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The new Dano boasts an extra-hot bridge pickup, and comes in four smart finishes

Swerve the hype and bag yourself a bargain whilst everyone's attention is elsewhere

The DigiTech Bad Monkey bubble inflated fast and will burst just as quickly. In the meantime, brace yourself for the meme wave

Go inside the inner workings of the volcanic lead break – the highlight of Extreme's recent comeback single – that has the guitar world abuzz

Masterminded by a German pop-punk guitarist, the design teams Mayer’s highly sought-after model with Fender’s cult single-pickup Blink-182 signature guitar

A handful of new pedals have made the cut alongside some of Mayer's tried-and-trusted units, which have been arranged into three relatively streamlined 'boards

The limited-edition pedal is designed for both guitar and bass and boasts none-more-metal artwork crafted by Luke Preece

A well-respected member of the Wrecking Crew who also played with George Harrison, Gordon's life took a horrific turn in 1983, when he murdered his mother during a psychotic episode brought on by schizophrenia

Fresh must-hear cuts from Joe Satriani & Brian Tarquin, Sweet & Lynch, Avenged Sevenfold, Yes, Tinariwen, Unknown Mortal Orchestra and many, many more

The brand's latest tongue-in-cheek accessory seemingly pokes fun at the various legal letters Gibson has issued over the years

The Aerosmith legend explains why he considers Strats to be superior studio guitars, while Gibson Les Pauls make better live instruments

Brand founder Josh Scott posted a statement after Bad Monkey price tags soared to $650 seemingly in response to his latest demo video, which compared the discontinued DigiTech to the Klon Centaur

In the setting where he first learned guitar, Vai practiced – many years later – for New York-area shows with a rig far more impressive than the one he used as a young beginner

The clip, pushing the updated MOOD spatial-effects pedal, is part Wes Anderson, part tonal fever dream

The blues rock firebrand tries on the legendary instrument and offers a great impersonation of Kossoff’s vibrato

The humble pedal from 2004, which has received “extremely mixed” reactions over the years, has seen its price increase tenfold in some cases after an eye-opening demo video from the JHS Pedals guru

Taylor head honcho Andy Powers says the updates elevate "the visual character of the series to better match its stage-worthy sound”

With just about every aspect of the model designed from the ground up, this is an intricately spec’d high-performance SuperStrat for Aswani, who has worked with everyone from Greg Howe to Christina Milian, Justin Timberlake and Ronu Majumdar

With his Schecter C-1 in tow, Dawson gives Guitar World a view of the razor-like riffs and two-tapping sequences that underpin the metalcore outfit's pummelling new single

The blues giant reports he says sorry whenever he meets the Texas guitar great – and he has issues with anyone calling Jimmy Page sloppy