Guitar World Staff

0

Comments

Music Industry Day Opens Iconic Nashville-Based NAMM Event to All

» Read More

Photo Gallery: Sigur Ros, Surfer Blood, BRMC and More at Sasquatch! 2013 Music Festival

Posted 06/04/2013 at 3:17pm | by Guitar World Staff, Photos by Robert Delahanty

0

Comments

Check out live photos of Sigur Ros, Surfer Blood, BRMC and more!

» Read More

Yes to Host Yestival, Their First Rock Festival, August 3 in Camden, New Jersey

Posted 06/04/2013 at 2:15pm | by Melanie Gottshall

1

Comment

Yes have announced their first-ever rock festival — Yestival — which will take place August 3 at the Susquehanna Bank Center in Camden, New Jersey. The band, which will be performing 1971's The Yes Album and 1972's Close to the Edge in their entirety, will be joined by the Musical Box, Renaissance featuring Anne Haslam, Carl Palmer's ELP Legacy and other acts (TBA).

» Read More

Pasquale Custom Guitars to Donate Guitars to Operation Support Our Troops America and Artistic Tools for Veterans

Posted 06/04/2013 at 12:27pm | by Melanie Gottshall

0

Comments

Chicago-based Pasquale Custom Guitars has announced it will create three HTM Signature Series guitars to be donated to Operation Support Our Troops America and the Artistic Tools for Veterans programs this summer.

» Read More

John McLaughlin Announces US Tour in Support of Latest Album, 'Now Here This'

Posted 06/04/2013 at 11:50am | by Melanie Gottshall

0

Comments

Guitarist John McLaughlin is set to begin his first US tour in three years. The tour kicks off June 11 in Durham, North Carolina, and will hit Asheville, DC, Bethlehem and Boston. It also will include a three-night stand in New York City at the Blue Note before ending in Toronto June 23.

» Read More

Performance Tips: Jason Becker — "Perpetual Burn"

Posted 06/04/2013 at 10:52am | by Jeff Perrin

0

Comments

Throughout this title track to Jason Becker’s landmark 1988 debut album, the phenomenally gifted and accomplished young guitarist frequently employs a lead-playing technique known as sweep picking to help perform the many swift and nimble-fingered arpeggios used to convey his classical virtuoso-style melodic ideas.

» Read More

News

Photo Gallery: Vampire Weekend, Arctic Monkeys, Red Fang and More at Sasquatch! 2013 Music Festival

Exclusive Video: Walter Trout Discusses His New Album, 'Luther’s Blues: A Tribute to Luther Allison'

Review: Zoom MS-100BT Multistomp Pedal with Bluetooth

1973 Photo Gallery: 50 Classic Albums Celebrating Their 40th Anniversary in 2013

Music Industry Day: 2013 Summer NAMM Show to Open Doors to the Public July 13

Photo Gallery: Sigur Ros, Surfer Blood, BRMC and More at Sasquatch! 2013 Music Festival

Yes to Host Yestival, Their First Rock Festival, August 3 in Camden, New Jersey

Pasquale Custom Guitars to Donate Guitars to Operation Support Our Troops America and Artistic Tools for Veterans

John McLaughlin Announces US Tour in Support of Latest Album, 'Now Here This'

Performance Tips: Jason Becker — "Perpetual Burn"

Latest News

Connect with Guitar World

Featured Content

In the Magazine

Most Commented Articles

Guitar World on Facebook

Guitar World On Twitter

Live Updates

Latest News

Connect with Guitar World

Featured Content

In the Magazine

Buy Subscription

Most Commented Articles

Guitar World on Facebook

Guitar World On Twitter

Live Updates