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Why Paul Reed Smith isn't interested in chasing Fender or Gibson – but is focused on cementing PRS in history
Smith reflects on his decades-long involvement in the guitar making space
Warren Haynes picks his favorite Gov’t Mule guitar riffs and shows you how to play them – properly
The blues rock giant sits down with Guitar World to go through his back catalog of riffs, picking out a few favorites along the way
Jeff Beck’s iconic Oxblood Les Paul made history as the most expensive LP to sell at auction – and now it’s been revived as an Epiphone signature model
The legendary 1954 LP starred alongside Beck for much of his career and sold for more than $1 million at auction. Now, Epiphone has launched a $1,200 replica
A 15-year-old guitarist was brought onstage by Yungblud to riff in front of 30,000 people – and it was only the second time he’d played live
The aspiring rocker seized his moment and absolutely nailed his time in the spotlight
Justus West reveals what first got him hooked on the instrument
The in-demand session player lent his guitar chops to one of last year’s most anticipated releases
Ozzy Osbourne’s last show hinged on Jake E. Lee’s involvement
The show will mark the first time Lee and Ozzy have performed together since the 1980s
Wrecking Crew director responds to Carol Kaye’s criticisms of the film
The esteemed session player recently rejected an invitation to her induction ceremony
Tyler Bryant invites a fan onstage and shreds the roof off after a mighty mid-song guitar transfer
The guitarist made a 300-mile journey to the show and ended the night on stage with his hero
Mark Knopfler recorded this solo on a cheap guitar – but it’s still his favorite
One iconic cut from his solo work sticks out for the right reasons, Knopfler believes
Jason Isbell names the hardest thing for beginners to learn on guitar
Isbell sympathizes with newbie players struggling with them, but discusses why they’re a vital songwriting tool
Why Kiss' Paul Stanley traded his Gibsons for Ibanez guitars in the 1970s
“I was looking for a guitar that I would love,” the Kiss man told Guitar World in a recent interview
Molly Tuttle reveals her surprising guitar pick of choice which has helped shape her distinct bluegrass sound
The bluegrass virtuoso on why plectrum thickness matters – and her top tips for mastering improvisation
Joe Bonamassa pays a visit to the store that sold Rory Gallagher his iconic sunburst Strat – and buys his own to mark the occasion
Rory Gallagher bought his now-legendary Strat – which recently sold for just over $1 million – from Crowley’s Music Store for £100 in 1963
KHDK dives into a Deftones classic with a signature modulation pedal
Chino Moreno has collaborated with the effects specialist to bottle the track’s hypnotic sounds
Ryan “Fluff” Bruce’s Sterling by Music Man signature is finally here
Fishman Fluence humbuckers make way for “do-it-all” Seymour Duncans, but otherwise, it’s a faithful recreation of the YouTuber’s Swiss Army riff machine
Uli John Roth on what you get when you cross a Strat and a Les Paul with a violin hybrid
After modifying Strats only got him so far, one luthier came to his rescue and they found that the sky's the limit
“He’d already set everything up... The guitar was radically out of tune and the strings were virtually hanging off it”: Leo Abrahams on his Strat-wrestling initiation with Brian Eno, why he didn’t want to be famous, and what he learned from Paul Simon
The guitarist/producer has worked with Brett Anderson, Jarvis Cocker and Imogen Heap among others, but here he explains why his younger self might be slightly disappointed in his playing
![Peter Green wears a short-sleeved shirt and plays a gray Stratocaster [left] while Carlos Santana plays his PRS signature model, wears shades and is really feeling his solo onstage.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/SfUV6MR5GDcXb9SvBGriYR-840-80.jpg.webp)
Remembering Peter Green and Carlos Santana’s supernatural jam at the 1998 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Awards
Green wrote the tune. Santana made it his own. But on the night the music biz came together to honor Santana and his band, they shared the song, giving a performance for the ages
