Latest articles by Janelle Borg
Nuno Bettencourt names the Extreme track that changed his life overnight
Bettencourt and his bandmates fought hard for the song that would eventually become Extreme's most enduring hit
Steve Vai is bringing his original For the Love of God Ibanez with him on tour – but he isn't playing it
The seven-string has officially been added to Vai’s touring arsenal – here’s why you didn’t see it on stage
Chad Gilbert riffs with New Found Glory again as he returns to the stage in wheelchair mid-cancer battle
Gilbert performed for the first time after undergoing emergency brain cancer surgery in February
Guitarists are having their videos stolen, replaced by AI and used to scam people out of money
Influential players including Sophie Burrell and Sophie Lloyd have had their work manipulated by bad actors in order to defraud guitar fans. They detail their struggles to get the fake footage taken down, and explain why female guitarists are disproportionately targeted
Mike Campbell on the riff he wanted to ditch – but Tom Petty made him double down
Campbell was forced to get creative to make a Heartbreakers classic
Grace Bowers has returned to YouTube and launched a new era on her own terms
Bowers has said guitar content isn’t a focus for her anymore on YouTube – and she’s now creating music “true to who I am”
Why Kurt Vile prefers older guitar strings – and hardly ever changes his
Vile has been guitar through and through since the beginning, so much so that he prefers the sound of dead strings...
The recording of Nirvana's Bleach – and the band's “ultimate grunge song”
Recorded in four sessions in December 1988 for just $606.17, Bleach would signal the primal quality and rawness that came to define the grunge movement
Keanu Reeves reveals the most important bass lesson he learned from Flea
The Hollywood A-lister made his musical comeback in 2023 with his band, Dogstar, and looks back on the rare occasion when his music and acting matrices collided
How Geezer Butler's P-Bass survived a Black Sabbath hater's attack
Butler’s iconic tone – sculpted by blasting his bass through a blown guitar cabinet – was made possible thanks to a beat-up 1968 Fender Precision Bass
Extreme and Red Hot Chili Peppers classics among first tracks confirmed for Guitar Hero's successor, Stage Tour
The game seems to be taking a page from Guitar Hero's playbook by featuring both old-school legends and more contemporary powerhouses
How Mike Matthews saved pedal pioneers Electro-Harmonix from the brink
When Electro-Harmonix went bankrupt in the mid-’80s, Matthews was forced to pivot and find an alternative market for his business, away from the States
The bizarre gardening accident that changed the way Phoebe Bridgers plays guitar
Bridgers' guitar and songwriting chops will be on full display during her freshly announced tour
Paul McCartney on the life-changing moment he saw Fela Kuti live while smoking with Ginger Baker
McCartney recalls how a series of unfortunate events led to a friendship with Nigerian legend, Fela Kuti
Ace Frehley's main Kiss guitar, the 1975 “Budokan” Gibson Les Paul, sells for over $500,000 at auction
Frehley's iconic Les Paul was part of Julien's' recent “Music Icons” sale, which also included guitars owned and played by Eddie Van Halen and Johnny Cash
How Dave Davies wrote the savage solo for the Kinks' breakthrough hit
Davies debunks false claims that the track featured Jimmy Page and reveals how it all came about
Why being an acoustic guitarist doesn't necessarily make you an electric player – according to Eric Bibb
Bibb admits he won't be calling himself an electric guitar player anytime soon
May 2026 Guitar World Editors' Picks
From The Rolling Stones to Julian Lage, Tamikrest to the Warning, this month's guitar greatness spanned many generations of players
Yvette Young on ending up in a Super Bowl commercial she didn't know about – and the realities of going viral
The guitarist lifts the veil on her chance appearance in a 2021 Super Bowl commercial and keeps it real about the trappings of virality
Meet Fabrizio Paoletti from Paoletti Guitars – the Italy-based luthier turning Renaissance art into one-of-a-kind electric guitars
Sponsor Content Created With Paoletti Guitars
After converting Sting, Johnny Depp, and Richie Sambora into fans, Paoletti is dazzling guitar enthusiasts and art collectors from Anaheim all the way to Dubai with The Eye of Florence: eight handmade guitars inspired by the stained-glass windows that crown Brunelleschi’s Dome at the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence
Why Paul Gilbert started prioritizing quality songwriting over crazy guitar solos
Gilbert may be a master shredder, but even he realizes the importance of practicing restraint
Why Josh Klinghoffer feels his Red Hot Chili Peppers contributions have been erased from history
As Klinghoffer embarks on a new era, the former Chili Peppers guitarist reflects on his tenure with the band and why he feels “slight disrespect” towards his legacy
Ozzy Osbourne producer Andrew Watt on what it was like to play with two Beatles in the studio
Watt waxes lyrical about what it was like to add another legend to his Rolodex of rockstars
