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February 28
- Stone Temple Pilots’ Robert DeLeo has a solo album on the way
- Dave Grohl says making his Dream Widow metal album has been “almost therapy – I’m finally getting it out of my system”
- See John Mayer play Cory Wong’s signature Strat on funk tune Still Feel Like Your Man
- Solar Guitars introduces a trio of strikingly finished bass models
- The Rasmus to represent Finland at the Eurovision Song Contest 2022
- Eddie Vedder recruits Stewart Copeland to cover The Police’s Message in a Bottle during live show
- Phil Demmel to join Overkill on their March US tour after guitarist Dave Linsk pulls out due to “personal reasons”
- Slash thinks this is the heaviest riff of all time: "Not one band that I can think of has a riff that is as heavy"
- Silktone launches germanium transistor-loaded, Active Bias Monitor-equipped Fuzz pedal
- Green Day cancel upcoming Moscow show due to Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine
February 25
- JHS Pedals introduces the Overdrive Preamp pedal, inspired by a DOD 250 “that didn’t exist”
- From fuzz re-awakenings to blistering desert blues: here are this week's essential guitar tracks
- Sit in on an intimate jam session with Orangewood’s new video series, The Duet Show
- Bonnie Raitt announces first album in six years, Just Like That…, delivers a bounty of blues licks in lead single, Made Up Mind
- Chad Smith ditches drums for guitar during Eddie Vedder show – and ticks off every guitar hero trick in the book
- KMA Machines unveils the Pylon, a feature-packed two-in-one noise gate and boost pedal
- John 5 announces mammoth US tour in support of his latest solo album, Sinner
- John Mayer tests positive for Covid-19 for the second time in two months, reschedules tour dates
February 24
- Gibson releases new mini-documentary on Sister Rosetta Tharpe, "the founding mother of rock 'n' roll"
- Dave Grohl tells the shocking story of how he got electrocuted by a distortion pedal at a Las Vegas corporate gig
- Mooer launches the GTRS PTNR, an uber-compact Bluetooth amp to pair with its GTRS Intelligent Guitar
- Metallica announce two U.S. stadium shows with Greta Van Fleet, Ice Nine Kills
- Monuments' John Browne showcases his formidable fretboard skills in this brutal playthrough of Cardinal Red
- Periphery side-project Haunted Shores drop metal riff masterclass, OnlyFangs
- Watch Wolfgang Van Halen cover Alice in Chains’ Them Bones on a prototype semi-hollow EVH guitar – and nail the solo despite his strap falling off
- Lamb of God are in the studio with Body Count guitarists Ernie C and Juan Garcia
February 23
- Watch Yasmin Williams demonstrate her signature lap-tapping technique on an Epiphone G-1275 doubleneck guitar
- Fender partners with Andertons to channel '80s hair metal with a bright new Ferrari Yellow Player Strat HSS
- New Twitter account explores the creation of Steve Vai’s insane triple-neck Ibanez Hydra guitar
- Guitar shopping with Slash, Glenn Tipton unleashed, Robert Fripp's best and more – only in the new Guitar World
- Watch Eric Gales and Carlos Santana share the stage at the 1994 Woodstock Festival
- The D'Addario Foundation launches the Bridge Fund, a new initiative to provide funding for music education in Black communities
- Peter Frampton recounts the recovery and restoration of his legendary Gibson “Phenix” Les Paul in new 20-minute video
- Dunlop launches the Rock III Custom Nylon, a Jazz III pick for high-gain shredders
- Mark Lanegan, 1964-2022: the guitar world pays tribute
- Guns N' Roses' Duff McKagan joins Eddie Vedder onstage in Seattle for an energetic cover of The Pretenders' Precious
February 22
- Mark Lanegan, lead singer of the Screaming Trees, dies at 57
- Josh Smith and Jon Deiley of Northlane: “We create trends"
- Gary Brooker, lead singer and pianist of Procol Harum, dies at 76
- Gibson announces wider release of Dave Mustaine’s signature Flying V EXP
- Mdou Moctar breaks out the wah for sizzling new song, Nakanegh Dich
- Mithans introduces birch burl-topped Valira model
- Slash estimates he owns 400 guitars but still considers his Appetite-era ‘59 Les Paul copy his number one
- Mammoth WVH debut unreleased track during the opening show of their Young Guns tour with Dirty Honey
- Positive Grid unveils the Spark MINI, a downsized version of its celebrated Spark smart guitar amp
- Glenn Tipton fires back at K.K. Downing: “His accusations have gotten sillier and sillier – and I deserve to respond”
- Origin Effects unveils BassRIG Super Vintage and BassRIG ‘64 Black Panel overdrive and preamp pedals
February 21
- A lyric sheet torn in half and signed by Jimi Hendrix at a 1967 gig has been put back together – and will soon go up for sale
- Nux pays tribute to the Roland Space Echo 201 with all-new NDD-7 Tape Echo pedal
- Mateus Asato shares blissful instrumental reimagining of Tears For Fears’ Everybody Wants To Rule The World
- Save $100 on the Fender Hot Rod Deluxe with this President's Day deal and get 40W of all-tube glory for less
- Save $50 on the four- and five-string Squier Contemporary Jazz Bass with this epic Sweetwater President's Day deal
- Go for gold with $100 off this stunning Epiphone Les Paul this President's Day at Musician's Friend
- Grab a Martin acoustic-electric guitar for under $500 in this killer President's Day deal
- This President's Day you can bag a mega $210 off a Fender Player Stratocaster at Guitar Center
- Scorpions preview imminent new album with swaggering single, Shining Of Your Soul
- Tom Morello, Nandi Bushell, Julien Baker and more join forces for new Afghan charity single, God Help Us All
- Steve Vai's hands will appear in Foo Fighters' new horror movie, Studio 666
February 18
- Watch John Paul Jones, Derek Trucks, Susan Tedeschi, Buffalo Nichols and more join forces to cover Led Zeppelin's When the Levee Breaks
- Watch Paul Riario explore the future of guitar design with the “cutting-edge” LAVA ME 3 smart guitar
- Robin Trower announces new album, No More Worlds To Conquer, hear its slow-burning title track
- Joe Bonamassa's slide playing takes center stage on Edgar Winter’s new Johnny Winter tribute track, Mean Town Blues
- Matt Heafy announces Rashomon, the debut album of his black metal side project, Ibaraki, and recruits Behemoth's Nergal for new single, Akumu
- From frenetic eight-string exchanges to swaggeringly catchy country: here are this week's essential guitar tracks
- Paul McCartney announces first live shows since 2019 with the Got Back tour
- The Musician's Friend President's Day sale is here, with savings of up $700 on guitars, amps, pedals and accessories
- A Perfect Circle’s Billy Howerdel shares teaser clip for new solo single, Poison Flowers
- Doyle W. Von Frankenstein unpicks his insane Dean Annihilator signature guitar
- Hear Joe Satriani go Gilmour on progressive new song Faceless
- BMG acquires John Lee Hooker catalogue, boom boom in publishing sales continues
- Boss confirms a compact RE-2 Space Echo pedal is on the way
- Fender's Ensenada, Mexico factory struck by fire
- Jason Richardson and Tim Henson reach dizzying heights with fiery fretboard masterclass, Upside Down
- Guitar gear market expected to remain largely unaffected by UK's cost of living crisis
February 17
- Brian May, Seiko team up to create Red Special-inspired watch
- Ed Sheeran, Bring Me the Horizon release studio version of their ultra-heavy reimagining of Bad Habits
- Mötley Crüe, Def Leppard announce rescheduled 2022 North American stadium tour with Poison, Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
- TC Electronic unveils Impulse IR Loader mini pedal, packed with Celestion impulse responses
- Dave Grohl has recorded an entire album of metal music to coincide with the release of Foo Fighters' new horror movie, Studio 666
- Animals As Leaders traverse time signatures and shine a spotlight on the low-end in dizzying new single, Gordian Naught
- An original, 1958 Paul Bigsby semi-hollow electric guitar is on sale for $750,000 on Reverb
- Patterns of Decay showcase House of Doors' pummeling palm-muted riffs and soaring leads in new guitar playthrough
- Health team up with Lamb of God for punishing new single, Cold Blood, announce new album, DISCO4 :: PART II
- Premier Guitar's Instagram page looks to have been hacked
February 16
- Joe Satriani: Young Instagram guitarists "play so much better than I could ever play in terms of speed, dexterity and complexity"
- Eddie Vedder first crossed paths with Andrew Watt after Watt gifted him an electric guitar
- End of the roll? Rammstein’s new album reportedly held up by paper shortage
- Joe Walsh's Barnstorm have reportedly recorded their first album together in almost 50 years
- Carl Martin announces Ampster tube guitar amp and speaker sim/DI pedal
- Watch Spoon play their swaggering, guitar-driven rocker The Hardest Cut on Jimmy Kimmel Live
- Tone chasers rejoice, with up to 60% off AmpliTube Signature Collections from IK Multimedia
- Sweetwater unveils Fender Player Stratocaster, Telecaster in exclusive Seafoam Green, Sienna Sunburst finishes
- Foo Fighters go death metal on surprisingly heavy new track March of the Insane
- Dark Funeral's Lord Ahriman channels sinister riff magic in this brutal playthrough of Let the Devil In
February 15
- Line 6 shakes up its amp offerings in a big way with affordable new Catalyst range of dual-channel combos
- Gibson joins forces with Jerry Cantrell for two new signature acoustic-electric guitars
- Pete Townshend says the death of John Entwistle forced him to become a better guitarist
- Fender's George Harrison Rosewood Telecaster is back
- Bomber guitarists Anton Sköld and Max Huddén prove classic rock is alive and kicking in this hard-riffing playthrough of Zarathustra
- Bush frontman Gavin Rossdale set to wine, dine and jam with celebrities in new TV cooking show
- The PRS SE Silver Sky was being discussed before development on the original had even begun
- Watch Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators perform new album 4 in its entirety during recent Live at Studios 60 livestream concert
- Ibanez commemorates US distributor Hoshino's 50th anniversary with dazzling Custom Shop Collection
- Rage Against the Machine announce rescheduled dates for their upcoming Public Service Announcement tour
February 14
- This is what the average guitar rig looks like in 2022
- Anthrax's Scott Ian and his 10-year-old son get hyped for the Super Bowl with a wholesome yet hard-rocking cover of System of a Down's Bounce
- Official biography announced for John McGeoch, guitarist for Magazine, Siouxsie and the Banshees, and PiL
- Michael Angelo-Batio dubs new Guitar Solo book “the most comprehensive book on guitar that has ever been written”
- Watch Phil Demmel shred a wah-heavy rendition of the national anthem at a high school basketball game
- Judas Priest guitarist Richie Faulkner reveals he has solo material recorded and ready to go
- Watch session ace Rob Gueringer wield a one-of-a-kind chrome PRS Silver Sky guitar at the Super Bowl
- Paul Davids removes Jimi Hendrix Monterey Strat video until a panel of “independent industry experts” can verify the guitar's authenticity
- Gibson celebrates the release of Slash’s latest record with Album Edition Les Paul Standard
February 11
- Two Notes Audio Engineering joins forces with amp guru Dave Friedman for new virtual cab collection
- Six guitars belonging to Neck Deep have reportedly been stolen
- From psychedelic blues to relentless punk: here are this week's essential guitar tracks
- Rush celebrate 40 years of Moving Pictures with new Super Deluxe Edition, including liner notes from Kim Thayil, Les Claypool and Bill Kelliher
- Darkglass Electronics’ Exponent e500 is a bass amp that turns into a multi-effects unit via your phone
- Riversong debuts innovatively styled Glennwood TS6 limited-edition acoustic
- Hear Jack White’s new heavy fuzz slasher, Fear of the Dawn
- Buy one plugin, get one free with this killer Valentine's Day plugin deal from Waves
- King Crimson and Foreigner multi-instrumentalist Ian McDonald dies aged 75
- Slash discusses working virtually with Tom Morello for their guitar battle track, Interstate 80
- Slash – The Return Of The Guitar Hero: inside the new issue of Total Guitar
February 10
- Hear Gary Clark Jr.'s atmospheric, guitar-driven soundtrack to Budweiser's 2022 Super Bowl ad
- Ed Sheeran and Bring Me The Horizon will work together on a new song, following fiery Brits performance
- Watch Slash cover Elton John, jam Guns 'N Roses with Duff McKagan on Conspirators tour
- Matt Pike takes a surprise blues turn with Brent Hinds on new solo track, Land
- Zakk Wylde discusses the possibility of Wylde Audio producing the next line of Dimebag Darrell signature guitars
February 9
- Heirs of Jimi Hendrix’s bandmates sue Sony Music over Jimi Hendrix Experience royalties
- Pepper-tone-y? Big Ear pedals and the Tone Mob podcast team up for the first pizza-themed fuzz pedal, Slice Of Pie
- Fantastic Negrito announces new album and movie project, White Jesus Black Problems
- Hear Spoon’s woozy new single, My Babe
- Line 6’s Helix 3.15 update adds Ventoux amp and 10 new Helix effects
- Watch Ed Sheeran team up with Bring Me The Horizon for a heavy reimagining of his dance hit, Bad Habits
- Learn guitar from industry giants Joe Bonamassa, Steve Vai and Robben Ford for less with 30% off TrueFire guitar lessons
- Mdou Moctar demonstrates why he’s one of today’s most exhilarating guitarists in new Fender Sessions set
- Watch Dave wield an insane flame-throwing Les Paul during a fiery performance at the 2022 Brit Awards
- Watch Jay Leonard J try out the high-quality, super-affordable Boroughs B30DMH dreadnought guitar
February 8
- Ann Wilson recruits Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Warren Haynes for new solo album, Fierce Bliss
- Ever wondered where your guitar’s tone really comes from? This YouTuber embarked on a quest to find the answer
- Record anywhere and everywhere inspiration strikes with the ultra-portable PreSonus AudioBox GO
- Get 2022 off to a rockin’ start with the sixth installment of Guitar World’s New Year New Gear guide
- Stakes in Alice in Chains catalog sold to publishing firms Primary Wave and Round Hill
- Kirk Hammett announces first-ever solo EP, Portals
- Nine Inch Nails announce first tour dates since 2018
- Buddy Guy’s role as a blues mentor and standard-bearer highlighted in new trailer for The Torch documentary
- Sophie Lloyd and Matt Heafy tease collaborative track
- Neural DSP adds a looper to the Quad Cortex in comprehensive new update
- Watch Matt Pike and Russian Circles’ Mike Sullivan give Van Halen’s Unchained a heavy makeover
February 7
- Sammy Hagar on why he doesn't play Fenders: “For me, playing a Strat is like trying to wrestle a professional wrestler”
- The Who announce 29-date The Who Hits Back North American tour
- Devi Ever announces return to building guitar pedals
- Chris Holmes, former W.A.S.P. guitarist, diagnosed with throat and neck cancer
- Watch Eddie Vedder cover the Beatles, Prince and Jimi Hendrix with Josh Klinghoffer, Andrew Watt and Chad Smith
- Syl Johnson, heavily sampled soul singer and guitarist, dies aged 85
- NativeAudio debuts dual-mode optical tremolo pedal, the Rising Sun V2
February 4
- Jason Richardson, Tim Henson to release collaborative single, Upside Down
- Hear Liam Gallagher join forces with Dave Grohl for soaring new single, Everything's Electric
- From Hendrixian comebacks to riff-fueled throwdowns: here are this week's essential guitar tracks
- Solar drops 3 new savage-looking, high-spec Canabalismo models
- Machine Gun Kelly recruits Willow Smith for angsty new single, Emo Girl
- Toymaker Super7 releases Cliff Burton action figure
- Blues veteran Larry McCray teams up with Joe Bonamassa for his first album in 7 years, Blues Without You
- Halestorm announce new album, Back From The Dead, premiere defiantly heavy new single, The Steeple
- Thurston Moore announces Screen Time, a concept album of guitar instrumentals recorded during the 2020 lockdown
- Get 2022 off to a rockin’ start with the fifth installment of Guitar World’s New Year New Gear guide
- Harley Benton releases downsized, 1x12” G112A-FR active FRFR cabinet
- Hear Dave Navarro, Taylor Hawkins and Chris Chaney cover Pink Floyd’s Fearless on their new NHC EP
- Cory Wong and Mark Lettieri announce the return of the Fearless Flyers
- TC Electronic debuts $69 Bucket Brigade Analog Delay pedal
- Red Hot Chili Peppers announce new album Unlimited Love, drop lead single, Black Summer
February 3
- Old Blood Noise Endeavors downsizes and updates its combination distortion/delay/chorus Excess pedal
- Watch the trailer for In the Court of the Crimson King, a new documentary on the history of King Crimson
- Hear Tool's Pneuma reimagined on a Weissenborn lap slide in this incredible cover
- Watch Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators give The River Is Rising its live TV debut on Jimmy Kimmel Live!
- Harley Benton adds $148 double-bound TE-62DB model to Tele-style TE line of electric guitars
- Watch as Michael Romeo delivers one of this year's must-see shred solos in this searing playthrough of Divide & Conquer
- HitPiece, the website selling NFTs of musicians' songs without permission, has been taken offline following artist backlash
- Dunlop honors The Meters’ funk guitar legend Leo Nocentelli with signature Mardi Gras Cry Baby wah pedal
- David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash join Neil Young in removing music from Spotify following Joe Rogan row
February 2
- Kfir Ochaion showcases the Donner Seeker Series DST-400 electric guitar
- Devon Allman, Samantha Fish announce co-headlining American tour
- Get 2022 off to a rockin’ start with the fourth installment of Guitar World’s New Year New Gear guide
- Guthrie Govan adds to his lineup of signature Charvels with new Japanese-made MJ San Dimas SD24 CM
- The Linda Lindas announce debut album, Growing Up, share title track
- Puzzle Effects gives its slot-together pedals a serious makeover and launches Kickstarter
- Nova Twins unveil murderous new single K.M.B. and announce second album Supernova
- Rage Against The Machine, Judas Priest, Eminem, Pat Benatar, New York Dolls nominated for induction into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
- Red Hot Chili Peppers share footage of new John Frusciante and Flea studio jam
- Gibson Custom Shop unveils the B.B. King Lucille Legacy, a tribute to the blues great’s iconic custom ES-355
- Score Cubase Elements and Helix Native completely free when you purchase a Line 6 Helix multi-effects unit
- Jon Zazula, co-founder of the record label that launched Metallica's debut album, dies aged 69
February 1
- Kramer adds affordable new Pacer Classic guitar to Original Collection lineup
- Fender launches its own line of wedding rings, made with the same materials used in its guitars
- Get 2022 off to a rockin’ start with the third installment of Guitar World’s New Year New Gear guide
- Hear Steve Stevens and the String Revolution reimagine Ozzy Osbourne's Crazy Train as a fiery classical guitar instrumental
- Rivers Cuomo has launched his own streaming service, Weezify
- Last-known female World War II-era Gibson factory worker honored in Kalamazoo
- Watch Mateus Asato transform The Beatles’ In My Life into a dreamy fingerstyle workout
- Vox revives its iconic "Teardrop" body shape with new-for-2022 Mark III Mini model
- Martin adds a host of new high-spec acoustics to its Modern Deluxe series for 2022
- Boss offers fresh delay algorithms and expanded speaker IR options in GT-1000 update