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
Periphery: "Even though we all have our own signature guitars, when we record we like to pass them around quite a bit" By Richard Bienstock Misha Mansoor, Mark Holcomb and Jake Bowen go deep on the making of the heavy and experimental Periphery IV: Hail Stan
John 5: "I play so much guitar that it might not even be healthy - and I’m not joking" By Mark McStea The Tele master on Invasion, his relationship with Marilyn Manson and the joys of self-sufficiency
Bad Religion’s Brian Baker talks Kemper Profiler By Sponsored The punk rock icon details his new gear fascination and tour rig
Stray Cats legend Brian Setzer: "Nothing feels right after a Gretsch" By Mark McStea The rockabilly icon talks big-band productions, his Stratocaster fascination and the Cats' new studio album, 40
10 bassists you'd want in your dream band By Sponsored, Tom Gilbert, Brian Caples Our list of low-end juggernauts that could take your band from bars to the big leagues
The Beatles' 10 best acoustic songs By Tom Gilbert A trip down the long and winding road of the Fab Four’s best acoustic moments
From Jared Dines to Sarah Longfield: how YouTube guitar heroes' DIY approach paid off, big time By Adam Kovac Today's biggest guitar YouTubers reveal how to make a success of video
Mike Campbell recalls Tom Petty's Damn the Torpedoes: "We were determined to make the best-sounding record ever made" By Richard Bienstock The guitarist reflects on the late singer-songwriter's landmark release
Slipknot: "You can either evolve with us and get with it, or maybe you’re just not there yet, and maybe we’re not your band" By Richard Bienstock In this exclusive interview, Jim Root and Mick Thomson take you inside the making of We Are Not Your Kind
When guitar gods go acoustic: Page, Van Halen, Hendrix and more By David Von Bader The acoustic guitar is truly the great equalizer - hear what happened when five guitar gods unplugged
Watch George Lynch's pre-Dokken band, Xciter, rock Hollywood in 1979 By Damian Fanelli Grover Jackson-era Charvel in hand, a young George Lynch wows a small Hollywood audience
Daniel Donato: “If I want to be a guitar player in 2019, I need to have a sound you can recognize in less than a second” By Ethan Varian Mammoth chops, social-media finesse and a never-give-up attitude: say hello to one of the hottest young pickers in Nashville
Classic guitar albums of 1979: ZZ Top's Degüello By Mark McStea This record proved that the “Little Ol’ Band from Texas” was continuing to refine their unique brand of boogie
The 20 greatest rock guitar intros of all time By Guitar World Staff These memorable intros bring lighters out of pockets, prompt roars of recognition from a crowd and cause freeway drivers to reach for the volume knob
