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March 31
- Watch Ryan “Fluff” Bruce nail iconic tones with the “incredible” IK Multimedia AmpliTube 5
- John Lennon wished Cheap Trick's Rick Nielsen had played on Cold Turkey instead of Eric Clapton
- Malcolm Young: "We were going to get a keyboard player, but I got Angus instead"
- Sadowsky launches all-new single-cut, 24-fret Masterbuilt bass in a range of configurations
- My Bloody Valentine sign for Domino Records, release entire catalog of music on streaming services
- Acorn Amplifiers hits a fuzzed-up home run with the F#%k Face
- Garbage make long-awaited return with stomping new single, The Men Who Rule The World
- Staind announce first material in nine years, Live: It's Been Awhile, alongside two global livestream events
- Elvis Presley’s iconic ‘68 Comeback Special Hagstrom Viking II sells for $625,000 at auction
- Epiphone teams up with Dethklok's Brendon Small for the Gibson BurstBucker-loaded GhostHorse Explorer
March 30
- Gibson pays tribute to a blues pioneer with the new Slim Harpo "Lovell" ES-330
- Gibson introduces elegant 60th Anniversary Les Paul SG Custom Shop models
- Epiphone unveils made-in-USA Casino
- Listen to Paint the Sky with Blood, one of the last songs Alexi Laiho ever recorded
- Fender unveils limited-edition Master Built Joe Strummer Esquire electric guitar
- Michael Kelly Guitars launches new Pinnacle bass in 4- and 5-string configurations
- Origin Effects announces its latest RevivalDRIVE pedal, the RD Compact Hot Rod
- Dreadbox debuts extensive new range of reverb, delay and flanger effects pedals
- Ampeg introduces the “powerful yet lightweight” Rocket Bass Series
March 29
- Ernie Ball’s Volt offers clean and reliable power in a shockingly compact design
- Brian May and his silver Red Special channel COVID anxiety in new song Panic Attack 2021
- John Mayer unveiled a short snippet of his new single – and Mary Spender went ahead and finished it for him
- Fender expands ultra-affordable Squier Affinity lineup with all-new Telecaster, Stratocaster and Jazzmaster models
- Robert Fripp covered Mötley Crüe, Metallica and was “blown away” by the guitar playing
- YouTuber uses quantization to “fix“ Van Halen… and it sounds awful
- Eric Johnson wrote Cliffs of Dover in 5 minutes
- Joe Bonamassa explains why he uses 7 amps live: “What's the point of playing guitar if you can't be loud as hell?”
- Lace Music launches passive loaded pickguard, the Pickguard Plus
- Reverend announces Fishman P-90-equipped Greg Koch Gristle 90
- Rob Scallon launches mission-based learning platform, GuitarQuest
March 26
- Matt Bellamy gifts Nandi Bushell his signature Manson MBM-1 guitar
- Wolfgang Van Halen on EVH Grammys tribute: “Being asked to play Eruption felt like a tone-deaf ask”
- KHDK Electronics joins forces with Behemoth's Nergal for LCFR overdrive/boost pedal
- Holeyboard partners with Jack White’s Third Man Records for custom pedalboard design
- Watch 4 Wolfgang Van Halens jam fuzz-heavy new Mammoth WVH cut, Don’t Back Down
- Kele Okereke unveils hypnotic new single, Smalltown Boy, announces fifth solo album
- The Joy Formidable share driving new single, Into the Blue
- Gojira launch new single Amazonia, announce charity auction to benefit Indigenous communities of the Amazon
- Seattle Sounders FC's new kit is inspired by Jimi Hendrix
- Billy Gibbons announces new “raging rocker” solo album, Hardware, unveils first single
- Watch Steve Stine demo the powerful and ultra-portable Blackstar ID:Core V3 amp
March 25
- The Anix teams up with urban design brand DSPTCH to “reinvent the guitar strap”
- From neo-soul virtuosity to groove-infused grime-metal: here are this week's essential guitar tracks
- Meshuggah announce new album, return of founding guitarist Fredrik Thordendal
- Signed guitars from Bon Jovi, Kiss and Ghost headline massive auction to benefit Roadie Relief
- Try Fender Play for 2 weeks absolutely free, no strings attached
- Eddie Van Halen-owned and -played Peavey Wolfgang goes up for auction
- Kirk Hammett launches Greeny Blues Blend, a coffee inspired by Peter Green's ’59 Les Paul
- Marty Friedman unveils grandiose, shred-heavy new single, Kaze Ga Fuiteiru
- Release date announced for Reverb.com’s eagerly awaited documentary, The Pedal Movie
- Beabadoobee teams up with The 1975's Matty Healy for dreamy new single, Last Day On Earth
- Boss adds the super-affordable, rechargeable TU-05 to its line of clip-on tuners
March 24
- Win a supremely “edgy” Cort KX300 Etched electric guitar in Etched Black Red or Etched Black Gold
- Royal Blood set to premiere new single Limbo during virtual performance at the 2021 Roblox Bloxy Awards
- Reverend unveils hybrid pickup-loaded Crosscut and Crosscut W
- Manuel Gardner Fernandes releases intricate guitar-driven rendition of Rosé's K-Pop smash hit On the Ground
- Carlos Santana reveals Kirk Hammett will guest on his new album, Blessings and Miracles
- Arielle is personally planting “tonewood trees” for every Brian May Guitars signature model sold
- First trailer released for new Trini Lopez documentary, My Name is Lopez
- Watch YouTube guitarist Rockloe lay down 10 easy solos every beginner should know
- Ivison Guitars unveils auto-inspired Dakota single-cut
- Yngwie Malmsteen plays Jimmy Page Telecaster, still sounds exactly like Yngwie Malmsteen
- John Petrucci-led supergroup Liquid Tension Experiment unveil blazing new song, Hypersonic
- Devin Townsend has composed the soundtrack for a new children's TV show
- Nick Johnston teases new T-type Schecter signature model
- Tommy Emmanuel announces new EP with Rob Ickes and Trey Hensley, shares first single Flatt Did It
- Black Midi unleash new single John L, announce upcoming album, Cavalcade
March 23
- Gibson expands its line of signature acoustics with the luxurious Tom Petty SJ-200 Wildflower
- World's greatest guitar heroes assemble for mammoth virtual Jason Becker fundraiser
- b3 Guitars claims its new SL59 double-cut is “the definition of a ‘Burst killer’”
- Watch Lindsey Buckingham reimagine Never Going Back Again on the new Fender Acoustasonic Jazzmaster
- Post Malone and Andrew Watt team up for knockout performances of Brad Paisley and Sturgill Simpson country hits
- Lemmy had his ashes put into bullets to give to his closest friends
- Strandberg teases its first semi-hollow headless model, the Sälen Jazz
- Meet Me @ the Altar release riff-heavy pop-punk female empowerment anthem, Hit Like A Girl
- New artisan guitar pick store allows you to buy boutique plectrums from across the Plectroverse
- Eric Bibb teams up with Eric Gales for swampy new single, Whole World’s Got The Blues
March 22
- Mile End Effects recreates Roland's RE-150 Space Echo preamp with the brilliantly named Ronald Preamp 150
- 16-year-old guitar phenom Toby Lee unleashes his inner AC/DC on hard-driving new single, Take the Wheel
- Could this be the first Fender Telecaster ever made?
- Iced Earth’s Jon Schaffer to be held without bail for role in US Capitol insurrection
- John Mayer says new album is “recorded, mixed and mastered”, shares clip of lead single on TikTok
- Cult singer-songwriter and rocker Dan Sartain dies aged 39
- Former Underoath guitarist Corey Steger dies aged 42
- Grammys producer responds to Eddie Van Halen tribute criticism
- Joe Bonamassa's signature Fender Custom Shop '51 Nocaster is imminent: “The first few are coming off the line”
- Watch Sophie Burrell conjure massive EVH tones with the Eventide MicroPitch Delay pedal
March 19
- Warpaint release reimagined take on Gang of Four's Paralysed for Andy Gill tribute album
- Guthrie Govan-led instrumental power trio the Aristocrats unveil Freeze! Live in Europe 2020
- Summer NAMM 2021 is happening – and it’s in person
- Metalheads are among the happiest fans in any music genre, according to new study
- Greta Van Fleet head for swelling, power-ballad glory on new single Broken Bells
- Izzy Stradlin’s ‘Appetite for Destruction’ Gibson ES-175D is hitting the auction block for $50,000
- Neural DSP recreates the “amplifier that originated American high-gain tone”, the Soldano SLO-100
- Mythos Pedals unveils its first-ever delay unit, the Oracle
- Kenny Wayne Shepherd's Blues Music Award nomination rescinded over confederate flag imagery
- Watch Ichika Nito put a dual-fretboard 14-string FM Guitars model through its paces
March 18
- From soulful six-string sunshine to raucous anti-hate punk: here are this week's essential guitar tracks
- Todd Rundgren on the time Eric Clapton let him play his 'Blackie' Strat after he snapped a string
- Boss introduces adjustable heavy-duty BAS-1 amp stand
- Jim Root recalls the time he hurled a Fender Tele at Joey Jordison "like a spear"
- Line 6 updates firmware behind Relay G10 wireless systems to prevent potential fire risk
- Source Audio combines overdrive, fuzz and tremolo in "first of its kind" Ultrawave Multiband processor
March 17
- Watch members of Testament, Anthrax and more take on the Stevie Nicks/Tom Petty classic Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around
- Recording King adds new Matte Black-finished resonator to its Dirty 30s line
- Julian Lage unveils new trio album Squint, first single Saint Rose
- Richard Fortus recalls the time he and Slash tried out modeling amps with Guns N’ Roses
- Ibanez unveils the latest addition to its hollow-bodied Artcore Expressionist range, the versatile AMH90
- D’Addario expands XT string range with multi-packs, singles, 7-string guitar sets and more
- Tom DeLonge partners with Reverb.com to sell tour- and album-used Blink-182 and Angels & Airwaves gear
- Mojo Hand FX introduces Maestro-inspired Mister-O Phase Shifter pedal
- Yngwie Malmsteen announces “extreme” new album, Parabellum
- LunaStone's new Deep Metal distortion pedal “vaporizes poor guitar tone”
- Marty Friedman says social media guitar stars saved the instrument from extinction
- Myles Kennedy unleashes 8-minute epic, The Ides Of March, the title track from his upcoming second solo album
- Gibson unveils mini-humbucker-equipped Deluxe '70s Les Paul reissue
- Mateus Asato teams up with LA singer-songwriter Annalé on her new single, Goodbye
- Ricardo Amorim delivers a series of wailing solos in this killer playthrough of Moonspell's All or Nothing
March 16
- Muse think Nandi Bushell “absolutely killed it” with her new Plug In Baby cover
- All-star Mick Fleetwood & Friends concert celebrating the music of Peter Green to be streamed online
- Watch Pedals: The Musical, a half-hour, historically accurate production conceived by JHS Pedals' Josh Scott
- Epiphone unveils Emily Wolfe Sheraton Stealth
- Watch Metallica perform the national anthem ahead of the Golden State Warriors vs Los Angeles Lakers NBA game
- Fender expands American Acoustasonic range with all-new Jazzmaster model
- The Strokes think blues-rock is creatively exhausted: “Please, no more of that”
- Wolfgang Van Halen reveals he was asked to play Eruption at the Grammys in tribute to his father, but declined
March 15
- Mark Lettieri and Steve Lukather team up for full-throttle baritone funk track Star Catchers
- H.E.R.'s Fight For You nominated for Best Original Song at the 2021 Academy Awards
- Quilter Labs recreates 3 vintage Fender amps with its new Aviator Cub combo
- Martin Miller recruits Kirk Fletcher for guitar-driven Daft Punk tribute
- Recordings exist of Tony Iommi and Eddie Van Halen jamming at a Black Sabbath rehearsal
- This children's book plays Megadeth's Holy Wars riff
- Elvis Presley's '68 Comeback Special Hagstrom Viking II is hitting the auction block
- Nembrini Audio announces $39 AC30 emulation plugin, the DC30
- John Mayer joins forces with Maren Morris to perform The Bones at the Grammys 2021
- Harley Benton launches a rainbow of $27 soprano ukuleles
- Grammy Awards criticized over "15-second" Eddie Van Halen tribute
- Ritchie Blackmore wields his Fender Strat once more on bluesy Blackmore's Night instrumental, Der letzte Musketier (The Last Musketeer)
- Steve Vai unveils new song Knappsack, which he shreds entirely with one hand
- H.E.R., Thundercat, The Strokes, Body Count win at the Grammys 2021
- Watch Matt Scharfglass pick, slap and pop his way to glory on the striking new Spector NS Ethos bass
- Foo Fighters bring the noise in an extra-huge new issue of Australian Guitar, out now!
March 12
- Viral acoustic virtuoso Marcin releases full studio version of his sublime fingerstyle Kashmir cover
- Jared Dines shares the first track from Sion, his new band with former Killswitch Engage vocalist Howard Jones
- Prince-owned Cloud guitar sells for $133,000 at auction
- Yungblud invites “emo queen” Avril Lavigne on The Yungblud Show for a stripped-back duet of I'm With You
- Eminence deploy a clutch of future mosh-inducing riffs in this savage playthrough of Dark Echoes
- Watch Pete Thorn crank up Vox’s Valvenergy tube distortion pedals in a brand-new track
- Hear Eric Clapton solo over new Daniel Santiago song, Open World
- Peter Hook and son join forces with The Smashing Pumpkins' Jeff Schroeder for Joy Division cover
- Tony Iommi says he's "not happy at all" with the release of new Dio-era Black Sabbath song, Slapback
- Guitar World’s best new products of 2021
- Phoebe Bridgers says “it's hilarious to me that people care so much” about her SNL guitar smash
- Paul McCartney announces new covers album with St. Vincent, Josh Homme, Phoebe Bridgers and more
March 11
- Steve Vai is heading to Patreon, and will unveil a new song, Knappsack
- Queen and David Bowie jammed on Cream covers at the 1981 sessions that produced “Under Pressure”
- From slide bonanzas to surefire alt-rock hits: here are this week's essential guitar tracks
- Watch Steel Panther absolutely shred two Van Halen classics
- Paul Gilbert announces 16th solo album, Werewolves of Portland, shares scorching lead single, Argument About Pie
- David Gilmour confirms a Pink Floyd reunion will never happen: "It would be fakery to go back and do it again"
- Eventide seeks to make your guitar sound bigger than ever before with new MicroPitch Delay pedal
- 9 in 10 musicians say their mental health has deteriorated due to the COVID-19 pandemic
- D'Angelico debuts its latest vintage-style semi-hollow, the Excel 59
- "Haunted" acoustic guitar goes up for sale on Reverb.com for $666
- Noel Gallagher teases signature Gibson J-150: “This looks like it did the day I bought it”
March 10
- The Guitar Center Music Foundation raises over $500K to assist music programs in need
- JHS Pedals’ Josh Scott has created “Pedals: The Musical” – yes, really – and will perform it live this weekend
- Janelle Monáe dons a Fender Duo-Sonic for a fierce rendition of Turntables on Colbert
- Smith/Kotzen share hard-rocking new single, Running
- Phoebe Bridgers recruits Jackson Browne for acoustic reimagining of Kyoto, covers John Prine's Summer's End
- New Dio-era Black Sabbath song, Slapback, unearthed and verified by Geezer Butler
- Ernie Ball Music Man unveils dazzling March 2021 additions to its Ball Family Reserve collection
- Wayne Krantz unveils “lost” solo debut album, Music Room 1985
- Watch Steve Stine shred on the none-more-metal Cort X500 Menace
- Mad Professor introduces versatile new Electric Blue II Chorus – Vibrato pedal
- August Burns Red unleash guitar-heavy cover of the Westworld theme song
- St. Vincent nearly made a heavy, Tool-inspired album
- PRS unveils limited-edition Antique White SE P20E parlor acoustic model
- Gibson to expand its Bozeman acoustic factory to meet increased demand due to Covid-19
March 9
- Gibson ushers in "the future of aging guitars" with the 50-strong Murphy Lab collection
- Line 6 unveils new-and-improved POD Go Wireless amp and effects processor
- Nancy Wilson drops debut single, You and Me, from her first-ever solo album
- Yngwie Malmsteen announces virtual concert live from Las Vegas
- Fender releases behind-the-scenes look at how the stunning Double Neck Marauder was made
- Lari Basilio, Nili Brosh, Gretchen Menn and more join forces for epic International Women’s Day guitar jam
- Dave Mustaine details the development of his signature Gibson acoustic: “I know you're gonna be blown away”
March 8
- Cobra Kai’s Tanner Buchanan used to play guitar in a death-metal band named Acidosis
- Jerry Cantrell has finished recording his first solo album in close to two decades
- More women registered as professional songwriters in 2020, but representation and compensation gaps still exist with their male peers
- Aminimal reimagines the humble guitar pick as a piece of "functional art"
- ESP unveils its lavishly appointed Exhibition Limited Custom Shop collection for 2021
- Entombed AD singer Lars-Göran Petrov dies aged 49
- Get an exclusive preview of the massive upcoming Gretsch Family Archives auction
- Abhiruk Patowary delivers a technically astounding playthrough of Flying Cupid's Into the Light
- Samantha Fish announces virtual livestream Cigar Box Guitar Festival for 2021
- The Beast, a mammoth six-neck guitar, goes up for sale
- Watch John Mayer serve up a soulful guitar jam on H.E.R.’s Hold On
- Foo Fighters cover Andy Gibb's disco classic, Shadow Dancing, on Linda Perry's Rock-N-Relief charity livestream
- Paul Riario tries out the “incredibly gorgeous and exquisite sounding” Furch Red Master’s Choice acoustic
March 5
- Watch Sarah Longfield put the “super compact and powerful” NUX MG-30 modeler to the test
- Watch members of System of a Down and Vio-lence deliver a crushing cover of Stone Temple Pilots’ Dead & Bloated
- John Mayer is inviting guitarists to jam with him on TikTok
- SolidGoldFX recreates the rare JEN Jumbo Fuzz with its new Imperial MKII
- Electro-Harmonix unveils fully featured 15Watt Howitzer pedal amp
- Could an SE version of John Mayer’s signature PRS Silver Sky be on the cards this year?
- Alexi Laiho's cause of death has been revealed
- Sophie Lloyd received a guitar from Matt Bellamy – so she used it to record a shred cover of Muse's Plug In Baby
- Music is Win’s Tyler Larson bought that $500,000 Klon
March 4
- From dream-pop magic to the next big name in power-metal: here are this week's essential guitar tracks
- Is the Ibanez SK-10 Visual Super Product the rarest guitar pedal on the planet?
- Hear Joe Satriani shred over an orchestra as he joins forces with composer Kitt Wakeley
- St. Vincent announces new album Daddy’s Home, releases lead single Pay Your Way in Pain
- Soccer Mommy takes the American Professional II Strat HSS for a spin in new Fender Sessions performance
- Metallica perform Battery for the 35th anniversary of Master of Puppets on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert
- Boss shares first look at its highly anticipated HM-2 reissue, the Waza Craft HM-2W
- Alice Cooper responds to Gene Simmons' comments on the death of rock music: “There's kids out there with guitars and they're playing hard rock”
- Experience a one-of-a-kind “living room hang” with your favorite artists at 2GTHR
March 3
- Gamechanger Audio's hugely innovative Light Analog Optical Spring Reverb pedal is finally available
- Niger-based guitarist Mdou Moctar channels "Tuareg melodies and Eddie Van Halen" on new album Afrique Victime
- What would Enter Sandman sound like performed by Iron Maiden?
- Band-Maid's Miku Kobato teams up with Zemaitis Guitars for stunningly intricate “Flappy Pigeon” signature model
- The Tone Claw locking spring claw promises to boost your tone and keep your dive-bombing axe in tune
- Sandberg adds new guitar models to its customizable "configurator" platform
- Dean introduces the Vengeance and Zero – V and Explorer-style additions to its Select Series for 2021
- Cicognani Engineering is bringing SexyBoost back with its new tube-equipped boost pedal
- In-person Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 2021 induction ceremony to be held in Cleveland
- The Pick Puck might be the smartest pick-holding solution yet
- Way Huge and Joe Bonamassa join forces for new Penny Saver Royale Modulation and Overdrive pedal
March 2
- Watch Lzzy Hale cover Pantera's Mouth For War with members of Baroness, Code Orange
- Line 6 unleashes expanded version of its celebrated HX Stomp multi-effects pedal, the HX Stomp XL
- Fender expands its Artist Signature Series with new Ben Gibbard Mustang
- Google's Tone Transfer uses AI to transform your guitar into a saxophone, trumpet, flute or violin
- Watch blues master Justin Johnson try out the ultra-responsive Baldacci Bighorn – and even help him name the guitar’s finish
- Post-rock giants God Is An Astronaut give First Day of Sun and Luminous Waves an acoustic reimagining in these exclusive playthroughs
- Mick Fleetwood open to Fleetwood Mac reunion for farewell tour after building bridges with Lindsey Buckingham
- Fender Japan's Kenji Hino signature Jino model might just be the most versatile Jazz Bass ever
- Official Jeff Buckley biopic announced, with Reeve Carney set to play the iconic singer-songwriter
- Gibson's former Kalamazoo factory is being converted into a Hard Rock Hotel
March 1
- Harley Benton supercharges sub-$500 SC-550 Plus and SC-Custom Plus models with EMG Retro Active pickups
- Brittany Howard: “Sister Rosetta Tharpe created rock and roll as we know it”
- Fender celebrates its history – and iconic Surf Green finish – with the Masterbuilt Surf Green with Envy Collection
- Why Eddie Van Halen was told to stop throwing picks into the audience
- Steve Vai held a guitar chord for so long he had to undergo surgery
- Fender unveils stunning 2021 Custom Shop Prestige Collection, featuring “guitars with no boundaries”
- Eric Gales partners with MXR for signature Raw Dawg overdrive pedal
- RockBoard releases StageTuner ST-02 chromatic rack guitar tuner
- Stephen Carpenter shreds in this rare Deftones Public-Access TV performance from 1992
- Tom Morello joins forces with Game of Thrones co-creators for new Netflix movie, Metal Lords
- Queen launch their own free mobile game, Queen: Rock Tour