Watch ex-Megadeth guitarist Chris Broderick nail Perpetual Burn on Jason Becker's original Hurricane guitar By Sam Roche 05 July 2021 The Moridira axe – which was used during the recording of Becker's debut solo album – is currently up for auction
Watch Tedeschi Trucks Band and Trey Anastasio revisit the Derek and the Dominos classic Tell the Truth By James Turner 02 July 2021 The driving performance will appear on upcoming live album Layla Revisited
Frank Marino announces immediate retirement from touring and “possibly all things related to continuing my career” due to unexpected illness By Matt Owen 30 June 2021 The Mahogany Rush icon stated that his Live at the Agora concert DVD from 2019 "will constitute the last show I will ever have played"
Mdou Moctar proves why he's one of today's most exhilarating guitar virtuosos with electrifying Niamey, Niger performance By Jackson Maxwell 29 June 2021 See the guitar wizard tear through a 45-minute set of Afrique Victime stunners and more
Watch Eric Gales deliver jaw-dropping Jimi Hendrix, Billy Gibbons and Robin Trower covers as he puts his signature MXR Raw Dawg pedal through its paces By Matt Owen 29 June 2021 The blues master makes the riffs of Purple Haze, Just Got Paid, Bridge of Sighs and Red House his own in a playthrough that demonstrates his elite tone and virtuosic feel
Get gig-ready with these 10 essential guitar warm-up techniques By Richard Barrett 25 June 2021 Looking forward to hitting the stage again after an enforced time off? Here are some exercises to get your chops back up
Learn how to target chord tones when soloing over a chord progression By Andy Timmons 25 June 2021 Andy Timmons teaches you horizontal single-string ideas to make your lead playing melodically compelling
6 guitar pros on how to prepare your playing for tour By Jason Sidwell 24 June 2021 Paul Gilbert, Steve Lukather, Marty Friedman, Kirk Fletcher, Steve Morse and Michael Landau on how they get stage-ready
Marty Friedman explains why “playing slow is a thousand times more difficult than playing fast” By Sam Roche 21 June 2021 The former Megadeth man on why he doesn't like being labeled a “shredder”
30 YouTube guitar heroes join forces for world’s biggest all-female shred-a-thon By Matt Owen 21 June 2021 Social media guitar star Cait Devin recruited Nili Brosh, JJ's One Girl Band, Rhea Thompson, Nikki Stringfield, "Brandy" Hall and 25 others for the epic online fundraiser
Explore the wonderful world of pinch harmonics with this essential primer from Greg Koch By Greg Koch 21 June 2021 Spice up your leads and melodies with the technique popularized by the likes of Eddie Van Halen and Zakk Wylde
Watch Tim Henson improvise with Herman Li using Jason Becker’s original prototype Peavey Numbers guitar By Matt Owen 17 June 2021 The pair teamed up to trade licks in the latest installment of the Jason Becker fundraiser livestream event, which has raised nearly $250,000 so far
David Gilmour teases a sonic shift for his next album: "The electric guitar I'm currently playing is not as 'rock god' as one might expect" By Matt Owen 09 June 2021 The Pink Floyd legend hopes to have the record ready "in the next year or two"
Amazon Prime members can get up to 4 months of Amazon Music Unlimited completely free By Guitar World 07 June 2021 This unmissable early-Prime Day deal gives you access to millions more songs than Spotify
Eddie Van Halen hated how he inspired a wave of “intense uber-shredding”, says Steve Lukather By Matt Owen 07 June 2021 The Toto and session legend says it "always bothered" Van Halen how he inspired a trend that "turned the guitar into more of a sport"
Rolling Stones fans, get 45% off a Guitar Tricks annual sub plus 32 Stones song lessons By Chris Barnes 04 June 2021 Bag a Rolling Stones lessons package - including Paint It Black and Jumpin’ Jack Flash tutorials - with this Guitar Tricks annual subscription deal
John Mayer embraces the ’80s in a big way on new track Last Train Home By Michael Astley-Brown 04 June 2021 Accompanied by a hot pink PRS Silver Sky, Mayer sets course for yacht-rock central in the Toto-esque first single from new album Sob Rock
Yngwie Malmsteen unleashes Relentless Fury with second Parabellum single By Michael Astley-Brown 03 June 2021 The none-more-Malmsteen cut features a straight minute-and-a-half of pure, uninterrupted, blistering shred
Watch Def Leppard’s Phil Collen unleash fusion fury in a shred-heavy rendition of Quadrant 4 By Matt Owen 27 May 2021 The Leppard legend reels off lightning-fast lead licks and blistering scale runs during a high-octane cover of Tommy Bolin and Billy Cobham's 1973 jazz-rock classic
Guitar Tricks review By Chris Schwarten 26 May 2021 The OG guitar tutorial site is still the benchmark for online learning
