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- July 30
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- Explore some of Jack White's craziest and coolest custom guitars on his new website
- Want to become a member of the PRS Guitars artist family? Apply now to join PRS’s Pulse Artist Program Class of 2022
- John Mayer – The new album & his whole story: inside the new issue of Total Guitar
- Cradle of Filth announce new album Existence is Futile, share impossibly heavy first single Crawling King Chaos
- Adrian Belew shows off two dazzling new Fender Custom Shop Strats built by Ron Thorn
- Jeff Schroeder offers update on new Smashing Pumpkins record: “It's a big, sprawling thing”
- Hear a stunning, previously unreleased Joni Mitchell live performance, recorded by Jimi Hendrix
- The new Harmony Silhouette with Bigsby adds a... well, you guessed it
- Rage Against the Machine's Tim Commerford partners with Ernie Ball for the Music Man Artist Series StingRay Bass collection
- Jerry Cantrell debuts video for new single, Atone – but is he teasing a new signature Gibson Songwriter acoustic, too?
- Are these Marshall-equipped BMW motorbikes the most rock 'n' roll vehicles ever made?
- Neural DSP harnesses the tonal power of Polyphia for Archetype: Tim Henson plugin
- July 29
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- Becos Effects teams up with Hot Crazy guitarist Jordan Ziff for miniature Ziffer Overdrive pedal
- Magnetic Effects partners with New Zealand hard rockers The Datsuns for new phaser, the Eye To Eye
- Jared James Nichols unleashes scorching new single, Bad Roots
- Metallica's Kirk Hammett endorses Gibson
- Harley Benton treats its impressively appointed EX-84 Modern to four fresh finishes, starting at $298
- McGregor Pedals announces its first-ever fuzz box, the Cozmic Fuzzball
- Dusty Hill, 1949-2021: the guitar world pays tribute
- James Hetfield reveals he writes riffs when he’s “really happy” and lyrics when he’s emotional
- Is Gibson about to announce a new collaboration with Kirk Hammett?
- Fender seeks to support emerging musicians and help them navigate the industry with free Artist Playbook
- July 28
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- Dusty Hill, ZZ Top bassist, dies at 72
- Watch Pete Thorn plug in and play the Cort Gold-A6 acoustic, “a great guitar at a great price”
- Dream Theater announce 15th studio album, A View From The Top Of The World
- Watch The Offspring's Dexter Holland and Noodles take part in 'cockpit karaoke' while flying a private jet
- Ernie Ball Music Man unveils stunning July 2021 additions to Ball Family Reserve collection
- Wolfgang Van Halen and Mammoth WVH play first-ever live concert
- New Kramer signature artist Charlie Parra shows off his EVH-inspired Nite V guitar with a storming Van Halen medley
- The Gibson Custom Shop Collector’s Edition 1958 Korina Flying V And Explorer recreate the firm's rarest instruments
- Joey Jordison, 1975-2021: the music world pays tribute
- July 27
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- Joey Jordison, former drummer and co-founding member of Slipknot, dies at 46
- Hear Volbeat's galloping, anthemic take on Metallica's Don’t Tread on Me
- Watch Sarah Longfield explore Red Panda and IK Multimedia's impressive new stompbox offerings
- Luna adds some classical flavor to its Artist Series with affordable new Art Vintage Nylon acoustic-electric guitar
- Luxurious, limited-edition Fender FSR American Ultra Stratocaster and Telecaster launched
- Fender officially introduces Cory Wong's first-ever signature Stratocaster
- Mark Hoppus plays bass guitar for the first time since being diagnosed with cancer
- Ronnie Wood recruits Mick Taylor, Bobby Womack, Paul Weller and more for live tribute album to blues great Jimmy Reed
- July 26
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- Gibson set to launch its own record label with new Slash featuring Myles Kennedy & the Conspirators album
- Make this summer the hottest yet with the sixth installment of Guitar World’s Summer Ultimate Gear Guide
- Watch Stephen Carpenter hammer out Deftones classic Bored in his latest guitar playthrough
- John “Hutch” Hutchinson, guitarist for David Bowie, has died
- Positive Grid introduces all-new amps and effects in surprise Spark Amp gear drop
- Yngwie Malmsteen is the latest guitarist to get in on the NFT phenomenon with the Parabellum NFT Collection
- Who’s next: Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp cover My Generation
- Electro-Harmonix announces its latest innovation: tapping into magnetic energy for the advancement of mankind
- Guitarist records duet with the Golden Gate Bridge, the “largest wind instrument in the world”
- Manuel Gardner Fernandes ushers in a new era of pop-djent with bold new Unprocessed single, Candyland
- Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Gary Rossington expected to make a full recovery after “emergency heart surgery”
- Dave Mustaine confirms new Megadeth album will be called The Sick, the Dying and the Dead as he shares snippet of title track
- July 23
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- Watch Paul Riario take the “exquisite” Eastman Romeo LA thinline for a spin
- Steve Gunn debuts blissful new song, Fulton
- Vola updates its modern-minded OZ, Vasti V3 MC models
- Eric Bibb pays tribute to Emmett Till in stripped-back new single, Emmett’s Ghost
- Brian Setzer dials up the twang on new single, Smash Up On Highway One
- Yes share first new music in seven years with new single, The Ice Bridge
- The Rolling Stones announce rescheduled 2021 American tour dates
- Hear Joe Bonamassa's fiery new blues-rocker, Notches
- Gary Moore once left partway through a Van Halen gig to teach himself EVH’s trademark tapping technique
- Caroline Jones unleashes supercharged rendition of Fleetwood Mac’s Big Love in Guitar World-exclusive premiere
- The Prince estate shares previously unheard track, Hot Summer
- Bullet For My Valentine blend thrash with metalcore on new single, Parasite
- July 22
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- Harley Benton adds to budget acoustic range with super-affordable, all-mahogany CLD-60SMCE NT dreadnought
- Tremonti make their thunderous return on new single, If Not For You
- From "solo insanity" to gossamer funk guitar bliss: here are this week's essential guitar tracks
- Lindsey Buckingham shares second single from highly anticipated self-titled solo album, On the Wrong Side
- Christone “Kingfish” Ingram has written a track for Red Dead Online's new DLC – and voices a character in-game
- Ronnie James Dio's 'devil horns' hand gesture has been turned into a guitar
- John Mayer takes his Roxy Pink Silver Sky on the road for a series of live TV performances celebrating the release of Sob Rock
- Melvins announce first-ever acoustic compilation album, Five Legged Dog
- Gordon Smith Guitars debuts luxurious Gatsby offset model
- Listen to J Balvin's hip-hop reworking of Metallica's Wherever I May Roam
- July 21
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- Bring some of Eric Gales' sweet, stinging, overdriven blues sounds into your rig with Overloud's new TH-U Eric Gales Pack
- Hear Squier's ultra-affordable Affinity Telecaster, Stratocaster, Jazzmaster and bass models in action
- Watch Korn make their live debut with Ra Diaz of Suicidal Tendencies on bass
- First full-length Eddie Van Halen biography, Eruption, announced
- Buzzsaw riffs and monster hooks abound on The Linda Lindas' infectious new single, Oh!
- Red Panda’s Raster 2 combines a stereo delay with a pitch shifter for “sonic mayhem”
- Coheed and Cambria drop Shoulders, their first new music in almost 3 years
- Hotline string: Fender and Finneas team up for Acoustasonic Jazzmaster voicemail service
- Guthrie Govan explains why he'll never be an "online guitarist"
- Watch Ichika Nito transform Smoke on the Water into a virtuosic math-rock riff
- July 20
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- Feel the thunder with Gibson's new Non-Reverse Thunderbird bass
- Make this summer the hottest yet with Guitar World’s fifth Summer Ultimate Gear Guide
- Epiphone launches affordable, impressively spec'd Slash Collection
- Hear George Lynch descend into "solo insanity" on new song, Death By A Thousand Licks
- Thrice announce 11th album, Horizons/East, unveil time signature-shifting new single Scavengers
- Megadeth's Dave Mustaine is set to appear on John 5's upcoming album
- Kirk Hammett and Rob Trujillo partner with sax virtuoso Kamasi Washington for jazz-infused cover of Metallica's My Friend of Misery
- Bring Kemper's Profiler Rig Editor tech to your iPad with new Profiler update
- SingleCut's Notes IPA craft beer aims to quench your thirst and teach you guitar at the same time
- Steel Panther announce departure of long-serving bassist, Lexxi Foxx
- The War on Drugs announce first album in four years, I Don’t Live Here Anymore
- Ronnie Wood, Rod Stewart and Kenney Jones are recording new Faces music
- July 19
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- 2GTHR.co is hosting a very special PRS Guitars livestream event – and you can be a part of it
- Gibson Generation Group class of 2021 celebrates graduation with virtual performance ceremony
- It's The Kinks in the kitchen as Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox cover You Really Got Me
- Watch Lari Basilio shred while Willow Smith gets her hair shaved off live on stage
- B.B. King’s childhood acoustic parlor guitar goes up for auction
- Iron Maiden announce 17th studio album, Senjutsu, their first in six years
- Two Notes Audio Engineering introduces Phil X artist range of virtual cab sims
- Matt Bellamy made an NFT using Jeff Buckley’s 'Grace' Fender Telecaster – and it just sold for $26,000
- Nembrini’s Acoustic Voice plugin transforms your guitar signal into the sound of classic acoustics
- Mark Hoppus shares cancer battle update: "My classification is stage four"
- Three of Jason Becker’s prized guitars sell at auction for $230,000
- July 16
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- John Mayer goes full '80s neo-noir in new Shot in the Dark music video
- Man who built guitar from dead uncle’s skeleton returns with haunting performance video
- After parting ways with Maxon, Godlyke unveils a limited edition Tamura-modded Ibanez TS808
- Soccer Mommy shares surprise one-off single, rom com 2004
- Lzzy Hale announced as Gibson’s first female Brand Ambassador
- Neural DSP treats its Quad Cortex to new effects and CPU improvements via CorOS 1.1.0 firmware update
- KMA Machines aims to unleash the "perfect metal monster" with its HM-2-style Guardian of the Wurm distortion pedal
- July 15
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- Ernie Ball Music Man spruces up its Axis line guitars with new finishes
- Iron Maiden return with new single, The Writing On The Wall
- Steve Vai joins Jonah Nilsson of Dirty Loops for groove-infused new single, Diamond Ring
- Reverend expands Reeves Gabrels’ line of signature guitars with freshly appointed Dirtbike Royale
- Make this summer the hottest yet with the fourth edition of Guitar World’s Summer Ultimate Gear Guide
- Solar expands electric guitar lineup with first-ever multiscale models
- Harley Benton pays homage to the golden era of rock 'n' roll with all-new $198 DC-60 Junior
- Andy McKee announces first studio EP in almost a decade, Symbol
- Cinderella guitarist Jeff LaBar dies aged 58
- Boss debuts its first-ever electric guitar, the synth-equipped Eurus GS-1
- Smashing Pumpkins' Jeff Schroeder releases fuzz-heavy solo debut, Haenim
- IK Multimedia ventures into the world of hardware guitar effects for the first time with the AmpliTube X-Gear pedal range
- July 14
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- Epiphone Slash Collection, Gibson Jerry Cantrell “Wino” Les Paul, new Gibson Custom Shop '58 Korina Flying V announced ahead of Summer NAMM 2021
- The Doors guitar icon Robby Krieger announces first-ever memoir, Set The Night On Fire
- Mike Campbell is having an epic vintage gear sale on Reverb.com
- Paul Gilbert to sell signed, super-rare Ibanez PGM90HAM signature guitar for Jason Becker fundraiser
- Paul Reed Smith and Maryland Hall's summer music school returns with John McLaughlin joining expanded program
- Fender's 75th anniversary celebrations continue with book chronicling the company's storied history
- Abasi Concepts treats its futuristic Space T range to all-new finishes and stainless steel frets
- Orange Amps goes a shade of Deep Purple for the Glenn Hughes Crush Bass 50 signature combo
- Looking to nail the perfect guitar tone? Start with your strings
- Kramer's new Custom Graphics Collection guitars are some of the most eye-popping we've seen in 2021
- Ed Sheeran says that he is “not opposed to” making a death metal album
- July 13
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- Is Billy Gibbons’s new Wild Custom guitar the craziest signature model of the year so far?
- Watch Pete Thorn demonstrate why the feature-rich Suhr Discovery is the “finest analog delay ever produced”
- Make this summer the hottest yet with Guitar World’s third Summer Ultimate Gear Guide
- Cort’s new Artisan C OVMH basses use a trio of mahogany, maple and ovangkol tonewoods
- Schecter unleashes an array of metal-friendly electric guitars for 2021
- The Who’s definitive documentary, Amazing Journey: The Story of The Who, can now be streamed for the first time on The Coda Collection
- Metallica release as-yet-unheard rough mix of The Unforgiven from May 1991
- Schecter unveils updated PT Special model alongside all-new Van Nuys guitars
- British metalcore heroes Bury Tomorrow announce the departure of rhythm guitarist and vocalist Jason Cameron
- July 12
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- Watch guitarist and songwriter Ruben Wan demo the new Fishman Fluence Greg Koch Gristle-Tone Signature P90 pickups
- A new instrumental album featuring Guthrie Govan, Bumblefoot, Jack Gardiner and more is arriving later this month
- Epiphone joins forces with Guitar Center for exclusive $549 Traditional Pro ES-335 model
- Chibson USA unveils the Placebo Pedal, the ultimate in totally transparent boutique tone
- Watch Chad Smith jam with Josh Klinghoffer, Eddie Vedder, Robert Trujillo, Perry Farrell and more at private party
- J. Rockett Audio Designs goes back in time with the Deluxe Memory Man-inspired Clockwork Echo
- George Lynch announces first-ever all-instrumental solo album, Seamless
- Fender to open London-based office and Artist Showroom in Covent Garden
- “The finest tones ever finally break free“ says IK Multimedia in major product launch teaser
- Gibson confirms an Adam Jones Les Paul Standard is on its way
- Viral virtuoso Marcin returns with rip-roaring, reverb-drenched rendition of Metallica’s Master of Puppets
- July 9
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- Make this summer the hottest yet with Guitar World’s Second Summer Ultimate Gear Guide
- Watch singer-songwriter Alexx Calise demo the player-friendly Breedlove Discovery S acoustic
- Monty's Guitars brings Ed Sheeran’s badly burned Martin, gifted to him by Eric Clapton, back to life after severe fire damage
- Paul McCartney and Rick Rubin dissect key Beatles tracks in new trailer for McCartney 3,2,1
- Joanne Shaw Taylor shares scorching Joe Bonamassa and Josh Smith-produced single, If That Ain’t a Reason
- New documentary profiling the life of rock 'n' roll pioneer Chuck Berry to air on PBS
- Samantha Fish announces new album, Faster, releases explosive first single, Twisted Ambition
- Harley Benton announces uber-affordable, all-solid mahogany CL-15M Solid Wood acoustics
- Hear one of Oli Herbert's final solos on new Lost Symphony single My Last Goodbye
- Trivium release one of the standout metal tracks of the year so far, In the Court of the Dragon
- PRS officially launches Roxy Pink finish for John Mayer’s signature Silver Sky
- July 8
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- The Winery Dogs are working on a new album
- Joe Bonamassa is auctioning off a 59 'Burst... and the NFT of a brand-new song he wrote with it
- Prepare for war as Yngwie Malmsteen unveils his latest volley of volcanic neoclassical shred fury, (Si Vis Pacem) Parabellum
- From infectious grooves to white-hot metalcore: here are this week's essential guitar tracks
- Tremonti announce new album Marching in Time, promise “thrash-induced fret fireworks, wrecking ball grooves, and searing melodies”
- Courtney Barnett announces new album, Things Take Time, Take Time, releases first single, Rae Street
- Gretsch teams up with Richard Fortus for two elegantly crafted signature Falcon Center Block models
- EVH offers more affordable alternatives to its 5150III amps with the all-new 5150 Iconic series
- Charvel expands its signature lineup with all-new Rick Graham and updated Guthrie Govan models
- The Kurt Cobain Jag-Stang rides again, Cory Wong gets a brilliantly spec'd Strat and more as Fender unveils stellar new signature model lineup
- July 7
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- Marshall opens its first-ever recording studio, complete with Gibson and Fender guitars and a classic Neve mixing console
- Watch John Mayer treat JP Saxe's Here's Hopin' to a sublime, gorgeously smooth guitar solo
- A new Yes album, The Quest, is set to arrive this October
- Alex Lifeson says “there’s no way Rush will ever exist again”
- Kiesel celebrates its 75th anniversary with new headless K-Series model
- Paul Simonon's smashed Fender P-Bass, as seen on the cover of the Clash’s London Calling, to go on permanent display at Museum Of London
- Vince Wilquin and Hugo Florimond serve up a mind-bending playthrough of Fractal Universe's Interfering Spherical Scenes – with tab!
- Watch Empty Trail spark a fuzz-heavy ’90s riff-rock revival with this guitar/bass playthrough of Transcend
- July 6
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- Make this summer the hottest yet with Guitar World’s Summer Ultimate Gear Guide
- Looking to heat up your summer? Head to the Gibson Garage, Nashville's hottest new guitar destination
- Hear Robben Ford's eclectic, electrifying new single, Balafon
- Peavey goes acoustic with relaunch of low-cost Delta Woods range
- Why Jimi Hendrix swapped his Strat for a Fender Telecaster to record his Purple Haze solo
- Two Notes Audio Engineering partners with George Lynch for new Mr. Scary Collection of virtual cab sims
- Half-naked Australian guitarist arrested in his driveway following noise complaints
- Strandberg unveils limited-edition Suhr pickup-equipped Boden Classic Tremolo LE Svarten
- Neal Schon to auction off 112 electric and acoustic guitars, including his Don’t Stop Believin' 1977 Gibson Les Paul Deluxe
- This $89 cab sim pedal could be the cheapest way to get impulse responses on your pedalboard
- Rick Laird, member of the Mahavishnu Orchestra and bass session legend, dies aged 80
- Iron Maiden's Adrian Smith was in the running to join Def Leppard in 1991, says drummer Rick Allen
- July 5
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- Fender celebrates NAIDOC Week by collaborating with First Nations artists on a pair of awe-inspiring electric guitars
- Parker Lundgren quits Queensrÿche to pursue “other business ventures”
- Dean Markley launches Malina Moye signature guitar strings
- Watch ex-Megadeth guitarist Chris Broderick nail Perpetual Burn on Jason Becker's original Hurricane guitar
- Why did you just watch Robert Fripp and Toyah's cover of Chop Suey? You wanted to
- July 2
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- Way Huge aims to capture the magic of a Nashville session favorite with its new STO overdrive pedal
- PRS Guitars aims to support emerging artists with 2022 Pulse Artist Program
- Breedlove debuts sustainable EcoTonewood Technology with new Eco Collection acoustic guitars
- A stage-used 1984 Eddie Van Halen Kramer guitar is headed to the auction block
- Watch Tedeschi Trucks Band and Trey Anastasio revisit the Derek and the Dominos classic Tell the Truth
- Harley Benton upgrades its boutique-on-a-budget electric guitar line with the $299 Fusion-III
- Robert Trujillo and Scott Weiland’s sons form new punk band Blu Weekend
- Robb Flynn reunites with former Machine Head bandmate Logan Mader for new Once Human single, Deadlock
- Suhr debuts the Discovery, one of the most advanced analog delay pedals yet
- July 1
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- TWA slims down and adds more sonic versatility to an old favorite with the Triskelion Mk. III Harmonic Energizer pedal
- Tenacious D release madcap acoustic-driven Beatles medley in support of Doctors Without Borders
- Watch Nandi Bushell take on the Arctic Monkeys' R U Mine – with some help from Matt Helders
- Three of Jason Becker's prized guitars go up for auction
- Jerry Cantrell recruits Duff McKagan, Greg Puciato and Gil Sharone for new solo single
- Alex Lifeson is working with Tom Morello and Kirk Hammett on new material
- TC Electronic rebuilds its June-60 chorus pedal from the ground up for V2 edition
