<![CDATA[ Latest from Guitar World in Feature ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/feature Thu, 30 Apr 2026 11:24:10 +0000 en <![CDATA[ “I unbolted the neck and put it in a suitcase to save baggage. Then we saw all our stolen gear posted for sale in Eastern Europe”: Indie band survival stories with Ratboys and The Beths ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/indie-band-survival-with-ratboys-and-the-beths uKD5SzKqrMk7p3oNLqYDr8 Thu, 30 Apr 2026 11:24:10 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Billy said, ‘I've never played a high-gain amp that I like.’ It was a tall order”: How a Smashing Pumpkins superfan made the only amp Billy Corgan has ever truly loved ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/amps/brian-carstens-billy-corgan-interview kvuzm66oekXHejyjEct9in Thu, 30 Apr 2026 09:43:25 +0000 Thu, 30 Apr 2026 09:46:14 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I’d be in the middle of a tough show, look over at the side of the stage and there’s Nels Cline, one of the best guitar players ever to play rock and roll”: White Denim’s James Petralli has learned to roll with rock’s punches ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/white-denim-13 AsctTGKDnBgXYN2Vrjarei Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:07:39 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Nobody had ever made that kind of noise on record before”: The life and times of Mike Vernon, the British blues legend who got Eric Clapton his Bluesbreakers tone ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/mike-vernon-obituary 7gYpxPJBec8kffu84FfxW6 Wed, 29 Apr 2026 09:49:24 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The letter read, ‘This was our mom’s guitar. It’s worth a lot of money. We want you to have it’”: How actor turned musician Morgan Nagler got her 1977 Martin acoustic, wrote with neighbor Phoebe Bridgers, and finally made a solo album ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/morgan-nagler-ive-got-nothing-to-lose-and-im-losing-it p6LzAwUvngS47rM66TTdCK Tue, 28 Apr 2026 15:10:22 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The comments I got were from people digging the way I was playing, or asking ‘What song is this?’ which I thought was funny. It’s where modern rock started”: Meet Amani Burnham, the budding blues-rock hero blending fingerstyle technique with SRV tone ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/amani-burnham-roots-and-wings 9yUriQhcutGjcB8ZUdkn9a Tue, 28 Apr 2026 14:36:11 +0000 <![CDATA[ “That song ended up being my homage to Jimmy Page... There’s this Celtic thing that we were tapping into. Like the Bert Jansch recording of Blackwaterside”: Rich Robinson on The Black Crowes’ triumphant second act ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/rich-robinson-the-black-crowes-a-pound-of-feathers xGdpaPULqSno4nkPHMF2xN Tue, 28 Apr 2026 12:38:04 +0000 Tue, 28 Apr 2026 13:04:17 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Gibson said, ‘We really can’t reproduce that wah effect,’ so they went to Chandler and bought all of the ones they had in stock”: Joe Perry on how Jimmy Page inspired his custom ‘90s Black Burst Les Paul Standard ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/joe-perry-on-his-90s-custom-shop-black-burst-les-paul HFL5FiQZqUFMaTuJzwXx9o Mon, 27 Apr 2026 15:48:21 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Kirk Hammett was definitely influential. Seeing a player of that caliber using one of our guitars helped people realize we were serious”: How Tom Anderson changed the guitar industry ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/electric-guitars/anderson-guitarworks 3w3QgQX4z874WVrNvepLiU Mon, 27 Apr 2026 12:21:55 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Bob Rock said, ‘Don’t worry, I’m gonna help you become a guitar hero.’ And he did!” Billy Duffy on how The Cult made their most challenging hit single ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/billy-duffy-cult-fire-woman gSiLk7aLDmXDt5covaZYq6 Mon, 27 Apr 2026 10:19:35 +0000 Mon, 27 Apr 2026 12:23:24 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The bass strings broke – I had to tie them together. I would slide down the strings, cutting my fingers and getting blood all over the bass”: Bakithi Kumalo looks back at his formative years touring South Africa ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bassists/bakithi-kumalo-touring-zululand-with-the-vips a4bTpRjCY4dchoRvxLK7h5 Mon, 27 Apr 2026 09:20:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Weather Report belonged to the three of us. When it ended, they didn’t pay me – they just took it”: Miroslav Vitous on his departure from Weather Report (and his thoughts on the bassists who replaced him) ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bassists/miroslav-vitous-on-his-departure-from-weather-report GhDNSgL6e53umwUmrNyQMW Sun, 26 Apr 2026 10:20:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I’d seen pictures of Keith Richards playing it. I figured I’d try one out”: How Joe Perry found his ultimate slide guitar ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/joe-perry-on-his-ampeg-dan-armstrong JusMnrDFVZ5QWxtFSsrqWY Sun, 26 Apr 2026 05:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Not only was John a virtuoso on guitar, harp, singing and choosing songs, to me it felt like he was totally possessed by the blues”: The life and times of John P. Hammond, the blues genius who inspired Bonnie Raitt and countless others ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/the-life-and-times-of-john-p-hammond 8Q7EYLjUvR2eaUE9BroNd Sun, 26 Apr 2026 05:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “People would hate us, bully us, throw stuff at us and threaten to beat us up, but they wouldn’t leave. We thought, ‘Okay, we’ve got something’”: Devo’s Bob Mothersbaugh on accidental hits, audience provocations and the de-evolution of guitar ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/devo-bob-mothersbaugh-mutate-dont-stagnate-tour wPAgnCWCpTsokCSfSo2eAC Sat, 25 Apr 2026 07:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “My friend’s mom told Harry Nilsson, ‘You gotta hear him play!’ I played and he asked, ‘What are you doing next Wednesday?’”: Val McCallum’s accidental introduction to session work ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/val-mccallum-session-career u8v6Rxi5GmKWphMze6R23H Fri, 24 Apr 2026 15:53:38 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He got hit in the face with a beer… We’re all a little mad when we get pelted – I don't understand why they throw cans at us”: Inside the rabble-rousing country rock guitar madness of Treaty Oak Revival ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/treaty-oak-revival-west-texas-degenerate 2nEZpe9eVDQQ4MxPxYhVVg Fri, 24 Apr 2026 10:43:33 +0000 <![CDATA[ “My dad said, ‘Take a seat – a band is coming in to make a record.’ I spotted a guitar case entering through the side door… carried by none other than B.B. King”: Billy Gibbons on how B.B. King changed his life ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/zz-top-billy-gibbons-on-bb-king EZQbSKQb2zHqByP9BWuaX3 Fri, 24 Apr 2026 10:00:36 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Absolutely essential listening for any would-be rock bass player”: How Rainbow bassist Craig Gruber galloped his way through a hard-rock classic alongside Ritchie Blackmore and Ronnie James Dio ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bassists/craig-gruber-ritchie-blackmore-rainbow-snake-charmer Fq2KUMtEnWKaB84q3KpVgM Thu, 23 Apr 2026 15:53:41 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The neck is as thin as Gibson could go without the liability of it snapping”: Jake Kiszka talks us through his new Gibson SG signature, a devilishly thin-necked beast built to galvanize the next generation of rock kids ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/jake-kiszka-gibson-sg-standard-signature-model XDUzUwUyjFjmLGCA4sngvR Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:30:36 +0000 Thu, 23 Apr 2026 15:00:17 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Danny Gatton and Jimmy Bryant have the otherworldliness that I saw in Dimebag Darrell and Randy Rhoads”: Baroness shredder Gina Gleason on 75 years of the Fender Telecaster, the magic that binds its players, and why it works for metal ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/gina-gleason-fender-telecaster-75th-anniversary jMHMiacG8yNPzpkqVqrbgb Thu, 23 Apr 2026 09:51:36 +0000 Thu, 23 Apr 2026 09:54:28 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I said that if we’re gonna make another Lamb of God record, it’s really gotta be worthy of being in the catalog we’ve created. That sets the bar high”: Willie Adler and Mark Morton take us inside metal’s premier riff machine ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/lamb-of-god-into-oblivion PoftwVKVsCzAMk5wTY7FfS Thu, 23 Apr 2026 09:41:45 +0000 <![CDATA[ “When I started this business, I had two kinds of people: those who believed in it and those laughing at me”: Who is buying $15 million guitars? One of the world’s leading dealers lifts the veil on the collectible guitar market ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/guitars/matts-guitar-shop-interview UzQ65Wpr3uDnpZii3qViJ9 Wed, 22 Apr 2026 14:44:31 +0000 <![CDATA[ “On tour, the soundman is always on me to turn down. So I wanted to make sure the amp stays full and articulate, even at lower volumes”: The making of the Blackstar Doug Aldrich Signature DA100 Ruby ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/guitar-amp-heads/making-of-the-blackstar-doug-aldrich-signature-da100-ruby e6XpwpKp9utVBCWMDFg4Y7 Wed, 22 Apr 2026 09:53:58 +0000 Wed, 22 Apr 2026 09:54:43 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The record label hid my name in a very small font size behind the CD. It took a long time to find!” You may not know who played guitar on some of Avril Lavigne’s biggest hits. It was Corky James ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/corky-james-avril-lavigne Xf56nH2QqBHT2atcFAdQ3M Tue, 21 Apr 2026 16:42:26 +0000 <![CDATA[ “No-one believed in us. The manager said, ‘You can only play for a few minutes.’ The entire audience jumped up on their tables”: The story of Fanny, one of the world’s first all-female rock bands ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/the-story-of-fanny emRce3jwrdm26r49xDKQYj Tue, 21 Apr 2026 11:27:21 +0000 Wed, 22 Apr 2026 13:45:34 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I love it and it’s my friend forever. If I had to, I’d f**k it”: Keith Richards on his enduring love affair with the guitar, the effects of arthritis on his playing, and why he’s still learning the instrument at 82 ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/keith-richards-rolling-stones-2026-interview LzkZfQ79FhecZpKSKQbLjX Tue, 21 Apr 2026 11:15:54 +0000 Wed, 22 Apr 2026 15:19:54 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I love this guitar so much – if something happened to it, I’d stop playing”: Fingerstyle phenom Laura Snowden on the guitar she can’t live without, how downtuning makes classical guitar “creepy” and what she learned from the great Julian Bream ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/laura-snowden-this-changing-sky MdMdse3Cy7AZLqsJdUWmeY Tue, 21 Apr 2026 10:18:39 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I’d put his riffs up against anyone in rock today. He’s as good as Homme or Morello”: First he got a DM from Pearl Jam, now Stone Gossard is hailing him as one of the best riffers in the business ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/jamie-hall-tigercub-nets-to-catch-the-wind 7XhcXQqRHdS6itrNFLT5U Mon, 20 Apr 2026 11:05:08 +0000 Wed, 22 Apr 2026 09:20:29 +0000 <![CDATA[ “People phoned in, saying, ‘If you play that song again, I’m going to firebomb your station!’” How XTC battled the “rottweiler” Todd Rundgren and their record label to make their breakthrough ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/xtc-andy-partridge-skylarking BtGJ3kz5faSeS3SND2L8j Mon, 20 Apr 2026 10:36:45 +0000 Wed, 22 Apr 2026 09:18:55 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I never liked the electric guitar. I’m just not drawn to it”: The life and times of Ralph Towner, the endlessly curious frontiersman of acoustic jazz who worked with everyone from Bill Bruford to Robben Ford ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/ralph-towner-obituary WyLFhazqgPi27A8keondpc Mon, 20 Apr 2026 10:17:47 +0000 Mon, 20 Apr 2026 10:21:41 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The best times of heavy metal were over… My concept was a new guitar design in the style of the ’40s or ’50s”: How Duesenberg Guitars became a major player with original old-school designs – and a little help from Mike Campbell ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/electric-guitars/duesenberg-guitars-and-30-years-of-the-starplayer aa6rbPee98XMBXy7m2egaK Mon, 20 Apr 2026 10:10:32 +0000 <![CDATA[ “A Strat with a P-90 at the bridge and a Jazzmaster pickup at the neck is not going to sound like anything else Fender makes”: Ariel Posen on Jeff Beck, amp strategies and how his thirst for fresh tones inspired one of the most unorthodox Strats ever ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/ariel-posen-bannatyne 2qcAu49auwM4A9vFhPhNU6 Sat, 18 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I was on a summer break from music college. Suddenly, I had a DM asking if I would be interested in a gig with Little Mix”: From Raye to Zara Larsson, how session pro Liv Thompson learned to nail pop’s biggest gigs ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bassists/olivia-thompson-lends-an-insight-into-every-bass-players-dream-gig jqWR6gZsRnCYfgub5pjTuF Sat, 18 Apr 2026 08:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ "Modeling tech has gotten so good I doubt many guitarists would be able to tell the difference": Analog vs. digital rig build challenge - here’s how two very different players would spend $2,500 ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/modeling-tech-has-gotten-so-good-i-doubt-many-guitarists-would-be-able-to-tell-the-difference-analog-vs-digital-rig-build-challenge-heres-how-two-very-different-players-would-spend-usd2-500 KvvYzkVZXSZ6meRp8jyzyb Fri, 17 Apr 2026 17:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “For King, there was nothing particularly special about the show… It would go on to rank among the best live albums of all time”: The life and times of B.B. King ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/bb-king-the-life-and-times-of-the-king-of-the-blues 5iCSv3fNDxKHAVvsvSuqaa Fri, 17 Apr 2026 15:34:16 +0000 Wed, 22 Apr 2026 09:20:04 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It’s a little bit of an odd duck, but it is cool and I would love to use it for recording. It would be a monster in the studio”: Decoding the mysteries of the 1967 Martin D-35S with the slotted headstock ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/acoustic-guitars/decoding-the-1967-martin-d35s SRGCx2UEur5HgsDtXrtRQH Fri, 17 Apr 2026 15:18:19 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Paul McCartney likes to control things under the guise of saying, ‘Play as free as you like.’ Then he’ll start to pick it all apart”: Chris Spedding’s favorite sessions ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/chris-spedding-favorite-sessions x9VbzbPdoJkyXLF6ZtwrGe Fri, 17 Apr 2026 08:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We bounced around the idea of having everyone from Joe Cocker to Phil Collins to Mike Rutherford sing”: Out went David Lee Roth and Frankenstein, in came Sammy Hagar and Kramer –the story of Van Halen’s rebirth ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/the-making-of-van-halen-5150 crn2Hfo927Gsp9GP89K6wM Thu, 16 Apr 2026 14:26:39 +0000 Mon, 20 Apr 2026 10:07:19 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Chuck Schuldiner called me. The next thing I knew we’d rented a rehearsal room in Miami. I would just burn a joint and play”: Steve DiGiorgio’s life with Death – and why he wouldn’t trade Testament for Megadeth ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bassists/steve-di-giorgio-testament-megadeth EuNabmqY7PVDBo3PenHvHZ Thu, 16 Apr 2026 12:12:49 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Woodstock ’94 was overwhelming… I was in awe at how many famous people were in one place”: From touring with Aerosmith and Metallica, to filling Geddy Lee’s shoes, they were the ’90s Seattle band that did it all –without taking the grunge tag ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/peter-klett-candlebox-2026 zXZRQ7bh5jfdbDCBZhUnZN Wed, 15 Apr 2026 13:40:13 +0000 Wed, 15 Apr 2026 16:57:15 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I had a couple of drinks and started thinking, ‘I wonder if they have an Ovation Breadwinner…’” Jake E. Lee on the ultimate ’70s oddball guitar –and how he found a holy grail Marshall for $80 while touring with Ozzy ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/jake-e-lee-a-life-in-guitars D5DVe2pe46BiAo5hxRE3DM Wed, 15 Apr 2026 11:28:53 +0000 Wed, 29 Apr 2026 13:46:17 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It started from watching my father. That’s why my rhythm guitar emulates his. Because his rhythm guitar was wicked”: Ziggy Marley on what he learned from his dad, why the guitar can be a weapon, and how music can still change the world ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/ziggy-marley-brightside xAXAWFokTBSH2KebqBBX7D Tue, 14 Apr 2026 17:10:24 +0000 <![CDATA[ “This guitar has been on albums that sold probably eight or nine million copies, and I bought it for about $200!” Steve Rothery on the guitars that changed his life – and why you don't have to spend big to find the guitar of your dreams ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/steve-rothery-3-favorite-guitars uDbhuQ3peECTzKExFsjbod Tue, 14 Apr 2026 15:40:34 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I thought, ‘That’s the guitar Mike Bloomfield played…’ I just had to buy it”: The mistake that led Robben Ford to buy his first great instrument –and how Miles Davis and Jeff Beck took him to the Strat ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/robben-ford-two-shades-of-blue X5xayFnMcTgeSNXmiFuB6K Tue, 14 Apr 2026 12:19:38 +0000 Tue, 14 Apr 2026 12:22:42 +0000 <![CDATA[ “She had no idea this was going on. They came out with this guitar case and said, ‘Close your eyes.’ We opened it up, and she turned beet red”: Joe Perry on how the most romantic thing he has ever done involved a custom-painted guitar ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/joe-perry-on-his-billie-gibson-lucille-bb-king 3c6rLyrnWq3nv7sDoMJDeN Mon, 13 Apr 2026 16:05:27 +0000 <![CDATA[ “IDLES were bigger supporters of me than I was. I thought, ‘I'm not capable.’ They were like, ‘You just need to commit to it’”: Masca’s Tina Maynard on how three months in IDLES reinvented her playing – and why Teles are underrated grunge tools ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/masca-love-letters n7cKLfBWwjHKkx5TvU86Kd Mon, 13 Apr 2026 14:24:20 +0000 Mon, 13 Apr 2026 16:39:16 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Jeff Beck arranged delivery with Marshall’s first factory arrival into the States, loading ZZ Top’s stage with stacks”: Billy Gibbons tells the tale of how an accident with a knife –and a British guitar great – set them up to conquer the ’80s ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/zz-top-billy-gibbons-el-loco dcrgS3zKNS5c7oFRpwqrdY Mon, 13 Apr 2026 11:37:06 +0000 Mon, 13 Apr 2026 11:37:17 +0000 <![CDATA[ “When I talked to the Warner A&R guy he said, ‘Oh man, Prince really screwed up. It sucks’”: The story of Prince’s underrated 1986 classic – and the lip-smacking hit single that scared his record label ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/prince-and-the-revolution-parade yKGYJbZWk4NdqvLhuNdEx5 Mon, 13 Apr 2026 11:12:01 +0000 Fri, 24 Apr 2026 13:59:55 +0000 <![CDATA[ Before he went solo, Ronnie James Dio had already worked with two guitarists etched onto heavy metal’s Mount Rushmore. But players can also learn plenty from the oft-overlooked shredders who anchored his solo band ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/a-guide-to-every-dio-guitarist uBsaTNWjSQmt55zFGgzNE7 Sun, 12 Apr 2026 16:00:00 +0000