Fender launches new interactive online guide pairing players with the perfect guitar or bass By Richard Bienstock FindYourFender offers a personalized guitar buying experience
Angus Young explains why Malcolm’s playing is not on AC/DC’s 'Power Up' album By Richard Bienstock “Malcolm himself wouldn’t like me trying to splice his guitar work,” he says
The force is with Felix Martin and his eight-string Kiesel acoustic in this awesome Star Wars medley By Richard Bienstock The Venezuelan prog sensation is a two-handed tapping Jedi
Sunnaudio goes big with the Nucleus NU-1 dual boost preamp By Richard Bienstock Two-channel pedal sports high-gain boost, deep tone shaping features and, if you desire, oversized red footswitches
Two guitars customized and played by Eddie Van Halen are headed for auction By Richard Bienstock The guitars, an EVH Charvel Art Series electric and a red-black-white model built by Ed himself, are expected to fetch between $40,000 and $80,000 each
Taylor Swift’s Gibson acoustic, Keith Urban’s Hi9 electric guitar and more to be auctioned for COVID-19 relief By Richard Bienstock Also up for sale is Dwight Yoakam’s Epiphone Casino, as well as acoustics from Kenny Chesney, Vince Gill and others
John Petrucci announces Nebula range of beard and mustache grooming products By Richard Bienstock The Dream Theater guitarist teams up with Captain Fawcett to offer mustache wax, beard balm and more
Black Friday guitar deals 2020: everything you need to know and the deals we're expecting By Guitar World Staff Your place for the best Black Friday guitar deals on acoustics, electrics, amps, effects, accessories on more
Larkin Poe: “Be tenacious. If you really want to learn how to write good songs, you gotta do it and do it again“ By Henry Yates, Jamie Dickson Megan and Rebecca Lovell on the roots scene, the importance of writing bad songs and rock ’n’ roll’s post-pandemic fightback
Laney Cub-Super12 review By Nick Guppy Laney’s new tube combo blends cool looks and boutique tone at a price you really can afford
TheGigRig debuts the G3, its next generation of pedalboard switching systems By Michael Astley-Brown New series includes downsized G3 Atom and offers ridiculous levels of flexibility
Fano Guitars launches new, heavily customizable Oltre series By Sam Roche The range replaces the company's Standard Series, and bridges the gap between its Omnis and Alt de Facto lines
Wampler shakes up the mini-pedal market with the feature-rich Plexi-Drive Mini and Belle Overdrive By Michael Astley-Brown New offerings span low-gain punch to Marshall-esque thrills
Eddie Van Halen honored at the Billboard Music Awards By Richard Bienstock A lone Kramer Frankenstrat stood on stage at this year's ceremony in tribute to the late guitar legend
David Crosby apologizes – sort of – for Eddie Van Halen diss, says he "didn’t remember" the guitar hero had just died By Richard Bienstock Croz steps back from previous comments
George Harrison’s rare Bartell fretless electric guitar sells for more than $300,000 at auction By Richard Bienstock The ‘60s-era instrument is also believed to have been played by John Lennon
Former AC/DC bassist Paul Matters has died By Richard Bienstock Matters played with the band just after the recording of their 1975 debut, High Voltage
Those guitars Pete Townshend smashed onstage with the Who? He glued them back together in order to smash them again By Richard Bienstock “As long as the neck didn’t break you could glue the body back,” frontman Roger Daltrey explains
Fender CEO Andy Mooney: “When that article came out with the headline ‘Guitar is dead’, that was the definition of fake news” By Amit Sharma The head honcho on Fender's record-breaking year, how guitar players have changed since the company's inception, and the business lessons he learned from Steve Jobs
This is the pedalboard Jack White used for his Eddie Van Halen tribute performance on SNL By Michael Astley-Brown White’s mystery custom-finished pedals identified
