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The Police were set to ditch Every Breath You Take before Andy Summers added his riff – now the original demo has surfaced after 42 years, you can hear why
The surfacing of the now classic song’s early demo is a testament to the old adage ‘Rome wasn’t built in a day’
This 12-year-old guitar prodigy is destined to be a blues great – and he just jammed with Joe Bonamassa
Saxon Weiss' latest appearance on the Norman's Rare Guitars YouTube channel sees the aspiring player go toe-to-toe with JoBo for a four-minute funk blues jam
Melvins’ Dale Crover invents a new guitar tuning – and lands a Kim Thayil guest solo – on new single
Thayil has consistently expressed his admiration for the Melvins, even crediting the band for introducing drop-D tuning to hard rock
The 50 greatest acoustic guitar songs of all time
As voted for by you, this list spans some of the most significant acoustic moments ever committed to tape – and features a controversial winner…
Joe Satriani tackles 15 Van Halen classics in the first footage from the Best of All Worlds tour
Satch took on no less than 15 EVH songs in a set that was laden with Van Halen
Jennifer Batten pays tribute to Jeff Beck with a searing cover of Cause We’ve Ended as Lovers
Batten was part of Jeff Beck's touring band for three years and featured on two of his albums
Joe Bonamassa on why he’s no ’Burst hog – and putting on his “British hat” with BCC
Joe Bonamassa checks in to tell us what it’s like to playing in rock supergroup Black Country Communion, why his rig is bigger for his solo shows, and channeling Andy Summers
“Big riff energy is in this kid’s blood – and he might even solo better than his dad…” June 2024 Guitar World editor’s picks
From all-star offspring to returning noise-rock icons, a punk trailblazer’s first album in 53 years and the future of blues, this month had it all
Michael Anthony offers an update on the never-before-heard archive of unreleased Van Halen songs
Van Halen recorded every idea they had while in the studio, and it's all sitting in boxes of tapes just waiting to be unearthed
“Dime had wanted to do a solo project for years”: Inside the making of Dimebag Darrell’s final album
When the Abbott brothers’ main band collapsed, Dimebag’s solo record took on new meaning and became Damageplan’s New Found Power. Longtime associate and co-producer Sterling Winfield argues that triumph came out of the tragedies – even though it took fans years to realize it
