Kiss, Meat Loaf and W.A.S.P. guitarist Bob Kulick dies aged 70 By Michael Astley-Brown Brother and fellow guitar player Bruce Kulick confirms the news
The world’s first click-and-save guitar knob promises to help you hit your electric’s tonal sweet spot every time By Richard Bienstock The control knob, named That Klick Classic, features a switch that instantly saves and recalls favorite settings
Save 50% off one year of Fender Play online guitar lessons with this $44.99 discount! By Guitar World Staff Start learning guitar, bass and ukulele at home via your smartphone today
Are YouTube guitar lessons under threat? By Richard Bienstock The battle between content creators and copyright holders is hardly a new one, but it seems to be picking up steam
The best Stratocasters 2020: expert advice on the best Fender Strats around By Amit Sharma These are the best Fender Stratocasters for every budget and playing style
The best electric guitars under $2,000: top spec guitars for intermediate and pro players By Guitar World Staff, Chris Corfield Discover superior tone and playability with our round-up of sub- $2k axes – from Strats to seven-strings
Iron Maiden’s Adrian Smith explores the final frontier of fishing in Monsters of River & Rock memoir By Richard Bienstock New tome takes readers “through the highs and lows of life on tour and on the riverbank”
Add personality to your playing with Eric Johnson’s string stretching and vibrato techniques By Richard Bienstock The guitar wizard shows you how to spice things up with some patented EJ moves
Send your blues into overdrive with this fully tabbed lesson on Joe Bonamassa’s blazing pentatonics By Richard Bienstock Instructor Juan Antonio lays out trusted techniques like note groupings, scale weaving and more
Grez unveils the Smugglers Bridge Folsom, a guitar made from 1,000-year-old reclaimed redwood By Richard Bienstock Limited-run model also boasts Honduran mahogany neck, Macassar ebony fingerboard, custom bridge and pickup options
Led Zeppelin’s Celebration Day concert film to be streamed for free on YouTube By Richard Bienstock My my my I’m so happy: watch Plant, Page and Jones at their historic 2007 reunion gig in London
The history of the Gibson ES-330 By Rod Brakes We take an in-depth look at the background, development and evolution of Gibson’s iconic double-cut thinline hollowbody electric...
Channel swirly Leslie cab goodness in a plugin with Eventide’s new Rotary Mod By Richard Bienstock Classic pulsing effects, vibratos, frequency modulation and more
Bucky Baxter, pedal steel great who played with Bob Dylan, dies aged 65 By Richard Bienstock Baxter also worked with artists ranging from Steve Earle to R.E.M. and Ryan Adams
The Beatles' break-up in 1970 yielded some of its members' best work - and these 9 albums prove it By Damian Fanelli The year saw the collapse of the world's most commercially successful band of all time. But it also saw the genesis of its members' solo careers...
$20k Swarovski-encrusted Zakk Wylde Les Paul Custom Bullseye appears on Reverb By Richard Bienstock One-of-a-kind Gibson boasts 4,000 crystals, 24-carat gold-plated hardware
Faith Neptune Blue Moon review By David Mead With a figured Java mango build, Faith’s new Neptune acoustic offers a fresh approach, but are the tones otherworldly?
Joe Satriani is working on two very different new albums in quarantine By Richard Bienstock “One would be another instrumental album, and another would be a vocal-oriented record,” Satch says
PRS resumes guitar-building operations - with social distancing and lots of hand sanitizer By Richard Bienstock Employees at the company’s Maryland factory will be temperature checked and spaced six feet apart, among other precautions
Ibanez reveals J Custom 2020 guitars with stunning all-over finishes inspired by the elements By Richard Bienstock Fire, water, earth and wind models boast exotic woods and eye-popping color gradations that run from body to fingerboard to headstock
