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June 30
- Mark Holcomb tears through Periphery’s Sentient Glow in this beautifully shot playthrough
- Joel Hoekstra teaches you how to play the intro and opening solo to Whitesnake's Shut Up and Kiss Me
- Sick Riffs: Zack Anderson plays through Blues Pills' hard-rock anthem Low Road - with live on-screen tab!
- Alcest's Neige: "I went with my aggressive feelings and wrote these songs very quickly - they were true to my emotions"
- Quilter Labs' OverDrive 202 is a 200W, 2-channel amp that can fit in the pocket of your gigbag
- Guitar stars including Mateus Asato, Felix Martin and Allen Hinds tear it up in this insane all-star jam
- 100 things every guitarist should know
- Caparison joins forces with As I Lay Dying’s Nick Hipa for Angelus-NH signature model
- Line 6 POD Go review
June 29
- Hear Mary Spender's beautifully imaginative cover of Stuck In The Middle With You
- Sick Riffs: Raff Sangiorgio of Devil's Mist teaches you a truly astounding 20-second guitar solo
- Legendary Muscle Shoals guitarist Pete Carr dies aged 70
- Gibson TV is the world’s first network dedicated to guitar and music culture
- How Gary Moore came to own Peter Green's iconic Les Paul, Greeny
- It’s official: the Adam Jones Silverburst Les Paul is now in production
- Polyphia’s Tim Henson demonstrates jaw-dropping ‘God Hand’ 8-string slapping riff - and teaches you how to play it
- Orange launches FS1 Mini Footswitch for crowded pedalboards
- Ibanez Premium SR2405W review
- Tora Dahle Aagård: "Playing guitar is my meditation"
- Black Pumas: "A lot of groups fall into that 'soul revival' thing, but we embrace rock equally"
June 26
- From titans of shred to unlikely covers: here are this week's essential guitar tracks
- Spun Loud’s Blister & Peel V.2 pedal promises “extreme fuzz verging on bitstortion”
- Sick Riffs: Kieran Shudall teaches you the upbeat pull-off-driven riff of Circa Waves' Jacqueline
- Sweetwater sale: make big savings on guitars, amps and effects in the Sweetwater GearFest sale
- Soldano downsizes the legendary SLO-100 into a 30W head - meet the SLO-30
- Squier releases adorable Mini Jazzmaster HH
- Megadeth's Kiko Loureiro and Marty Friedman team up on new instrumental, Imminent Threat
- Tiger Army's Nick 13: "'50s rock is so great - it just needs another generation to rediscover it"
- A guitarist's guide to playing bass: 20 tips to help you think like a bassist
- Whitesnake's Joel Hoekstra: how to solo over a ballad
- Fender Japan introduces luxurious Indigo Dye Stratocaster and Telecaster
- Joyo’s XL-Zombie II promises heavy tones and big features from a lightweight package
- My Dying Bride's Lena Abe: "When you’re playing slow, it’s even more noticeable if your timing’s not bang-on"
- PRS S2 McCarty 594, S2 McCarty 594 Singlecut & S2 McCarty 594 Thinline review
June 25
- Fall in love with the rich, resonant tone and towering low end of Furch's Blue Master's Choice acoustic
- Collision Devices launches eco-friendly Ranch drive, dynamic tremolo and boost pedal
- Mithans introduces Cobalt Blue- and Charcoal-finished Berlin single-cuts
- This in-depth lesson on the Rolling Stones’ You Can’t Always Get What You Want nails Keith Richards’ guitar parts like never before
- Sick Riffs: Becca Stevens teaches you the enrapturing acoustic lines of Heather's Letters to Her Mother
- Pearl Jam joined by Josh Klinghoffer for trippy Dance of the Clairvoyants quarantine performance
- IK Multimedia seeks to optimize the feel and tone of your guitar with the Z-Tone Buffer Boost pedal
- Aborted steamroll through Serpent of Depravity in this jaw-dropping grindcore playthrough
- Supercharge your pentatonic solos with the six-note major hexatonic scale
- TC Electronic ups the mini looper pedal ante with the feature-packed Ditto+
- Def Leppard: "Steve Clark was a very unique player - he didn't get enough credit for the stuff he was doing"
- Lillie Mae: "I might write a melody on the fiddle. But I've loved the guitar since day one - everything comes from that"
June 24
- Hilbish Design’s Sol Invictus offers a two-channel preamp, drive pedal and DI in one stunning enclosure
- Learn to play slide guitar like George Harrison
- The Last of Us Part II gamers are using its virtual guitar to play songs by the Beatles, Metallica and more
- Sick Riffs: Jesse Dayton teaches you swampy foot-stomper Hurtin' Behind the Pine Curtain
- FU-Tone unveils Ibanez Edge Zero II tremolo brass block upgrade
- Mooer downsizes its flagship multi-effects pedal with the GE300 LITE
- Legendary British guitar maker Burns is back
- How Martin redefined the acoustic guitar with the SC-13E
- Yamaha's acquisition of Ampeg heralds a new dawn for bassists
- Kirk Hammett: "I love that Greeny has its own fanbase that’s completely independent of me"
- Maxon's Apex 808 could be the best-sounding Tube Screamer ever
- Empress Effects Zoia review
- Taylor debuts the American Dream series, its most affordable US-built, all-solid acoustics yet
June 23
- Marty Friedman tears it up in this searing promo for Fender's new Made In Japan Modern Series Telecaster
- IsoAcoustics Stage 1 Board review
- Eventide promises big power in compact packages with the new PowerMINI, PowerMINI EXP and PowerMAX rev 2
- PRS unveils its most versatile SE model yet, the Hollowbody II Piezo
- Sick Riffs: Erik Paulson teaches you the captivating clean opening riff of Remo Drive's Star Worship - with tab!
- JAM Pedals launches limited, signed stompboxes from Nels Cline, Neal Schon, Steve Lukather and many more to raise funds for COVID-19 relief
- Kurt Cobain’s battered Boss DS-1 distortion pedal sells for $9,000
- Larkin Poe: "We want to take roots American music to new places – and not treat the blues like a time capsule"
- John Mayall: "Eric Clapton was totally unique. It’s testament to his command of the blues at such an early age"
- Torche: "Playing blues-based leads makes us feel weird - we're not into that!"
- Chord tone soloing: how to learn this important lead skill
- Tom Morello surprises 10-year-old girl behind viral RATM cover with his signature Fender Stratocaster
June 22
- Recording King’s affordably-priced Humbucker Lap Steel promises “cranked-up lead tones and soaring clean lines”
- Watch Naia Izumi’s vibe-heavy, loop-pedal-infused Fender Acoustasonic Strat performance
- Sick Riffs: January Jane's Mitch Mitchell teaches you a virtuosic acoustic alternate picker
- Gibson TV teases Jerry Cantrell Icons episode
- Prince’s long-lost Purple Rain “blue angel” Cloud guitar sells for more than $500,000 at auction
- Mark Potter: “I wouldn’t have survived in the Motown studio. They’d be like, ‘We’re not getting him in, he takes five hours to start playing!’”
- Solar Guitars rolls out its first-ever bolt-on models
- MIYAVI: "I love Strats - they are sexier and like an all-around good guy, whereas a Tele is a bad guy, a rebel"
- Epifani DIST2 2x10 Cabinet review
- Walrus Audio Mako D1 High-Fidelity Stereo Delay review
- Australian Guitar's Fresh Frets: Vol. 3
June 21
- Kurt Cobain’s MTV Unplugged Martin D-18E sells for record-breaking $6m
June 19
- John Petrucci announces his first solo album in 15 years, Terminal Velocity
- From djent-heavy 'EDM' to the next big name in blues-rock: here are this week's essential guitar tracks
- You can now buy The Last of Us Taylor guitars - including a replica of Ellie's in-game acoustic
- Kiko Loureiro unveils new instrumental track, EDM (e-Dependent Mind)
- Sick Riffs: Tobi Morelli teaches you the crazy low-end dexterity of Archspire's Join Us Beyond
- Enhance your leads by fully grasping the harmonic minor scale
- Sadler Vaden: "Some downplay their influences, but I wear them right on my sleeve"
- Martin D-X2E & 0-X1E review
June 18
- Paul McCartney's 6 best guitar solos with The Beatles
- Harley Benton may have just changed the ergonomic headless guitar game with the sub-$500 Dullahan FT-24
- Guitarist recreates the opening music to every Sony PlayStation console with air compressors, cello bows and more
- Spice up your soloing with Eric Johnson’s guide to playing multiple pentatonics over a root chord
- Sick Riffs: Ben Lee of actor/musician duo Radnor and Lee shows you the gorgeous acoustic line of Welcome to Our House
- Slipknot bassist Alessandro Venturella to appear on Ernie Ball’s Striking the Chord podcast
- Deftones’ Chino Moreno reveals Stef Carpenter “wasn’t too happy” about him playing guitar on White Pony
- Michael Angelo Batio: "This new generation of guitarists is the best I’ve seen. They're where I was in my 20s but at the ages of 10 or even 5!"
- BRKN Love: "We strayed away from big 100-watt stacks for this album. I like the character of a blown-up amp"
- Paul Gilbert announces virtual concert featuring a medley of Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and the Spice Girls
- Lamb of God's Mark Morton and Willie Adler on creative kinship, staying power, and trading heavyweight riffs
- Here are the 6 fresh guitar artists you need to hear this month (June 2020)
- Mesa/Boogie reveals 3 new overdrive pedals - meet the Cleo, Dynaplex and Gold Mine
- MXR M267 Octavio Fuzz review
June 17
- Ujam’s Finisher Voodoo plugin promises to unlock a world of “organic, distorted, spicy, colorful, magical and dark textures”
- Sick Riffs: Palehound's Ellen Kempner teaches you the smooth main riff of Cinnamon
- Make Music Day, a “free celebration of music around the world,” to take place on June 21
- Best electric guitar pickups: upgrade your tone with single-coils, P90s, humbuckers, and more
- D’Angelico acquires Supro and Pigtronix
- Play This Now: Whitesnake's Joel Hoekstra teaches you a truly jaw-dropping extended solo passage
- Donate to organizations fighting racial injustice and Gator Co. will give you a free special-edition "Unity" guitar strap
- Meet Thomas Tull - the billionaire movie mogul, Slash collaborator and guitar aficionado
- Code Orange: "We've taken guitar headstocks to the forehead, and broken fingers and toes onstage"
- PRS S2 35th Anniversary Custom 24 review
- Frank Turner: “I play hard. For a long time, I found myself going through guitars – they couldn’t take a beating"
- How to install a new 3-way pickup switch
- Best flanger pedals 2024: flange pedals options from Strymon, Boss, TC Electronic and more
June 16
- Watch Bog Street's ultra-ergonomic guitar picks get put to the test
- This Run-DMC medley with DMC and members of Anthrax, Volbeat and Suicidal Tendencies is the king of quarantine jams
- Use the pentatonic scale in a whole new way with this hack employed by Plini and Steve Vai
- One Control launches Dyna Red Distortion 4K, Pale Blue Compressor and Blackberry Bass Overdrive pedals
- Mark Tremonti claims his forthcoming PRS MT 100 combines "brutal high gain", Fender Twin and Dumble tones in one amp
- Fender unveils 5 ultra-high-end Master Built guitars to benefit live music crews
- Sick Riffs: Andrew Kyne teaches you the infectious, ‘chicka’-loaded licks of Grayscale’s In My Arms
- The story of Peter Green, one of British blues' most mythologized - and influential - players
- Richie Goods: "In my neighborhood, it was all about the bass. It was all about Bootsy Collins and Louis Johnson"
- 5 guitar tricks you can learn from slide master Sonny Landreth
- Eastman Romeo review
June 15
- Push your analog delay to the extreme with JAM Pedals' Delay Llama Xtreme
- Nuno Bettencourt reveals he sent an audition tape to Ozzy Osbourne as a teenager - years later, he turned down the gig
- Audient EVO 4 Audio Interface review
- Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman’s colossal Steel Wheels bass amp rig goes up for auction
- Sick Riffs: Myke Penney teaches you the low-string thunder of The Jailbirds' The Black River
- Eventide’s Crystals delivers luminous H3000 pitch, delay and reverb effects in plugin form
- She Shreds and Bandmemes are raffling off boutique pedals to raise funds for Black Lives Matter
- How adding intervalic leaps can breathe new life into your melodies
- Katatonia’s Roger Ojersson reveals his effects secrets in this in-depth pedalboard tour
- Joe Satriani: "Every day there’s something new to learn about the guitar. I don’t know if we’re ever going to figure the thing out!"
- Sharpen up your theory with this primer on eighth notes and rests
- Ozzy Osbourne producer Andrew Watt shares his awe-inspiring guitar gear collection
- Orange Little Bass Thing review
June 12
- Hey! Ho! You can go bid on Dee Dee Ramone's 1975 Fender Precision bass
- From thought-provoking genre-benders to pure stoner-rock filth: here are this week's essential guitar tracks
- Fingerstyle master Jon Gomm is streaming a pay-what-you-want live gig from his home studio
- Sick Riffs: Pustulus Maximus wants you to learn GWAR's Auroch - and he wants you to learn it NOW
- Michael J. Fox recalls putting pressure on himself to nail the guitar parts in Back to the Future’s iconic Johnny B. Goode scene
- How Entombed and Sunlight Studios gave birth to death-metal guitar tone
- We salute this YouTuber who used an AI bot to help create an AC/DC song called Great Balls
- Navigate the fretboard with ease using these simple scale pattern exercises
- Reverb suspends sales of new Fulltone products
- Behind the scenes at Gretsch's awe-inspiring Custom Shop
- Korg Nu:Tekt OD-S Overdrive review
June 11
- Sick Riffs: Sean "Starsky" Berry teaches you the fuzz-drenched powerhouse riffs of Sky Valley Mistress's Punk Song
- David Crosby says he “may never play guitar again”
- Mad Hatter seeks to expand your tonal options with the ingenious Luminator switch
- Derrick Schneider's playthrough of Tallah's The Silo delivers eeriness and brutality in equal measure
- Nahko Bear: “The journey with the guitar is never-ending - I'm always learning something new”
- Gibson 2020 Les Paul & SG review round-up
- Joyo’s new XL Jackman II supersizes the Bantamp’s feature set
- Steve Vai and Nuno Bettencourt react to Brian May being crowned greatest rock guitarist
- How to play guitar like Joe Perry
- James Taylor: "American Standard is a guitar album - I’ve had some of these arrangements since I started playing"
June 10
- The guitar gear behind the Beatles' Let It Be sessions
- Sick Riffs: Rob Caggiano teaches you Volbeat's Leviathan in its entirety - with tab!
- Softube releases hugely customizable Amp Room software and Marshall Cabinet Collection
- Gibson reveals stunning zZounds-exclusive Les Paul, SG and Firebird models
- Beginner guitar: expand your chord knowledge with these simple suspended shapes
- Great Scott! Meet the Time Machine, a breathtakingly detailed Back to the Future-themed bass
- Steve Vai’s insane joint shifting technique: here’s how to do it
- Phoebe Bridgers: “I think of the writing process as going into the studio to f**k up the thing I just wrote”
- 10 ukulele performances that showcase its surprising versatility
- The Sword on their musical evolution, gear epiphanies and secret pedalboard weapons
- Orange Terror Stamp review
- Former UFO guitarist Paul Chapman dies aged 66
June 9
- Watch Ryan "Fluff" Bruce demo Cort's new lean, mean shred machine, the KX500 Etched
- Les Paul's 9 greatest guitar moments
- Ibanez unveils baritone addition to its Artwood acoustic line-up
- The first Bill & Ted 3 trailer has arrived - and it is most excellent indeed
- Gibson teams up with Tesla’s Frank Hannon for beautifully appointed Love Dove acoustic
- Mesa/Boogie debuts the TT-800, a two-channel tube-driven bass amp powerhouse
- 5 guitar tricks you can learn from Warren Haynes
- Gibson partners with MyMusicRx to offer virtual guitar lessons and raise funds for sick children
- Sick Riffs: Joseph Morinelli teaches you the stadium-shattering solo to Joywave's Like a Kennedy
- Jared Dines: "When I was 12, the artist list on the back of Ernie Ball string packs was my primary way of discovering new music!"
- Michael Mondesir: “In 36 years of playing professionally, I haven’t really owned a high-end bass”
- Fender confirms departure of Custom Shop Master Builder John Cruz
- Ed O'Brien: "The guitar to me is like an oscillator on a synthesizer - it’s the start of a sound rather than the sound in itself"
June 8
- Orange is planning to reissue its original Phazer, Sustain and Distortion pedals - and needs your help
- Anti-Flag raffle off “F**k White Supremacy” fuzz pedals in support of Black Lives Matter
- Brian May nudges out Jimi Hendrix to top Total Guitar greatest rock guitarist of all time poll
- Former Prince band members join together to record new version of his classic 1987 song The Cross
- Steve Vai debuts innovative "joint shifting" technique with new song Candle Power
- Rickenbacker Al Cisneros 4003 AC review
- Sick Riffs: Luke Gruntz teaches you the pitch-shifted ferocity behind cleopatrick's bernard trigger
- Cory Wong: "When I play a Stratocaster, it draws out my voice in an easy and effortless way"
- Stone Temple Pilots' Dean and Robert DeLeo reveal how and why they made their first-ever acoustic record, Perdida
- Fender American Acoustasonic Stratocaster review
- Guitar Center removes Fulltone products from stores and websites
June 5
- Sick Riffs: Tommy Baldwin teaches you the attitude-filled blues-rock riffs of Save Me
- From searing punk protests to two-hand tapping Zelda covers: here are this week's essential guitar tracks
- The Vibraslide glass slide and controller could be your portal to Dark Side of the Moon sustain
- Looking to add some dazzle to your playing? Try out Tosin Abasi’s dizzying selective picking technique
- Celisse delivers a message as fierce as her guitar licks with new single Freedom
- August 2020 Guitar World lesson videos
- Bluegrass sensation Molly Tuttle teams with Thompson Guitars for limited-edition signature acoustic
- God City Instruments introduces Black Lives Matter Tone Bender-style PCB
- We’re not fooling - this one-man-band acoustic arrangement of Led Zeppelin’s Whole Lotta Love is truly mind-blowing
- The Gretsch G6120: the story of a rock ’n’ roll icon
- Squier revives forgotten Fender classics with the Paranormal Series
- Build a solid foundation for your soloing by learning major pentatonic scale positions and patterns
- Fatoumata Diawara: “When I started to play guitar, it resolved everything. It was like healing my soul”
- The Sweet bassist Steve Priest dies aged 72
June 4
- Faith unveils super-limited, hand-burnished Monarch Series acoustics
- Cort gets edgy with the sand-blasted KX300 Etched electric guitar
- RockBoard debuts pedalboard-mountable MOD 4 all-in-one guitar wireless system
- How mastering the concept of rests and ties will make you a better musician
- Sick Riffs: Sam Rushton teaches you the fingerpicked math-rock frenzy of Orchards’ Peggy - with full tab!
- Misha Mansoor to release 10-album collection documenting his pre-Periphery solo project, Bulb
- Yvette Young: "I feel like an outsider to the whole virtuoso guitar world... I would jokingly call my genre 'detail rock'!"
- Save almost 50% on this cool Daphne Blue Supro Silverwood over at ProAudioStar
- Fulltone owner apologizes for looting rant
- Jackson Adrian Smith SDXM and Pro Series Soloist SL2P MAH review
- Everything you need to know about seven- and eight-string guitars
- Andrew Watt: "Elton John tracked his entire piano part in under an hour on Ordinary Man - it was pretty incredible"
- Deep Purple get colourful on the cover of Australian Guitar issue #138, out now
June 3
- Dean’s new MD 24 Select Series promises high playability at low prices
- Devin Townsend gets “chilled out and ambient” on new hour-long guitar instrumental
- 9 actors who are also skilled guitar players
- Mastodon's Bill Kelliher, Emma Ruth Rundle and more give Kate Bush’s Running Up That Hill a moody metal makeover
- Country guitar legend Jimmy Capps dies aged 81
- Omophagia deliver a brutal guitar/bass playthrough of tech-death juggernaut First Light - with on-screen tabs
- ESP goes back to its roots with the launch of the LTD ’87 Series 2020
- Sick Riffs: allusinlove guitarist Drey Pavlovic teaches you a pirate-themed riff written exclusively for Guitar World
- Ernie Ball VPJR Tuner review
- Mooer’s R7 mini reverb pedal boasts seven sounds and onboard presets
- Peavey Invective MH review
- Nova Twins' Amy Love: “My playing can be quite abrasive - but in the best way!”
- Jack Garratt: “The guitar is a litmus test of how I am feeling”
- 10-year-old girl plays Rage Against the Machine on guitar, bass and drums in support of Black Lives Matter
June 1
- #TheShowMustBePaused
- Watch Gretchen Menn showcase the stunning, picturesque tones of Furch's GNc 2-CW acoustic
- Nili Brosh, Erja Lyytinen and many more perform mind-blowing all-female Layla guitar jam
- Alex Lifeson reveals he has “played very little guitar” since the death of Neil Peart
- Gang of Four to release Andy Gill's final recordings as the Anti Hero EP
- Walrus Audio’s Ages could be the “massively versatile” overdrive you’ve been waiting for
- Phil X teaches Bon Jovi classics including Wanted Dead or Alive and Bad Medicine in debut episode of Gibson’s Riff Lords
- Robert Cray: "With solos, I just improvise and let it fly. It’s what you’re feeling right then and there"
- Steve Vai: Kurt Cobain and Billie Joe Armstrong's playing is "virtuosic"
- The secrets behind Ronnie Wood's crunchy tone on the Faces' Stay with Me
- Sick Riffs: Andee Blacksugar delivers 2 killer lessons in the 50th episode of Sick Riffs
- Ministry's Cesar Soto smashes this playthrough of industrial thought-provoker, Alert Level
- Joe Satriani on his greatest used guitar find, Bonamassa-inspired buyer's remorse and why he just can't play SGs