<![CDATA[ Latest from Guitar World in Guitarists ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists Thu, 09 Apr 2026 17:30:49 +0000 en <![CDATA[ “We wrote it on the board as ‘The Loudest Riff Ever Recorded by a Human.’ We had to put the mic four feet away”: Corrosion Of Conformity pushed hard on their new album. And the Bee Gees helped ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/corrosion-of-conformity-good-god-baad-man xhMg9AHn5cPugr6U8GinGC Thu, 09 Apr 2026 17:30:49 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It’s an honor to enter this journey”: Mateus Asato confirms he’s joining Fender – and might have given us the first look at his signature guitar ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/mateus-asato-joins-fender 9PRbc5MTFgSYxXFeygLgcR Thu, 09 Apr 2026 16:17:54 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I’ll find an hour-long Swedish massage video and turn off the sound”: Why tapping genius Stanley Jordan practices guitar by soundtracking massages on YouTube ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/stanley-jordan-warm-up-routine nhUpLCWpLqQSLFTB4FSaWJ Thu, 09 Apr 2026 15:34:20 +0000 <![CDATA[ Joe Satriani called her version of Always With Me, Always With You “the most impressive” he's ever seen. Meet Andrea Krakovská, the “aerial guitarist” combining fretboard acrobatics with real acrobatics ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/andrea-krakovska-aerial-guitarist PpXcYrB5mPmFDdo5FmxBEJ Thu, 09 Apr 2026 14:45:00 +0000 Thu, 09 Apr 2026 14:54:30 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Itwas a very conscious decision on Peter’s part tocome up with material that would make avery good and accessible record”: Guitarist David Rhodes on the making of Peter Gabriel’s chart-smashing classic So ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/david-rhodes-on-the-making-of-peter-gabriel-so VzaXk9YbursDa8gaAijAZk Thu, 09 Apr 2026 12:01:43 +0000 <![CDATA[ “If they were around in 1983, they would have been very popular. They have an unashamed appreciation for what came before them”: How K.K. Downing ended up working with fast-rising British metal stars Tailgunner ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/kk-downing-tailgunner xjxNGBmogzbeyPghwF5eR4 Thu, 09 Apr 2026 11:55:57 +0000 <![CDATA[ “A friend of mine called me up and said, ‘I’ve got a couple of guitars you might be interested in…’” Joe Bonamassa’s storied Lazarus Les Paul, which was once brought back from the dead, has been bought by a pop-punk guitar hero ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/joe-bonamassa-lazarus-les-paul-new-owner y9GfzyVVRPNhamGph28fiN Thu, 09 Apr 2026 11:15:07 +0000 Thu, 09 Apr 2026 11:15:38 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I hope this journey inspires more young musicians from our region to pursue their passion”: Ibanez welcomes its first-ever female Indian endorsee – fast-rising guitarist, Imnainla Jamir ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/ibanez-first-female-indian-endorsee-imnainla-jamir v3o2aSDh6Rny3zEJhhP7P7 Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:28:30 +0000 <![CDATA[ Former Fleetwood Mac guitarist Lindsey Buckingham’s alleged attacker charged with stalking and threatening his family for years ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/lindsey-buckingham-alleged-attacker-charged-with-stalking-and-threatening-his-family z48gFyhAWtNAWxyeG5XTFD Wed, 08 Apr 2026 12:08:27 +0000 Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:09:32 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I turned up at my first audition with my Squier Telecaster – that was all I owned”: The 18-year-old who replaced one of Britpop’s most revered guitarists ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/how-richard-oakes-joined-suede PiMqxiqKcVeV6mq3XimJUA Wed, 08 Apr 2026 11:22:47 +0000 <![CDATA[ “On our earlier recordings, we experimented with low tones that only dogs can hear”: Sunn O))) on the challenge of working with 130 guitar tracks and why their live shows are like jumping into a frozen lake ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/sunn-o-stephen-omalley-greg-anderson yWRzXPK42FWQEq2bwjVcKb Wed, 08 Apr 2026 11:20:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He’s not doing any of the lead work he’s known for. He came up with 10 tracks of textures and atmospheres”: His main band went on indefinite hiatus. Now this cult prog guitarist has enlisted Alex Lifeson and Peter Frampton for an all-star solo album ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/chris-herin-hiding-in-plain-sight 7y2xrEjeyh5HKTwHBzwqfi Wed, 08 Apr 2026 10:20:00 +0000 Wed, 08 Apr 2026 16:19:08 +0000 <![CDATA[ “If I can help wake up a new generation of African or female players, that makes me twice as proud”: Fatoumata Diawara on Hendrix’s genius, the making of her Epiphone SG – and the message she wants it to send ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/fatoumata-diawara-epiphone-sg n8JMzkFsChZzfZ79JiPT5W Wed, 08 Apr 2026 09:14:02 +0000 Wed, 08 Apr 2026 09:48:39 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I don’t know how it happened, but somewhere along the way, my right hand just wasn’t doing the job anymore”: Dethklok’s Brendon Small started struggling to play, so he took a lesson with a metal virtuoso ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/brendon-small-dethklok-2026-tour FutehGTvdaFQRp4fL2bzmf Tue, 07 Apr 2026 16:37:27 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I was playing baseball in the backyard when I heard Eruption. That afternoon I decided what my life would be”: How recording in Eddie Van Halen’s 5150 Studios inspired Alter Bridge to make their most riff-heavy statement yet ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/alter-bridge-myles-kennedy-mark-tremonti-5150-self-titled-album neK6ghzEKUX43TspXZNXeB Tue, 07 Apr 2026 16:21:06 +0000 Tue, 07 Apr 2026 16:27:16 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I don’t have any favorite guitarists from the ’90s. I wasn’t following those trends”: He wrote some of the defining anthems of the decade with Smash Mouth. Now Greg Camp is focusing on his Nashville punk-rock supergroup ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/greg-camp-smash-mouth-the-defiant u3R69dcLZ4fguamvmnUkri Tue, 07 Apr 2026 15:47:20 +0000 Tue, 07 Apr 2026 15:50:28 +0000 <![CDATA[ “My student tricked me into getting an Instagram”: The off-hand advice from a student that helped kickstart Yvette Young’s career ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/the-off-hand-advice-from-a-student-that-helped-kickstart-yvette-young-career 7wLTvrqrCQeqzYy3UPPdkY Tue, 07 Apr 2026 15:27:49 +0000 <![CDATA[ “After his funeral, me and my buddy snuck into his house and took the guitar”: Pepper Keenan got his first guitar after a tragic accident ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/how-pepper-keenan-got-his-first-ever-guitar-from-his-dead-friend F2gJUTN7d2gbj4En72rrMR Tue, 07 Apr 2026 15:02:10 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The guitar community came through and sent about one million solos to me”: The world’s buzziest guitarists fought to get on this Bilmuri track – now the winning solo has been revealed ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/bilmuri-solo-competition-winner-announced tNvS3njJEE3rWP4vcETU37 Tue, 07 Apr 2026 11:20:13 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I’d buy a ‘54 Strat, and then I’d sell it, buy one, sell it… I just kept trading them off. I’ve been disappointed in some of those”: Eric Johnson on why a guitar's age, value, and cool factor don't necessarily make it a better instrument ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/eric-johnson-on-vintage-guitars vYTXwvuN6oYtuqXeaeBwCY Mon, 06 Apr 2026 17:14:22 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I was 8 and Andy was my first guitar teacher – to me he was Mr. Summers with a funny accent!”Doug Pettibone on taking lessons from Andy Summers, touring with Jewel, and not getting fired by John Mayer ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/doug-pettibone-lucinda-williams-worlds-gone-wrong 3QPRsqt9Q6F636x95u4Gam Mon, 06 Apr 2026 14:11:06 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I put it in the freezer overnight and took a blowtorch to it”: Joe Perry put his “desert island guitar” through hell but it’s still his number one ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/joe-perry-on-his-burned-strat-aka-the-rat-strat 7KVAmME7oPaSGuNREvcdfY Mon, 06 Apr 2026 06:30:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “That changed everything for me. ‘It doesn’t hurt. I could play like this all day long. And it sounds great!’’ How a Hendrix hack helped The Collect Pond’s Danny Moffat play through his health issues ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/the-collect-pond-absence-of-something NK2oLdZnVGFVcXq5ALVCGN Mon, 06 Apr 2026 06:15:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I wasn't trying to make a retro album. I went through a Fractal”: Avenged Sevenfold’s Zachary Baker rides alone on Dark Horse – cooking up a country album with little more than a modeler and an Epiphone acoustic ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/zachary-baker-dark-horse 4PN4Rhp2Vi3Fwxxo8xDVMk Sun, 05 Apr 2026 13:15:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I’ve never met Noel Gallagher, but I’ve heard he liked Strange Times”: The unsung 1986 album that inspired the ’90s Britpop boom ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/the-chameleons-stranger-times SbCBxpsVW2S7v5U2XW3QaY Sun, 05 Apr 2026 06:30:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It was a lot of trial and error with Dave – a lot of just trying to find out what worked, fine-tune it and then do it again”: Jimmie Vaughan on the Fabulous Thunderbirds’ Top 40 hit that got Al Bundy – and Hollywood’s – seal of approval ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/jimmie-vaughan-fabulous-thunderbirds-tuff-enuff rBhwWcmqakXiNkpy5AquyF Sat, 04 Apr 2026 06:00:00 +0000 Tue, 07 Apr 2026 13:19:28 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We continued being friends for 69 years. I don’t think there’s nobody living today that knew him as long as I did”: Bobby Rush salutes his old friend B.B. King ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/bobby-rush-salutes-his-old-friend-b-b-king Sq3Ch2W3wt9ck5Cg3NWdvh Sat, 04 Apr 2026 06:00:00 +0000 Mon, 06 Apr 2026 20:59:54 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He rolled up with his guitar on his back and his Fender Deluxe in his right hand”: Mark Lettieri on his jams with John Mayer, and how they ended up working together on one of the biggest PRS shows in history ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/mark-lettieri-on-his-relationship-with-john-mayer-and-the-prs-40th-anniversary-show PDxRDZ9yf85SUdP9hGVbR3 Fri, 03 Apr 2026 17:08:07 +0000 <![CDATA[ “They’re 16 bars, and that’s it. There’s no extended solos”: Adrian Smith on why making music outside of Iron Maiden lets him stretch his soloing wings ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/adrian-smith-on-stretching-his-soloing-wings-in-smith-kotzen TKBCCaDWemWTQyFvqFXLyJ Fri, 03 Apr 2026 15:35:56 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He will be remembered for his unwavering empathy and compassion, and his magnetic, inimitable presence on and off the stage”: Harm’s Way guitarist Bo Lueders dies at 38 ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/bo-lueders-harms-way-dead-at-38 Uca3Kpf9U22CeEetVNKiFh Fri, 03 Apr 2026 13:40:41 +0000 <![CDATA[ Who is the most iconic Fender Telecaster player? ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/who-is-the-most-iconic-fender-telecaster-player JjjhDC7YAX8niWZWY9XN3b Fri, 03 Apr 2026 13:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The first time Sonic Youth went to England, people hated us: ‘Oh, you’re playing guitar? That’s so old-fashioned’”: Alt-rock icon Kim Gordon on the secret to making great music on bad guitars and why she never saw herself as a bassist ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/kim-gordon-play-me gR25AT275AKMsa8b4wwvdP Fri, 03 Apr 2026 07:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Other groups tell everyone they’re the ‘proper’ metal band on the bill, but they’re all using 8-string guitars”: Tailgunner are flying the flag for old-school metal (with a little help from K.K. Downing) ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/tailgunner-midnight-blitz 7bigSBeWASphJEKeZkhtr8 Fri, 03 Apr 2026 06:30:00 +0000 Fri, 03 Apr 2026 20:31:19 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We would roll into, say, Portland, and go to the pawn shops. You could find a ’57 Les Paul for $200!” Melissa Etheridge learned more from a grouchy old man who’d lost his fingers than she did at Berklee ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/melissa-etheridge-rise rvNypwCxbqu227Cpo3zZRW Thu, 02 Apr 2026 20:06:51 +0000 <![CDATA[ “When I was asked who was the best up-and-coming guitarist, I had no hesitation”: Alice Cooper announces new 22-year-old guitarist, handpicked by Nita Strauss to be her replacement ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/alice-cooper-names-new-22-year-old-guitarist-handpicked-by-nita-strauss hzZJy2zzWTs3p5L2mKrWRK Thu, 02 Apr 2026 17:29:08 +0000 Fri, 03 Apr 2026 21:55:41 +0000 <![CDATA[ Yes postpone upcoming tour dates due to guitarist Steve Howe requiring “essential surgery” ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/yes-postpone-upcoming-uk-dates M4dPiBAdbqvRoyTcNBP88H Thu, 02 Apr 2026 16:10:12 +0000 Thu, 02 Apr 2026 16:37:01 +0000 <![CDATA[ Turnstile co-founder and former guitarist Brady Ebert arrested for attempted murder after allegedly hitting former bandmate's father with his car ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/turnstile-brady-ebert-reportedly-arrested-for-attempted-murder 3srPoyKkAwvmTJLfHdJP67 Thu, 02 Apr 2026 15:50:28 +0000 Thu, 02 Apr 2026 20:11:52 +0000 <![CDATA[ “That way, I can bend notes the way I want, and it also saves my hands”: How Joe Perry is changing his guitar setup to battle the early signs of arthritis ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/joe-perry-guitar-changes-arthritis RHiJasxrP73W8qAvqNnsgk Thu, 02 Apr 2026 13:57:15 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The whole rig went completely silent – 10,000 people started booing me”: The 17-year-old guitar prodigy who flourished with Dio, but got off to a nightmare start ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/rowan-robertson-first-show-with-dio DbaMQarwfQWbrmcrT6iv4H Thu, 02 Apr 2026 12:37:13 +0000 Thu, 02 Apr 2026 12:45:46 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Peter had such a glorious touch thanks to his wonderful simplicity. But then he went off the rails and became a gravedigger”: How 10cc’s Rick Fenn ended up working with David Gilmour, Peter Green, Mike Oldfield, and almost all of his other heroes ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/rick-fenn-10cc cQDPMgUJ9NHaQWYsJigeSi Thu, 02 Apr 2026 06:30:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “If you talked to me when I was 25 years old, I would have been frightened to take a solo after Joe Satriani…” Why Cory Wong is no longer afraid to trade leads with his heroes ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/cory-wong-no-longer-afraid-to-trade-solos-with-his-heroes NAPU3X7TK674q2uThFEYDY Wed, 01 Apr 2026 12:20:12 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I just remember thinking, ‘I can’t play this thing’”: Why Steve Vai struggled to play Brian May’s iconic Red Special ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/steve-vai-on-brian-mays-red-special-guitar UQVz54qTKGUBhYAs7zqoqm Wed, 01 Apr 2026 11:24:33 +0000 Thu, 02 Apr 2026 09:00:41 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I got to play with Layne and Chris and Lanegan. Now they’re gone. What would they be doing now? That haunts me to this day”: Mike McCready opens up on his new rock opera, the Seattle jams that changed him, and the future of Pearl Jam ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/mike-mccready-farewell-to-seasons-interview xiqVZUV38p6Bojg2C47yJn Wed, 01 Apr 2026 10:35:00 +0000 Thu, 09 Apr 2026 14:35:55 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It’s not a Bowie tribute, though it’s hard for people not to think of us as that, because look who we have”: How David Bowie's longest-serving guitarist became the hero in his own story ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/killerstar-earl-slick-the-afterglow P5eg9RobU5ep6cFsARFBRH Tue, 31 Mar 2026 19:25:14 +0000 Wed, 01 Apr 2026 08:37:22 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We can’t let anything happen to it”: Ziggy Marley on the whereabouts of Bob Marley’s iconic Les Paul Special – and why he prefers a Strat now ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/ziggy-marley-bob-marley-les-paul-special-whereabouts auKnU3C3edexT3rhG6hAAh Tue, 31 Mar 2026 12:24:29 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He had a knife to my groin. I was petrified. He went for my guitar”: Mikael Åkerfeldt on nearly losing his prized PRS on the way to record a landmark Opeth album – and why he doesn’t deserve a signature model (even though he’s got one) ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/mikael-akerfeldt-opeth-blackwater-park-25 KwxTTXtaaEyFXdhHJe9LjZ Tue, 31 Mar 2026 09:11:07 +0000 <![CDATA[ “After mine was stolen, I didn’t have time to go to the factory, so they just handed me this 10-string”: The 10-string oddity that became one of Joe Perry’s most iconic guitars – even though he hardly played it in Aerosmith ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/joe-perry-bc-rich-bich-10-supreme ydHXf9KpxRd9u6B8WUL2WL Tue, 31 Mar 2026 08:44:14 +0000 Tue, 31 Mar 2026 08:45:15 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Purple Haze felt impossible at first, but it was such an accomplishment once I got it”: Courtney Barnett on leftie legends, and embracing the Olympic White Stratocaster ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/courtney-barnett-creature-of-habit 3XbKkGuCrSNaW89bVyrroP Mon, 30 Mar 2026 17:27:44 +0000 <![CDATA[ "His guitar was his life’s breath”: Tributes pour in as The Dictators and Manowar guitarist Ross “The Boss” Friedman dies aged 72 ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/ross-the-boss-dies-aged-72 CYfeZ5tfdzCvLXgSMg4J66 Mon, 30 Mar 2026 15:25:05 +0000 <![CDATA[ “There is not another guitarist in the world who plays like him. As raw as John Lee Hooker and sophisticated as Andrés Segovia from one phrase to another”: The life and times of Grateful Dead icon Bob Weir ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/the-life-and-times-of-grateful-dead-icon-bob-weir FUE72hnLeg4CxM2xCR23Y5 Mon, 30 Mar 2026 13:18:38 +0000 Mon, 30 Mar 2026 13:39:32 +0000