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- January 31
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- PUP's Stefan Babcock and Steve Sladkowski discuss bizarre time signatures, and how they made one of 2019's best punk albums
- Behold the world's first 3D-printed bridge made of metal
- Maxon’s Scott Henderson SD-9SH Sonic Distortion updates the “best distortion pedal in the world”
- Somebody built a multi-effects pedal out of a Sony PlayStation console - and it's pretty incredible
- Framus brings the William DuVall Talisman to its more affordable D-Series
- Improve your rhythm playing with these pick-hand warm-up techniques
- Zakk Wylde reveals 15 in-depth playing tips that will take your playing from basic to brewtal
- BAND-MAID's Kanami Tōno: "A good guitar solo will trigger emotions. I always keep that in mind"
- *repeat repeat's Jared Corder: "College only offered jazz or classical guitar, and the guys in classical were all metalheads, so I chose that"
- March 2020 Guitar World lesson videos
- January 30
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- Review: Focusrite's Scarlett 212 3rd Gen USB Audio Interface is a great choice for new and experienced recording enthusiasts alike
- Review: Framus's Devin Townsend Stormbender is packed with sounds that are as innovative, appealing and distinctive as Townsend’s music
- Get your country on with Seymour Duncan's new Brad Paisley signature La Brea Telecaster pickups
- Get into some “real-time mood-bending” with Death by Audio’s new ROOMS stereo reverberator
- Watch Alberto Barsi's six-string gymnastics in A Matter of Priority video
- Jackson Custom Shop celebrates its 40th anniversary with some truly over-the-top creations
- Anders Manga of Bloody Hammers: What's on My Playlist
- Furch’s new Bevel Duo is a curvy, ergonomic game-changer in acoustic guitar design
- Laura Palmer: "I was a shy kid unable to perform, now I own my own label and front Screamin' Rebel Angels"
- These 9 randomized fretboard patterns will help you explore new musical territory
- Watch Paul Riario take Breedlove's Concerto Copper CE for a spin
- Review: Gretsch's G5220 Electromatic Jet BT Single-Cut and G2622T Streamliner Center Block offer terrific tone, playability and style at amazingly low prices
- Michael Sweet on his star-studded solo album Ten, what's next for Stryper, and why he should have been a leftie
- Fleetwood Mac confirm there's no chance of a Lindsey Buckingham reunion
- January 29
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- Review: Fishman's TriplePlay Connect is the most affordable and easy-to-use guitar synth system around
- Kickstart your songwriting with these ultra-useful chord progressions
- Kirk Hammett talks Greeny Les Paul, meeting Peter Green and playing - and singing (!) - on a new Green and Fleetwood Mac tribute record
- The full details on Epiphone's 28 new guitars revealed - including some surprisingly affordable prices
- Dylan LeBlanc: "Certain guitar moments can sound like poetry if you get ’em right"
- Give your major-key compositions a moment of darkness by employing the 'four minor' chord
- The Circle: "We do Montrose, Van Halen, Hagar, Zeppelin and even Chickenfoot... I get to play all these great guitar parts from all these legendary players"
- Le Butcherettes' Teri Gender Bender on being the face of Fender's Vintera series and why she plays a four-string guitar tuned to ECEG#
- Richie Kotzen records 50-song album for his 50th birthday
- January 28
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- Review: One Control's BJF-S66 offers amazing portability with the tone, volume output and features of amps many times its size
- Review: The Blackstar amPlug2 FLY Guitar's tones are unrivaled in its category
- Ibanez’s new headless basses will blow your top
- Brian May is now designing sports bras
- Gibson CMO Cesar Gueikian reveals the truth behind the Play Authentic video controversy: "It was probably my biggest mistake"
- Josh Klinghoffer opens up on Red Hot Chili Peppers firing: "It’s absolutely John Frusciante’s place to be in that band"
- The 50 best Iron Maiden songs of all time
- Fender announces change in ownership
- Learn 9 creative and unusual ways to apply string-bending techniques
- Linking parallel major and minor pentatonic patterns will take your blues playing to the next level - here's how
- Steve Morse: "Guitarists need to create dynamics on their own and not rely on the sound guy"
- January 27
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- Turkish metal guitarist Demir Demirkan on how writing in English shaped his latest album, Elysium in Ashes
- Motionless in White's Ryan Sitkowski: "I once spent an entire set trying to get my amp to work, and I missed the whole show!"
- Save up to $120 on Positive Grid's Bias Amp 2 and FX 2 guitar plugins
- Gary Clark Jr. collects 3 Grammys including Best Contemporary Blues Album
- January 24
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- Live review + photos: Falls Festival 2019/2020, Byron Bay
- Classic Gear: the rise and fall of Gibson's Firebird III
- NAMM 2020 video: Check out the all-in-one Torpedo Captor X by Two Notes Audio Engineering
- NAMM 2020 video: Watch the compact 20W Orange Terror Stamp in action
- How to set your Floyd Rose's locking nut height
- January 23
- January 22
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- GW live at NAMM 2020: Mogami shows off its durable new cables
- GW live at NAMM 2020: Breedlove’s Organic Collection offers sustainability - and affordability - in an all-solid package
- GW live at NAMM 2020: SIT Strings shows off its sweet-sounding new American Roots hybrid acoustic strings
- Watch Shawn James live from Elixir Strings' Jam in the Van
- GW live at NAMM 2020: See Kyser’s chrome-finished 40th anniversary Quick-Change capo
- GW live at NAMM 2020: Graph Tech’s Ratio machine heads will get you in tune - and make sure you stay there
- GW live at NAMM 2020: See Harmony's retro new Juno and Proto #1 guitars, plus Teisco's awesome-looking overdrive
- January 21
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- GW live at NAMM 2020: Did Keeley Electronics' Eccos delay/looper live up to the hype?
- GW live at NAMM 2020: Alsip Guitars shows off new Classic, Tejas, SC models and more
- GW live at NAMM 2020: Godlyke goes pedal crazy with new Maxon and TWA distortion, fuzz and octave units
- GW live at NAMM 2020: See LR Baggs' advanced new Soundscape acoustic guitar pedal up close
- GW live at NAMM 2020: See how Boss packed an entire amp into a set of headphones with the Waza-Air
- NAMM 2020: Quilter Labs’ new Phantom Block is a direct box with amp-like tone
- GW live at NAMM 2020: KV331 shows off the Synthmaster One - a universal cross-platform software synthesizer
- NAMM 2020: Schecter unveils new Silver Mountain range, updates Banshee, PT Pro, Nick Johnston signature models
- GW live at NAMM 2020: Hear Eastman's sleek new thinline - the Romeo SC
- January 20
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- GW live at NAMM 2020: Watch Professor Tomo Fujita demo the new One Control BJF-S100 amp head
- GW live at NAMM 2020: Take a look at Red Panda's upgraded Context 2 Reverb pedal
- GW live at NAMM 2020: Watch the new JamStik Studio MIDI Guitar in action
- GW live at NAMM 2020: Watch Fishman's innovative new PowerTap Earth and PowerTap Infinity pickup systems get taken to dizzying heights
- January 19
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- NAMM 2020: Taylor Guitars expands Builder’s Edition collection with four unique new models
- GW live at NAMM 2020: See all sides of Walrus Audio's new, high-fidelity D1 Delay pedal
- NAMM 2020 video: Gus G chats with Guitar World about his latest Jackson San Dimas and Star signature models
- NAMM 2020 video: Volbeat's Rob Caggiano gives us the lowdown on his Jackson signature model, the Shadowcaster
- NAMM 2020 video: Steve Vai explains the ins and outs of his new Ibanez PIA signature model
- GW live at NAMM 2020: Boss shows off its ferocious Katana-Artist MkII amp
- GW live at NAMM 2020: Hear one of D'Angelico's tasty new Custom Shop models
- NAMM 2020 video: We visit the Victory booth to check out the new and compact V4 The Duchess
- NAMM 2020 video: Take a close-up look at Blackstar's new Sonnet Series
- NAMM 2020 video: We tried to build Korg's NuTekt overdrive pedal in under 45 minutes
- January 18
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- NAMM 2020: Nita Strauss's Ibanez JIVA10 signature now has a younger sibling
- NAMM 2020 video: Eric Johnson shows us around his new Fender ‘Virginia’ Stratocaster
- GW live at NAMM 2020: See how Ciari Guitars' Ascender model can be cleanly folded in seconds
- GW live at NAMM 2020: See ENKI USA's new AMG-2 EXV, the toughest V and Explorer-shaped case around
- NAMM 2020 video: Get an exclusive look at the innovative Positive Grid Spark
- NAMM 2020 video: Fender vastly expands the Player Series - watch the new Lead in action here
- GW live at NAMM 2020: Get an exclusive look at Ernie Ball and Ernie Ball Music Man's treasure trove of new gear
- NAMM 2020 video: Watch Gamechanger showcase a brand new type of reverb - The Light Pedal
- NAMM 2020 video: We got to see that pedal you pour drinks into up close
- NAMM 2020 video: Yvette Young talks us through her head-turning YY10 Talman signature model
- GW live at NAMM 2020: Get lost in the beauty of Eventide's TriceraChorus algorithm
- NAMM 2020 video: See Neural DSP's first multi-effects pedal, the Quad Cortex, at work
- GW live at NAMM 2020: Mark Agnesi and Dave Amato give us the skinny on Gibson TV
- NAMM 2020: IK Multimedia unveils the compact AXE I/O SOLO audio interface for guitarists
- NAMM 2020: BluGuitar introduces the AMP X - a collection of the best tube amps of all time in a single device
- January 17
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- GW live at NAMM 2020: Hedras Ramos tears it up on Cort's KX500 Etched, X700 Duality
- NAMM 2020: Jerry Cantrell endorses Gibson
- NAMM 2020: The Rainger FX Minibar is a pedal you pour your drinks into
- GW live at NAMM 2020: Earthboard's new Power Station and Flat Patch cable are the guitar accessories you didn't know you needed
- NAMM 2020 video: Hear the Fender Acoustasonic Stratocaster in action
- NAMM 2020: Ernie Ball Music Man unveils the all-new Sabre electric, plus fresh John Petrucci and Steve Lukather signatures
- GW live at NAMM 2020: Go inside Martin's revolutionary new SC-13E cutaway
- NAMM 2020: Jim Dunlop announces 4 new pedals, including the Green Day Dookie Drive V3
- NAMM 2020: Fender's pedal range just got bigger with the MTG Tube Tremolo
- NAMM 2020: Victory gives VC35 The Copper a Deluxe upgrade
- GW live at NAMM 2020: PRS shows off its updated Silver Sky, new S2 594s and more
- NAMM 2020: Victory reveals V4 The Duchess - a portable and compact 180W powerhouse
- NAMM 2020: Fender nails both nostalgia and innovation with these new combo amps
- January 16
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- NAMM 2020: Is Line 6's POD Go its best POD guitar processor to date?
- NAMM 2020: A Standard version of Jimmy Page's Sundragon signature amp is here at last
- NAMM 2020: The next evolution of the PRS John Mayer Silver Sky has arrived
- NAMM 2020: Fender debuts Tom Morello Soul Power Stratocaster, Jim Root Jazzmaster V4 and Eric Johnson ‘Virginia’ Stratocaster
- NAMM 2020: Jackson's 100% shreddable mega-launch sees signature models for Gus G and Rob Caggiano
- NAMM 2020: Fender unveils its all-new Fullerton Ukulele Series
- NAMM 2020: Fender debuts its most far-out designs yet with the Parallel Universe II collection
- NAMM 2020: Fender's iconic HM Strat makes an unexpected return
- NAMM 2020: Fender Leads the charge as it revives the Lead II and III for the Player Series
- NAMM 2020: Is the new Orange Terror Stamp the most portable 20W amp ever?
- NAMM 2020: Martin unveils the SC-13E, an offset acoustic-electric with a revolutionary new cutaway and unprecedented fret access
- NAMM 2020: Gretsch launches the Streamliner Junior Jet Club, Electromatic Jet Baritone, one stunning Penguin and a lot more
- NAMM 2020: EVH reveals a more affordable Frankenstein replica, the Striped Series Frankie, plus a stunning array of fresh Wolfgangs
- NAMM 2020: Ibanez unveils its spectacular new Steve Vai signature model - and it's not a JEM
- NAMM 2020: Go surfing with the alien with IK Multimedia's new AmpliTube Joe Satriani
- NAMM 2020: Blackstar launches new line of acoustic amps - The Sonnet Series
- NAMM 2020: Gamechanger reveals a whole new type of reverb - the Light Pedal
- NAMM 2020 news: all the latest guitar news, rumors and predictions
- NAMM 2020: The $560,000 Coronation Stratocaster leads Fender's jaw-dropping Custom Shop line-up
- NAMM 2020: Charvel unveils fresh signature models for Joe Duplantier, Angel Vivaldi and Satchel
- January 15
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- NAMM 2020: Streamline your live acoustic rig with Boss's new Acoustic Singer Live LT amp
- NAMM 2020: Boss's Katana-Artist combo gets the MkII treatment
- NAMM 2020: Walrus Audio launches its new Mako Series in high fidelity with the D1 Delay
- NAMM 2020: Ashdown drops new line of bass guitars - The Grail, The Arc, The Low Rider and The Saint
- NAMM 2020: Ashdown reveals two ultra lightweight and compact amps - The Ant and The Newt
- NAMM 2020: Chase Bliss Audio’s motorized slider-equipped Preamp MKII is surely the most innovative pedal to launch this year
- January 14
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- NAMM 2020: PRS's new Private Stock Dragon guitar is a fire-breathing beauty
- NAMM 2020: Fano brings its gorgeous reimagined guitar styles to a sub-$999 price point with new Omnis Series
- NAMM 2020: MXR launches this year’s must-have overdrive pedal as it partners with Paul Cochrane for a mini Timmy
- NAMM 2020: D'Angelico debuts the new and compact semi-hollow Mini DC
- NAMM 2020: The Torpedo Captor X from Two Notes Audio Engineering might just be your new live and studio Swiss Army knife
- NAMM 2020: D'Angelico launches the Excel Series Throwback Collection with 2 new archtop guitars
- NAMM 2020: Walrus Audio reveals the new and improved Julia V2 analog chorus/vibrato pedal
- January 13
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- NAMM 2020: Take your acoustic to infinity and beyond with Fishman's new PowerTap Earth and PowerTap Infinity pickup systems
- NAMM 2020: EMG unveils new pickups, including Jim Root and Robert Trujillo signature models
- NAMM 2020: Vox unveils 2 new super lightweight Starstream basses
- NAMM 2020: Godin unveils the striking A12 Black HG 12-string electric guitar
- NAMM 2020: Framus releases lower-cost Devin Townsend signature model - the D-Series Stormbender
- NAMM 2020: Mooer unveils two new feature-packed mini pedals - the A7 Ambiance reverb and the D7 Delay
- NAMM 2020: Gibson makes Custom Shop clone of Tony Iommi's "Monkey" 1964 SG Special
- NAMM 2020: Gibson announces new and improved Flying V, Explorer and Les Paul Special Tribute models
- NAMM 2020: Gibson confirms Adam Jones Silverburst Les Paul signature model - but it won’t be at the show
- NAMM 2020: Could Epiphone’s Inspired by Gibson Collection be its best guitars yet?
- January 10
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- Neil Peart, legendary Rush drummer and lyricist, dead at 67
- NAMM 2020: Paul Gilbert and JHS’s tube-like distortion pedal, the PG-14, is finally here
- NAMM 2020: Neural DSP promises “the most powerful floor modeler unit on the planet” with the Quad Cortex
- NAMM 2020: Manson debuts affordable Matthew Bellamy META Series signature guitar
- NAMM 2020: Sandberg announces fresh basses with a range of specs and finishes
- NAMM 2020: Has Phil X joined Gibson?
- NAMM 2020: Is the V847-C “the perfect modern Vox wah”?
- NAMM 2020: Kramer has the shredders covered with its Made To Rock Hard collection
- NAMM 2020: LR Baggs launches innovative new acoustic guitar impulse response pedal, the Soundscape
- NAMM 2020: Warwick launches 2 highly limited Custom Shop basses
- NAMM 2020: Gibson unveils gigantic Slash Collection of Les Pauls and acoustics
- NAMM 2020: Korg just dropped a super-easy-to-build pedal kit - with no soldering required
- NAMM 2020: Vox launches four-strong, Nutube-equipped Valvenergy pedal series
- January 9
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- NAMM 2020: SolidGoldFX captures classic Led Zeppelin tones with the Communication Breakdown dual fuzz pedal
- NAMM 2020: Yamaha launches 6 contemporary nylon-string acoustic-electric guitars aimed at live performers
- NAMM 2020: The Nobels ODR-1, one of the most revered overdrive pedals of all time, just got an upgrade for 2020
- NAMM 2020: Revv Amplification's new G20 head is a lunchbox full of gain
- NAMM 2020: Dean brings the Cadi Quilt Top Floyd to its Select Series
- Shred for Australia: Angel Vivaldi to host epic star-studded fundraiser for bushfire appeal
- NAMM 2020: The Sunn O))) dirt box rises again as EarthQuaker Devices unveils the Life Pedal V2
- NAMM 2020: Vox revisits the British Invasion era with two new Bobcat models
- NAMM 2020: Martin's monster acoustic launch supersizes the X2 Series and debuts the positively rococo D-42 Purple Martin
- The 100 best bass players of all time
- Guitar World is the new home of Total Guitar, Guitarist, Guitar Techniques and Bass Player
- How to play minor pentatonic riffs
- Learn to play the Tetris theme, prog-metal style - with full tab and audio
- Speed up your leads with this Yngwie Malmsteen-style workout
- Go from Charlie Christian to Chuck Schuldiner with these 6 diverse licks
- Learn to solo over the Jimi Hendrix chord with this lead workout
- Cutting-edge digital guitar amps - review round-up
- Own your tone: the guitar terms you need to know
- Inside Dweezil Zappa's mission impossible: performing his father's Hot Rats album live
- Rig tour: Live's resident "fuzz junkie", Chad Taylor
- Fender American Ultra Series Stratocaster and Telecaster review
- NAMM 2020: Darkglass launches the DN series of lightweight bass cabs
- Sheryl Crow: the bass is my muse
- FU-Tone.com launches new website
- January 8
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- Review: Danelectro's 59X12 is an affordable and widely versatile electric 12-string
- Stream our live interview event with Lisa Mills right here
- Stream our live interview event with Theory right here
- Submit your questions for Robert Cray
- NAMM 2020: ESP unveils new LTD '87 Series plus more updates to Signature and Deluxe Series
- Stephane Wrembel: "When you cut out string noise, you’re left without the physical aspect of what a musician does"
- NAMM 2020: Accelerate your guitar learning with the Utility Design Vidami video looper pedal
- Les Claypool's five favorite bass albums
- Nirvana's Krist Novoselic: "I'm never in any bass magazines"
- Too much is never enough: Muse’s Chris Wolstenholme reinvents art-rock bass for the 21st century
- Men in the mirror: the bassists of Michael Jackson
- Original Tool bassist Paul D'Amour on why he quit: "Their creative process is excruciating and tedious"
- Review round-up: semi-hollow and hollowbody basses
- The best gigbags for bass guitars 2020
- Jeff Berlin names his 5 favorite bass albums
- A quick history of the fretless bass
- The best Class D mini bass amps
- Bass effects pedals: top players and industry heavies reveal their favorite FX and pedal secrets
- 20 legendary players who shaped the sound of electric bass
- 9 of the best fretless bass performances
- Sam Kiszka: hard rock is alive with Greta Van Fleet
- Fender American Elite Jazz Bass review
- Sam Kiszka of Greta Van Fleet on his bass influences and those Led Zeppelin comparisons
- Phil Jones Bass Double Four and Bass Cub practice amps review
- Sandberg California TM Bass review
- Trace Elliot Transit-B Preamp, Elf Head, 2x8 and 1x10 review
- The story behind Marcus Miller's 1977 Fender Jazz Bass
- Markbass Little Mark Tube 800 review
- Steinberger Spirit XT-25 Standard review
- Ernie Ball Music Man StingRay 4- and 5-string review
- Yamaha BBP35 Pro Series Bass review
- Zoom B3n review
- Gallien Krueger Plex Preamp review
- Mesa/Boogie Subway D-800 Head & Ultra-Lite Cabs review
- Jean-Jacques Burnel names his 5 favorite bass albums
- Marcus Miller: keep 'em running
- Tool's Justin Chancellor gives an inside look at the band's next album
- Prince: requiem for a bass hero
- Review: Fender's Mustang Bass PJ is a must-see, must-play short-scale charmer
- Fender American Professional Precision Bass V review
- Cort B5 Plus AS review
- Tony Levin: "Improvisation that has to fill in all the spaces with notes is pretty dreadful to listen to"
- Ultimate Ears UE 11 Pro In-Ear Monitors review
- Ernie Ball Slinky Flatwound Cobalt electric bass strings review
- Session bass legend Lee Sklar talks fan frets, beard maintenance and touring every year since 1970 in this classic interview
- Guild Starfire II Bass review
- Jack Casady's 10 best bass performances
- Penn Jillette: magic is easy, music is hard
- Glenn Hughes: "It’s been rumored that I’m the only pick bass player who sounds like he’s playing with his fingers"
- Ibanez Bass Workshop SRFF805 review
- Greenboy Audio Fearless F112 Cabinet review
- PRS SE Kestrel & Kingfisher Basses review
- Hartke Kickback KB12 review
- Juan Alderete's primer on pedal order
- Demystifying the preamp
- Ampeg Classic Analog Bass Preamp and Scrambler Bass Overdrive review
- G&L LB-100 review
- Electro-Harmonix Battalion Bass Preamp/DI review
- Fender 60th Anniversary Precision Bass review
- Hartke TX600 Head review
- Kemper Profiler Power Rack review
- Darkglass Microtubes 500 Amp review
- Warwick Corvette $$ & Star Bass II review
- TC Electronic BG250-112 & BG250-208 Combos review
- Ampeg V-4B review
- Modding your P-Bass to a PJ: what you need to know
- How to make your live bass sound better than ever
- Lemmy: "I always wanted to be John Entwistle, but since that place was taken, I became a lesser version"
- Billy Cox: "Jimi and I were locked together spiritually... that doesn’t happen so much nowadays"
- Les Claypool: "I’ll go 20 years without changing my gear, and then I’ll say, 'This sucks - I’ve got to change everything!'"
- Review round-up: short-scale, semi-hollow basses
- Bobby Vega: "I wasn’t that consistent with my fingers, so I got dexterity and stamina from the pick"
- Joe Jackson bassist Graham Maby looks back at four decades of bass playing with the songwriting great
- Steve Harris names his 6 favorite Iron Maiden basslines
- Meet Eva Gardner, the bass phenom behind Gwen Stefani, Pink, Moby and Cher
- Geezer Butler on Black Sabbath's early days, the making of 13 and which album has the worst bass sound
- Alice In Chains' Mike Inez: "Picking very hard is part of my tone secret - I attribute that to Zakk Wylde!"
- Sean Hurley talks touring with John Mayer and how to succeed in the LA session scene
- The iconic Rickenbacker 4001: an appreciation
- The history of the legendary Ampeg B-15
- Cheap Trick's Tom Petersson: "I love string noise within the tone, and I love using both guitar amps and bass amps"
- Lemmy - the final interview: "I was born to play the bass"
- Robert DeLeo on the making of Stone Temple Pilots' Core
- Chris Squire 1948-2015: the story of the hugely influential Yes bassist
- Alex Webster: to the extreme
- Paz Lenchantin powers the Pixies
- Buying an upright bass
- Review: Fender Signature Flea Bass
- Royal Blood's Mike Kerr: “I don’t talk about my pedals, ever”
- Status Quo's Alan Lancaster: My favorite bass albums
- Sting: The secrets of steering a band from the low end
- Billy Sheehan: “Why have one bass neck when you can have two?”
- Rush's Geddy Lee: how we made Clockwork Angels
- Heart to Hartke: Talking speakers, Jaco Pastorius and Cellphones with Larry Hartke
- Krist Novoselic: on the shoulders of Giants
- Bass players must complete these important exercises to avoid long-term injuries
- Sire Marcus Miller V7 4- and 5-String Basses review
- A brief history of bass amplification
- J Mascis: “I buy guitars for an album hoping they’ll have songs in them”
- Take your blues playing in a new direction with the Dorian mode
- Gibson just launched its own online TV network
- CAGED guitar chords: learn the CAGED guitar system and unlock the fretboard
- Emily Wolfe: "Tone is like cooking... If you have too much gain it's like too much oregano"
- NAMM 2020: Seagull launches the dashing S6 Classic Black acoustic guitar
- NAMM 2020: Cort Guitars releases sand-blasted KX300 Etched electric guitar
- Tim Commerford: "My tone is always a work in progress, and the stage is my laboratory"
- Blackstar Fly Bass Amp review
- Sadowsky MetroExpress four- and five-strings review
- AC/DC's Cliff Williams reflects on four decades at the top of rock's bottom-end
- Green Day's Mike Dirnt on making ¡Uno!, ¡Dos!, and ¡Tré!, building a bass for Paul McCartney and his surprise encounter with Cliff Burton
- Thundercat: "I’ll try anything, even if I hear something I don’t like. I’ll go for it. There’s no wrong way"
- Bill Wyman on making The Rolling Stones' Exile On Main St.
- Metallica's Robert Trujillo on the art of simplicity
- Vulfpeck's Joe Dart: "We intentionally keep things on edge and in the moment"
- Jaco Pastorius: in appreciation
- NAMM 2020: Washburn unveils the striking new Michael Sweet signature acoustic guitar
- NAMM 2020: Vox transforms the Mini Superbeetle into a Bluetooth speaker
- NAMM 2020: Vox launches smart noise-cancelling headphones for guitarists
- January 7
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- These are the 10 guitarists you need to hear in 2020
- NAMM 2020: Explore the cosmos with Hamstead Soundworks' Subspace Intergalactic Driver
- NAMM 2020: Stay classy with Godin's new Metropolis Classic QIT
- NAMM 2020: PRS is bringing McCarty 594 guitars to its keenly priced S2 Series
- NAMM 2020: Supro takes aim at the Bigsby-equipped semi-hollow market with the Conquistador and Clermont
- NAMM 2020: Get Filter’Tron tones from your humbucker-equipped guitar with Seymour Duncan’s new Psyclone pickups
- NAMM 2020: Vox unveils affordable Cambridge50 modeling amp with Nutube
- January 6
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- Review: Ovation's 1627VL-4GC Glen Campbell provides outstanding tone and playability at a relatively affordable price
- "He was our spiritual leader": A tribute to the life and career of AC/DC's Malcolm Young
- NAMM 2020: Add some color to your low-end rig with Orange's new Little Bass Thing amp and Bass Butler pedal
- NAMM 2020: Keep it 100 with Milkman's new high-powered pedalboard amp
- Subscribe to Guitar Techniques and save up to 58%
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- NAMM 2020: Danelectro unveils boutique-styled 3699 Fuzz, Back Talk Reverse Delay and Roebuck Distortion
- NAMM 2020: Is a Tom Morello Soul Power Strat signature model finally happening?
- Watch surviving Nirvana members play classic tracks with St. Vincent, Beck and Dave Grohl’s daughter
- January 3
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- Change the mood and spice up your tunes with parallel major and minor keys
- Ida Mae's Chris Turpin on his motley crew of guitars and choosing to go the quieter route
- Dig Deep with OPFXS' new sub-harmonic generator on the latest episode of Cooking with Sound
- NAMM 2020: Nine Inch Nails' Robin Finck gets his own sleek Reverend signature model
- NAMM 2020: Is AMT’s Pangaea VirginCab the most fully featured compact IR cab sim yet?
- Watch St. Vincent absolutely nail Little Wing
- January 2
- January 1
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- February 2020 Guitar World lesson videos
- NAMM 2020: Ibanez buffs up its AEG and Artwood Series acoustics at some very enticing price points
- NAMM 2020: Ibanez stakes its claim for best in show with impressively spec’d new AZ and RG stunners
- NAMM 2020: Ibanez debuts mini Tremolo and Flanger pedals and revives the Echo Shifter
