Learn 5 George Lynch licks that demonstrate why the Dokken shredder really is Mr Scary By Charlie Griffiths published 29 March 23 This shred lesson is so hot we've been keeping it under lock and key, until now...
Tom Morello says he has been relegated to rhythm guitar at home as his 11-year-old son “can shred circles around me” By Matt Parker published 29 March 23 There’s fresh material on the way from the father/son duo, but the Rage Against the Machine guitarist remains tight-lipped about the band’s future
Jimmy Page unearths lost Led Zeppelin demo, The Seasons – the acoustic guitar arrangement that became The Rain Song By Matt Parker published 29 March 23 Hear Page’s previously unreleased home demo of The Rain Song, originally recorded for 1973’s Houses of the Holy
Every guitarist should hear this isolated guitar track of Jimi Hendrix performing Voodoo Child live at Woodstock By Matt Parker published 28 March 23 A guitar recording from the most famous gig of Hendrix’s career can now be experienced unobscured
Learn Rory Gallagher’s soloing techniques By David Gerrish published 27 March 23 These two in-depth solos take a whistle-stop tour of the Irish guitar hero's signature style
Kristan Dawson dishes out a technical tour-de-force in blistering playthrough of Bury Tomorrow’s “aggressive” new track, Heretic By Matt Owen published 23 March 23 With his Schecter C-1 in tow, Dawson gives Guitar World a view of the razor-like riffs and two-tapping sequences that underpin the metalcore outfit's pummelling new single
Joe Bonamassa names 10 guitarists who shaped his sound By Andrew Daly published 23 March 23 The king of modern-day blues-rock on "the greatest rock guitar player that ever was", who he considers "the Frank Sinatra of the blues" and "Immaculate Conception as a guitar player" – and why he regularly apologizes to Eric Johnson
Watch Larkin Poe deliver a dueling Strat and slide workout in punchy Jimmy Kimmel performance By Matt Parker published 22 March 23 The duo performed stomping new blues rocker Bad Spell, complete with some killer harmonic lead sections
"This is my new favorite Foo Fighters song": Watch Joe Walsh blow Taylor Hawkins away with a one-take solo By Jackson Maxwell published 22 March 23 The Eagles and James Gang legend – of whom Hawkins was a massive fan – was called in to play on the Sonic Highways track, Outside, and wasted little time making an indelible contribution
Wolfgang Van Halen flexes his tapping chops on new Mammoth WVH single, Another Celebration at the End of the World By Michael Astley-Brown published 22 March 23 The big-riffing, big-soloing track is our first taste of WVH’s second album – which is arriving sooner than you think
Nita Strauss reunites with Alice Cooper for new single Winner Takes All – and Strauss is cutting heads in the solo By Jonathan Horsley published 22 March 23 “There was no question that I wanted to create a song to collaborate with my longtime boss and friend, the legendary Alice Cooper,” says Strauss
Add fire to your pentatonic phrasing with this lesson in Jimi Hendrix's soloing approaches By John Wheatcroft published 22 March 23 We might never reach Hendrix levels of god-like genius on the guitar, but how he phrased his leads is a lesson to us all. Here, we look at four examples that will expand your blues vocabulary
John Frusciante gets struck with cramp, forcing him to stretch his fretting fingers in the middle of a blistering live solo By Matt Owen published 20 March 23 The 53-year-old succumbed to cramp despite having one of the most intense warm-up routines around, which includes plenty of finger strengthening and a Sous Vide cooking machine
How perfect 4ths tuning can revolutionize your guitar playing By Ant Law published 20 March 23 Tuning to perfect 4ths allows you to copy shapes across the fretboard and can even make lead lines easier to play – British jazz great Ant Law shows you how to make the most of this radical tuning
Jet Harris was Britain’s first bass guitar player, the first to own a Fender Precision, and its first rock’n’roll hellraiser too By Tom Poak published 18 March 23 Fights, car crashes, affairs with starlets – Jet Harris set the template for British bass players and bad behaviour, and along the way inspired everyone from McCartney to Lemmy
Learn 5 guitar chords that evoke the golden age of Hollywood By Richard Barrett published 17 March 23 These chords have an orchestral quality that radiates a certain silver screen soundtrack magic
"Don't practice it for too long, because you're going to get tendonitis": Watch Rick Beato break down Nuno Bettencourt's jaw-dropping Rise solo By Jackson Maxwell published 17 March 23 Go inside the inner workings of the volcanic lead break – the highlight of Extreme's recent comeback single – that has the guitar world abuzz
Watch the moment Derek Trucks receives the biggest compliment possible from B.B. King after dazzling him with his slide skills By Matt Owen published 17 March 23 Susan Tedeschi and John Mayer were also in attendance when the blues guitar hero labeled Trucks' slide solo “as good as I’ve ever heard”
Learn the licks of 12 Stratocaster blues legends By Andy Saphir published 15 March 23 Unleash your inner blues guitar hero with these lead ideas in the style of Buddy Guy, Stevie Ray Vaughan, John Mayer, Eric Clapton and more
Joe Bonamassa says he regularly apologizes to Eric Johnson: “Every time I see him I’m like, ‘I’m sorry for stealing your style’” By Matt Parker published 15 March 23 The blues giant reports he says sorry whenever he meets the Texas guitar great – and he has issues with anyone calling Jimmy Page sloppy
