5 scorching shred skills you can learn from John Petrucci By Charlie Griffiths published 4 October 22 Awaken your picking mastery with these prog metal techniques in the style of the virtuoso Dream Theater guitarist
Zakk Wylde to teach “a complete breakdown” of his signature style in new in-depth online guitar course By Matt Owen published 4 October 22 Wylde's Berzerker Guitar Camp will guide participants through over 90 video lessons, which feature fundamentals, techniques and tutorials on his most famous solos and songs
Polyphia and Steve Vai deliver a guitar collab for the ages in mesmerizing new single, Ego Death By Matt Owen published 28 September 22 It's the fourth single from the pioneering prog outfit's highly anticipated new album, Remember That You Will Die, due October 28
15 reclusive guitar greats who went off the grid By Andrew Daly published 28 September 22 From once-in-a-generation talents to hair metal heavy hitters, here are some of the biggest unsung heroes of the guitar world whose time in the spotlight was all too brief
Wolfgang Van Halen nails Panama at LA Taylor Hawkins tribute concert – after promising he'd never play the track live By Sam Roche published 28 September 22 The multi-instrumentalist and Mammoth WVH mastermind pokes fun at himself in a new social media post, saying that he'll instead never play the track “twice”
Red-hot blues guitar lessons you can learn from ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons By Guitar Techniques published 27 September 22 Laid back, never rushed, always on point with rhythm and feel, let's go deep into the slinky style of Billy Gibbons, a player who helped define Texas blues and '80s rock
15 scale patterns for guitar that will fire up your solos By Guitar World Staff published 27 September 22 These hot scale sequences will ignite your guitar leads with a new intensity
Jakub Zytecki proves why his ambient-meets-shred style is the future of guitar playing with genre-smashing new single Heart By Michael Astley-Brown published 26 September 22 The Polish guitar wizard blends sledgehammer eight-string riffs and mesmerizing clean tapping to dizzying effect
Watch Lari Basilio and Martin Miller's breathtaking rendition of Derek and the Dominos’ Layla By Matt Owen published 26 September 22 The two Ibanez signature artists traded licks and delivered devastating dual-guitar riffing during the nine-minute Clapton cover
D_Drive's Yuki and Seiji serve up Iron Maiden-style harmonized leads in killer I Remember the Town playthrough By Sam Roche published 23 September 22 The track appears on the Japanese instrumental rockers' sophomore album, Dynamotive
Watch a 16-year-old Jason Becker blow the roof off his high school talent show with a flawless cover of Yngwie Malmsteen's Black Star By Jackson Maxwell published 23 September 22 Even when he was barely old enough to drive a car, Becker was clearly ready for far bigger stages
Show-stopping techniques you can learn from Paco de Lucia, Al Di Meola and John McLaughlin By John Wheatcroft published 22 September 22 This lesson takes a deep dive into the styles of the virtuoso trio responsible for one of the greatest fusion albums ever made
Peter Frampton will perform his final farewell tour shows seated due to his health By Matt Owen published 20 September 22 “My legs are not good. I can’t stand. That would be dangerous for me now, because I get so carried away when I’m playing that I’m liable to fall over,” the guitar legend said
Hear Steve Vai and Vernon Reid trade volcanic, high-wire shred licks in new studio remake of Living Colour's Cult of Personality By Jackson Maxwell published 19 September 22 The re-recorded version of Living Colour's biggest hit follows the band's high-profile jam with Vai at the recent 2022 Rock In Rio festival
How to play blues like the early electric guitar masters By Richard Barrett published 16 September 22 This lesson takes electric blues back to the start, when electricity found its way to the guitar and players such as John Lee Hooker and Hubert Sumlin changed the world
John Mayer channeled every era of his playing into this solo – and it became one of his greatest guest spots ever By Matt Owen published 16 September 22 The revered outing from 2020 saw Mayer share the stage with David Ryan Harris, Isaiah Sharkey, Terence Clark and Sean Hurley, and the result was something extraordinary
Ozzy Osbourne on Randy Rhoads and Eddie Van Halen feud: “Randy didn't have a nice thing to say about Eddie – they were rivals” By Sam Roche published 15 September 22 The Prince of Darkness has responded to comments made in a recent Randy Rhoads documentary, in which EVH accused Rhoads of stealing his guitar playing style
This guitar influencer's debut single is one of the best instrumental shred tracks you'll hear this year By Sam Roche published 15 September 22 Watch Jackson ambassador and shredder Alyssa Day play the brand's new American Series Soloist SL3 with a snake on her shoulders in the video for the face-melting Dread & Dream
Learn Nick Johnston's soloing secrets in this video masterclass By Jon Bishop published 15 September 22 In this exclusive lesson, the Canadian virtuoso treats us to a plethora of flowing rock phrases that will illuminate your own solos
Joe Satriani: “You’re not going to sell out theaters or get a billion streams with finger exercises” By Sam Roche published 15 September 22 The virtuoso imparts some valuable wisdom on where scales should place in an aspiring guitarist's practice routine
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