All content archive
September 2020
Filter
268 articles
- September 30
-
- #WeMakeEvents holds Global Action Day to highlight live music industry unemployment crisis
- Gibson, Trivium’s Matt Heafy and Drew Barrymore gift a Les Paul Classic to a “community hero”
- Stomp Under Foot reproduces iconic fuzz and boost pedals with the Silver Foxx and Cherry Bomb
- AC/DC confirm 2020 line-up, reveal first official photo of reunited band
- Electro-Harmonix recreates lo-fi videogame sounds with the Mainframe bit-crusher
- Lamb of God's John Campbell: "People ask how I play so fast - I don’t really know because I made it up as I went along!"
- Legendary Tower of Power bassist Rocco Prestia dies aged 69
- The story of the Fender Splatocaster, the surreal Custom Shop creation born from a Guitar World competition
- DJ Temple rips through Without Mercy's the Disaster in this unrelenting playthrough
- Carvin MACH100 review
- September 29
-
- Mark Seymour: On The Dawn Of Greatness
- Master Eric Johnson’s harmonic-like two-handed koto technique in a few easy steps
- Lollar introduces Novel Foil direct drop-in humbucker replacement pickup
- Is the Silver Snark the speediest clip-on guitar tuner yet?
- Gibson releases zZounds-exclusive Worn Olive Drab Flying V Tribute
- Sick Riffs: Rob Grote and Pat Cassidy teach you the acoustic and electric guitar lines of The Districts' Cheap Regrets
- D'Addario drops an All-White version of the Pro-Winder - a guitarist's Swiss Army knife
- Deftones' Stephen Carpenter unleashes his heaviest riffs yet in new Sol Invicto side project
- Fender releases George Harrison ‘Rocky’ Stratocaster replica
- STL Tones releases Josh Middleton Preset Pack for ToneHub
- Ernie Ball announces all-new jacquard-finished Kashmir Strap collection
- Joel Hoekstra teaches you the dizzying guitar solo of Whitesnake's Get Up
- John Petrucci on his lifelong love of Rush: "I still use Alex Lifeson licks that I learned in high school!"
- Peavey MAX 300 Combo review
- September 28
-
- Hear Brazilian prog-metal master Gustavo Carmo's stunning and wide-ranging technique on his first-ever solo instrumental album, On and Off
- AC/DC post official teaser in the wake of reunion and new album rumors
- Randy Rhoads: "I started tuning up and Ozzy said, 'You've got the gig.' I didn't even get to play!"
- Former Trivium bassist Brent Young dies aged 37
- December 2020 Guitar World lesson videos
- Hilbish Design and Red Fang cram the Sunn Beta Lead into new Night Destroyer preamp pedal
- Original Van Halen bassist Mark Stone dies following cancer battle
- Find the right pedalboard solution for you on eBay
- Jack White and CopperSound Pedals team up for awe-inspiring Triplegraph digital octave
- Manuel Gardner Fernandes takes percussive electric guitar to new heights with the astounding Right Hand King
- Mike Campbell: "The Dirty Knobs are all about having fun. At least 95% of the solos were recorded live on the floor"
- Fender's Uptown Strat gives the Stratocaster a Les Paul-inspired makeover
- Eastman SB55/v review
- Watch Paul Riario demo Taylor’s new American Dream AD17e Blacktop acoustic guitar
- September 27
- September 25
-
- From solo-heavy hip-hop ragers to bewitching country duets: here are this week's essential guitar tracks
- Solar Guitars unveils none-more-black Artist BOP Series
- Harley Benton unveils all-black version of Thunderbird-like TB-70 bass
- Billy Cox turned down a slot in the Jimi Hendrix Experience to protect the guitar legend from racism
- Ace Frehley reveals he's working with Gibson on a signature “Black Beauty” Les Paul Custom
- #GuitarWorld40: celebrating 40 years of the world's biggest guitar magazine
- Friedman unveils JTM45-inspired dual-channel Twin Sister head and combo
- Satriani, Vai, Nuno, Yngwie and many more wish Guitar World a happy 40th anniversary in epic video message
- Best mini pedals for guitarists: our pick of space-saving effects for your pedalboard
- VHT reckons its new $60 Dumble-voiced D-Boost "makes everything sound better"
- Classic gear: the enduring legacy of the Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi
- Bolster your rhythmic arsenal by learning how to cycle dotted-quarter syncopations
- Cort Gold-OC6 review
- September 24
-
- Neck Deep: Diving Deeper
- Gerard Way loves Billie Eilish's signature Fender ukulele so much he's planning to record with it
- Molly Tuttle, Kaki King and Christie Lenée are your Acoustic Guitarist of the Year judges
- James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett perform The Star-Spangled Banner virtually before San Francisco Giants home game
- Sire collaborates with Larry Carlton on its first-ever electric guitars
- 10 used guitar amp bargains
- Dave Mustaine recalls jamming with Slash: “He’s actually a little more technical than I am”
- RockBoard's MOD 7 adds a USB audio interface to your pedalboard
- Eric Clapton's 2019 Crossroads Guitar Festival set for release in a range of physical formats
- Bernie Marsden looks back on his final encounters with Peter Green
- Mayones Jabba 422 review
- Perfect the art of clawhammer guitar with Molly Tuttle's lesson on how to play Take the Journey
- September 23
-
- Li-sa-X, Saki and guitar-playing cyborg Ediee Ironbunny headline epic Shred Racers online guitar battle
- Get this hot-rodded Bubblegum Pink Jackson Soloist shred machine for just $479 in this insane Guitar Center deal
- Richard Fortus dishes on the many guitarists who have passed through Guns N’ Roses’ ranks
- Harley Benton announces ludicrously affordable GPA-100 power amp
- Watch Steve Vai, Nita Strauss, Alex Skolnick and dozens more perform in the Six String Salute virtual concert
- Red Witch casts a spell on gain enthusiasts with the feature-packed Fuzz God IV
- Never lose your pick again with Ernie Ball’s new Pickholder Straps
- The greatest Guitar World magazine covers of all time… revealed!
- Sick Riffs: Scott Kay teaches you the djent-y grooves of Voyager's Colours - with tab!
- Shooter Jennings: "Marilyn Manson's miraculous poetic ability doesn’t grow cold, like a lot of people’s songwriting"
- Sparta's Jim Ward: "The way I play guitar is so influenced by ability - or lack of ability - to play barre chords!"
- Bibi McGill: “Every night before I went on stage with Beyoncé, I meditated until it was just me and the guitar“
- Joe Doe by Vintage Punkaster & Lucky Buck review
- September 22
-
- Save $50 on the sleek 'Stomptrooper' edition of Line 6's HX Stomp
- Hockey Dad: Sweet Riffs For Smart Kids
- This mind-bendingly accurate guitar cover of the Tenet theme features full-on time inversion
- 7th guitar chords for guitar: chord shapes you need to know
- Tosin Abasi is learning to play the blues - with a little help from Josh Smith and Ariel Posen
- Bruce Springsteen wrote his entire new album on an acoustic guitar gifted to him by a fan
- Did David Gilmour play half of Pink Floyd's basslines?
- Tidy up your pedalboard with Gruv Gear's pre-cut LYNK Low-Profile Pedal Fasteners
- Fender unveils H.E.R. Signature Stratocaster with jaw-dropping Chrome Glow finish
- H.E.R.: "I play melodies that feel closer to what a singer would do, as opposed to a guitar player"
- Revv G20 review
- Dusky Electronics seeks to modernize octave fuzz with the Augustus
- September 21
-
- John Petrucci and Ernie Ball are developing an 8-string Majesty in time for the new Dream Theater album
- Harley Benton introduces low-wattage, low-priced Mighty-15TH tube guitar amp
- Eminence goes digital with massive collection of speaker impulse responses
- Brian May unveils Red Special guitar finished in the “World’s Pinkest Pink”
- Ernie Ball Music Man’s latest Ball Family Reserve collection offers up tasty lemon, lime and cinnamon finishes
- Sin Shake Sin: "People on social media are calling this album the soundtrack to the pandemic"
- Get an Epiphone Limited Edition SG Special-I for just $130 in this astounding deal
- The coolest guitars you can buy on eBay for under $1,000
- Gibson has built Kirk Hammett a replica of his “Greeny” 1959 Les Paul Standard
- Cort reveals pastel-hued Jade Classic acoustic-electric
- Fender equips Tone Master amps with Blonde finishes and new features
- Olivia Anna Livki: “Keep your fingers working the strings regularly – that’s the best way to evolve in the long term“
- Sammy Boller: ”If you go to take a solo and you’re thinking about theory, you’re immediately not playing from the heart”
- Danelectro Back Talk Reverse Delay review
- September 20
- September 18
-
- Classic gear: Boss DM-2
- Jimi Hendrix: paying tribute to the ultimate guitar hero, 50 years on
- From radical acoustic reinventions to masterclasses in metalcore: here are this week's essential guitar tracks
- Blackstar and Gordon Smith/Auden announce plans to “demerge”
- Watch Steve Vai – actually, many Steve Vais – shred Joe Satriani’s Teardrops
- Dean introduces the budget-friendly Edge Pro Select Series bass with walnut and burled poplar tops
- Gibson donates two dozen acoustic guitars to Bozeman, Montana high school
- Larrivée C-03R-TE Custom review
- Strymon unveils the NightSky - its most experimental multi-reverb pedal yet
- Guitar tutorial + Q&A: Grenade Jumper amp up the adrenaline with new punk gem "The Power You Flaunted"
- September 17
-
- CD Review: Georgia Marley - Yearning
- Victory Amplification and Two Notes launch the Victory Official DynIR Virtual Cabinets
- PRS and Sweetwater team up for the fully head-turning Owls in Flight electric guitar
- Boss updates its classic octave circuit with the new OC-5 pedal
- Upgrade your Sadowsky – or any J-style bass – with the new Sadowsky VTC Retrofit Kit
- Roger Glover: "I'm a simple bassist. I’m not the virtuoso bass player that some people expect"
- How to use reverb pedals on bass guitar
- How to get the most out of four-note blues solos
- Rob Caggiano waxes lyrical on his new Jackson signature, the Shadowcaster
- Boss’s Pocket GT packs an amp modeler, multi-effects processor and practice toolkit into a compact unit that, yes, fits in your pocket
- Juketone Trailblazer Head review
- September 16
-
- What’s the deal? Positive Grid sells 100,000 Spark amps
- Robby Krieger: “In the Doors’ music there are a lot of silences. We weren’t the type of band that had to fill up every little gap“
- Is it worth modding a cheap guitar?
- Conjure “jangly, shimmering” new-wave and post-punk tones with Big Ear’s Albie pedal
- What would Death's extreme metal riffs sound like stripped of distortion?
- Harness dual-amp power in a compact pedal with MXR’s new FOD Drive
- Nick Johnston signs on as Orange Amplification’s newest Ambassador
- Save $150 on the highly versatile Blackstar Studio 10 KT88 combo over at Sweetwater
- Get ready to rage with the Dunlop Tom Morello Cry Baby wah
- Sick Riffs: Quinn DeVeaux teaches you the soulful acoustic chord progression of Been Too Long
- Eastman SB55DC/v review
- Guitar playthrough + Q&A: Make Way For Man go balls-to-the-wall with the ripping "Rites"
- September 15
-
- Spotlight: Running Touch
- Emuso/Studio lays out the building blocks of music right before your eyes
- Reb Beach announces first all-instrumental solo album, A View From the Inside
- Watch Steve Vai, Bumblefoot, Sammy Hagar and more improvise over Joe Satriani backing tracks
- Eventide promises "a reverb as big as the cosmos" with the feature-rich Blackhole
- This guitar is built out of concrete – and the results are, well, heavy
- El Ten Eleven's Kristian Dunn: "I'm not even a guitar player, I'm a bass player. I'm faking my way through it!"
- Dave Grohl writes and records entire song for 10-year-old viral sensation Nandi Bushell
- The 4 artists who have appeared on Guitar World's cover more than any other
- Chicano Batman's Carlos Arévalo conjures dreamy funk soundscapes in this playthrough of psych-soul jam Moment Of Joy
- Kenny Wayne Shepherd’s stunning new signature Fender Stratocaster officially launched
- DB Bass Elbee 10 Series II and Embee 12 review
- Joe Bonamassa: ”It’s amazing how many sounds you can pull out of a guitar if you mess around with the volume and tone knobs”
- September 14
-
- Marty Friedman teams up with Mastodon, Baroness members to shred Fleetwood Mac’s You Make Loving Fun
- Electro-Harmonix’s Pitch Fork+ could be its greatest pitch-shifter yet
- Bill Wyman’s Fender Mustang and Vox AC30 set records for most expensive bass and amp sold at auction
- Guitarfetish.com releases super-affordable Xaviere PRO500 electric guitar
- Jason Momoa spent the week jamming Primus tunes with Les Claypool and talking Gibson guitars with Slash
- Wade Allison, guitarist for Texas hardcore band Iron Age, has died
- Strymon teases new pedal - could it be the successor to the BigSky?
- Catalinbread unveils the Echoplex EP-3-emulating Epoch Boost preamp/buffer
- Sick Riffs: Josh Fore and Diamond Rowe teach you the destructive rhythms and leads of Tetrarch's I'm Not Right
- 25 acoustic guitar songs that will take your unplugged skills to the next level
- Best pickups for metal: our guide to upgrading for high gain heaven
- Jason Isbell: “As I get older, I tend to play fewer notes to try and make my point“
- Fender '64 Custom Princeton Reverb review
- September 13
- September 11
-
- Damon Johnson and Judas Priest's Richie Faulkner team up for A Tribute to Thin Lizzy live event
- From Hendrixian R&B groovers to punkified alt-rock: here are this week's essential guitar tracks
- Billy Cox reveals what really happened to Jimi Hendrix’s Danelectro Shorthorn “Betty Jean” guitar
- Gibson TV delves into Joe Bonamassa’s insane guitar stash in new episode of The Collection
- Fender releases Road Worn Vintera models
- Solar Guitars announces two new chug-worthy signature electrics - the GC1.6 Killertone and E1.6 Priestess
- Phoebe Bridgers confirms pointy guitars aren’t just for metal with surprise BC Rich Warlock performance
- Sick Riffs: Wade MacNeil teaches you the two-handed tapping hook of Alexisonfire's 44 Caliber Love Letter
- Mojo Hand FX reveals Mu-Tron filter-aping Little Wonder
- Margaret LaBombard: "If a song makes you feel something, you can thank the bass player"
- How to play lead guitar: learn to play your first solos
- KMA Audio Machines Cirrus review
- September 10
-
- Dream Wife: A Bold Leap Forward
- Jimi Hendrix’s infamous 1970 Maui concerts documented in new film and live album
- Fender debuts dazzling Made In Japan Black Paisley Stratocaster
- Manson updates John Paul Jones Signature E-Bass with new pickups and finishes
- Kenny Wayne Shepherd reveals his onstage Fender amps are actually Dumbles in disguise
- Recording King unveils its first-ever tenor acoustic - the RK Dirty 30s Tenor Guitar
- The birth of Guitar World: looking back at the very first issue
- Guns N' Roses' under-appreciated The Spaghetti Incident and Live Era '87 - '93 re-examined
- The secrets behind Trevor Rabin's guitar tone on Yes's Owner of a Lonely Heart
- Death Valley High's Reyka Osburn: “It’s hard for a guitar player to be a great frontman and really work the audience“
- Bacchus Woodline Jazz DX5AC-WBDP review
- Marty Friedman reveals why he turned down offer to reform Megadeth’s Rust in Peace-era lineup
- September 9
-
- Dominate the low-end with Spector's classy Euro 5 Classic bass guitar
- Flea pens touching tribute to late Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist Jack Sherman
- Elite Acoustics’ D6-8 Pro is a Bluetooth-equipped acoustic amp with a six-channel mixer
- Neunaber updates Wet Reverb, Seraphim Shimmer and Echelon Echo pedals with selectable algorithms
- Could this piece of gear be the solution to guitar slippage?
- Fender has sold more guitars in 2020 than any other year in its history
- Vintage expands its Paul Brett Statesboro’ Signature Series with super-affordable 12-string and left-handed models
- Save a cool $200 on a Vox AC15 in this awesome deal over at Sweetwater
- How to play slide guitar like the world's greatest players
- Is a Billie Eilish signature Fender Telecaster set to follow the pop phenom’s just-announced ukulele?
- Sick Riffs: Shawn Adams teaches you American Dream Machine's Dead in full
- How are cheap guitars priced so low?
- Hits, misses and major labels: Veruca Salt’s Louise Post and Local H’s Scott Lucas on surviving the '90s alt-rock boom
- Danelectro 3699 Fuzz review
- September 8
-
- Jeff Rosenstock: Living The Dream
- Hear Justin Johnson's smokey, bluesy reimagining of The Beatles' Come Together
- Four Year Strong's Dan O'Connor: "You don’t have to have the most expensive gear to get the best tone"
- Luna Guitars takes flight with the Vista Eagle Tropical Wood acoustic-electric
- Could Harley Benton's $300 2x12 FRFR active cabinet be the perfect partner for your amp modeler?
- Sick Riffs: Joel Jasper and J.P. Bendzinski teach you the call-and-answer guitar lines of Drugs' Joyride
- Joe Bonamassa: developing your own tone is the hardest part of learning guitar
- Legendary jazz bassist Gary Peacock dies aged 85
- Fender unveils Billie Eilish signature ukulele
- Get Ernie Ball’s Expression Overdrive and Ambient Delay for just $74.99 each with this killer deal
- Joe Bonamassa, Derek Sherinian and Simon Phillips discuss the making of their cover of Buddy Miles' Them Changes
- Win over $13,000 worth of bass gear in Bass Player's mammoth 400th issue competition
- How Grey Daze's Cristin Davis and an all-star line-up honored Chester Bennington's legacy with Amends
- Cort Little CJ Walnut OP review
- September 7
-
- 6 ways to improve the performance of your pedalboard
- Walrus Audio takes its chorus/vibrato game to the next level with the Julianna
- A ‘Flying-V’ airplane exists – and it just made its maiden voyage
- STL Tones releases AmpHub - an ever-growing collection of amps, pedals and cabinets
- Tom Morello delivers perfect comeback to Twitter troll who claimed he could “play his s**t piss-drunk on my back”
- This insane electric guitar is built out of 50lbs of salt - but it sounds pretty sweet
- Harley Benton shakes up the sub-$500 acoustic market with first all-solid wood acoustic-electric
- Modern Vintage MVP4 review
- Wishbone Ash's Andy Powell: “Profiling amps keep you from killing the music by spending hours trying to get the definitive guitar sound“
- September 6
- September 4
-
- From fiery riff-rock to dancefloor-primed indie perfection: here are this week's essential guitar tracks
- Skreddy Pedals’ Super 100 preamp seeks to conjure British-style tube roar
- The Great Guitar Build Off provided luthiers with a kit to create any electric they wanted - and the results are insane
- Solar Guitars rolls out bloody cool Canibalismo six- and seven-string Type V models
- Fender launches 60th Anniversary Road Worn Jazz Bass with weathered finish and matching headstock
- How Bill & Ted Face the Music became the most triumphant celebration of the electric guitar's past, present and future
- The history and mythology behind Fender's rare Blackguard Telecasters
- Joel Hoekstra teaches you the guitar solo for Whitesnake's Always and Forever
- Orange Crush Acoustic 30 review
- September 3
-
- Phoebe Bridgers: Crossing Bridgers
- Mooer introduces four-channel Air P10 Wireless System
- Matt Bellamy gifted Tom Morello a guitar… Now Morello has returned the favor
- Genesis and Phil Collins guitarist Daryl Stuermer is selling guitars and other gear on Reverb
- Harley Benton unveils SolidBass range of affordable bass amps and cabinets
- Former Bay City Rollers bassist Ian Mitchell dies aged 62
- Mike Dawes offers an intimate look at his acoustic arrangement secrets in this mind-blowing live premiere
- Sick Riffs: Johny Fisher teaches you the tremolo-drenched chorus line of Okey Dokey's Threw My Love Away
- Behind the scenes of Fender Custom Shop's bass creations
- Yamaha Pacifica 1611MS review
- Biffy Clyro's Simon Neil: ”I like my Strat to sound like someone losing their mind and clawing at the door”
- Mike Landau: "Some people drive fancy cars - I went with a cheap Ford and bought a Dumble instead"
- September 2
-
- Gilmore Guitars unveils the Bobby G, an electric guitar constructed from monkeypod wood
- Greg Koch joins forces with Tone City for the Lil Heat mini overdrive pedal
- Justin Hawkins on AC/DC: "There’s no left turn that leaves you disappointed. Every crescendo satisfies"
- PRS launches Pulse Artist program to support up-and-coming players
- Ernie Ball debuts versatile Short Scale StingRay Bass
- Sick Riffs: Josiah Mazzaschi teaches you the electro-shoegaze thunder of Bizou's Crashing Sky
- How hybrid picking can open up a world of progressive possibilities
- Tom Morello: "Guitar playing has a different emphasis now – young people want to be producers before musicians"
- Manson META Series MBM-1 review
- September 1
-
- Australian Guitar #139 offers a sizzling take on signature guitars, out now!
- Alex The Astronaut: A True Shooting Star
- Adrian Smith reveals the origins of Iron Maiden's three-guitar lineup
- Marty Friedman explains why he's ditched delay and reverb for his just-announced new album, Tokyo Jukebox 3
- Post Malone and Jared Dines have been jamming together
- FU-Tone unveils new line of "indestructible" Black Titanium locking tremolo hardware
- Guitar Rig 6 Pro has finally been announced
- Sick Riffs: mxmtoon teaches you the stripped-back ukulele lines of cliché
- Fender debuts all-rosewood necked American Professional Stratocaster
- How to build dramatic tension with dotted-quarter syncopations
- Trivium's Paolo Gregoletto: "I haven’t used a cab live in years. Bass was ahead of the curve when it came to DI"
- Trinity by Relish review
