Latest articles by Alan di Perna
The Canadian guitarist walks through the retro-rock techniques and tones that inform his unique rockabilly style on Cousin Harley’s new album, Let’s Go!
By the time ‘Clapton is God’ graffiti was appearing on London walls, Africa had found a new deity of guitar, and his name was Nicolas Kasanda wa Mikalay
Mosby’s Imrat guitar is an electric guitar with both playing and drone strings, and a sitar-like resonance
“You need a rhythm guitar player and you get Eric Clapton. How amazing is that?”
The king of ska guitar, Ranglin helped define the island's sound and took it global
The life and times of a titanic presence in hard rock and a trailblazer for tone
A bold, original and unheralded stylist, Cipollina's playing anticipated the future of rock
Looking back at the career of the one-of-a-kind musician and guitar visionary
How the guitar used to record Gimme Shelter disintegrated immediately after the song's completion, and other incredible stories
In general, Roger McGuinn has gotten more love from the rock critic fraternity than from the guitar community. Maybe it’s time to turn that perception around
The Gang of Four guitarist inspired big names from U2 and Franz Ferdinand to Tom Morello. We take a look at his diverse and storied career
50 years on, we dig deep into the unraveling of the most commercially successful band of all time, and the subsequent solo careers of John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison
Young's influence and contribution to rock music continue to loom large
Carlos Santana, Stephen Stills, Pete Townshend and more recall the trials and tribulations behind their era-defining performances
"I don’t know how to play a goddamned scale. I don’t know what a 13th is, or an augmented ninth. I could give a shit. All I do is make the guitar scream with pain or pleasure.”
Keith Richards owns nearly a thousand guitars, so which does he typically use in the studio? Find out here.
“I think my greatest pleasure is writing a song — words and lyrics — that will last longer than a couple of years.”
He made alternative rock history with Pavement and the Jicks, but what do Guitar World readers really want to know about Stephen Malkmus?
10 major milestones in the electric guitar's journey from novelty to high-performance rock machine
