Get 50% off a year of guitar, bass or ukulele lessons with Fender Play By James Farmer published 15 January 21 Start 2021 right by honing your chops with help from the folks at Fender - just $44.99 for the whole year
Add some "outside" color to your pentatonic licks with this cool chromatic concept By Richard Bienstock published 7 January 21 Guitar instructor Juan Antonio shows you how to tackle this simple but highly effective technique
Tony Rice, bluegrass flatpicking master, dies aged 69: guitarists pay tribute By Michael Astley-Brown published 28 December 20 Jason Isbell and Ricky Skaggs honor “the king of the flatpicked flattop guitar”
Guitar legend and Mountain frontman Leslie West dies aged 75 By Richard Bienstock published 23 December 20 Best known for his scorching guitar work on Mississippi Queen, West influenced generations of players
Ariel Posen shares his compact, tone-rich rig in this pedalboard playthrough By Jamie Dickson published 23 December 20 The stellar Canadian guitarist runs through the pedalboard he uses for touring and recording
20 times Guthrie Govan proved he was the funniest guitarist on the planet By Matt Owen published 21 December 20 How the guitar world's resident six-string stand-up combines virtuosity with comedy
Introducing your Young Guitarist of the Year 2020 finalists By Michael Astley-Brown published 7 December 20 Vote for your favorite of these unbelievable guitar prodigies
Vote for the winner of Electric Guitarist of the Year 2020 By Sam Roche published 7 December 20 Have your say on the most talented player of 2020!
Get 50% off guitar and bass magazine subscriptions this Black Friday By Guitar World published 26 November 20 Guitarist, Total Guitar, Guitar Techniques and Bass Player are all half-price
Watch Steve Vai play guitar with a hook – while dressed as Captain Hook By Michael Astley-Brown published 9 November 20 The guitar god will shiver your timbers with his performance at Devin Townsend’s ‘Crappy Halloween Party’
Josh Smith lets loose in new lockdown jam series By Guitar World published 9 November 20 Blues-country-jazz master and all-round tone wizard Josh Smith stars in new filmed-at-home series
Is this the best slide guitar freak-out you've never heard? By Damian Fanelli published 5 November 20 Every slide player needs to hear David Wilcox's masterful blues, That Hypnotizin’ Boogie
Are you the Guitarist of the Year? By Guitar World published 3 November 20 Calling all guitarists and bassists: it’s time to enter the biggest guitar-based talent search of the year – deadline now extended to November 15!
Eddie Van Halen: the guitar world mourns By Guitar World published 6 October 20 UPDATED Tributes to EVH are flooding in from across the world of music...
Eddie Van Halen dies aged 65 following cancer battle By Michael Astley-Brown published 6 October 20 Wolfgang Van Halen confirms the passing of one of the greatest guitarists of all time
What if Eric Johnson or Eddie Van Halen played Jimmy Page’s iconic Stairway to Heaven solo? By Richard Bienstock published 6 October 20 Rick Beato asked the question – Phil X and Johnson himself provided the answer
Save up to $800 on a MacBook Pro with Best Buy's epic pre-Prime Day deals By Guitar World published 6 October 20 Why hold-out until Prime Day when there are deals as good as this music laptop offer?
Cory Wong enlists Joe Satriani for Massive, the shreddiest funk jam you’ve ever heard By Michael Astley-Brown published 2 October 20 The funk maestro’s 8th(!) album of 2020 is set to feature Satch, Tom Misch and many more
Master Eric Johnson’s harmonic-like two-handed koto technique in a few easy steps By Richard Bienstock published 29 September 20 “It’s actually not a harmonic at all,” reveals instructor Juan Antonio
Tosin Abasi confirmed as Bill & Ted 3’s official “air shredder” By Michael Astley-Brown published 28 August 20 The Animals As Leaders virtuoso takes over from Steve Vai to provide the duo’s air guitar licks
