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
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
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
$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
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
PRS unveils limited-edition Fade finishes for the SE Custom 24 By Michael Astley-Brown New looks inspired by Private Stock models
Prince's long-lost Purple Rain “blue angel” identified as Cloud guitar currently up for auction By Richard Bienstock The custom-made instrument was Prince's primary stage guitar during the height of his career and refinished several times
Brian May suffers heart attack amid excruciating pain - and thinks his guitar strap could be to blame By Michael Astley-Brown Queen guitar hero diagnosed with severely compressed sciatic nerve
Fender’s MTG Tube Tremolo promises authentic vintage amp trem from a pedal By Richard Bienstock New tube-powered stompbox boasts three oscillator wave shapes, dedicated tap tempo and more
Eric Johnson teaches you Cliffs of Dover-style chord-based improv in his latest mini-lesson By Richard Bienstock “Learn all the notes on all the frets, so you can afford yourself the freedom to improvise,” EJ advises
