3 in-demand Nashville session guitarists reveal what it takes to land country music's biggest gigs By Joe Bosso How to make it in Music City with session pros Kenny Greenberg, Russ Pahl and Derek Wells
Elliot Easton's guide to The Cars' discography By Richard Bienstock Take a guided tour through the discography of one of the most popular rock bands of the '70s and '80s
Tool's Adam Jones talks everything Fear Inoculum: the agonizing wait, the colossal tones and those signature pull-offs By David Von Bader The prog-metal titan takes you behind the scenes of the long-awaited album
Prog legend Alan Parsons tells all: Dark Side Of The Moon, working with The Beatles and the "abandoned" Pink Floyd album By James Wood Iconic producer and songwriter looks back on his career leading up to new album The Secret
Tyler Bryant: "If I don’t have a guitar on me, I don’t want to be in public... ever!" By Adam Kovac Shakedown guitarists Bryant and Graham Whitford break down the riff-rocking but heartfelt Truth and Lies
Steve Vai on his favorite guitarist: "It's hard to realize how great he is - not many people understand" By Damian Fanelli "His thought process was phenomenal," Vai said of this guitarist
Daniele Gottardo: what's on my playlist By Guitar World Staff The neoclassical shred titan names his favorite tracks
Death Angel: "We were trying to be progressive when we barely even knew three chords!" By Jon Wiederhorn Rob Cavestany and Ted Aguilar reflect on their early efforts and how they developed into the complex thrash of new album Humanicide
Jimmie Vaughan: "The goal is to play what you feel; once you figure that out, it all comes naturally" By Joe Bosso The Austin six-string legend talks dusting off forgotten blues gems for Baby, Please Come Home
The top 10 reasons to play guitar By Guitar World Staff Why playing guitar is just about the best hobby you can have
Jason Richardson: “I was a high-school kid watching John Petrucci play his Music Man... now I have my own signature model” By Richard Bienstock The All That Remains prodigy details the development of his Ernie Ball Cutlass seven-string
Tool's Adam Jones: the 10 guitarists who shaped my sound By Brad Angle The prog heavyweight names the players who changed his life
The secrets behind Adam Jones' guitar tone on Tool's Jambi By Chris Gill Learn how Adam Jones got his remarkable tone on a Tool classic
Donna Grantis: "Prince taught me about articulation, attitude, power and tones" By Richard Bienstock The purple protégé details the searing instrumental rock that makes up solo album Diamonds & Dynamite
Steve Lukather: 5 things we learned from his Ernie Ball String Theory episode By Tom Gilbert The Toto guitar wiz and session pro discusses his drive as a musician, his contributions to world-famous records, and plenty more
Big Wreck's Ian Thornley: "The greatest reward is chasing down the connection with the instrument and being able to slay with one note" By Mark McStea Tone-Meister Ian Thornley explains his riff-heavy approach to …but for the sun, the beloved Canadian Rockers’ latest slice of gut-crunching rock and roll
August 27, 1990: The day Stevie Ray Vaughan died By Tony Grassi GW recounts SRV's final show, and what led to the blues guitar legend's tragic death
The best ZZ Top songs: Satriani, Vai, Petrucci, Gilbert and more reveal their favorites By Guitar World Staff We asked some top guitarists to pick their top ZZ Top songs. It went a little something like this...
Eric Clapton: "I've never heard better rock guitar playing" By Damian Fanelli "It's the best," Clapton said of the playing on this vintage tune
Yngwie Malmsteen: "The pentatonic scale is extremely limiting. I thought, 'There’s gotta be more…'" By Richard Bienstock The shred guitar great tells GW all about how his new "bluesy" album, improvisation and how he became the first guitarist to get a signature Strat
