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- November 28
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- Joe Bonamassa’s recent hearing scare is a reminder that we should all be taking better care of our ears – and with big Black Friday deals on Loop earplugs, now is the time to make a change
- I'm feeling this! The ultimate Squier Sonic Strat for budding Tom DeLonge fans is now even cheaper at only $161 for Black Friday
- “Self expression through music and art does a lot of good for people’s mental health”: Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs launch Christmas appeal for unused gear to give to musicians who can’t afford their own
- “It must be hard to be a guitar god, because a bunch of people fancy themselves guitar gods and are annoying about it. But she actually is”: Lucy Dacus joins John Mayer in singing the praises of this emerging guitar genius
- “The perfect marriage of Aerosmith and the Cult. An Aerocult, if you will”: November 2025 Guitar World Editors’ Picks
- Triplecasters, Pano Verbs… Eminem! Jack White just lit up the NFL halftime show at Ford Field with White Stripes classics and a cameo from a Detroit rap legend
- “We’ve assembled a team of top talent to turn ideas into world-class instruments”: Former Gamechanger Audio employees have launched a new firm – and their first pedal is inspired by the human voice
- In my book, Boss’ Katana:Go Mini is the headphone amp to beat – and now it’s the best value, too – undercutting Fender, Blackstar and even NUX at just $99
- Been waiting to buy your dream guitar? Guitar Center has just introduced a 15% off coupon for Black Friday – for a limited time only
- “It’s a true privilege”: YouTuber gets the chance to try Gary Rossington’s legendary Free Bird Gibson Les Paul/SG – so he plays Free Bird
- I played a John Mayer Silver Sky for the first time ever this year and it blew me away. With 20% of all PRS SE and Core guitars at Guitar Center for Black Friday, I’m *this close* to getting one of my own
- “When I played the Purple songs and took it out, some of them – a certain percentage of them – just hated me”: Steve Morse on the challenges of putting his own stamp on Deep Purple’s material
- “If you go down in flames on that stage with Ozzy there, your career is over”: Nuno Bettencourt reflects on Wolfgang Van Halen's absence at Back to the Beginning
- I think the guitar deal of the year just landed with a staggering $300 off this 5-star rated Strandberg Boden Essential at Sweetwater
- Black Friday guitar deals 2025 LIVE: today's biggest savings at Sweetwater, Guitar Center, Fender, Amazon and more, as they happen
- My bandmate gigged this Walrus Audio amp simulator and his tone was better than mine. Now its upgraded successor is $90 off for Black Friday and I’m about to join him
- Stop the presses! Musician's Friend just rocked Black Friday with up to 60% off a host of guitars from PRS to Fender, Martin, Ernie Ball, and more
- November 27
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- I challenge anyone to beat TrueFire’s Black Friday annual subscription deal for value – $6.58 per month to access over 80,000 online guitar lessons is unbelievable
- “It was the overwhelming reaction to my very first cat-themed pickguard, the Telecat, that gave me the final push to launch on Etsy”: Cat lovers, rejoice – this bassist is creating custom pickguards in the shape of your cat
- “It’s not every day you get to work for a player rightfully belonging on the pantheon of rock gods”: Steve Vai has reimagined Brian May’s Red Special in his own vision with the help of a UK boutique guitar builder
- Universal Audio is giving away a free plugin for Black Friday but hurry, you've only got a few days to get yours – choose one of ten different plugins
- “James Brown told me, ‘Son, you can’t come on my stage with that funny-looking thing!’” When a young Bootsy Collins joined James Brown’s band, the Godfather of Funk bought him a Fender Jazz Bass. Now it’s up for auction
- “Time to add a 5th JHS pedal to my rig? With 25% off this just-launched distortion, it’s hard to resist”: All the guitar gear that has caught my eye this week – including the unmissable Black Friday gear discounts I’m eyeing up
- “We shot this at the high school I went to”: Nuno Bettencourt solos while ‘ice skating’ – as he shreds guitar and shaves ice in new Extreme music video
- “From a bass-playing point of view, he was the best. Everybody wanted to be him”: Joy Division co-founder Peter Hook on his friendship with Gary ‘Mani’ Mounfield – and how groove defined his bass playing
- “A generational leap in modeling technology”: Neural DSP just gave players 2 huge reasons to switch to the Nano and Quad Cortex
- Positive Grid declares war on bad tone with its generous up to 30% off Black Friday sale - and yes, it includes the Spark 2, Spark Mini, and the new Bias X software
- November 26
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- “Being able to simulate the body shapes of different guitars and spatial sounds is really special”: Touring guitarists, this one’s for you – Donner announces a 20% off sale on all models of its cutting-edge, travel-ready Hush series
- “An icon of late 1960s rock history”: George Harrison and Eric Clapton both married the same woman. Now the historic 1913 Gibson acoustic named after Pattie Boyd is headed to auction – months after it was listed on Reverb for almost $1,000,000
- “It’s like a playground. There are so many things you can do with this”: JHS Pedals retools one of its most underrated distortion pedals for its 10th anniversary
- “After getting minor surgery, we hired our good friend to give us a hand”: Gojira name stand-in guitarist after Joe Duplantier undergoes hand surgery
- “I get to express myself in ways that have been dormant for years”: Alissa White-Gluz leaves Arch Enemy – and launches her solo career with the help of Michael Amott’s signature guitar
- “My right ear pretty much lost 80 percent of its high end”: Joe Bonamassa reveals temporary hearing loss diagnosis following an incident at one of his recent shows
- I've not found any Neural DSP Black Friday savings yet, but I did just uncover a way to get a free plugin of your choice when you buy a Nano Cortex
- I've always wanted these iconic tube amps for my studio and with UAD plugins starting at just $29 for Black Friday, now I can have them all
- As a hopeless Gibson and Epiphone addict, these Black Friday deals are seriously testing my willpower – get $600 off a Les Paul Standard, $300 off a Hendrix Flying V, plus even more models
- November 25
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- “Eric said that the only way he’d play on it is if he sounded like the Beatles”: Legendary Abbey Road record producer, Ken Scott, explains how Eric Clapton ended up playing an uncredited solo on a Beatles classic
- I’ve found 3 epic Black Friday deals on beginner electric guitars you’ll take years to outgrow – including $50 off a Yamaha Pacifica I awarded 5-stars
- “Our most compact all-in-one unit ever”: Fractal goes up against IK Multimedia and Line 6 with the AM4 – its most affordable and user-friendly amp modeler to date
- “It was extremely humbling. It made me want to get really good at it”: Polyphia's Tim Henson on the challenges he encountered while learning guitar after playing the violin for years
- “I have a 1968 Plexi and Leslie West’s old Sunn amp, which Joe Bonamassa gave me”: Jared James Nichols owns a few vintage amp gems – but here’s why he still prefers Blackstars
- From Kalamazoo with love – score a colossal $1,300 off this gorgeous Heritage semi-hollow steeped in electric guitar history for Black Friday
- “The worst-kept secret in the amp world”: Joe Bonamassa’s new signature combo has landed – and it’s been built by a renowned disciple of Howard Dumble
- “I’m gonna fight this thing”: Great White guitarist Mark Kendall reveals Stage 4 cancer diagnosis
- “We drove two hours down to meet the seller, who ended up being someone who worked on production for Slash”: Kiki Wong recalls her biggest amp bargain – when she found a vintage Marshall on Craigslist
- Boss is slicing through the Black Friday noise with sizable discounts on the practice-friendly Katana amps, our number one looper, and a classic distortion pedal for only $54.99
- November 24
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- “It would have been okay if I had an acoustic guitar, but the electricity made it like ‘you're not allowed’”: Joan Jett on the battles she faced to become a rock guitar icon
- “It was the perfect guitar for him to pay tribute to Tony”: Kirk Hammett’s guitar auction shatters expectations – with his mystery Back to the Beginning SG fetching $70,000 more than anticipated
- These 5 audio interfaces came out on top in my testing gauntlet, and now they're all on sale with a hefty Black Friday discount – including $200 off a UA Apollo
- Every single JHS pedal has been given a Black Friday discount up to 25% at Sweetwater – and yes, it includes the Color Box, Morning Glory and Angry Charlie
- “Thank goodness it wasn’t painted”: John Entwistle’s Warwick bass triples in value after analysis reveals links to another rock great
- My favorite Klon-style overdrive just dropped by 48%! At just $99, this may be the smartest upgrade you can make to your sound this Black Friday
- “They each have their own weird little soul”: Tom DeLonge has unveiled 10 new Fender Starcasters – and they’re made with actual meteorites from the Moon, Mars and more
- “I couldn't stop vomiting. The room wouldn't stop spinning”: Ritchie Blackmore issues health update after tour cancellation
- “They can show you what a guitar is about right away”: Wolfgang Van Halen names the 2 classic rock tracks he plays to test any electric guitar
- Thomann's budget Harley Benton range just got even cheaper for Black Friday with huge price cuts on a range of guitars, pedals, and accessories
- I'm sorry, my beloved AC30, but with hundreds slashed off digital modelers and multi-effects, I've found your replacement this Black Friday - here are 7 units that are turning my head
- November 23
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- “I’m so glad I got to play it again”: YouTube’s first viral guitarist has returned – and he’s re-recorded the cover from 20 years ago that paved the way for social media shred videos
- “Watch out, Silver Sky. You’ve got some stiff competition from another PRS signature…” All the guitar gear that has caught my eye this week – including the latest reissue of one of Gibson’s most sought-after signature models
- November 22
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- Join the ranks of Billy Duffy, John Frusciante and Pat Smear, with a shiny new Gretsch guitar this Black Friday - here's my 5 top picks from Sweetwater, Guitar Center and beyond
- “I’ve picked up others… they were like a piece of plywood. But not this one”: Gary Moore’s iconic red Stratocaster sells at auction for more than $330,000
- With up to 70% off a mountain of gear, Thomann's full Black Friday sale has finally dropped with some monster deals for guitarists
- “People think you can just drop it a few times and drag it down the street… but it’s actually a really intensive process”: The art of relic’ing a Fender guitar – and why it’s harder than you think
- “I saw the harmonica player, and he asked me, ‘Do you have any reefer?’ He also said, ‘Oh, Muddy just fired somebody last night...’” Bob Margolin had long admired Muddy Waters – then came a chance backstage encounter, and the gig of a lifetime
- Lowest price alert! A duo of limited edition Fender Player II models just hit a historical low for Black Friday with 30% off a Tele and Strat
- “It’s got one bit where I’m tapping on the frets. I got that idea from Eddie Van Halen”: The Last Dinner Party’s Emily Roberts reveals how she took a page from Van Halen’s book to craft the band's most popular track
- “You want to get through the tour for selfish reasons. In the meantime, your brother is ruining their life”: Gene Simmons on how he wished he’d handled his relationship with Ace Frehley differently
- “Watching him and the musicians rehearsing their songs while I was standing there waiting my turn, I started to get really nervous”: Jake E. Lee names the guitar virtuoso who had him sweating backstage at Back to the Beginning
- November 20
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- “A rare chance to own a piece of rock history”: Dave Grohl’s DG-335 is one of Gibson’s most in-demand signature models – and now it’s back in an elusive new finish
- “Country Nirvana, I’m here for it”: The nylon-string guitar riff that has taken TikTok by storm – and been covered by John Mayer
- “A true giant of this city and a massive influence on anyone who’s ever picked up a guitar”: Gary ‘Mani’ Mounfield, legendary British rock bassist of The Stone Roses and Primal Scream, dies aged 63
- “He plays that amazing lead, and I'm like two feet from him. Can you get a better private concert with Van Halen, anywhere, ever?”: Charlie Sheen reveals the real story behind Eddie Van Halen’s legendary Two and a Half Men cameo
- “We are sorry for any inconvenience”: Ritchie Blackmore’s band cancels all remaining tour dates, citing medical reasons
- “He was excited about doing shows. He was in such a good place, and he literally had an accident”: John 5 discusses the tragic loss of his friend Ace Frehley – and confirms he was set to feature on the Kiss icon’s next album
- “We wanted to allow every fan to say, ‘I helped put this statue here’”: The first images of a Gary Moore tribute statue have been released – but the campaign needs support to finish the project
- “An engineer made a fake pickup, and we used asbestos so the heat of the bomb wouldn’t harm the wood”: The daredevil ‘Smoker’ Les Paul that Ace Frehley used on his final Kiss tour is heading to auction
- Positive Grid Holiday Gift Guide 2025: Holiday gifts for every musician on your list
- November 19
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- “I hear a lot of music, and there’s a lot of great guitar players and bands out there – but Yungblud really had the stuff. So, we thought we’d throw our lot in”: Joe Perry on how Aerosmith ended up collaborating with Yungblud
- Who's the greatest guitar hero to emerge in the 21st century so far?
- “We’re not just serving customers. We’re serving fellow musicians and our friends”: Sweetwater’s customer service has been ranked as one of the highest-rated in the country
- “You only get one shot to do this correctly. And I think we nailed it”: Joe Bonamassa once called Eric Clapton his favorite guitar player of all time. Now, the two blues greats are set to collaborate on a B.B. King classic
- “I’d heard about these fellows in England. There was quite a mystique...” John Fogerty walks Stephen Colbert through his iconic Acme Rickenbacker mods – which took inspiration from three British guitar greats
- Taylor just chopped $100 off over 60 different acoustic guitars for Black Friday – these are my 5 standouts
- “The kind of partnership guitarists dream about”: Gretsch puts Abbey Road Studio’s legendary tech in a guitar for the first time with purpose-built Studiomatic
- “A new type of product”: Players have waited months for Line 6’s next-gen Helix Stadium Floor XL to be released – now, the next-gen amp modeler is finally shipping
- One of our highest-rated delay pedals just fell to its lowest ever price in the Reverb Black Friday sale – get this Line 6 classic for 40% off
- November 18
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- “I had to keep Dad in check whenever he made a mistake”: Wolfgang Van Halen on his early gigs with Van Halen – and keeping Eddie in line
- “They plug me into Zakk Wylde’s amp. Next thing I’m going crazy. Ozzy goes, ‘Let’s get him on tonight!’” In 1988, a shred prodigy opened for Ozzy Osbourne. He was eight years old
- “I looked at the bass, Billie looked at me, and I picked it up. I thought, ‘Did I just become a bass player?’” Green Day’s Mike Dirnt looks back on his early bass days – as Epiphone launches signature version of his cult classic Grabber G-3
- Michael J. Fox jams with Jackson Browne at charity event – but what is that mystery guitar he’s playing?
- “These are the tracks people dream of being able to pick up and play”: New study names the most inspiring bands for aspiring guitarists – and The Beatles have been beaten to top spot
- “This guitar represents a whole year of my life”: This insane Jaws guitar was made using thousands of tiny pieces of paper from Guitar World magazines – now it’s going up for auction
- November 17
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- Guitarist Dave Burgess – of Tequila hit-makers the Champs – dies at 90
- “We certainly had differences, but that’s what family is about”: Kiss honor Ace Frehley with candlelit tribute at their first show in nearly 2 years
- “I’ll do everything I can to make this guitar sing again and honor its story”: Ukrainian luthier restoring Gibson Les Paul that had been burned by Russian drone strike
- $99 for a whole year of guitar lessons is impossible to beat thanks to Guitar Tricks' 89% Black Friday price drop
- “I said, ‘If you let me borrow one for tonight, I promise I’ll come back.’ I didn’t go back until 5 or 6 years later”: The Rolling Stones legend who stole his first guitar
- The lowest price I've ever seen on a Fender Player II Strat just dropped over at the official Fender Black Friday sale – save up to 30% on a huge range of guitars, accessories, and merch
- “We were told a musician would be coming, but we didn't know who. Then the door opened and Ed Sheeran appeared”: Ed Sheeran donates Lowden acoustics to UK school following surprise visit
- November 16
- November 15
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- “There isn't a person on Earth – if I put you in a blindfold – who could hear the difference between those two things”: Phish's Trey Anastasio on why he ditched his vintage pedals in favor of digital modelers
- “Jacob Collier’s 5-string guitar revolution is here to stay”: All the guitar gear that caught my eye this week – and the new launches you might have missed
- “Taking Klons on the road isn’t fun. It is an easy nick”: Jared James Nichols was gifted a Klon Centaur by Joe Bonamassa – here’s how he kept it safe on the road
- November 14
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- “A call for peace, justice, and unity in a divided world”: Eric Bibb pays tribute to blues pioneer Muddy Waters in new single – taken from upcoming album with John Mayer and Paul McCartney collaborator
- “After 50-plus years of an incredible journey with Deep Purple, Whitesnake, and Jimmy Page, it's time for me to hang up my platform shoes”: David Coverdale announces his retirement
- The Tube Screamer is one of the most iconic overdrives ever. It’s just been reinvented by the pedal pioneer who first developed it
- “These are going to be pricey guitars, but they’re gonna be a lot less than an original pre-War D-45”: Martin is making replicas of the finest acoustic guitars it’s ever made – at $150,000 apiece
- “You have all these modern players like Tim Henson playing crazy stuff that sounds incredible, though they very rarely choose to bend anything”: Wolfgang Van Halen on what sets his favorite contemporary metal guitar hero apart from his peers
- “We built 19 different models. He more or less changed what we were doing”: EMG founder on why this Metallica guitarist’s pickup set was the most challenging he’s ever made
- “People talk a lot of poo about my tone. But it’s what I love and have loved since I was a kid”: Kiki Wong’s go-to amp at home is a budget combo everyone loves to hate
- November 13
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- “The guitar he used to teach a young Keith Richards”: Brian Jones' Harmony Stratotone from the Rolling Stones' early years is heading to auction
- “Everyone was saying, ‘I wanna buy this guitar.’ They're not cheap, but they're very much worth it”: Orianthi requested a backup guitar from PRS – only for it to turn into a highly requested signature model
- Sweetwater is showing the rest how it's done with its ginormous official Black Friday sale – and it includes a whopping $1,000 off a D'Angelico favourite
- “He asked if I would come to Wembley Arena. I thought he was joking”: Sam Ryder reunites with his childhood guitar teacher after 20 years – and invites him to play at one of the most iconic music venues in the world
- “People always say Rory Gallagher and Stevie Ray Vaughan had acidic sweat – but this is what I think”: Why some of the most famous Fenders are so heavily worn, according to a Custom Shop Masterbuilder
- “Proving I’m not fake”: Marcin fights ‘fake playing’ claims with new music video – but it doesn’t quite go according to plan
- Guitar Center blow the roof off Black Friday with their "biggest sale of the year" – save up to 40% on guitars from Epiphone, Fender, Martin, and more
- November 12
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- “The record label called to tell me that we were selling albums like crazy. We were playing just before Slipknot and Disturbed at festivals”: As Guitar Hero turns 20, DragonForce’s Herman Li recalls how the game turned them into a household name
- “Returns to the classic design that made it relevant, played, and loved”: Gibson has brought back the Les Paul Junior and Special Double Cut – reviving the adored student models that became rock ’n’ roll staples
- “If that's not done properly, then the guitar won’t be playable”: The hardest part of building a Gibson guitar from scratch, according to CEO Cesar Gueikian
- Ace Frehley’s cause of death confirmed by autopsy report
- “Our manager came in with a stopwatch and timed it. He said, ‘You’ve got to cut that solo down. It’s way too long’”: The seismic ’70s rock solo that was saved by a vote
- “I started crying. I never thought in these 42 years I’d see my work on the stage. I’m going, ‘Damn it, Joe!’” Maricela Juarez is a legend in the pickup game – and she was given the ultimate shoutout by Joe Bonamassa and Josh Smith
- “John Frusciante called me and said, ‘I’m sitting in a hospital and I don’t have a guitar. Can you loan me one?’” That time Dave Navarro lent John Frusciante a Les Paul – only for the Red Hot Chili Peppers legend to sell it
- “It’s a pedal that’s never existed before, no doubt about it”: Jack White’s Third Man Hardware and JHS Pedals have released a ‘horse-powered’ delay pedal – and it was all over White’s most recent album
- “I feel as if those who made music history are placing a hand on my shoulder, saying, ‘You’re on the right path’”: Måneskin guitarist Thomas Raggi steps out on his own with debut solo album – produced by Tom Morello
- November 11
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- The PRS pre-Black Friday sale is bigger than ever, with massive 40th anniversary discounts up to $220 on SE guitars and more – and yes, it includes the 5-star PRS SE NF 53
- “The biggest update to our pedals yet. We’ve listened to our users”: Universal Audio just gave its UAFX pedals a major upgrade – and it gives players exactly what they’ve been asking for
- “People love our amps because they’re loud. That one line has cemented itself as a tagline for the company”: Marshall has launched Spinal Tap amps that go to Infinity – here’s how ‘the loudest amp ever made’ came together
- “I wanted to create an instrument that feels classic but also pushes players to explore new tones”: Fender and Johnny Marr team up for a new signature Jaguar – which puts a distinct twist on the Smiths legend’s go-to guitar
- With a hefty discount on two five-star rated guitars and £212 off one of my favorite loopers, Thomann's killer early Black Friday sale just knocked it out of the park
- “These are a total dream for me”: Jacob Collier's 5-string revolution continues with the arrival of 2 new Taylor signature guitars – which make the unique design more accessible than ever
- November 10
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- “This is the bass I’ve wanted to make for years”: Sterling by Music Man releases signature bass with two dummy knobs that do absolutely nothing for MxPx bassist Mike Herrera
- “This poor guy had to sell his guitar because of medical bills. He was so incredibly excited that it was gonna get played”: Lzzy Hale on swapping Les Pauls for Explorers – and finding her first on Craigslist
- “Every time you put the capo on wrong, you pull the guitar out of tune”: Do you put your capo on ‘incorrectly’? Tommy Emmanuel says this is the correct way to do it – and it could save your tuning
- “I was like, ‘Joni, that’s gonna be terrible, we need an amp.’ She was like, ‘Would you just try it?’” Robben Ford on Joni Mitchell’s fuzz pedal experiments that shaped one of her most adventurous tracks
- “After the show, they handed me what is to this day one of my most prized possessions”: Jim Carrey remembers Chris Cornell and Soundgarden’s generous guitar gift as he inducts them into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
- November 9
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- “I wanted to write a Montrose album, and he wanted to write an album more like the Eagles – and I hate the Eagles”: Stevie Salas on being asked to join David Lee Roth and Sammy Hagar’s bands – and why he turned them down
- “We weren’t allowed to talk about it at Guitar Summit, but the signature everyone was asking about is now here”: All the guitar gear that has caught my eye this week – including the crown jewel of PRS’ 40th Anniversary year
- November 8
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- “It’s less significant than your guitar strap being an inch higher or lower”: John Mayer on why fretboard radius doesn’t actually make that much of a difference
- “People that didn’t understand the situation wanted me to get out of the way and hear more of Joni”: Brandi Carlile was instrumental in bringing Joni Mitchell back on stage – but faced a lot of criticism for her efforts
- November 7
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- Yungblud, Dream Theater, Wet Leg, Turnstile among guitar’s heavy hitters at the 2026 Grammy nominations
- “I’ve had many people hand me their guitars, and I’m like, ‘No, thank you’”: Rick Beato was offered the chance to play guitars from Peter Frampton, Larry Carlton and more – here’s why he turned them down
- “My vision closed up. I felt like I was gonna throw up. I started sweating profusely, but I was freezing”: Wolfgang Van Halen on the panic attack he suffered on the way to his Metallica support – and how it inspired his new album
- Every year, Rob Scallon and Andrew Huang write and record an album in a day. For 2025, they did it in an open Guitar Center – and used any gear they wanted
- “I was going everywhere – on the toilet, the bath, the taxi, and walking down the street – going, ‘What do I hear coming in there after those chords?’” How Eric Bell wrote one of Thin Lizzy’s most iconic guitar solos
- “The longer it goes, the better the guitar is going to sound”: Jason Isbell has shared his bizarre method for breaking in new acoustics – and you’ll never guess what it is
- “You never know what you're gonna get when you go to a Billy Strings concert”: Billy Strings shreds Bark at the Moon dressed as a werewolf – and nails Jake E. Lee and Ozzy Osbourne’s parts
- November 6
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- “The only way forward in this industry”: Ernie Ball fights battery waste with new rechargeable AA and 9V batteries that are tailored for effects pedals and active guitars
- “Maybe I’m playing into the hate I get from how cold the hyper-modern stuff can be – but I will do a 180 at some point and make people cry”: Guitar heroes are hailing him as shred’s next big thing – but Spiro is already planning a blues left-turn
- “Everyone was into rap and R&B. They would ask me, ‘Do you really like that old music?’” From humble beginnings to a cameo in Michael B. Jordan's Sinners – Christone ‘Kingfish’ Ingram is bridging the generational gap in blues
- “A level of authenticity you've never imagined”: IK Multimedia takes on Fender and Boss with the TONEX Plug – its first-ever headphone amp
- November 5
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- “I found this in a store and it sounded amazing. It cost about $500 less than a Fender would”: Geese are the latest indie-rock phenomenon – and their lead guitarist is repping this Billy Corgan-approved guitar brand
- “It was not only an honour but deeply moving”: Bernie Marsden’s $1million ‘The Beast’ Les Paul was just played on stage by Slash’s favorite current British blues rock guitar hero
- “He screams across from the bar, ‘What you doing, boy! Put that guitar down. Nobody knows my tuning!’” Journey’s Neal Schon on that one time he tried Albert King’s mythical Gibson Flying V
- “Fender needed something to bring them into more modern times”: How Jim Root’s radical signature Telecaster updated a Fender mainstay for the 21st century
- “This isn’t just about sound, it’s about community, creativity, and giving back to the music that made us”: Marshall launches initiative to support grassroots music venues in the UK – which are facing a fight for survival
- “No, that doesn’t sound right”: Robert Trujillo gatecrashes group Enter Sandman lesson at Guitar Center
- Soundgarden bassist Ben Shepherd reveals his fears surrounding Chris Cornell’s final tour – and names the producer of the band’s new album
- “It's really hard when you're going through that. I like to be able to give something back”: Tony Iommi is raffling off one of his Gibson SGs to support the hospital that treated his cancer
- “It was something we’d never seen the likes of”: The unexpected discovery in John Mayer’s iconic ’64 Fender Strat that helped shape the sound of the Silver Sky
- November 4
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- “At this time I have to prioritize my health”: Bad Company’s Paul Rodgers drops out of this year’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony – after previously confirming reunion plans
- “He spoke to my parents, and we were off to London the next day to talk about a record deal. I had no idea who he was”: When Joanne Shaw Taylor was discovered at 15 by an ’80s music legend – and the biggest piece of advice he gave her
- “I was saying, ‘It’s going to explode.’ I was terrified the place was going to burn down”: When Eddie Van Halen crash-tested one of EVH’s most iconic guitar amps – and risked 5150 Studios in the process
- “G&L is no longer – and we still have a lot of unanswered questions”: Former G&L employee speaks out following quiet closure of company – as Fender purchases the 'Leo Fender' trademark
- “Morello was like, ‘Hey, you can't do that. I think Metallica was gonna do that…’” Halestorm reveal the song they were originally set to play at Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath’s final show
- November 3
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- “On a guitar, it's built so weird with that one string in the wrong position, and so everybody plays the same crap all the time”: Phish's Trey Anastasio thinks all guitar music sounds the same – so he radically switched up his songwriting process
- “Absolutely fearless”: Teenager shredding Bon Jovi’s You Give Love a Bad Name at her valedictory goes viral
- “A treasure trove of undiscovered harmonies”: She’s played with Bruno Mars and Jay-Z – now Ella Feingold’s signature string set brings her wild inverted tuning to the masses
- “I’d say, ‘How is your latest record, Jeff?’ And he’d go, ‘Oh, it's a lot of rubbish’”: Ritchie Blackmore on Jeff Beck’s imposter syndrome
- “In all the years I’ve been playing since I was a child, I don’t remember ever adjusting a tone knob. I’m not going to miss it”: Why Tetrarch’s Diamond Rowe believes that tone knobs on guitars are overrated
- “Let’s hop to it”: James Hetfield wins Halloween by donning inflatable kangaroo costume to rip through a thrash classic – and he doesn’t miss a beat
- November 2
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- “From 1991 to 2016, I did no lead playing at all. By the time I started playing again for my YouTube channel, I’d forgotten everything I knew”: Why Rick Beato stopped playing solos – and why it was good for his playing
- “Instant, precise control right under your foot”: This innovation might have completely changed the way you dial in effects pedals forever
- November 1
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- “That’s the last barrier we have to tear down”: The one thing stopping headless guitars being embraced by traditional players, according to Ola Strandberg
- This Japanese guitar maker is fashioning phone cases that make your mobile look like vintage instruments – and the internet is going crazy for them
- “Who’d have thought the Oasis reunion would be such an event for signature guitars?” All the guitar gear that has caught my eye this week – including the Hummingbird’s evil twin
