Eddie Van Halen revisits Van Halen's landmark '1984' album By Chris Gill 06 October 2020 EVH tells GW how Van Halen's Diamond-certified blockbuster came to be
Stevie Ray Vaughan opens up in his first Guitar World interview from 1984 By Bill Milkowski 27 August 2020 "He doesn't go in for the leather-and-studs macho posturing of popular heavy metal bands and he's not particularly adept at crowd manipulation as many of the top rock bands are"
Paul McCartney's 6 best guitar solos with The Beatles By Damian Fanelli 18 June 2020 Though he was technically their bassist, Paul McCartney was responsible for many fine six-string moments in The Beatles catalog
Les Paul's 9 greatest guitar moments By Jackson Maxwell 09 June 2020 Les Paul's influence on the development of the guitar is incalculable. Explore nine moments that demonstrate his genius
7 of the greatest 7-string guitar songs By Peter Hodgson 26 May 2020 Believe it or not, the 7-string has been around since long before djent rose to popularity... Here are some of the best songs that utilize this genre-pushing instrument
Watch Ace Frehley play classic Kiss songs in the Guitar World studio By Jackson Maxwell 27 April 2020 The Spaceman himself shows off some classic Kiss riffs - in all their attitude-filled, swaggering glory
Watch Ritchie Blackmore and Deep Purple perform in New York in 1973 By Damian Fanelli 14 April 2020 See the band's classic Mark II lineup at the peak of their powers
5 times a live version of a song was better than the studio recording By Tom Gilbert 06 April 2020 A studio recording merely captures a moment in time. Who says you can't play the song more convincingly 17 days later in front of a live audience in Peoria?
AC/DC's Angus Young handles a heckler during Bad Boy Boogie By Damian Fanelli 31 March 2020 You can take the schoolboy out of Glasgow, but you can't take the streets of Glasgow out of the schoolboy
Billy Sheehan names 5 of his favorite bass albums By Bass Player Staff 19 March 2020 Sheehan is one of the world’s most accomplished bassists - so we can all learn from the five albums that influenced him
Watch Eddie Van Halen, David Gilmour and Les Paul Play Blue Suede Shoes with Stray Cats By Damian Fanelli 06 March 2020 Quite simply one of the greatest all-star guitar jams of all time
The 10 best movies for guitarists By Tony Grassi 05 March 2020 From Wayne's World to School of Rock, these films will provide some satisfying six-string viewing...
Tony Iommi's 10 best Black Sabbath riffs By Guitar World Staff, Intro by Jackson Maxwell 13 February 2020 Guitar World pays tribute to one of rock's greatest axemen by revisiting 10 of his greatest riffs
*repeat repeat's Jared Corder: "College only offered jazz or classical guitar, and the guys in classical were all metalheads, so I chose that" By Mark McStea 31 January 2020 The guitar playing half of the US-based duo talks Glazed, *repeat repeat’s guitar-packed (and catchy-as-hell) new album
Dylan LeBlanc: "Certain guitar moments can sound like poetry if you get ’em right" By Joe Bosso 29 January 2020 The American guitarist and singer-songwriter on the influence of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers on his writing style
Turkish metal guitarist Demir Demirkan on how writing in English shaped his latest album, Elysium in Ashes By Jeff Kitts 27 January 2020 The hard-rocking shredder by way of Istanbul looking to make a name for himself on American Shores
Submit your questions for Robert Cray By Damian Fanelli 08 January 2020 Round up your best and brightest questions and send them our way, people
Stephane Wrembel: "When you cut out string noise, you’re left without the physical aspect of what a musician does" By Joe Bosso 08 January 2020 Stephane Wrembel’s annual The Django Experiment albums are mind-blowing odes to the music, legacy and influence of the late, great Django Reinhardt
Nirvana's Krist Novoselic: "I'm never in any bass magazines" By Bass Player Staff 08 January 2020 Back in 2012, we met the bassist turned political activist, commentator and now recipient of his own signature instrument
Sam Kiszka: hard rock is alive with Greta Van Fleet By Freddy Villano 08 January 2020 The fast-rising band's bassist talks influences, gear and what he thinks of those Led Zeppelin comparisons
