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Focusrite at the Guitar Showcase 2023: Introducing Scarlett 4th Gen – the perfect interface for the guitarist
By Guitar World Staff published
Great feel and sound, low latency, plug and play simplicity – these are just some of the features that can be found on the latest version of the world’s best-selling audio interface

“The doctor's in the house”: Watch Carlos Santana and Eric Clapton tip their caps to Peter Green with searing Black Magic Woman at the 2023 Crossroads Festival
By Jackson Maxwell published
Guitar legends who had passed on since the last Crossroads gathering in 2019 were on the minds of audience members and performers alike at this year's festival

Rotosound at the Guitar Showcase 2023: IDLES’ Adam “Dev” Devonshire gives the low-down on his musical journey inside the UK’s joyfully defiant post-punk band
By Guitar World Staff published
Watch the bassist break down his biggest influences, and take a deep-dive into his tone and gear – of which Rotosound strings play a crucial role

John Mayer trades solos with H.E.R., covers Grateful Dead with his blues trio, and reunites with the Fender Monterey Stratocaster (again) during jam-packed Crossroads 2023 concert
By Matt Owen published
Mayer brought his rhythm, lead and tonal A-game to the star-studded festival, during which he had an especially busy itinerary

“Reuniting the original G3 lineup is a dream come true”: Joe Satriani, Steve Vai and Eric Johnson are hitting the road for a G3 reunion tour next year
By Matt Owen published
The three fretboard heroes will link up early next year almost three decades after they launched one of guitar's most influential events back in 1996

Delivering the goods: Teemu Mäntysaari plays his first show with Megadeth – and has it dialled from the second he steps onstage
By Matt Parker published
The Finnish metaller is filling in for Kiko Loureiro and appears to have nailed his first show

Watch Marty Friedman, Kiko Loureiro and Dave Mustaine rehearse for one of the summer’s biggest festival sets in new Megadeth behind-the-scenes footage
By Matt Owen published
See the ensemble run through sections of their four-song setlist – complete with an up-close view of Friedman's absurd solo powers

Derek Trucks has been tackling Beck’s Bolero in his own spectacular fashion – watch him nail Jeff Beck’s influential guitar tour de force
By Matt Owen published
The slide virtuoso has been paying tribute to the late Stratocaster master with a string of sensational covers

“We never saw it coming that Mick wasn’t going to be able to tour and was going to have to quit the band”: Nikki Sixx offers his own take on the Mötley Crüe drama
By Matt Owen published
“We didn’t choose this, but since we had to be put in this position, we’re very happy with where we’re at right now,” the bassist said in an exclusive new Guitar World interview
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