Spotlight: Xander Burgess of Johnny Hunter By Ellie Robinson published 22 June 22 The new LP, Want, is out now
Paolo Gregoletto: “I’ve never needed a side project because Trivium play everything. We’re always trying to push ourselves” By Joe Shooman published 22 June 22 The Trivium bassist on Metallica's influence, live music, and how space, dynamics and an omnivorous approach to metal songwriting makes In The Court Of The Dragon sound so huge
The many faces of Jack White: the innovator, visionary and gearhead’s story so far By Jenna Scaramanga published 21 June 22 Jack White is a guitar hero like no other. Here we profile his gear choices, his stylistic curveballs, and find a player whose restless creative vigor drives him on
Best headless guitars 2022: 8 top picks for all budgets and player styles By Simon Fellows published 21 June 22 Intrigued at the prospect of losing your head? Here’s our pick of headless guitars from Ibanez, Strandberg, Traveler, Steinberger, Legator and more
28 players name their favorite John Frusciante guitar moments By Guitar World Staff published 21 June 22 Steve Vai, Nita Strauss, Samantha Fish, Cory Wong and more weigh in on the RCHP guitarist's six-string highlights, from RHCP stadium-shakers to his solo instrumentals
Best cheap wireless guitar systems 2022: liberate your playing on a budget, from bedroom to stage By Simon Fellows published 20 June 22 Free yourself from that mess of cables with an inexpensive wireless system from AKG, Behringer, Yuer, Gemini and more.
Charlie Griffiths: “Everyone knows the blues scale – just move it up a semi-tone from your root note and you get a whole new lease on life” By Gregory Adams published 20 June 22 Well of course the Haken guitarist wants to talk scales; his debut solo album is inspired by a fish! And it is a stylistically omnivorous work that sees him swap eight strings for six
Drug Church’s Nick Cogan on his alt-rock conversion from Les Paul to Jazzmaster, and the three secrets to his sound By Ellie Rogers published 20 June 22 Melodic, volatile, concise, and riddled with super-premium guitar tones, Drug Church’s new album Hygiene is “catchy music through the lens of chainsaw guitars”
Pattern-Seeking Animals’ Ted Leonard on how he struck guitar tone gold with a ‘Franken-Tele’ rescued from the junk pile By Gregory Adams published 20 June 22 The prog-rock supergroup’s freewheeling new album has Andean stringed instruments and orchestral strings but as Leonard explains, that ol' Tele holds it all together
Bartees Strange: “A lot of my songs tend to start off as country songs and become something else” By Ellie Robinson published 20 June 22 On the aptly titled Farm To Table, Bartees Strange celebrates family, formative experiences, and folk-rock
Guthrie Govan on finding an orchestra as weird as The Aristocrats to rework their material – and how he convinced Hans Zimmer to buy a 9-string By Amit Sharma published 17 June 22 The virtuoso's virtuoso on his supergroup's unexpected orchestral collaboration, and his continued sonic experiments with the legendary composer
Best guitar cabinets 2022: expand upon your sound with the right cab By Matt McCracken published 17 June 22 Get the true sound of your rig with the best guitar cabs from Marshall, Orange, Fender, and more
20 milestone moments in Marshall’s 60-year quest for bigger, badder tone By Guitarist editors published 17 June 22 Featuring Hendrix, Townshend, Nigel Tufnel and more, this history of Marshall by numbers goes to 11 and beyond
Foals' Jimmy Smith talks overcoming nerves to develop his "naïve" style – and why ditching pedals helped him embrace a positive guitar attitude By Jacob Uitti published 17 June 22 The Jaguar-toting disco-math-rocker dissects his approach to making dance music with guitars
Ben Lee: “I’ve always been interested in being a cheeky bastard and stirring the pot” By Ellie Robinson published 17 June 22 Three decades into his career, Ben Lee is still finding new ways to turn heads and drop jaws. Case in point: his wild new album, I’m Fun!
Steve Jones on joining the Sex Pistols: "The only spot open in the band was guitarist, so I had to do that or f**k off" By Joe Matera published 16 June 22 In this archival GW chat, the punk guitar ace discusses the Pistols' origins, and his first Les Paul
20 guitar virtuosos on their favorite Joe Satriani moments By Jason Sidwell published 16 June 22 Paul Gilbert, Steve Vai, Marty Friedman and more pay tribute to the maestro of instrumental guitar and give us the ultimate Satch playlist
John Illsley reflects on Dire Straits' stadium-rocking success, the pressure it put on Mark Knopfler, and tells us what makes a great bass part By Joe Shooman published 16 June 22 The bass player conquered the world with Dire Straits and as he reflects on his time in a new memoir, and a new solo album, he can say they survived: “We stayed intact, and stayed friends”
Larry LaLonde and Les Claypool join Alex Lifeson to discuss A Farewell To Kings and recall that one time the Rush guitarist used a tortilla chip as a guitar pick By Joe Bosso published 16 June 22 With Primus on tour playing the 1977 classic, the band's guitarist and bassist/frontman talk tribute acts and discuss the album's legacy with Rush's Alex Lifeson
Sepultura’s Paulo Pinto Jr: “Just keep to the tempo on the bass drum and on the snare, so the guitars can breathe more and you’ll have more body in the song” By Hywel Davies published 15 June 22 Thrash bass legend Paulo Pinto Jr. on the epic all-star collaboration behind SepulQuarta, the gear behind his sound, and the art of nailing bass grooves at high tempo
