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Chris Rea, Driving Home For Christmas singer and slide guitar maestro, dies aged 74

By Matt Owen published

The underrated guitar star blended blues, gospel, soul and more across 25 solo albums

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Marcus King plays the MK Burst '59 Les Paul

“It has your initials carved into the headstock”: The strange tale of Marcus King’s latest vintage guitar find – the ‘MK Burst’ 1959 Les Paul

By Phil Weller published

The Gibson guitar’s history is both beautiful and sad, and Carter Vintage Guitars knew King was the only player who could offer it a second life

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Guitarists of the Year 2025 [L-R]: Nuno Bettencourt, Noel Gallagher, Buddy Guy, Kiki Wong, Dany Villarreal

Alien-shred, Brit-rock royalty, one blues icon and a hardcore superstar: here are Guitar World's Guitarists of the Year 2025

By Jonathan Horsley published

All the players who rocked our world, in the year of Oasis reunions, Black Sabbath farewells, and guitarists keeping their shoulder to the evolutionary wheel of guitar playing

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Joe Walsh plays his orange Duesenberg live onstage with the Eagles. On the left, his stage-played Zakk Wylde Epiphone Les Paul. On the right, a signed Bad Company Squier Strat. All three guitars just fetched huge sums at auction.

Joe Walsh auction raises huge sums for charity – and raises eyebrows as unexpected guitars attract big money bids

By Jonathan Horsley published

Who here remembers the time circa 2008 when Walsh was playing an EMG-equipped Zakk Wylde Les Paul Custom live onstage with the Eagles?

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Yngwie Malmsteen photographed with his signature Fender Stratocaster in London while promoting his album Blue Lightning, on January 30, 2019

Yngwie Malmsteen hits back at singers who features on his records

By Janelle Borg published

Malmsteen is claiming that certain singers are trying to capitalize on his brand and claim song ownership

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John Mayer in the studio with his Fender Stratocaster.

John Mayer explains what finally convinced him that modeling tech was up to scratch in newly shared signature plugin test footage

By Jonathan Horsley published

Mayer teamed up with Neural DSP for an Archetype plugin that modeled his prized guitar gear in digital form

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Fender Masterbuilder Andy Hiucks and Iron Maiden's Dave Murray - GettyImages-2176875049

Fender Masterbuilder on what it’s like to watch his ultimate guitar hero play the Strat he made for him

By Phil Weller published

Andy Hicks built Dave Murray a Custom Shop Strat for tour – and it’s since become his Number One guitar

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Scott Stapp and Mark Tremonti of Creed perform at the Palomino Stage during the 2025 Stagecoach Festival on April 26, 2025 in Indio, California.

Mark Tremonti once had one of his earliest PRS guitars stolen – but a fan bought it back for him from a Guitar Center parking lot

By Phil Weller published

The gorgeous single-cut was thought to be lost forever, until one eagle-eyed fan saved the day

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A graphic featuring seven of the guitarists on Guitar World's 25-for-2025 list

25 reasons why 2025 was a great year for guitar

By Michael Astley-Brown published

Historic shows, a once-in-a-lifetime reunion, generational guitar talents, tonal revolutions, watershed gear drops… we won’t spoil it at all here, but a lot has happened

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Guitarist Steve Morse of Deep Purple performs live at the Paramount Theatre on September 11, 2019 in Seattle, Washington

Steve Morse opens up on his departure from Deep Purple – and why it was time for him to go

By Janelle Borg published

Morse left the band in 2022 to care for his late wife, who was battling cancer

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