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Cyber Monday guitar deals 2025: Everything you need to know ahead of this year's sale
Find out where and how to grab the biggest savings on guitar gear when Cyber Monday arrives
Black Friday guitar deals 2025: shop early savings and read our expert shopping tips for the biggest sale of the year
Get ahead of all other guitarists with the best early savings this Black Friday, from Sweetwater, Guitar Center and more
Guitar Center Black Friday deals 2025: The Pre-Black Friday Sale is here!
Guitar Center has gone early with a Pre-Black Friday sale, which sees up to 30% off from now until November 12
Sweetwater Black Friday deals 2025: the early all-access sale has begun!
The Sweetwater early All Access Black Friday sale has arrived – here are the best deals on guitar gear
Stray Cats cancel fall tour as Brian Setzer battles “serious illness”
Just days ago, the beloved rockabilly trio were forced to cancel the opening show of their tour due to Setzer's ongoing health issues
Eddie Van Halen’s Kramer Ad guitar sells for $2,734,000 at auction
The eye-watering price tag makes it the sixth most expensive guitar ever sold publicly
Test your knowledge of guitar and rock history with the Guitar World quiz
Why was that guitar instrumental banned from radio? Those two were in a band together? See if you know the answers to these questions and more – without the drink minimum
Musician's Friend Black Friday deals 2025: Everything you need to know to save big ahead of the big day
Black Friday may be weeks away, but at Musician's Friend, you can still grab yourself a great early deal on guitar gear
Ace Frehley, larger-than-life Kiss guitarist, dies at 74
Though, his playing was, in his own words, “always old school,” Frehley set a new bar for guitar showmanship
The day the Beatles visited New York’s most legendary guitar store
The salesmen at Manny's Music were happy to give the Fab Four a free guitar, but needed permission from its manufacturer. No freebies, they were told – not even for the biggest band in history
D’Angelo, legendary, boundary-pushing R&B singer/songwriter, dies at 51
The multi-instrumentalist released only three albums over the course of his three-decade career, but each proved hugely influential
Black Friday Fender deals 2025: what to know before the sale starts
This Black Friday, we're seeing some fantastic Fender deals crop up across the web, including discounted Player II guitars
John Lodge, Moody Blues bassist and singer, dies at 82
The beloved British band's bassist for over 50 years, Lodge also penned some of their biggest hits, among them I'm Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band)
Spare 5 minutes to tell us about your guitar habits and collection – and you could win a $200 Amazon gift card
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Mick Taylor's Rolling Stones baptism by fire came just two days after Brian Jones' death – in front of 250,000 people
Jones’ decline into drug addiction in the two years prior to his tragic death at the age of 27 prevented the Stones from touring, leaving them quite rusty – not that that lessened their drawing power
25 years ago, Radiohead were the world's most talked-about guitar band. Then they burned the rulebook
Released 25 years ago, Kid A subverted all of the lofty expectations that had been placed on the band, and cemented their status as one of popular music's leading creative lights
September 2025 Guitar World Editors' Picks
With amazing guitar work from the likes of Seera, SPRINTS, Mammoth, Mei Semones, Jay Som, Walter Trout, Jacob Collier, and many more, we were spoiled for choice this month
Mick Taylor says this obscure album cut is his best guitar performance with the Rolling Stones
“Because of the structure of the song, it pushed my guitar playing in a slightly different direction,” the ex-Stone said of his unlikely pick
Opeth's Mikael Åkerfeldt teams up with Martin for a new signature model that blends tradition with a key, ultra-modern twist
Mixing the old and the new, the front porch and campfire with devil's horns, the limited-edition model is luxurious from top to bottom
Danny Thompson, innovative bassist who played with Kate Bush, Nick Drake, Pentangle, and countless others, dies at 86
Though he grew up with a love of jazz, it wasn't long before Thompson branched out stylistically, and embarked on a career of extraordinary musical breadth
At 80, John Fogerty says his guitar practice regimen is as rigorous as ever
The legendary singer-songwriter and guitarist is currently on the road promoting Legacy: The Creedence Clearwater Revival Years, a new album of Creedence re-recordings he undertook after finally gaining back the rights to the band's music
The origins of Pete Townshend's guitar-smashing ritual
The destructive antics began as an unwelcome byproduct of something else the Who guitarist helped add to the guitar lexicon: wild feedback odysseys
August 2025 Guitar World Editors' Picks
With killer cuts from Deftones, Lorna Shore, Big Thief, Young Dervish, Paco Peña, and many more, there was plenty of guitar greatness to pick from this month
