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Nile Rodgers on what made Bernard Edwards a bass genius – and the making of some iconic 4-string moments
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Rival Sons’ Scott Holiday on what it’s like to open a Black Sabbath show
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Billy Gibbons shares the story of the “treasured moment” he sat in on a B.B. King session – as a child
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Troy Van Leeuwen explains why Queens of the Stone Age are not a Fender Strat band
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How Este Haim ended up buying her dream ’70s Fender Precision Bass on Craigslist for a bargain – from one of her favorite guitarists
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Gibson spent years trying to convince Warren Haynes to work on a signature guitar – this is what changed his mind
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Herman Li on how Guitar Hero helped make guitar solos cool again – and why grunge killing off the shred scene wasn’t a bad thing
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![LA LOM [L-R] Nicholas Baker on percussion, Zac Sokolow on his fiberglass guitar, and Jake Faulkner plays a custard-yellow double bass](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/nxKtr2RYyU72p7yqfZPjP.jpg)
Introducing LA LOM, the LA trio turning fiberglass guitars and psychedelia into a dance party of guitar instrumentals
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Meet Dutch Interior, the SoCal indie-rock outfit channeling the Allman Brothers with six – yes, six – guitarists
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Brent Hinds fuels speculation of tension with Mastodon after calling them out on social media
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Heart's stolen instruments have been recovered by the police – with a little help from the public
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How an Oasis engineer ended up with the Wonderwall acoustic
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![A black-and-white portrait of Deafheaven's Shiv Mehra [left] and Kerry McCoy playing guitar in close-up.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/g7ES9cMBnW4L769Nr2W5q7.jpg)
Shiv Mehra and Kerry McCoy on stompbox thrill-seeking and Deafheaven's return to super-heavy guitars
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Kelly Garni on how a drunken fight with Randy Rhoads spelled the end of his Quiet Riot career
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Here’s how you can still watch Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath’s last-ever live show
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Man arrested for Heart instrument theft – but the “one-of-a-kind” instruments are still missing
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![LA LOM [L-R] Nicholas Baker on percussion, Zac Sokolow on his fiberglass guitar, and Jake Faulkner plays a custard-yellow double bass](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/nxKtr2RYyU72p7yqfZPjP-800-80.jpg.webp)
![A black-and-white portrait of Deafheaven's Shiv Mehra [left] and Kerry McCoy playing guitar in close-up.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/g7ES9cMBnW4L769Nr2W5q7-800-80.jpg.webp)
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Nile Rodgers on what made Bernard Edwards a bass genius – and the making of some iconic 4-string moments
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How Este Haim ended up buying her dream ’70s Fender Precision Bass on Craigslist for a bargain – from one of her favorite guitarists
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Glen Matlock on how the Sex Pistols have changed, while his bass rig never has and never will
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How Stevie Ray Vaughan's biggest hit benefitted from one of the baddest rhythm sections in blues history
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Kelly Garni founded Quiet Riot with Randy Rhoads – but it ended with shots fired
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Wrecking Crew director responds to Carol Kaye’s criticisms of the film
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Joe Satriani’s best basslines (Yes, he plays bass, too)
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Alex ‘V-Man’ Venturella on the secret to metal’s heaviest bass tone and nailing his Slipknot audition
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Bootsy Collins on the musician that totally “changed his mind” about bass playing
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Glastonbury 2025: the iconic guitar moments that stole the show at one of the world's biggest music festivals
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A 15-year-old guitarist was brought onstage by Yungblud to riff in front of 30,000 people – and it was only the second time he’d played live
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Melissa Auf der Maur reunites with Billy Corgan to perform a Smashing Pumpkins classic
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Albert Lee, Joe Bonamassa and Vince Gill on the life and legacy of Duane Eddy
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Peter Frampton joins Pearl Jam and trades solos with Mike McCready over Black during Nashville performance
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Bob Weir joins Joe Satriani and Sammy Hagar for Best of All Worlds guest spot
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Eddie Vedder uses one of Jack White's signature guitars to play a Pearl Jam deep cut
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Slash dons a Gibson SG as Guns N’ Roses pay tribute to John Sykes with rampant cover of a Thin Lizzy classic
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Bruce Springsteen, Steven Van Zandt and Smokey Robinson join forces on their own rendition of a Motown classic at the 2025 American Music Honors
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Rival Sons’ Scott Holiday on what it’s like to open a Black Sabbath show
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Billy Gibbons shares the story of the “treasured moment” he sat in on a B.B. King session – as a child
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Troy Van Leeuwen explains why Queens of the Stone Age are not a Fender Strat band
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Gibson spent years trying to convince Warren Haynes to work on a signature guitar – this is what changed his mind
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Herman Li on how Guitar Hero helped make guitar solos cool again – and why grunge killing off the shred scene wasn’t a bad thing
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“Let’s just do Free Bird for two hours”: Zakk Wylde on Ozzy’s surprise demands for his final show
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From Hüsker Dü’s “fighter jets” to Sugar’s “sheets” of guitar, how Bob Mould built his wall of sound
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Liam Gallagher’s son thinks guitar music is only now making a return
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Ricky Warwick on welcoming Lita Ford and Billy Diffy to vintage guitar nirvana for his new solo album
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June 2025 Guitar World Editors' Picks
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Ed Sheeran forms an unlikely hard rock power trio with John Mayer and Dave Grohl
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Stone Temple Pilots’ Dean DeLeo announces One More Satellite – a new collaborative project that stars a host of special guests
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The SatchVai Band's new single is an ode to the instrument that made them famous – and it features Glenn Hughes on vocals
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Mike Dawes has transformed a Sleep Token song into a solo acoustic guitar masterclass
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April 2025 Guitar World Editors' Picks
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March 2025 Guitar World Editors' Picks
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Metal guitarist commemorates late father by incorporating his ashes into his Fender Telecaster's neck
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Wes Borland cosplays as an ’80s-era James Hetfield while opening for Metallica
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“Steve Vai goes, ‘I’ve been thinking about this a long time. He’s a really good guitar player.’ That’s unusual’”: Paul Reed Smith on the time John Mayer was hailed by a shred hero – and why he found it strange
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