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Why the ’70s was a time of innovation and folly for guitar gear
By Chris Gill published
The ’70s gets a bad rep from some guitarists but it's too easy to say this was a bad time for Gibson and Fender and that's the story. There were some real treasures and technological breakthroughs

How Rick Rubin shaped the sound of Slayer’s first album by ignoring heavy metal norms
By Matt Owen published
The 1986 record was the first metal album Rubin produced – and he singled out one of the genre's biggest names when highlighting what he thought shouldn't be done in the studio

How JHS founder Josh Scott built one of the world’s leading pedal firms by recommending his rivals
By Matt Parker published
The JHS founder has become the internet’s go-to pedal guru. He tells GW about his pre-pedal days as a pawn-shop gear flipper, the Bad Monkey bubble – and the key to finding genuinely new guitar sounds

Super-producer Andrew Watt reveals his secret to convincing music legends to collaborate
By Janelle Borg published
From recruiting Paul McCartney and Elton John to play on the latest Rolling Stones album, to scoring a global hit with Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars, Watt has quickly established himself as an artist matchmaker

David Gilmour tells all, plus Slipknot and Joe Bonamassa's ode to Eric Clapton's Fender years – only in the new Guitar World
By Damian Fanelli published
Also starring Mike Campbell, Madonna's metalhead guitarist, the man who built Prince's axes, Grace Bowers, Justin Hayward, Les Dudek, the Music Man Axis reviewed and more

When the guitar world’s most prized woods are endangered, how can we ensure the future of tone?
By Guitar Gabby published
The hunt for the perfect instrument is increasingly focusing on the production process – but with 15 billion trees unsustainably deforested every year, and prized species becoming extinct, that process needs to change

Joe Knaggs on the tonewoods, inspirations and story behind his high-end guitar craft
By Jonathan Horsley published
In partnership with Knaggs
For Joe Knaggs, making guitars was the opportunity to combine a love for art and music, and it is writ large in his designs. With Knaggs about to turn 15, he discusses the brand's evolution and explains the search for “the Knaggs ring”

How Dana Bourgeois led the OM-style guitar renaissance and turned Bourgeois Guitars into a guitar craftsmanship powerhouse
By Janelle Borg published
From earning the Bluegrass Hall of Famer's approval in his early days, to producing 500 intimately crafted guitars a year and landing an innovative partnership with Eastman, the experienced luthier is decades deep into the business – but still has an intense “infatuation with guitars”

Balaguer is the progressive guitar expert leading the way in high-performance offsets
By Matt Owen published
Born from Joe Balaguer's personal quest to plug a glaring gap in the guitar market, Balaguer has curated a high-end line of S-type, T-stype and offset instruments that were well ahead of their time
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