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The inside story of Gibson's Century Collection acoustics – and the role the Rolling Stones and Beatles played
Period-correct in (almost) every detail, the Gibson Century Collection’s 12-fret format is addictively playable. Gibson's Robi Johns tells us it’s all down to the Brits
The Sweet's last man standing Andy Scott on wild times and triumphs in glam's most influential band
The guitar history of the Sweet, one of the best-loved bands of the glam era, who splashed color, fun and rock-solid riffs across the ’70s pop world – and influenced a generation in the process
How an off-the-cuff studio experiment unlocked one of Mastodon’s biggest bass sounds
Troy Sanders discovered an unexpected source of low-end fury thanks to a Marshall guitar head and 4x12 cabinet
Gus G on whirlwind days with Ozzy Osbourne, his rock-star Guitar World cover shoot, and his difficult choice of guitars
With new solo album Steel Burner out now, Gus G checks in to talk about his August 2010 GW cover shoot and all the madness surrounding it
Stephen Bishop on friendship, luck, and his impossible-to-miss Ferrington guitar
He hit big with his 1976 debut, Careless, went on to be attacked by John Belushi in Animal House, and appeared in Michael Jackson’s Thriller video. As he suspends retirement for a farewell tour, he reveals the last musical item on his bucket list
The pedal that made me ditch my tube amp – and why I'll never go back
I thought I'd be a tube amp loyalist for life, but one pedal landed on my lap and overturned my philosophy
10 misunderstood guitar pedals that became modern classics
These trailblazing stompboxes baffled players at first, but guitarists eventually caught on…
Every Deep Purple guitarist, from Blackmore to McBride
The British rock pioneers have survived almost continuously since 1968, partly because of their ability to choose the right players to stand in Ritchie Blackmore’s place
He's worked with Grace Bowers and Cory Wong – now Devon Gilfillian wants to introduce “Nashville Soul” to the world
The Philly native’s new record, Time Will Tell, is “a soul album with little spices from the country spice cabinet” – and it’s loaded with guitar-work that's heavy, funky, weird, and, of course, soulful
The pedal that changed me – I asked the Guitar World staff to name the stompboxes that actually made a difference to their playing
Whether it was fun, frustrating, or forced us to think differently, these are the 12 pedals that GW staffers say have actually changed the way they play
