Latest articles by Matt Owen
The one thing stopping headless guitars being embraced by traditional players, according to Ola Strandberg
Strandberg instruments have been pigeonholed as metal guitars, but the company wants guitarists to realize they aren't just for prog players
All the guitar gear that has caught my eye this week – including the Hummingbird’s evil twin
A host of highly anticipated signatures, some surprising company-firsts, and the evil twin of the classic Hummingbird all landed this week
October 2025 Guitar World Editors' Picks
Liven up your Halloween with six-string (and five-string) sorcery from Alter Bridge, Mei Semones, Whitney, Karma Sheen, Jacob Collier, Unprocessed, and many more
Bonehead and Gem Archer both get signature Epiphones – and they’re recreations of 2 classic Oasis guitars
A gift from Noel Gallagher and a legendary 1984 Riviera helped shape the Oasis sound. Now, both are back as new signatures for the band's two loyal guitarists
Jim Irsay’s billion-dollar guitar collection is going to auction, with legendary instruments from Kurt Cobain, Eric Clapton and David Gilmour up for grabs
With a wealth of record-breaking guitars among the collection, it promises to be the biggest guitar auction event of all time
The vintage guitar Bruce Springsteen sent Jeremy Allen White so he could learn to play
White went into the project having never played guitar. He ended up learning on something rather spectacular, thanks to the Boss...
Noel Gallagher’s internet-breaking Oasis reunion Les Paul has been brought to the masses with a Standard launch
Months after the Custom Shop Murphy Lab reissue sold out, Gibson has brought back one of 2025's most talked about guitars
The mystery Gibson SG Kirk Hammett played at Ozzy Osbourne’s last show is heading to auction – along with more than 150 other guitars from his collection
The SG was used to play a Black Sabbath cover at Back to the Beginning, and it’s headed to the auction block alongside some other choice picks from Hammett's collection
Epiphone Back to the Future ES-345s are being listed for up to $7,000 as scalpers strike the second-hand market
Punters are taking advantage of the hype surrounding the release by attempting to flip the sold-out guitars at extortionate premiums
The 16 most expensive guitars of all time
Fenders owned by Eric Clapton and Bob Dylan, Martins belonging to Kurt Cobain and David Gilmour, and one independently made axe headline the list of most profitable guitars sold at auction
Guitar Center CEO reveals his favorite guitars he owns
Gabe Dalporto is a keen collector and player, as well as the CEO of the retail giant – and he’s got quite the collection
Rabea Massaad’s Sterling by Music Man Sabre has been one of the firm’s most anticipated builds – and now it’s finally here
A year and a half after the highly refined $4,000 Ernie Ball Music Man model arrived, a sub-$1k version has landed
Brent Hinds had a trove of solo material that was never released, according to his former bandmate
Duane Trucks of Fiend Without a Face has shed light on some unheard material that the Mastodon guitarist created before his tragic death
“I fought tooth and nail for it not to be on the record, but Ed was like, ’If it’s not, I’m leaving’”: Thom Yorke reflects on the viral Radiohead smash that nearly broke up the band
The song has been doing the rounds on social media ahead of Radiohead’s upcoming reunion tour – but it almost didn’t see the light of day
All the guitar gear that caught my eye this week – including two replicas of the Marty McFly ES-345
It's been quality over quantity this week, with a few blockbuster drops
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
Gibson has launched Custom and Epiphone replicas of the Back to the Future ES-345 – but its search for the long-lost original guitar goes on
To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the iconic film, Gibson has launched two replicas of Marty McFly's generationally inspiring ES-345
All the new guitar gear that caught my eye this week, from digital oil-can echo to Fender’s new US range
We've got Fender electrics and basses hot out of Cali, a state-of-the-art "vintage" delay pedal, cheap acoustics, expensive acoustics, and maybe the headphones monitoring tech you've been waiting for...
Dweezil Zappa has Eddie Van Halen, Brian May and Yngwie Malmsteen on his ambitious instrumental project – but wants to recruit more guitar greats
Albert Lee, Steve Morse and Steve Vai have also recorded for What The Hell Was I Thinking?, which Zappa began work on back in 1989
Michael J. Fox has a theory about the fate of Back to the Future’s long-lost Gibson ES-345
Gibson is conducting a global hunt to track down the iconic ES-345 that went missing after filming wrapped on Back to the Future
Gretsch ushers in the next evolution of its affordable Jet family – which now includes a workhorse Streamliner for $189
With prices that don't go beyond $579, the new-for-2025 Jet family could be a solid contender for the best entry-level lineup on the market
Xan McCurdy of iconic alt-rockers Cake on why he quit taking lessons from Satch
The Satriani curriculum failed to move Cake's Xan McCurdy
Fender unveils the newest entry point to its USA-made collection, the American Professional Classic series
New Coastline pickups, a successor to the Nashville Telecaster, and a double dose of streamlined offsets head up the newest starting point to Fender's most affordable USA-made instruments
