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June 30
- Pink Floyd announce release of long-delayed Animals remaster
- Dragonfly CS-5/345 review
- The rise, fall and rebirth of Fender’s Rosewood Telecaster – the solidbody beloved by George Harrison
- Metallica cover Ozzy, Deep Purple, The Beatles and Rare Earth on live acoustic EP
- Fender Japan unveils eye-catching Blue Paisley and Blue Flower Acoustasonic Telecasters
- Eric Gales on why he is not trying to be the next Jimi Hendrix – and why you shouldn’t be either
- Yngwie Malmsteen: "You can’t 'build' speed – you play it until you have it perfect. There are no shortcuts and no tricks"
- Hear Megadeth, Metallica and Iron Maiden hits like never before in major key Happy Metal YouTube experiment
- Native Instruments adds Strat vibes to its Session Guitarist virtual guitar library with the all-new Electric Mint
- Gene Simmons says Ace Frehley lacks “physical stamina” to play a full Kiss show on the End of the Road tour
- Musician's Friend’s 4th of July sale has arrived early with hundreds slashed off Fender, Gretsch, Schecter and more
- Did Gibson’s Cesar Gueikian just tease Murphy Lab acoustics?
- Reddick’s groundbreaking modular Voyager guitar gets new Standard and Custom builds
June 29
- Tedeschi Trucks Band release Ascension, second video instalment in their quadruple album and film project I Am the Moon
- Death metal supergroup Bloodbath set HM-2 pedals to burn on blistering new track Zombie Inferno
- Danny Elfman and Iggy Pop join forces for industrial new single Kick Me
- How Tim Henson, Plini and Cory Wong used their signature Neural DSP plugins to write one of the guitar instrumentals of the year
- Watch "Kirk Hammett" and "Marty Friedman" shred Mötley Crüe's Dr. Feelgood in blockbuster TikTok guitar battle
- How to play more musical string bends
- Walrus Audio Mako D1 High-Fidelity Delay V2 review
- Dave Mustaine, Kirk Hammett and an all-star panel explain why Randy Rhoads was one of the greatest guitar players of all time
- Venom Prison’s Ash Gray and Ben Thomas serve up thunderous riffs and haunting cleans in this killer Pain of Oizys playthrough
- Finnish blues-rock phenom Erja Lyytinen returns with new single Bad Seed
- Korn’s Brian ‘Head’ Welch and James ‘Munky’ Shaffer say they’ve “never sounded better” since using EverTune bridges
- Primus cancel European leg of A Tribute To Kings tour due to “unavoidable logistical challenges”
- You can now watch Slash ft. Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators’ Live at Studios 60 concert in virtual reality
- Strymon upgrades 6 pedals with powerful processors, improved interfaces and MIDI capabilities
- Hot Water Music on bending punk rules till they break and leaving space for the “long f**kin’ guitar solo” just ‘cos they can
- Gibson unveils signature J-180 Collector’s Edition acoustic for folk legend Yusuf/Cat Stevens
June 28
- John Petrucci: Hearing Steve Morse play for the first time was a "life-changing" moment
- Learn the fiery playing style of Nita Strauss
- Doyle Wolfgang Von Frankenstein launches new Monster Gear company with signature string sets
- Best guitar VSTs: our pick of the top plugins for guitarists
- Bass legend Tony Franklin recalls teaming up with David Gilmour and Kate Bush to perform Running Up That Hill in 1987
- How to restring an electric guitar
- Charvel Guthrie Govan Signature MJ San Dimas SD24 CM review
- How to replicate ‘holy grail’ Gibson PAF humbucker tone with modern pickups
- Khruangbin’s Laura Lee on visual identity, Zen Guitar and why she still plays her first bass
- Jack White wields his crazy pitch-shifting Jazzmaster and a custom Acoustasonic Telecaster in wild Glastonbury secret set
- PRS SE Standard 24-08 review
- Tracii Guns plays L.A. Guns gig from backstage bathroom after panic disorder flare up
June 27
- 5 albums you need to hear by bebop trailblazer Oscar Pettiford
- Watch and listen to John Entwistle's isolated bass on The Who's Won't Get Fooled Again
- 7 guitar-led covers of Kate Bush’s Running Up That Hill
- Best budget bass guitars: our top pick of basses under $500/£500
- TC Electronic Impulse IR Loader review
- Neil Young and Promise of the Real announce live album and share From Hank to Hendrix video
- Billie Joe Armstrong says he plans to renounce US citizenship in the wake of Roe v Wade repeal
- Welcome to Wampler’s Metaverse, a programmable multi-delay pedal with a whopping 11 core sounds
- How Celestion speakers helped Marshall become ‘the sound of rock’
- Paul McCartney joined by Dave Grohl and Bruce Springsteen during Glastonbury headline set
- Legendary producer Ken Scott says Steve Morse is the best guitarist he has ever worked with
- Carolesdaughter: “I think my next thing will be a full-length, now that I know what I’m doing”
June 25
- Download and stream the audio from Total Guitar 360
- Download and stream the audio from Total Guitar 360 Blues Power supplement
June 24
- From genre-bending, jaw-loosening collaborations to soulful blues: here are this week's essential guitar tracks
- Boss Space Echo RE-202 Review
- Trixie Mattel: “I’m a product, right? If they want a singing, guitar playing, joke-telling Barbie doll, they have to get me. Or they have to get Dolly Parton”
- Dave Mustaine says he forgives David Ellefson but firing him from Megadeth was “a hard decision that had to be made”
- How to master Chet Atkins’ fingerpicking technique and take your acoustic playing to the next level
- Salt Box Workshop’s Spite Box is a lean, mean distortion/fuzz machine built in aid of a good cause
- Randy Rhoads’ greatest guitar solos
- Best pedals for blues overdrives, reverbs and more, primed for blues
- Has black metal guitar just been evil surf rock all this time?
- Download and stream the audio from Guitar Techniques 337
- I Built the Sky’s Rohan Stevenson on breaking out of the shred-metal box for an acoustic guitar album that makes space for banjo, xylophone and more
- Lari Basilio announces new album Your Love – watch the video for its breath-taking title track now
- Jen Majura “still in shock” after Evanescence firing, has already had offers from other bands
- Foals: “We very clearly enjoyed living in our own sound on this record”
- Ozzy Osbourne shares epic new single Patient Number 9 featuring Jeff Beck
June 23
- Megadeth return in glorious form with new thrasher, We’ll Be Back
- Hear Marcus King's hard-riffing new song, Lie Lie Lie
- Brazilian bass titan Junior Groovador on his bombastic playing, rocking Rio with Jack Black and channeling Rocky Balboa
- D'Angelico unveils elegant new Excel DC, SS XT electric guitars
- Stream music for less with up to 4 months of Amazon Music Unlimited, completely free
- Watch Tommy Emmanuel and Mike Dawes’ thrilling acoustic cover of Nirvana’s Smells Like Teen Spirit
- Spiritbox release surprise new three-track EP, Rotoscope
- Remembering Ove Bosch
- Fender Player Plus Active Meteora Bass review
- JD Simo unpacks the legacy of Elvis Presley and reveals how he nailed Scotty Moore’s guitar tone for Baz Luhrmann’s new biopic
- H.E.R. files lawsuit against record label to secure release from contract
- JustinGuitar review 2024
June 22
- Pigtronix turns loose the Star Eater, a super-jumbo fuzz with filter and selectable germanium and silicon clipping
- 5 things to expect from Adam Jones’ seemingly imminent signature Epiphone Les Paul Custom
- Jim Schwall, guitarist and vocalist of the Siegel-Schwall Band, dies at 79
- Rick Beato, Phil X and Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal rewrite Angus Young’s Back in Black solo
- Bleed From Within’s Craig ‘Goonzi’ Gowans and Steven Jones talk sick riffs, fierce grooves, and how Neural DSP revolutionized their sound
- Neural DSP adds nine new amplifiers, 10 new effects to the Quad Cortex in major new update
- Watch classical guitarist Thomas Zwijsen cover Iron Maiden’s epic Senjutsu album in its entirety on nylon-string guitar
- Join Paul Reed Smith in his tricked-out home studio for a video tour of his awesome pedal collection
- Julian Lage teams up with the legendary Bill Frisell for new single Auditorium, reveals new album title
- Learn the many guitar styles of Joe Satriani with this blockbuster lesson
- Sylvaine spirits us away to share the guitar secrets behind her dreamy, shoegaze-inspired atmospheric metal sound
- Spotlight: Xander Burgess of Johnny Hunter
- Paolo Gregoletto: “I’ve never needed a side project because Trivium play everything. We’re always trying to push ourselves”
June 21
- The Mars Volta return with Blacklight Shine, their first new song in 10 years
- Kirk Fletcher announces new album, Heartache By The Pound, premieres biting new single, Afraid To Die, Too Scared To Live
- Fender partners with Meta for an out-of-this-world VR experience, the Stratoverse
- How to get 5 inspirational sounds from your delay pedal
- Wake’s Rob LaChance and Arjun Gill serve brutal metal riffs and atmospheric melodies in this triumphant playthrough of Infinite Inward
- Abasi Concepts expands its Larada Legion series with its most affordable six-string electric guitar to date
- Machine Head reveal epic new single and Unhallowed be its name
- The many faces of Jack White: the innovator, visionary and gearhead’s story so far
- Best headless guitars: 8 top picks for all budgets and player styles
- Gibson pays tribute to a thrash metal classic with the Dave Mustaine Flying V EXP “Rust in Peace” signature model
- Learn to play like the great Chris Squire in Bass Player's killer new issue
- 28 players name their favorite John Frusciante guitar moments
June 20
- Lemmy’s ashes to be enshrined at Hellfest ceremony
- Matt Bellamy channels his inner Thanos with a wearable robot glove synth during Muse’s Isle of Wight headline set
- Best cheap wireless guitar systems: liberate your playing on a budget, from bedroom to stage
- Watch never-before-seen 8mm footage of Led Zeppelin's 1975 show in Maryland
- Jack White goes fretless with his new super-cool Fender Custom Telecaster Bass
- Peavey HP 2 review
- Watch Matt Heafy deliver a poignant rendition of Johnny Cash’s Hurt cover on a Gibson SJ-300 acoustic
- Charlie Griffiths: “Everyone knows the blues scale – just move it up a semi-tone from your root note and you get a whole new lease on life”
- Drug Church’s Nick Cogan on his alt-rock conversion from Les Paul to Jazzmaster, and the three secrets to his sound
- Pattern-Seeking Animals’ Ted Leonard on how he struck guitar tone gold with a ‘Franken-Tele’ rescued from the junk pile
- Bartees Strange: “A lot of my songs tend to start off as country songs and become something else”
June 17
- David Gilmour's 1985 Gibson J-200 Celebrity has been put up for sale on Reverb.com
- From irresistible, summer-ready grooves to apocalyptic triplet chugs: here are this week’s essential guitar tracks
- How to transform the C major chord into something magical
- How to play bluegrass guitar for beginners
- Guthrie Govan on finding an orchestra as weird as The Aristocrats to rework their material – and how he convinced Hans Zimmer to buy a 9-string
- Best guitar cabinets 2024: expand upon your sound with the right cab
- The Police were going to throw out Every Breath You Take until Andy Summers recorded its iconic riff – in one take
- 20 milestone moments in Marshall’s 60-year quest for bigger, badder tone
- Foals' Jimmy Smith talks overcoming nerves to develop his "naïve" style – and why ditching pedals helped him embrace a positive guitar attitude
- Krist Novoselic, Nile Rodgers, John Paul Jones and Nandi Bushell join lineup for Foo Fighters’ Taylor Hawkins tribute shows
- Ben Lee: “I’ve always been interested in being a cheeky bastard and stirring the pot”
June 16
- Steve Stevens dishes on the recording of the iconic Top Gun Anthem
- TC Electronic drops some bright ’n’ shiny 45th anniversary bling for your pedalboard with the SCF GOLD SE
- Mesa/Boogie unveils its lightest, smallest and most affordable bass amp ever, the Subway D-350
- Watch Anthrax's Scott Ian play Slayer's Raining Blood with his 10-year-old son, Revel
- Watch Austin Butler, star of Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis biopic, play the King’s Gibson J-200 acoustic guitar at Graceland
- Steve Jones on joining the Sex Pistols: "The only spot open in the band was guitarist, so I had to do that or f**k off"
- Save up to 60% off guitars and accessories this month at Musician's Friend
- 20 guitar virtuosos on their favorite Joe Satriani moments
- John Illsley reflects on Dire Straits' stadium-rocking success, the pressure it put on Mark Knopfler, and tells us what makes a great bass part
- Larry LaLonde and Les Claypool join Alex Lifeson to discuss A Farewell To Kings and recall that one time the Rush guitarist used a tortilla chip as a guitar pick
- Kirk Fletcher teaches you the playing style of blues guitar great Otis Rush
June 15
- Foo Fighters to be joined by Brian May, Wolfgang Van Halen, Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson and more at Taylor Hawkins tribute concerts
- Charvel unveils striking new finishes for four Pro-Mod Style 1 guitars
- EVH commemorates Eddie Van Halen's Eruption solo with new Striped Series guitar, launches 3 fresh natural-finished models
- The Chase Bliss Generation Loss MKII makes your guitar sound like a VCR
- Solar Guitars debuts first Sustainiac-equipped six- and seven-string A1 models
- Sepultura’s Paulo Pinto Jr: “Just keep to the tempo on the bass drum and on the snare, so the guitars can breathe more and you’ll have more body in the song”
- John Frusciante on the stories behind 5 standout Unlimited Love tracks
- Beetronics’ Zzombee Filtremulator is a four gain-stage monster with modulated filter, tremolo, wah, fuzz and more
- The best-looking American Acoustasonic guitars yet? Fender launches all-mahogany Telecaster and Jazzmaster acoustic-electrics
- James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett give guitar lessons as Metallica partner with Yousician
- Jim Root's long-awaited Charvel signature model heads up the company's new Artist Signature Series drop
- Malcolm Young's triple-pickup "Beast" joins new Nigel Hendroff model in Gretsch's 2022 signature lineup
- Electro-Harmonix's latest synth pedal might just be its masterpiece – meet the STRING9 String Ensemble
- Spotlight: Nick Hauser of Outright
June 14
- Gibson honors the Everly Brothers with elegant new signature SJ-200 acoustic guitar
- NAMM 2022: Tour the ins and outs of Donner's innovative Rising-G Pro carbon fiber acoustic guitar
- Meshuggah reveal surprise amp shakeup during the recording of new album, Immutable
- Bradley Hall assembles 35 guitar players for the biggest-ever all-female shredfest
- The ultimate '80s tribute, starring White Lion's Vito Bratta, Scorpions, Def Leppard and more – only in the new Guitar World
- How Coheed and Cambria embraced pentatonic riff slams and a Deftones 8-string to create prog guitar epics for a new generation
- Jack White's guitar gear: his wackiest guitars, pedals and amps through the years
- How to play funk guitar in the style of John Frusciante, Cory Wong, Melanie Faye and more
- SviSound CockedZoid review
- Live Review: The Wombats, Melbourne 10/06/22
June 13
- Moscow guitar builder laments the closure of McDonald's in Russia with French fries-themed electric guitar
- Is this the future of guitar cabs? Meet the ultra-slim ‘flat-panel’ Model Twenty
- The Anasounds Full Story is a modular fuzz pedal with swappable Tone Cards containing 7 iconic Big Muff circuits
- Keeley's new HALO Dual Echo brings Andy Timmons' secret signature sound to the masses
- Opeth’s Martín Méndez: “I use theory as a guide, but I trust my ears and ideas more… you have to understand why certain notes feel more beautiful or threatening”
- Watch Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox cover Killing in the Name
- Ichika Nito features on Machine Gun Kelly's latest single, More Than Life
- The story of the JTM45, Marshall’s first amp and a holy grail of rock guitar
- Jet Guitars JS-800 review
- Alexisonfire: “It’s a blessing and a curse that we make records this way”
June 10
- Eric Johnson premieres two new songs, Move on Over and To Be Alive
- Lamb of God release thunderous new single, Nevermore
- From tightly choreographed blues-soul blowouts to jagged alt-rock collaborations: here are this week's essential guitar tracks
- Watch 9-year-old guitarist Maya Neelakantan tackle Tool’s 16-minute epic, 7empest
- 10 signature guitars we want to see
- AmpliTube vs Guitar Rig: which amp and effects modelling plugin is best?
- How to solo over one of the most important turnarounds in music
- The Collision Devices Nocturnal is a reverb, delay and tremolo that takes you from dusk ’til dawn
- Rage Against the Machine unveil thundering rehearsal clip ahead of summer tour
- Source Audio ZIO Analog Front End + Boost review
- John Mayer serves up nearly a minute of pristine soloing on Jacob Collier’s new single, Never Gonna Be Alone
- The 30 most difficult guitar techniques
- Alex The Astronaut: “I feel like I’ve developed a lot as an artist, and that’s really, really exciting”
June 9
- Artist AJ Masthay has customized six D'Angelico guitars to commemorate Dead & Company's 2022 tour
- Capture “biting clarity and warm, crunchy overtones” with the Seymour Duncan ’78 Model humbucker
- What song is Eddie Munson shredding in the Stranger Things season 4 trailer? The internet debates
- Yngwie Malmsteen reveals the origins of his love for the Fender Stratocaster – and why he chose it over a Gibson Les Paul
- Harley Benton unveils new $62 DNAfx GiT Mobile headphone amp – but we sure feel like we've seen it before
- Eddie Van Halen interviews Les Paul about his friendship with Leo Fender, the SG, and his favorite Les Paul model of all time
- Jeff Beck and Johnny Depp release first Depp-written single from upcoming joint album, 18
- The guitarist on Top Gun: Maverick’s soundtrack has been revealed
- Billy Howerdel: “With A Perfect Circle, I was always concentrating on bigger guitars – on this album, I wanted the compositions to take center stage”
- Best distortion pedals: the top 11 high-gain stompboxes for guitarists
- Best chorus pedals: 10 top choices for your 'board
- Rush’s Geddy Lee on A Farewell To Kings, Les Claypool the bassist, and what he thinks of Primus playing the album live in its entirety
- Best fuzz pedals: add some filth with this guitar effects essential for your pedalboard
- Def Leppard share 8 tips on how to create a killer rock anthem
- Gurus Double-Decker MkII and SexyDrive MkII review
- Best wah pedals 2024: add an essential tone-shaping effect to your pedalboard
- Pixies announce first studio album in 3 years, Doggerel, drop stomping lead single, There’s a Moon On
- Best Klon clones: Our pick of the best Klon Centaur Klones for every budget
- Best electric guitars under $2,000: high-end guitars for intermediate and pro players
- Best Stratocasters: The best Strats for every budget and playing style
- Best Telecasters: the top Fender Tele electric guitars for all budgets and styles
- Best Gibson Les Paul 2024: The greatest Gibson singlecuts for every budget and style
- Tenacious D release raucous three-song Who medley in support of Everytown For Gun Safety
June 8
- NAMM 2022: Explore Donner's travel-friendly, headless Hush-I Silent guitar
- Jack White drops If I Die Tomorrow, the latest single from his second album of 2022
- August 2022 Guitar World lesson videos
- Foo Fighters announce Taylor Hawkins tribute concerts for September
- Female and non-binary artists make up less than 6% of the signature electric guitar market
- Watch Guns N’ Roses cover AC/DC’s Back in Black at recent Spain show
- Best guitar speakers: the 9 best speaker upgrades for your combo amp or cabinet
- Schecter equips its “half electric, half acoustic” C-1 E/A Classic semi-hollow with new finishes and updates
- ThorpyFX aims to harness Syd Barrett’s early Pink Floyd tones with new Scarlet Tunic amp emulator pedal
- John Frusciante’s 10 best Red Hot Chili Peppers guitar moments
- Jack White: “I’m the proudest I’ve been in my life of my guitar playing. There are places I’ve never gone before... techniques I thought I wasn’t capable of doing”
- Feeder’s Grant Nicholas shares his tips on on songwriting, gear and tone: “You can always find a new way of playing a chord”
- Joe Bonamassa teaches you how to play The Ballad of John Henry
- BITE Funky Booster review
- Takamine TC135SC and CRN-TS1 review
- Spotlight: Keyan Houshmand
June 7
- NAMM 2022: Blackstar unveils the CV10, a 10-watt version of Carmen Vandenberg's signature amplifier
- Epiphone unveils new Cherry-finished B.B. King Lucille guitar
- Ride waves of classic and modern tones with the vintage-inspired Guild Surfliner
- NAMM 2022: Cort introduces newly contoured, Seymour Duncan-loaded KX700 EverTune
- Adrian Belew, Todd Rundgren announce Celebrating David Bowie 2022 North American tribute tour
- Epiphone and Matt Heafy launch MKH Les Paul Custom Origins Collection, including 25.5"-scale 7-strings
- Jack White demos the bonkers pitch-shifting custom Fender Jazzmaster he thinks will make Tom Morello jealous
- NAMM 2022: Phil X endorses removable stickers that make your guitar look as though it's been relic'd
- Best overdrive pedals: explore which drive pedal is right for you
- NAMM 2022: Familiarize yourself with the downsized Positive Grid Spark MINI's game-changing innovations
- Jennifer Batten on the sexism she faced as Michael Jackson's guitarist, and how Jeff Beck shaped her view of innovative guitar playing
- NAMM 2022: Hear the tasty tube-driven tones of Two Notes’ all-new ReVolt Guitar amp simulator pedal
- How to play reggae guitar in the style of Black Uhuru
- Watch Guns N’ Roses cover AC/DC and revisit deep cuts for the first time in 30 years at first show of 2022 European tour
- Parkway Drive drop first new single in four years, Glitch
- Screamfeeder and Adalita: A match made in Australian rock heaven
June 6
- NAMM 2022: Take an in-depth tour of Blackstar's ultra-lightweight St. James valve guitar amp
- NAMM 2022: Watch Guitar World's Paul Riario explore the many tones of Donner’s versatile, $260 DST-400
- NAMM 2022: the 10 biggest things we discovered at this year's show
- Fantastic Negrito on the near-fatal car crash that changed his approach to playing and the forces behind his powerful new album, White Jesus Black Problems
- Lamb of God announce ninth album, Omens, new single arriving Friday
- NAMM 2022: Martin CEO Thomas Ripsam discusses the company's growth strategy moving forward, and the importance of engaging with younger audiences
- Eva Gardner: “I was the kid singing to Veruca Salt in 1994. Fast forward to 2005 and I was their bass player”
- Carl Martin Ampster review
- Kris Barras: “I love the Kemper live for two reasons: stability and consistency. You’re not relying on whoever’s mic’ing the amps up”
- Jeff Beck confirms imminent release of joint album with Johnny Depp
- NAMM 2022: Fret-King previews its comprehensive 13-strong 2023 Collection of electric and bass guitars
June 5
- Alec John Such, founding bassist of Bon Jovi, dies aged 70
- Australian Guitar’s Fresh Frets: Vol. 10
- D'Angelico revamps its Excel Series acoustic collection for 2022
- NAMM 2022: Ciari Guitars unveils revamped, Grover Jackson-designed version of its Ascender folding electric guitar
- NAMM 2022: Eastman unveils the Romeo’s Shakespearean six-string soulmate, the Juliet
- NAMM 2022: Godin introduces Seymour Duncan-loaded, reverse headstock-equipped Session R-HT Pro
- Pete Thorn unveils his first signature model with Suhr in nearly eight years
June 4
- NAMM 2022: Tosin Abasi discusses the genesis of his radical Ernie Ball Music Man Kaizen model, and why guitarists might be surprised by its capabilities
- NAMM 2022: Watch Tom Quayle demonstrate the sonic versatility of Laney’s impressive new The Difference Engine delay pedal
- NAMM 2022: Tom Quayle wows us with his new Ibanez signature model and some dazzling licks
- PRS Tele-style guitar rumors sparked by mysterious Myles Kennedy model
- NAMM 2022: Tosin Abasi introduces us to Emi, Abasi Concepts’ first ergonomic double-cut guitars
- NAMM 2022 news: all the latest guitar news, rumors and predictions
- NAMM 2022: Michael Kelly Guitars announces four new electric guitars with a range of pickup options for 2022
- NAMM 2022: Ashdown introduces rack mount preamp version of its ‘Little Stubby’ bass amp head, the CTM Valve Pre
- NAMM 2022: ESP bolsters its LTD bass lineup with 16 new Deluxe and Signature models
- NAMM 2022: Godin partners with Honeymoon Suite's Derry Grehan for a hard-rockin' new signature model, the Tread 1
- NAMM 2022: ESP officially confirms Kirk Hammett signature V-style model, the LTD KH-V
- Blues and country slide guitar ace Kelly Joe Phelps dies at 62
June 3
- NAMM 2022: Guitar World gets up close and personal with Steve Vai's ridiculous triple-neck Ibanez Hydra guitar
- NAMM 2022: This is ‘The 60th’ – Takamine’s stunning limited-edition celebration of its diamond anniversary
- NAMM 2022: Ashdown celebrates its 25th anniversary with new EVO V and ABM-400 Limited Edition bass amp heads
- SolidGoldFX aims to harness “legendary tones of yesteryear” in new-and-improved If 6 Was 9 MkII fuzz pedal
- NAMM 2022: ESP unveils some of the most eye-catching guitar designs of the show so far with its new Exhibition Limited lineup
- NAMM 2022: Takamine expands its affordable G Series with 6 new acoustic models
- NAMM 2022: Two Notes unveils its GENOME software – an adaptive channel strip tailored to guitarists
- NAMM 2022: Yamaha celebrates the 10th anniversary of its THR30II desktop amp with two new-look versions
- Barefaced Machinist Distortion review
- NAMM 2022: Donner expands its DST family of electric guitars with three new ultra-affordable six-strings
- Learn the blues styles of 10 iconic Gibson ES-335 guitarists
- Bill Frisell: “The limitations of the guitar invite their own solutions… so there are a lot of different ways people end up playing it”
- NAMM 2022: Vintage announces the Historic Series – a line of no-nonsense spruce/mahogany acoustics
- NAMM 2022: Fresh Nita Strauss, Tom Quayle and Jake Bowen signatures headline Ibanez’s new-for-2022 artist model lineup
- NAMM 2022: Rapier continues its resurgence with impressively spec'd Saffire 6 and 12-string electric models
- NAMM 2022: Rich Robinson talks to Guitar World about his stunning new Martin D-28 signature model and the Black Crowes' covers EP, 1972
- NAMM 2022 live: all the biggest news as it happened
- NAMM 2022: Laney’s The Difference Engine allows you to mix features from classic delays
- David Gilmour – His Greatest Moments: Inside the new issue of Total Guitar
- NAMM 2022: Reverend celebrates its 25th anniversary with stylishly appointed electric guitar and bass models
June 2
- NAMM 2022: Ernie Ball Music Man overhauls its John Petrucci range with a wealth of new finishes
- NAMM 2022: Ernie Ball Music Man takes a fresh approach to pickup design with new patent-pending Heat Treated pickups
- Gibson teases Moderne reissue as Kirk Hammett uses prototype onstage with Metallica
- Allan Holdsworth: 5 game-changing guitar approaches you can learn
- NAMM 2022: Walrus Audio’s new Lore Reverse Soundscape Generator is post-rock in a pedal
- Eric Gales gives a guided tour of his live and studio rig, and shows how he gets his "Darth Vader" tone
- Alpha Wolf: “We’ve always wanted to do this, and now we’re finally at the stage where we can”
- Soldano announces the SLO-Mini head – a $249, 30W take on the Super Lead Overdrive
- Bloc Party’s Russell Lissack: “The effects pedals are the defining part of our sound more than guitars and amps”
- NAMM 2022: BluGuitar launches its analog programmable guitar amp, the AMPX
- HeadRush MX5 review
- NAMM 2022: Martin introduces five lavish special edition acoustics
- NAMM 2022: Martin partners with the Black Crowes' Rich Robinson for a luxuriously appointed new D-28 signature model
- NAMM 2022: Martin unveils its 2.5 millionth guitar, a luxury acoustic encrusted with 436 diamonds
June 1
- NAMM 2022: Martin debuts ukuleles made of FSC tone woods and recovered “sinker” mahogany
- Guitar Center to auction off PRS Private Stock Rainbow model for “Play with Pride” LGBTQ charity campaign
- Muse deliver huge riffs and rock-solid grooves in new single, Will of the People
- Body Count’s Ice-T and Ernie C look back on the making of – and reaction to – their incendiary 1992 debut album
- How to play three classic Red Hot Chili Peppers riffs
- Les Claypool: “Singing Geddy Lee parts and playing bass, or just singing Geddy Lee parts period, is f**king hard, because it’s up in the upper stratosphere”
- Yamaha Revstar RSE20, RSS20, RSS02T and RSP02T review
- Best guitar wireless systems 2024: set your playing free, from the rehearsal room to the stage
- Spotlight: Alex Manhire of The Beautiful Monument