Latest articles by Janelle Borg
July 2026 Guitar World Editors' Picks
Featuring a ferocious new single from the future of shred, defiantly optimistic post-punk, “ecstasy for the ears” indie, irresistible jazz fusion, and much more
Ozzy Osbourne's best friend on the legend's final days
Billy Idol's rhythm guitarist, Billy Morrison, was the Prince of Darkness' best friend for three decades
Glen Hansard, celebrated Irish singer-songwriter and star of Once, dies in motorcycle crash
Hansard was a music, acting and songwriting triple threat – fronting Irish band The Frames, building a respected solo career, and collaborating with the likes of Pearl Jam and Bruce Springsteen
An iconic pedal steel guitar firm is launching its own record label
Founded in 1955, Sho-Bud helped carve out the “Nashville Sound” – and is now hoping to be as influential in the record label sphere
Jimi Hendrix's roadie explains why the icon smashed his guitars
Eric Barrett was Hendrix's guitar tech during his heyday – and witnessed the legend's guitar-smashing antics firsthand
Steve Hackett on the guitar that defined his Genesis sound – and how he bought it for a bargain price
After his Les Paul Standard was stolen and held for ransom during a North American tour, Hackett acquired the Gibson that became his mainstay in Genesis
The underrated Stone Roses guitarist whose life changed completely after landing the highly-coveted gig
Aziz Ibrahim recalls the exact moment he was asked to replace co-founding guitarist John Squire in the legendary British band – a call that also came with a treasure trove of high-end gear
The pioneering jazz guitarist who bridged Jimi Hendrix and Wes Montgomery – and was gone too soon
From the Archive In the ’70s and ’80s, Emily Remler broke new ground by blending jazz with samba, bossa nova, bebop, and hard bop, recording seven studio albums before her tragic death at 32
How Slash’s throwaway riff became the most successful Guns N' Roses song ever
Sweet Child O’ Mine was a happy accident, and a lucrative one at that
Blind guitarist didn’t realize fret markers were a thing – until he was given a game-changing guitar with a tactile ‘navigation neck’
When Anthony Ferraro highlighted the difficulty blind and partially sighted guitar players face in navigating the fretboard, boutique builder NVision Guitars came to the rescue
Ozzy Osbourne on his special writing dynamic with Randy Rhoads
Blizzard of Ozz was the Prince of Darkness' solo debut – but it forever marked Rhoads as a guitar hero for the ages
Joe Perry on what it's like being in a band with Johnny Depp
From the silver screen to the studio, Johnny Depp’s ongoing tenure as one of three guitarists in the Hollywood Vampires is decades in the making
How a Greek Orthodox priest went viral by turning church hymns into fretless eight-string metal ragers
Armed with a Harley Benton eight-string, genre-stretching Fr Dionysios Tabakis sent the music world into an unlikely frenzy with debut album Paradise Metal
Inside the chaotic sessions that produced Jimi Hendrix's classic rendition of All Along the Watchtower
Recorded in London and New York, Hendrix's version of the Bob Dylan track would become the Experience's best-selling single – but it took many takes to get there
Adrian Belew on how he went from playing with Frank Zappa to joining David Bowie's band
Belew would serve as Bowie’s lead guitarist between 1978 and 1979, before returning as his musical director in 1990
The pedal that changed me – I asked the Guitar World staff to name the stompboxes that actually made a difference to their playing
Whether it was fun, frustrating, or forced us to think differently, these are the 12 pedals that GW staffers say have actually changed the way they play
Kiss to celebrate Ace Frehley's legacy with all-star tribute
The current members of the legendary band – Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Tommy Thayer, and Eric Singer – are also set to perform
How 22-year-old Anna Cara landed the gig of a lifetime with Alice Cooper
At just 19, Cara was scouted by Cooper's longtime guitarist, Tommy Henriksen, on social media, and immediately flown out to Los Angeles
L7 bassist Jennifer Finch reveals aggressive brain cancer diagnosis ahead of band's farewell tour
The band, together with Finch’s family and friends, have set up a crowdfunding campaign to help cover her urgent medical expenses
Courtney Love refused to turn Celebrity Skin into “a grieving widow’s memoir” – but she paid tribute with the gear she played
With Celebrity Skin, Love shifted Hole's musical direction and created their final opus, in the midst of great tragedy
How a fan made Sophie Burrell's dream guitar a reality – and changed the course of her career
The virtuoso and online phenom reveals how she managed to get her prized PRS model – and why she doesn't name her guitars
Why Keith Richards never wanted anyone to hear his Satisfaction guitar riff
Turns out, Otis Redding's rendition was the right one all along…
This 16-year-old guitarist just stunned America’s Got Talent by two-hand tapping over a Cranberries classic
Teenage Thai talent Nene Royal went big on the riffs and licks during her explosive AGT audition
