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Prime Day guitar deals 2025: Amazon's Big Deal Days are almost here, and we've got all the lowdown for you ahead of one of the biggest sales of the year
By Chris Barnes last updated
Amazon's Big Deal Days are almost here, and we've got all the lowdown for you ahead of one of the biggest sales of the year

That time Jeff Beck gave an impromptu guitar lesson to a future pop pioneer – who didn’t know who he was
By Phil Weller published
The serendipitous hangout led to the pair working together on Beck’s 2000 album, You Had It Coming

Buckethead reflects on his time in Guns N’ Roses as Slash pays tribute to the elusive virtuoso
By Jonathan Horsley published
The man with the bucket on his head and magic in his fingers says an emotional thank you to Slash after the rock icon described his guitar playing as “next level”

Ken Parker, designer of the Parker Fly guitar beloved by Adrian Belew and Joni Mitchell, launches crowdfunding campaign for cancer treatment
By Phil Weller published
Parker was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer in 2023

Scott Reeder on the time he auditioned for Metallica – after Lars Ulrich cold-called him
By Jonathan Horsley published
Reeder didn't get the Metallica gig but the stoner-rock bass icon got a helluva story out of it – and the silver medal in the metal Olympics

Guitar World deals of the week: Save $600 on a bonkers Music Man, get a gigantic $400 off a signature PRS, plus a free Universal Audio guitar plugin
By Matt McCracken last updated
Your weekly digest of the best deals from all corners of the web, hand-picked by Guitar World's gear experts

Universal Audio reimagines a classic Fender amp used by Keith Richards, The Beach Boys and beyond as a plugin – and it’s currently free to download
By Phil Weller published
The plugin promises to provide a bright, punchy and clean amp platform

Dweezil Zappa finally gets his hands on the viral cardboard Strat and cooks up a crazy psych-rock rager for the occasion
By Jonathan Horsley published
The Cardboard Sessions come to Dweezil’s Hikari Studios and he cooks up a track on the spot with his band on cardboard instruments

Jimmy Page pays tribute to original Yardbirds guitarist Chris Dreja, who has died aged 79
By Phil Weller published
Dreja played alongside Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, and Jimmy Page before turning down a chance to join Led Zeppelin to pursue a career in photography

Gamechanger Audio puts its foot on the gas with the Motor Pedal – a driveable synth pedal that reacts to your playing in real time
By Phil Weller published
With five distinct modes to reshape the sounds its spinning motor produces, this versatile pedal is on the right side of tonal insanity
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