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Ozzy Osbourne producer Andrew Watt on what it was like to play with two Beatles in the studio

By Janelle Borg published 28 May 26

Watt waxes lyrical about what it was like to add another legend to his Rolodex of rockstars

DOD and Morley team up for the triple threat Wah-ocTo-Fuzz pedal

By Phil Weller published 27 May 26

DOD’s synthy sub-octave circuit and Morley’s wah and fuzz circuits are 2026’s most unexpected power trio

Steve Morse on how a gear nightmare lead him to Ernie Ball

By Phil Weller published 27 May 26

Morse has become one of Ernie Ball’s most loyal and high-profile endorsers – and it all started with a broken volume pedal

Fender is finally speaking out on its cease-and-desist strategy

By Matt Owen published 27 May 26

Fender might not be declaring war after all – but if its legal campaign succeeds, the guitar market will change forever

Wes Borland’s Jackson King V went from factory floor reject to Limp Bizkit icon – now it’s been released as a signature guitar

By Phil Weller published 27 May 26

Borland’s Custom Shop V started out as a left-handed factory reject – and this signature reissue replicates it in all its glory

That time Ronnie James Dio offered to front ’70s glam-rock outfit The Sweet

By Phil Weller published 27 May 26

Internal disagreements led Dio to very different gig as he sought an escape from Blackmore’s Rainbow, while The Sweet were grappling with their frontman's drinking problems

Alex Lifeson on the Rush “protest record” that saved the band – and won them their independence

By Janelle Borg published 27 May 26

How Rush at the brink led to Lifeson, Lee and Peart crafting one of their most commercially successful records

Matteo Mancuso reveals the advice his hero gave him

By Phil Weller published 26 May 26

The two virtuosos trade licks on Mancuso’s new song, Solar Wind

Paul McCartney explains how John Lennon is still inspiring his songwriting six decades on

By Janelle Borg published 26 May 26

McCartney chats with Paul Mescal, the actor portraying him in the upcoming Beatles four-part biopic, about his songwriting process and upcoming album, The Boys of Dungeon Lane

6 reasons why Fender won’t win its Stratocaster legal campaign – according to the lawyer who beat them before

By Matt Owen published 26 May 26

Ron Bienstock, the attorney who defeated Fender's previous attempt to trademark the Strat, has been hired to defend a firm hit by recent cease-and-desist letters – and Guitar World has seen a redacted response