John Mayer debuts live rendition of Wild Blue on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert By Matt Owen The Sob Rock track performance played host to some exceptional in-the-moment soloing from Mayer
Strandberg introduces hardware and tonewood overhaul in all-new NX Concept series By Matt Owen The brand has refined its original innovative designs with an updated EGS 7 system, fresh fretboards and new finishing techniques
Joyo names new reverb pedal after the most-hated word in the English language By Matt Parker Are you ready to adjust the decay on a Moist Reverb?
Steve Howe reveals he recorded most of the new Yes album with a Line 6 Spider By Matt Owen The prog titan paired his vintage Gibson ES-175D with the affordable modelling amp for much of the band's upcoming record, The Quest
Guns N' Roses drop hard-rocking new single, Hard Skool By Sam Roche Like last month's Absurd, the track is an axed take from 2008's Chinese Democracy
How Eddie Van Halen shaped the sound of Def Leppard's Hysteria with a single piece of advice By Matt Owen Phil Collen recalls modding his Fender Strat because “Eddie Van Halen told me to do it!”
Gibson Gives donates $300,000 to Nashville school music programs By Jackson Maxwell Via Music Makes Us, Gibson donated guitars, 36 amplifiers, 1700 pairs of guitar strings and 116 guitar stands to schools throughout the Nashville area
Rush’s Geddy Lee will release an “epic-length” memoir in 2022 By Jackson Maxwell Set for release next autumn via HarperCollins, the book began as a way for Lee to channel the grief he felt after the death of his Rush bandmate, Neil Peart
Musician's Friend Cyber Monday deals 2021: what to expect By Guitar World Staff Everything you need to know about this year's Musician's Friend Cyber Monday deals
Josh Smith teases a Strat-style version of his signature Ibanez FLATV1 By Matt Owen Is a double-cut version of Smith’s single-cut signature model on the way?
D'Addario unveils new Beatles-branded Get Back picks and straps By Jackson Maxwell The commemorative accessories are being launched ahead of the upcoming Peter Jackson Beatles documentary, Get Back
Mooer launches the drum machine-loaded Groove Loop X2 stereo looper pedal By Sam Roche The compact new stompbox offers 14 save slots – each able to store 10 minutes of audio – and an impressive 121 drum grooves that can easily be synced to looped audio
The 1991 pedal aims to pack Pearl Jam’s Ten tones into a single stompbox By Matt Parker The Funny Little Boxes pedal was created in response to a challenge from YouTube channel Let’s Play All
Dusky Electronics cooks up the Toasted – an “amp-like” overdrive pedal with a pair of MOSFET gain stages By Matt Parker Want an overdrive that behaves like an amp in a box? The Toasted pedal offers two amp-like Class A gain stages
Watch St. Vincent perform the electrifying title track of her new movie, The Nowhere Inn, on Jimmy Kimmel Live! By Matt Owen Flanked by a crew of Annie Clark wig-wearing musicians, St. Vincent put the DiMarzio mini-humbuckers of her signature Ernie Ball through their paces during the performance
Cyber Monday guitar deals 2021: what to expect By Guitar World Staff Everything you need to know about this year's Cyber Monday guitar deals
Black Friday guitar deals 2021: what to expect By Guitar World Staff When and where to find the best Black Friday guitar deals this November
Carl Martin debuts streamlined Ottawa Vintage Optical Envelope filter pedal By Matt Owen Achieving ‘60s psych-inspired sounds, ‘70s disco-esque tones and everything in between is the goal for Carl Martin’s new compact modulation pedal
Carlos Santana recruits Steve Winwood for soulful new single, Whiter Shade of Pale By Matt Owen The pair’s performance of the Procol Harum hit is the third single from Santana’s star-studded upcoming album, Blessings and Miracles
Bruce Keir, co-founder and Technical Director of Blackstar Amplification, dies at 60 By Jackson Maxwell The technical innovator – who also worked at Marshall for a number of years – had been suffering from early-onset Alzheimer’s
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