How Martin redefined the acoustic guitar with the SC-13E By Adam Kovac YouTube star Jared Dines and Martin's Fred Greene take you behind the scenes of the acoustic giant's offset, bolt-on design
Kirk Hammett: "I love that Greeny has its own fanbase that’s completely independent of me" By Jon Wiederhorn The metal icon details how he came to own Peter Green's legendary Les Paul, where it fits in Metallica's sound, and his own tributes to the Fleetwood Mac co-founder
Larkin Poe: "We want to take roots American music to new places - and not treat the blues like a time capsule" By Jonathan Horsley The multi-instrumentalist sister duo discuss recording efficiency and the vintage gear that fed into Self Made Man
John Mayall: "Eric Clapton was totally unique. It’s testament to his command of the blues at such an early age" By Elliot Stephen Cohen What do Eric Clapton, Mick Fleetwood, Jack Bruce and Peter Green have in common? At one point or another they've graced our ears with the legendary bluesman
Torche: "Playing blues-based leads makes us feel weird - we're not into that!" By Gregory Adams The Miami sludge-metallers discuss their procession of line-up changes and how they made Admission, their best album yet
Mark Potter: “I wouldn’t have survived in the Motown studio. They’d be like, ‘We’re not getting him in, he takes five hours to start playing!’” By Total Guitar editors The Elbow guitarist discusses his weirdest gig, a Brian May meltdown and Elbow's love of Pignoses
MIYAVI: "I love Strats - they are sexier and like an all-around good guy, whereas a Tele is a bad guy, a rebel" By Bruce Fagerstrom The adored Japanese guitarist on his incredible string-slapping technique and how he uses a trio of amps to cover both the high- and low-end live
11 best metal guitars: hell-raising electric guitars for shredders on any budget By Guitar World Staff, Jonathan Horsley From 8-string guitars to Flying Vs, here's our pick of the best metal guitars from Jackson, ESP, Ibanez and more
11 best looper pedals 2020: become a more creative live guitar player with a loop pedal By Alex Lynham From channeling Ed Sheeran to boosting live performances, these are the best looper pedals from TC Electronic, Boss and more
Sadler Vaden: "Some downplay their influences, but I wear them right on my sleeve" By Joe Bosso The deliciously melodic guitarist busts out the Roger McGuinn/Mike Campbell vibes for his new solo record, Anybody Out There?
The 9 best budget guitar amps under $500: affordable amps for beginners and home practice By Michael Astley-Brown Get great sounds and features without blowing your budget – from affordable tube amps to cheap digital modeling amps
Paul McCartney's 6 best guitar solos with The Beatles By Damian Fanelli Though he was technically their bassist, Paul McCartney was responsible for many fine six-string moments in The Beatles catalog
Michael Angelo Batio: "This new generation of guitarists is the best I’ve seen. They're where I was in my 20s but at the ages of 10 or even 5!" By Amit Sharma The thousand-notes-a-minute shred hero talks competing with younger players, effects pedal minimalism and his face-melting new album, More Machine Than Man
BRKN Love: "We strayed away from big 100-watt stacks for this album. I like the character of a blown-up amp" By Adam Kovac Frontman Justin Benlolo talks recording every guitar part on the band's self-titled debut, and the group's forthcoming Netflix biopic
Lamb of God's Mark Morton and Willie Adler on creative kinship, staying power, and trading heavyweight riffs By Jeff Kitts One of the most formidable guitar tandems in metal unpack the story of their explosive new album, Lamb of God
Here are the 6 fresh guitar artists you need to hear this month By Total Guitar editors, Sam Roche From acoustic blues to horror-themed metal, these are the players to check out right now
The best electric guitar pickups 2020: top single coils, humbuckers and P-90s to upgrade your tone By Jonathan Horsley Breathe new life into your electric guitar tone with a fresh set of pickups
Meet Thomas Tull - the billionaire movie mogul, Slash collaborator and guitar aficionado By Alan Paul "I’m well aware that I’m one of the luckiest people walking the planet," says the businessman and Ghost Hounds guitarist
Code Orange: "We've taken guitar headstocks to the forehead, and broken fingers and toes onstage" By Jon Wiederhorn Guitarists Reba Meyers and Dominic Landolina on their uncompromising approach to performance and the creation of their digitally influenced masterpiece Underneath
Frank Turner: “I play hard. For a long time, I found myself going through guitars – they couldn’t take a beating" By Jonathan Horsley The erstwhile punk turned troubadour on performance, songwriting, and the power of good memories
