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November 30
- Save $80 on these sleek, limited-edition Squier Contemporary Active Jazz Bass HH models
- Get $240 off this luxurious Whale Blue PRS SE Custom 22 over at Musician's Friend
- Fender's FA-135CE beginner acoustic-electric guitar drops to a crazy $149 for Cyber Monday
- Save a gargantuan $350 on this D'Angelico Premier Series Atlantic over at Musician's Friend
- Get 3 packs of Ernie Ball Regular Slinky electric guitar strings for just $9.99 with this super-enticing Cyber Monday deal
- Watch Jay Leonard J deliver plenty of sparkle and snap with his Elixir 80/20 Bronze Nanoweb guitar strings
- Jensen’s Blackbird 40 speaker promises vintage character with modern high-gain power
- Get a Squier Bullet Mustang for only $129 in this awesome Cyber Monday deal for beginners at Guitar Center
- The looperEYE is a smart looper pedal that aims to put “the power of a digital audio workstation at your feet”
- Warwick debuts Alien Deluxe Hybrid Thinline acoustic bass guitars
- Steve Lukather compares using tabs to playing Guitar Hero
- Get $250 off the Line 6 Helix with this insane Cyber Monday deal
November 29
- Get guitar lessons from Tom Morello, Carlos Santana and St. Vincent in this awesome 2 for 1 deal over at MasterClass
- Sweetwater just launched its Cyber Week sale and savings are now up to a crazy 80% on guitar gear
November 28
- Save big on these stunning Martin X Series Rosewood acoustic guitars over at Guitar Center
- Yamaha’s FG800 is one of our favorite beginner acoustics. It’s also sold out, but we’ve found stock at Walmart!
November 27
- Save 50% on a Fender Play subscription, and save 10% on all Fender gear for the entire year, with this ridiculous Black Friday deal
- Save $350 on the shred-ready ESP LTD M-400 in this epic Black Friday deal
- Get 6 sets of Ernie Ball Regular Slinky guitar strings for just $22 in this killer Black Friday deal
- Meet the Intelocaster, a Strat-style electric made from old computer parts
- Buy a Line 6 Helix LT from Sweetwater and get a free backpack worth $169
- Power your pedalboard and get your guitar in tune for less with $50 off the Boss Pedal Power Solution
- Could Kyro’s Dulo pedalboard amp be the “ultimate pedal platform”?
- Angus Young responds to the charge that every AC/DC album sounds the same: “This is what we do best”
- Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan teams up with Carstens Amplification for “game-changer” signature amp
- Save 20% on all new guitar gear at ProAudioStar in this Black Friday extravaganza
November 26
- The Markbass CMD102P is currently only $799 at Guitar Center - get a pro quality bass amp for less
- Dr. Z teams up with Carol-Ann Amps for its first-ever high-gain offering, the CAZ-45
- Can’t wait for the Boss HM-2 reissue? KMA Audio Machines’ WURHM could fill the void
- Competition: Are You The UK's Best Amateur Guitar Builder?
- Upgrade your home studio for less with these cut price JBL 305P studio monitors
- The beginner-friendly Mitchell MU40 soprano ukulele is a steal at only $29.99 this Black Friday
- Cort Guitars unveils the affordable, all-solid OC-Core Collection
- Mark Tremonti names the hardest Alter Bridge song to play
- Orianthi can’t watch her viral Voodoo Child cover: “I hated my tone – it was just f**king awful!”
- ESP raises over $47k at Metallica's All Within My Hands Foundation Concert and Auction
November 25
- Hear Eddie Van Halen get cosmic on a newly unearthed cover of Jimi Hendrix’s If 6 Was 9
- Sick Riffs: Andy Gibbs teaches you the sludgy, chromatic wrecking ball of Thou's Ancestral Recall
- Joe Biden’s Secretary of State nominee is a guitar-playing singer-songwriter who has jammed with Steely Dan’s Jeff “Skunk” Baxter
- Watch a pre-Ozzy Zakk Wylde shred Quiet Riot’s Metal Health with Sebastian Bach at a 1987 wedding
- Gator’s new guitar closet hanging bags let you hang your axe next to your coat
- Fender cooks up triple trouble with the Troublemaker Tele Deluxe Bigsby
- Epiphone launches new takes on its classic '60s hollowbodies, the Casino and Riviera
- Kiesel teams up with Sophie Lloyd for Limited Artist Edition A6H Aries model
- Gibson launches Reverb store to sell one-of-a-kind prototype guitars, demo models and artist-played instruments
- Watch Guitar World demo the all-new PRS Tonare Parlor acoustic range
- Hamstead Soundworks offers up an all-in-one tone-shaping solution with the Zenith EQ, compressor and boost pedal
- 2021 Grammy nominations highlighted by all-female Best Rock Performance category
- Boss confirms an HM-2 Heavy Metal reissue is in the works
November 24
- Feast your ears on Maxon’s “amazing” Apex808 overdrive pedal
- Meet Taylor’s innovative GT acoustic, featuring a brand-new body size and responsible-sourced Urban Ash woods
- A Chuck Berry-signed and played 1967 Gibson ES-345 is headed for auction
- Maton Guitars teams up with Aussie singer-songwriter Joe Robinson for the J.R Signature
- Historic Peter Green tribute concert, featuring David Gilmour, Pete Townshend and more, is hitting cinemas in 2021
- Jimmy Fallon takes on H.E.R. in a guitar solo battle for the ages on The Tonight Show
- Lars Ulrich says Metallica are “into some pretty serious writing” for a new album – but it’s not without its challenges
- Carnation tear through Malformed Regrowth in this blazing death-metal playthrough
- Avenged Sevenfold's Synyster Gates reveals limited-edition Dark Night version of his Schecter signature model
- Dean Guitars expands its Select Series with the Cadi Select 3 Pickup Classic Black
November 23
- ESP unveils the first models from its massive 2021 electric guitar line-up
- Fulltone head Mike Fuller requested his company's products be pulled from Reverb's new The Pedal Movie
- Chris Cornell’s “Superunknown” 1966 Fender Jazzmaster goes up for sale
- Mithans Guitars unveils two T-style semi-hollows: the T'roots and T'leafes
- Eric Clapton’s 1954 Fender Stratocaster is hitting the auction block for a cool one million
- Dunable Guitars reveals more affordable DE Series
- Epiphone unveils 'Inspired by Gibson' J-45, Hummingbird and J-200 acoustic guitars
- Fender targets acoustic and bass players with Acoustic Preverb and Trapper Bass Distortion pedals
- Fender releases '70s-vibed Tread-Light Wah and Volume/Expression pedals
November 20
- The Taylor GT guitar: your new acoustic inspiration
- Epiphone launches affordable ‘Inspired by Gibson’ ES-335 and ES-339
- Watch Ryan “Fluff” Bruce put Bog Street’s innovative Axe Series picks to the test
- Save a staggering $130 on JST’s Misha Mansoor Toneforge guitar amp sim plugin
- Victory condenses its VC35 The Copper amp head into a pedal with the V4 The Copper Preamp
- Michael Kelly Guitars adds a Ziricote-topped model to its dual pickup system-equipped Hybrid Special series
- Monty's Guitars launches Montypresso, an all-natural wax that helps relic your guitar
- Line 6 releases “game-changing” Helix 3.0 update with exhaustive array of new features
November 19
- Watch Pete Thorn achieve clean and overdriven bliss with RedSeven's Duality 100 guitar amp
- From the offspring of rock royalty to offbeat guitar-pop perfection: here are this week's essential guitar tracks
- Should I buy a guitar amp on Black Friday?
- Sandberg unveils signature bass model for Dimmu Borgir bassist Victor Brandt
- Get up to 50% off IK Multimedia Dimebag, Satriani and Brian May Amplitube tones until January!
- Boss wants to help you fit more on your pedalboard with its new slimline pancake patch cables
- Nelly to play Chuck Berry in upcoming Buddy Holly biopic, Clear Lake
- Joe Bonamassa documentary ‘Guitar Man’ set for release in December
- Gibson to remake 13 stolen Adam Jones 1979 Signature Les Pauls for customers who missed out
- Bergantino launches the Forté D, a tonally versatile 800W bass amp head
- The Go-Go's, Cherie Currie, Cindy Blackman Santana, Amy Lee and more to be honored at the She Rocks Awards 2021
- Solar Guitars launches 4 new metal-ready, Fishman Fluence-equipped electric guitars
- Boss takes its boutique-style Tube Logic amps to the next level with the Nextone Special
November 18
- Watch acoustic blues picker Justin Johnson demo the “three-dimensional” Fishman PowerTap Earth pickup system
- Should I buy a guitar on Black Friday?
- Devin Holt delivers the doom in this savage playthrough of Pallbearer's The Quicksand of Existing
- Epiphone revives the Coronet, Wilshire and Crestwood
- Friedman crams its Smallbox amp head into a pedal
- Enter to win a free Glarry GJazz Bass!
- Angus Young pays tribute to his brother and AC/DC rhythm man Malcolm: “It was his creation, his idea, his whole thing”
- Courtney Love has been taking guitar lessons and writing new material over lockdown
- Spector unveils its first-ever sandblasted bass model, the NS Pulse
- Wolfgang Van Halen shares the first guitar his father gave him – and reveals what he was like as a guitar teacher
- Ernie Ball Music Man announces super-limited-edition Cliff Williams Icon Series StingRay bass
- PRS launches highly limited – and affordable – Powder Blue SE P20E acoustic-electric
November 17
- Witness the Positive Grid Spark nail five of rock’s most iconic amp tones
- Gibson unveils Jimi Hendrix 1969 Flying V and 1967 SG Custom
- Keeley promises "a complete end-of-pedalboard solution" with the HYDRA Stereo Reverb & Tremolo pedal
- Sick Riffs: Charlie Griffiths teaches you the thunderous verse riff of Harbinger's Healer/Deceiver – with tab!
- Jack White takes you on a guided tour of his tricked-out Three-Wheel Motion Low Rider Fender Telecaster
- Fender launches surprisingly versatile Brad Paisley Esquire
- Origin Effects recreates the sound of late-'50s Magnatone amps in a pedal with the MAGMA57
- Prized guitars from Albert King, Bob Marley and Jimi Hendrix go under the hammer
- Mesa/Boogie’s new Badlander is the amp Rectifier fans have been waiting for
- Harley Benton aims its new sub-$150 basses at hard-rock and metal players
- Van Halen were planning a “kitchen-sink” reunion tour with Sammy Hagar, Michael Anthony and David Lee Roth
November 16
- Ace Frehley's stage-used 1993 Gibson Les Paul heads to auction
- Joel Hoekstra announces second solo album, Running Games, and releases new single, Hard to Say Goodbye
- Jonathan Egmore unleashes a clutch of destructive riffs while dressed as a plague doctor in this hell-raising black-metal playthrough
- Fender partners with Brixton for new hat range, complete with built-in pick holders
- Wolfgang Van Halen releases first track from solo band Mammoth WVH
- Hear Metallica cover House of the Rising Sun on their half-acoustic/half-electric livestream
- Dunlop unveils the Cry Baby Junior wah pedal, designed for Pedaltrain pedalboards
- Jimmy Page says COVID-19 has sparked his desire to return to the stage
November 13
- Dave Grohl reveals details of quarantine side project with mystery guests
- Sons of Slash, Robert Trujillo and Scott Weiland release first single as Suspect208
- Watch Sarah Longfield demo the “incredible” limited edition Cort Cut Craft acoustic-electric guitar
- Boss teases new Waza Craft pedal “like nothing we’ve ever created before”
- Metallica is auctioning a one-of-a-kind Godin A5 Ultra Bass for the All Within My Hands Foundation
- Epiphone promises "vintage for all" as it launches the most affordable ’59 Les Paul Standard ever
- Fender launches all-new feature-packed line of acoustic guitar amps
- Harley Benton adds to its budget-friendly acoustic-electric range with the beginner-focused CLG-48CE Wide NT
- What are the 8 greatest guitar tones ever? Music is Win has the answer
November 12
- Wolfgang Van Halen's debut single, Distance, is dedicated to his father
- Save $150 off the big, bold Gretsch G2420T Streamliner at Guitar Center ahead of Black Friday
- From monster sludge-prog to Malian desert-blues: here are this week's essential guitar tracks
- Sick Riffs: Fredrik Wester teaches you the rapid-fire verse riff of Warfect's Pestilence
- Acoustic legend Joan Armatrading wants to record a heavy metal album with “lots of guitar shredding”
- From “melted cheese” to a “witch's nose”, Jared Dines unearths the 25 ugliest guitar headstocks in the world
- Van Halen’s covers-heavy set at Pasadena High School in 1975 surfaces on YouTube
- b3 unveils new SL-K double-cut in a cornucopia of finishes
- V-MODA reveals Jimi Hendrix-inspired Crossfade 2 Wireless headphones
- H.E.R.: “I've been underestimated a lot when I pick up the guitar, but then when I start playing, it's like, ‘Oh, okay!’”
November 11
- Joe Bonamassa, Don Felder and Orianthi headline inaugural Gibson and Guitars4Vets Rock to Remember concert
- Balaguer teams up with The Acacia Strain's Devin Shidaker for the Tartarus DS7 7-string and DS8 8-string
- This infinity mirror guitar studded with LEDs will light up your day
- Angus Young says AC/DC has a “mountain” of song ideas still to be recorded
- Plini issues statement in response to pop star Doja Cat lifting his music for her MTV EMA performance
- Morgan seeks to nail classic Clapton, AC/DC and Hendrix tones with the KT66-loaded MVP66 head and combo
- Revv unveils Two Notes Torpedo-equipped Generator MKIII series
November 10
- Keep your guitars in “fighting form” with D’Addario’s new Nita Strauss Hurricane Kit maintenance care package
- Pedal giants unite with the launch of the Chase Bliss Audio x Z.Vex Bliss Factory and EarthQuaker x Death By Audio Time Shadows
- KMA Machines launches limited-edition Cirrus ICE reverb and delay pedal
- Watch the first trailer for Chuck Berry: The Original King of Rock ‘N’ Roll documentary
- Dave Grohl has a new songwriting collaborator – 10-year-old Nandi Bushell
- b3 launches headless, hugely customizable UltraModern 24
- Intervals’ Aaron Marshall joins forces with Marco Sfogli for this awe-inspiring progressive playthrough
- Enter to win a massive gear giveaway from TASCAM!
- Kiesel unveils the endlessly customizable Hyperdrive electric
- Solar Guitars launches two new signature models in collaboration with At The Gates
- Sick Riffs: Tim Bray teaches you the rockabilly-flavored guitar solo of Karen Jonas's Pink Leather Boots
- Did Doja Cat swipe a Plini track for her MTV EMA performance?
November 9
- Positive Grid's BIAS sale has knocked hundreds of dollars off their epic amp and effects modelling software
- Jennifer Batten set to host online Guitar Cloud Symposium Deep Dive on recording an album
- NUX unveils Duotime Dual Delay Engine stereo delay pedal
- Angus Young: “Malcolm could solo even better than me”
- Foo Fighters debut new single Shame Shame with Saturday Night Live performance
- Watch Steve Vai play guitar with a hook – while dressed as Captain Hook
- Josh Smith lets loose in new lockdown jam series
- Slash, Kirk Hammett and Tom Morello pay tribute to EVH at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2020 induction ceremony
November 6
- Get the psychedelic sounds of the ‘60s for a whole lot less with $200 off the Danelectro Baby Sitar
- Nick Casasanto delivers a super-infectious playthrough of Knuckle Puck's Sidechain
- Guitar phenom Orianthi talks new album, O, and her love of PRS guitars
- St. Vincent and Dave Grohl cover Nine Inch Nails' Piggy
- Darkglass expands its lightweight bass amp offering with the Microtubes 500v2 and Alpha·Omega 500
- Jimmy Page reveals the amp he really used to record Whole Lotta Love
- $95k worth of Gibson Adam Jones 1979 Les Paul Customs stolen in premeditated theft
- System of a Down release 2 new songs, their first new music in 15 years
November 5
- How to seriously improve your soloing in just 6 minutes
- Slash releases instrumental version of Where Do I Begin?, the theme from Love Story
- From returning riff titans to Spaghetti Western blues: here are this week's essential guitar tracks
- Want to be a better guitarist? Jared Dines has 10 tips to help you on your quest
- Jackson Audio upgrades Mateus Asato signature drive with replaceable distortion circuits
- Eddie Vedder’s advice to A Star is Born’s Bradley Cooper? “Make sure your guitar covers your balls at all times”
- Watch Paul Riario test drive the “stunning” high-performance ESP USA Viper electric
- JHS Pedals delves into the truth behind AmazonBasics pedals – and why it’s a good thing for the guitar industry
- Is this the best slide guitar freak-out you've never heard?
- Biffy Clyro unveil signature Booooom/Blast distortion pedal
November 4
- Recording King adds a parlor-sized model to its line of resonator guitars
- Watch Jeffrey Fisher of R O G U E deliver an unfathomably heavy playthrough of Archetype
- Adrian Smith: Eddie Van Halen and Jimi Hendrix “had the biggest effect on the electric guitar”
- Because this year can only get weirder, here’s a tattooed Robert Fripp playing Black Sabbath’s Paranoid in a prison cell
- Megadeth's Dave Ellefson: "Weekend-warrior bass players give me sh*t about playing with a pick"
- Manson recreates Matt Bellamy’s Red Santa guitar for new MA 2020 Limited Edition
- 30 stunning custom-painted EVH Wolfgang guitars are up for auction – and you might just be able to afford them
- Epiphone launches the Prophecy Collection – the guitars metal players have been waiting for
- Empress reboots one of the top compressor pedals on the market, and launches new bass version
November 3
- Biffy Clyro tease signature overdrive pedal
- Are you the Guitarist of the Year?
- Sick Riffs: Luke Bentham teaches you the crunchy riffs and soaring leads of The Dirty Nil's Doom Boy
- Tim Henson’s shred remix of Ariana Grande’s Positions is one of the best guitar covers you’ll hear this year
- EBS teams up with Stanley Clarke for versatile new bass preamp pedal
- Harley Benton unveils affordable, modular ISO-AC and ISO-10AC Pro Power Plant pedalboard power supplies
- Mojotone introduces compact, 6V6-powered BlackOut British Head
- Could you be the Bassist of the Year?
November 2
- Win a Fender Jimi Hendrix Stratocaster and a Live in Maui box set to celebrate the release of Hendrix’s 1970 Maui performances
- Sarah Longfield takes the feature-rich Axe I/O Solo guitar interface for a home-studio spin
- Chaos Audio reimagines the guitar effects pedal with the Stratus, an intelligent, Bluetooth-enabled multi-FX
- Eddie Van Halen honored with massive building mural courtesy of Canadian artist
- Solar Guitars introduces its first-ever bass models
- Did Bring Me the Horizon lift a Deftones riff for their latest track?
- David Lee Roth pays tribute to Eddie Van Halen with new track, featuring John 5
- Billy Corgan recalls his “religious experience” interviewing Eddie Van Halen for Guitar World