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May 31
- Andy Powers named new CEO, President and Chief Guitar Designer of Taylor Guitars
- MAS Effects aims for interstellar ambience with The Expanse harmonic tremolo pedal
- NAMM 2022: Donner's intelligent DMI Smart Guitar aims to assist entry-level players with Berklee-approved courses
- Watch Paul Riario test drive the innovative Martin SC-10E, which “goes above and beyond what an acoustic is capable of in terms of playability and tone”
- NAMM 2022: Martin bolsters its Authentic, Road and StreetMaster ranges with four fresh offerings
- Watch Kirk Hammett fail the intro to Nothing Else Matters and fall on the floor during Metallica's Boston Calling set
- NAMM 2022: Guild debuts new $449 Surfliner offset
- Gibson and Lzzy Hale officially unveil hybrid Explorerbird signature model
May 30
- Fancy a new Strat? These are the best Memorial Day Fender Player Stratocaster deals available now
- NAMM 2022: Donner offers sneak peek at ultra-portable, headless Hush-I Silent guitar
- The B.C. Rich x Stranger Things Warlock is this year's gnarliest guitar collab
- Watch Gojira and Chino Moreno perform a crushing cover of Sepultura’s Territory
- Watch Wilco’s Nels Cline perform a hair-raising guest solo onstage with Japanese Breakfast
- Save up to $120 on the Positive Grid Spark, amp bundles and Bias Software this Memorial Day
- Johnny Depp joins Jeff Beck onstage in Sheffield, UK for Jimi Hendrix, John Lennon and Marvin Gaye covers
- Tool’s Adam Jones shares sneak peek at a new double-neck Silverburst Gibson EDS-1275
- Watch Carlos Santana update Oye Como Va with the help of 25 musicians around the world
- Jimi Hendrix honored with second blue plaque at London hotel
- Best Memorial Day guitar sales 2023: today's top deals on acoustic and electric guitars, amps, effects and loads more
- Gibson wins Dean trademark infringement case – but is awarded just $4,000 in damages
- NAMM 2022: Donner gets into the carbon fiber guitar game with the Rising-G Pro
- Dave Navarro opens up on his six-month battle with “long Covid”
- NAMM 2022: Vintage recreates Bruce Springsteen’s iconic number one Tele with ‘The Boss’
May 27
- Doug Aldrich harnesses palm-muted mayhem in new Dead Daisies single, Radiance
- NAMM 2022: Tsakalis AudioWorks debuts the MultiCab 4 cabinet simulator and preamp
- Jackson updates its X Series with a slew of freshly finished Soloist, Dinky, Warrior, Kelly and Rhoads models
- Neil Young’s lost 2001 album, Toast, set for release later this year
- Watch Tim Henson’s flawless unplugged performance of Polyphia’s Playing God
- Watch Thom Yorke play Ed O’Brien’s signature Fender Strat on The Smile’s new track, Bodies Laughing
- Manson and Matt Bellamy debut refreshed range of META Series MBM-2 signature models
- NAMM 2022: Vox unveils new, limited-edition Rich Blue AC15 and AC10 guitar amps
- Gretchen Menn wins the Martin/Guitar World No Limits Challenge competition
- Nuno Bettencourt books Stone Temple Pilots and Bush to play a concert in an actual volcano crater
May 26
- Watch Paul Riario try out D’Addario’s new telescopic XPND pedalboard, the first-ever ’board that ‘adapts to you’
- NAMM 2022: Vola unveils 6-string versions of Quentin Godet, Pierre Danel signature guitars
- Old Blood Noise Endeavors and CHVRCHES team up for Screen Violence overdrive and modulation pedal
- Steven Wilson names the only guitar he's “ever truly loved”
- Radiohead’s Ed O’Brien is selling his Klon Centaur and other effects for charity
- Guitar Center's Memorial Day sale is here! Save up to 35% off a host of guitar gear and accessories
- NAMM 2022: Taylor overhauls its 700 Series with new koa Grand Concert and Grand Auditorium models
- TC Electronic debuts the Plethora X3, a downsized version of its feature-packed multi-effects pedal
- Watch 1,000 musicians perform heartfelt cover of Foo Fighters' My Hero in honor of Taylor Hawkins
- NAMM 2022: Mooer expands its Hornet range with three newly voiced 15W amps
May 25
- Watch Pavement take to the stage for the first time in 12 years
- Watch Metallica's James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett perform the national anthem at recent San Francisco Giants game
- Orange Amps has expanded into... hot sauce
- Watch Fred Armisen demonstrate “the strumming styles of the world”
- Gretsch launches dazzling duo of limited-edition Players Edition Sparkle Jets
- Unpack the compositional brilliance of Gretchen Menn and Helen Ibe's No Limits Challenge finale performances
- Hear Rusty Cooley make his “acoustic debut” on Karl Sanders‘ new solo single, The Sun Has Set on the Age of Man
- Watch Limp Bizkit invite fan onstage for a raging “karaoke” cover of Rage Against the Machine's Killing in the Name
- Tool invite shred star Bernth onstage for guest solo spot during Opiate performance
- Watch guitar ace Pete Thorn try out the “high-quality, well-made” and incredibly affordable Boroughs B30ACENT acoustic-electric
- Vivian Campbell admits he developed his signature vibrato style by accident
- YouTube guitar phenom Sophie Lloyd joins Machine Gun Kelly's live band
May 24
- Ernie Ball Music Man expands its DarkRay line of bass guitars with new 5-string model, finishes
- Universal Audio aims to channel “the best vintage guitar amps of all time” with all-new UAFX Guitar Amp Emulator pedals
- Watch Wendy Melvoin break down Purple Rain
- Laura Lee of Khruangbin is the cover star of the new Bass Player, out now
- Rob Scallon launches new signature line with Schecter, marking end of partnership with Chapman Guitars
- NAMM 2022: Two Notes debuts tube-driven ReVolt Guitar and Bass amp simulator pedals
- Shadow of Intent's Chris Wiseman displays his six-string prowess in monstrous Saurian King playthrough
- Fender's new Hammertone series expands and slims down its effects pedal line
- Zach Myers reveals how John Mayer’s Black1 Fender Strat inspired the heavy relic job on his PRS Silver Sky
- Watch Deep Purple perform with stand-in guitarist Simon McBride for the first time
- Evanescence announce new touring lineup following departure of Jen Majura
May 23
- The identities of Ghost's current band of Nameless Ghouls have been revealed
- Perry Farrell reunites Porno For Pyros for first full show in 26 years at Welcome To Rockville
- NAMM 2022: Morley’s Immortals Series George Lynch Dragon 2 wah is smaller and glows in the dark
- Tech 21’s SansAmp Character Plus pedals celebrate iconic pairings of amps and effects
- Watch Gretchen Menn and Helen Ibe give the acoustic performances of a lifetime in the finale of the No Limits Challenge competition
- Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox cover Radiohead’s Creep on Sunday Lunch
- Musician’s Friend has dropped their Memorial Day sale early saving you up to 40% off big-name brands
- Evanescence announce departure of guitarist Jen Majura
- Kurt Cobain’s Smells Like Teen Spirit Fender Mustang sells at auction for $4.5 million
- Spiritbox part ways with bassist Bill Crook
May 20
- Alex Lifeson’s treasured Gibson ES-355 sells at auction for $384,000
- Get up to 30% off Stage and Live Sound gear in Musician's Friends 'Take the Stage' sale
- Stephen Carpenter pulls out of Deftones' upcoming international tour dates
- Jason Momoa shares his love for the Fender Nocaster
- From two-hand-tapped math-pop to arena-primed blues-rock: here are this week's essential guitar tracks
- NAMM 2022: Crazy Tube Circuits launches the Super Conductor, a 4-in-1 analog boost pedal
- Marcus King searches for salvation in swampy new single, Rescue Me
- Norman’s Rare Guitars founder reveals cancer diagnosis
- Korg buys Darkglass Electronics in bid to become “a leader” in the bass gear market
- Jaden Smith plays a psychedelic Fender Strat and rainbow-colored Orange amp rig in new performance video of Your Voice
- Fender Japan’s wild Hybrid II HSS Stratocaster equips the Strat with a reverse Telecaster headstock
- NAMM 2022: Revv seeks to combine the “greatest amp sounds in history” in new Shawn Tubbs signature overdrive pedal, the Tilt
May 19
- Larkin Poe channel Screamin’ Jay Hawkins on hard-riffing new single, Bad Spell
- Carl Barât issues appeal after two guitars are stolen prior to Dirty Pretty Things rehearsal
- EVH officially releases striking Gold Sparkle-finished Wolfgang WG Standard
- Ozzy Osbourne’s new album is reportedly arriving this September
- Pearl Jam cancel final US tour dates after bassist Jeff Ament tests positive for Covid
May 18
- A vintage Gretsch Tennessean used by The Monkees is headed to the auction block
- Gojira's Christian Andreu to sit out remainder of band's North America tour
- UK resident finds filthy Gibson Les Paul she kept in a closet is worth $190,000 – and sells it to Joe Bonamassa
- Hear Neal Schon pour out the licks on Journey’s new single, Let It Rain
- Gibson Gives and The Guitarwrist are raising money for charity with bespoke guitar string jewelry
- Coheed and Cambria serve up harmonized guitar-driven new single, Comatose
- Noel Gallagher’s Gibson ES-355, reportedly behind Oasis split, sells for more than $400,000
- NAMM 2022: Cort adds 3 new Fishman-equipped acoustic electric guitars to its Core Series
- Randy Rhoads: the ultimate 40th anniversary tribute – only in the new Guitar World
- Meris changes the delay pedal game with the new LVX Modular Delay System
May 17
- PRS unveils ornate, limited-edition Private Stock Special Semi-Hollow guitar
- Ernie Ball Music Man graces Jason Richardson's signature Cutlass guitar with two striking new finishes
- NAMM 2022: Walrus Audio drops the Badwater bass preamp and DI
- Noel Gallagher teases new signature Gibson ES-355
- Eric Clapton tests positive for Covid-19, postpones shows
- NAMM 2022: Blackstar debuts all-new St. James amp series, featuring “the lightest 50-watt valve guitar amps on Earth”
- Watch Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready pay tribute to Eddie Van Halen with Eruption cover
May 16
- Watch Paul Riario conjure the outer limits of tone with the NUX NDD-7, “a miniaturized version of a Space Echo from the ‘70s”
- Watch John Mayer cover Tears For Fears’ Everybody Wants to Rule the World with Alexander 23
- The Cliff Burton Museum has officially opened – and we were there to see it
- SolidGoldFX launches Surf Rider IV modulated spring reverberator
- Chase Bliss will now sell directly to consumers rather than raise prices or compromise on builds
- Iggy Pop and David Bowie guitarist Ricky Gardiner dies aged 73
- Hear The Black Keys jam with Billy Gibbons on new track Good Love
- Scorpions' Matthias Jabs pictured at recent Madison Square Garden show with Band-Aids on his fingers, apparently bleeding onto his fretboard
- James Hetfield gets emotional onstage after feeling “insecure” about his guitar playing
- Guitar at Eurovision 2022: a Brian May-inspired solo conquers, Måneskin and The Rasmus return, and the Gibson Theodore makes its TV debut
- Alex Lifeson spoke to his iconic “Whitey” Gibson ES-355TD before he put it up for auction
May 13
- Paul Gilbert's hot-pink 1987 Ibanez “Ice-Stroyer” guitar has been put back up for sale on Reverb.com
- Dan Auerbach explains the Supro secret behind The Black Keys’ Howlin’ For You fuzz tone
- From flamenco trap-shred to glitch-guitar stabs: here are this week's essential tracks
- Fender has filed trademarks for NFTs and “other crypto-collectibles”
- Save 50% on Guitar Rig 6 Pro, now only $99.50!
- Gretchen Menn advances to final round of the Martin No Limits Challenge
- Watch Stephanie Bradley shred her way through the “stunning” granite sparkle-finished ESP E-II Eclipse electric
- Metallica, Red Hot Chili Peppers and AC/DC guitar riffs performed on obscure percussion instruments sounds surprisingly brilliant
- This Is Spinal Tap sequel confirmed for 2024 with original cast
- Five Finger Death Punch announce release date and artwork for 9th album, AfterLife, share pummeling new track, IOU
- Pearl Jam break out digital amps and rare Gibson guitars on US tour
- My Chemical Romance surprise-release first song in 8 years, The Foundations of Decay
May 12
- Michael Anthony confirms he was approached about Van Halen tribute tour
- Lindsey Buckingham’s first European tour as a solo artist postponed due to Covid
- David Gilmour on future Pink Floyd live shows: “I suppose it's a possibility”
- How John Petrucci revolutionized Phil Collen's guitar rig
- Lava Music's new Blue Lava is a touchscreen-equipped smart guitar with onboard apps for tone-shaping, practice and more
- Fender recruits two new Custom Shop Master Builders
- Bleed From Within forecast Earth's destruction with new single, Flesh and Stone
May 11
- Trevor Strnad, singer of the Black Dahlia Murder, dies at 41
- Orianthi announces new live album, Live From Hollywood
- Analyze Gretchen Menn and Sophie Burrell's outside-the-box acoustic covers of Weezer, Kaiser Chiefs hits
- Johnny Marr teases new ‘Fever Dreams Yellow’ signature Fender Jaguar
- Solar unleashes 13 metal-friendly axes in mammoth spring 2022 drop
- The Smashing Pumpkins announce North American arena tour with Jane’s Addiction
- Boutique effects for a good cause: Electric Love's Play for P.I.N.K. stompboxes raise money for breast cancer research
- St. Vincent, H.E.R., Phoebe Bridgers and Gary Clark Jr. to feature on Minions: The Rise of Gru soundtrack
- Bids on Kurt Cobain’s Smells Like Teen Spirit Fender Mustang have already hit $2 million
- Gibson and Lzzy Hale are developing a hybrid “Explorer Bird” model
- Behemoth announce 12th album Opvs Contra Natvram, share desolately heavy first single, Ov My Herculean Exile
- John Mayer signs fan’s Klon Centaur onstage and marks his specific settings
- Guitar Pro launches version 8 of its industry-standard notation software
May 10
- Heather Brown Electronicals unveils new, Reverb-exclusive Sensation Fuzzdrive pedal
- Joe Satriani discusses the “terrifying” prospect of playing Eddie Van Halen's guitar parts for a potential tribute tour
- Gibson partners with Dave Mustaine for new signature Songwriter acoustic guitar
- Polyphia go acoustic on their first new song in three years, Playing God
- Marty Friedman on why streaming listeners are skipping guitar solos: “Solos often have an obligatory existence – they must be there for a deeper reason”
- Black Midi announce third album, Hellfire, unleash sinister lead single, Welcome to Hell
- Bogren Digital unveils the AmpKnob RevC, a one-knob plugin for “album-ready” metal guitar tones
May 9
- Hendrix: Electric Requiem is a graphic novel that charts the life of the guitar icon
- UK busker gets stolen acoustic replaced thanks to Vintage Guitars
- Watch Pearl Jam, Chad Smith and Josh Klinghoffer pay tribute to Taylor Hawkins with Foo Fighters cover
- Watch Gretchen Menn and Sophie Burrell break the mold with imaginative acoustic remakes of Weezer, Kaiser Chiefs hits
- U2’s Bono and the Edge perform at Kyiv subway station in support of Ukraine
- Fender and Chicago Music Exchange revive their exclusive Pacific Peach finish for new-look Player Stratocaster and Telecaster models
May 6
- Matt Heafy teaches the ins and outs of Trivium's most ferocious riffs in latest episode of Gibson's Riff Lords
- Eric Johnson shows multiple sides of his virtuosity on new singles, Sitting on Top of the World and Love Will Never Say Goodbye
- Source Audio promises a comprehensive library of compression with new Atlas Compressor pedal
- Jack White details his relationship with Eddie Van Halen and the EVH Wolfgang
- Helen Ibe advances to final round of the Martin No Limits Challenge
- Pete Townshend says he was planning to quit The Who before Keith Moon died
- Jack White – It's getting loud again: Inside the new issue of Total Guitar
- Jason Richardson wields John Petrucci's Majesty 8 signature in staggering new 7-minute single, p00mbachu
May 5
- King's X have completed work on their first new studio album in 14 years
- Soulfly announce 12th studio album, Totem, share destructive new single, Superstition
- D Generation and Danzig bassist Howie Pyro dies aged 61
- Defunct British guitar brand Westfield is being revived by Rotosound
- Harley Benton's new Fusion models feature EMGs and pro specs for under $400
- Schecter and Nick Johnston unveil Atomic-finished Diamond Series T-Type signature model
- IK Multimedia’s iRig Pro Quattro I/O is a mobile interface with four mic/instrument preamps
- Seymour Duncan launches Eddie Van Halen, Peter Green and Angus Young-inspired humbuckers
- Cory Wong and Victor Wooten team up for hour-long bass showcase
May 4
- Cradle of Filth part ways with guitarist Richard Shaw
- Watch Christone "Kingfish" Ingram play The Star-Spangled Banner at a Memphis Grizzlies playoff game
- Judas Priest will finally be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
- Fender's Final Fantasy XIV Stratocaster is now available in the United States
- Marshall launches the Willen, a tiny dust- and water-resistant Bluetooth speaker
- Lehle’s Mono Volume S is a smaller, lighter take on its Class A volume pedal
- Flea reportedly set to appear in upcoming Star Wars spin-off show, Obi-Wan Kenobi
- Misery Index's Mark Kloeppel serves up destructive open-string riffs in knockout Administer the Dagger playthrough
- Grez Guitars hits new low with the Mendocino Bass
- X-Pick is a magnetic pick that brings multi-FX to your rhythm hand
- Take a closer look at R.J. Ronquillo and Helen Ibe's killer, Martin-driven acoustic blues showcases
- John Mayer has recorded a “wicked” guitar solo for Justin Bieber’s forthcoming album
- Fender teams up with James Bay for one-of-a-kind Master Built Pink Lemonade Mustang
May 3
- Charvel launches new Pro-Mod series Jake E. Lee signature guitar
- Kirk Hammett reveals his 11 favorite wah solos with Metallica
- Epiphone unveils two Jerry Cantrell signature models, the souped-up Prophecy and $849 “Wino” Les Paul Customs
- Police recover $50,000 worth of The Brian Jonestown Massacre’s stolen vintage guitar gear
- Ernie Ball Music Man model played by Eddie Van Halen during a spontaneous Black Sabbath studio session hits the auction block
May 2
- Watch Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox cover Queens of the Stone Age's No One Knows
- Dunlop releases Kirk Hammett's second signature Cry Baby Wah, the KH95X
- Watch Sammy Hagar & the Circle pay tribute to Taylor Hawkins with heartfelt cover of Foo Fighters’ My Hero
- Guitar-maker Johnny Foreigner lets you tweak 20 different specs to create your own instrument build
- Watch R.J. Ronquillo and Helen Ibe showcase their acoustic blues skills with a dynamic instrumental and raucous Stevie Ray Vaughan cover