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September 30
- D’Angelico enters the baritone guitar market for the first time ever with two luxurious new models
- Mighty duck! Sitka has teamed up with Martin and Thomas Rhett to auction this custom HD-28
- Dave Mustaine wants to write new music with James Hetfield: “There is a pretty good possibility of it happening”
- Robb Flynn says Dimebag Darrell smashed his guitar but made it up with a personal replacement
- A huge range of Squiers just got even more affordable with $50 off at the Fender store
- Nandi Bushell ushers in the next era of her musical journey with new original single, The Shadows
September 29
- From avant-jazz mini-symphonies to cabaret-tinged stadium-rock: here are this week's essential guitar tracks
- PRS announces its entry into the effects pedal world with three all-new stompboxes
- Sammy Hagar issues fresh call for Eddie Van Halen tribute show
- Improve your acoustic accessory arsenal and harness high-end tones with Kyser's Low-Tension Quick-Change Acoustic Guitar Capo
- Victory partners with Adrian Thorpe of ThorpyFX to repackage its revered tube amp tones into all-new V1 stompbox series
- Taylor revamps two 500 Series acoustics with an all-new tonewood: Urban Ironbark
September 28
- Joanne Shaw Taylor premieres mournful new song, Fade Away, from forthcoming Joe Bonamassa, Josh Smith-produced album
- Sammy Hagar praises Red Hot Chili Peppers' "soulful" Eddie Van Halen tribute song
- Dead Cross are auctioning two custom Fender Player Series Lead III guitars to raise money for suicide prevention
- Polyphia and Steve Vai deliver a guitar collab for the ages in mesmerizing new single, Ego Death
- Richie Faulkner says he had second heart surgery between the European and US legs of Judas Priest tour
- Watch Joan Jett and Travis Barker perform Cherry Bomb with Foo Fighters in heartfelt tribute to “beautiful soul” Taylor Hawkins
- Watch Nancy Wilson perform Barracuda with Foo Fighters, Pink and Jon Theodore at second Taylor Hawkins tribute event
- Wolfgang Van Halen nails Panama at LA Taylor Hawkins tribute concert – after promising he'd never play the track live
- Scarlett Johansson and Kelly Clarkson flex their guitar knowledge in superb new talk show game Catch a Riff of This
- Watch an all-star lineup including Dave Grohl, Kim Thayil and Taylor Momsen cover Soundgarden classics at LA’s Taylor Hawkins tribute concert
September 27
- Walrus Audio completes a Five-States trifecta with new Eons fuzz pedal
- Fender partners with Johnny Marr for limited-edition Fever Dream Yellow version of his Jaguar signature model
- Epiphone unveils low-cost version of Tony Iommi's iconic signature SG Special
- Pickup LesLee is a retrofittable onboard tremolo effect that automates pickup switching for Hendrix-esque tones
- Dead & Company will end after their final tour next year
- Blackstar's new 100W Amped 1 might just be the pedal amp of the future
- Ozzy Osbourne was too drunk to recognise Randy Rhoads' talent when he first auditioned: “I thought, it’s never gonna work”
September 26
- Watch Mdou Moctar shred with Gina Gleason, Richard Fortus, Marc Ribot and Lee Ranaldo in the first ever D’Addario Extended Play jam
- Jakub Zytecki proves why his ambient-meets-shred style is the future of guitar playing with genre-smashing new single Heart
- Nancy Wilson releases touching Taylor Hawkins tribute song, Amigo Amiga
- Watch Lari Basilio and Martin Miller's breathtaking rendition of Derek and the Dominos’ Layla
- Jimi Hendrix-played Japanese double-cut guitar hits the auction block for a second time
- Laney radically reinvents its revered Supergroup tube amp with the Two Notes Torpedo-equipped LA-Studio
- Robert Fripp and Toyah recruit Chesney Hawkes for the latest ridiculous installment of Sunday Lunch
- JHS Pedals adds $99 Harmonic Tremolo and Octave Reverb to its 3 Series range
- KHDK launches Shred signature pedal for Bernth Brodtrager, complete with “magic frequency” mid boost
- Nine Inch Nails reunite with former members, including guitarist Richard Patrick, at Cleveland hometown show
- George Harrison’s Gibson ‘58 “ransom” Les Paul – which helped recover his stolen Lucy model – sells at auction for $312,500
September 23
- The Roots guitarist “Captain” Kirk Douglas announces new album, New Unknown, premieres hard-riffing single, Over The Ocean
- Bare Knuckle's new Chris Robertson signature Peacemaker humbucker aims to clarify and firm up the high end of your tone
- D_Drive's Yuki and Seiji serve up Iron Maiden-style harmonized leads in killer I Remember the Town playthrough
- Inside the new issue of Total Guitar: The metal issue! Guitarists from the biggest metal bands on the planet speak about their quests for ultimate heaviness!
- Harley Benton expands sub-$220 guitar range with stealthy JA-Baritone and classic TE-69 Thinline models
- Watch Brian “Head” Welch play Korn classics at an Arizona high school
- ESP School of Metal Guitar: how to play guitar like Slipknot
- This crazy double-neck SG-style electric is one of the cleverest custom guitars we've seen
- Les Claypool praises Willow Smith's Primus cover: “Fine guitar pickin’ there young fiery lass”
- Hear Red Hot Chili Peppers pay tribute to Eddie Van Halen in emotional new single, Eddie
September 22
- Luxurious appointments abound in the Gretsch Custom Shop's new 2022 Masterbuilt collection
- From divisive prog-pop to a slice of classic blues: here are this week's essential guitar tracks
- Fender ups the ante with five Mid-Year Collection Stratocaster and Telecaster models
- Red Hot Chili Peppers' new single is dedicated to Eddie Van Halen
- Jackson unveils four head-spinning Masterbuilt electric guitars for 2022
- Behold all 13 of Fender’s stunning, one-of-a-kind Masterbuilt creations for 2022
- Charvel turns up the heat and introduces the Spacecaster in jaw-dropping new Custom Shop guitar and bass drop
September 21
- Hear Tommy Emmanuel and Mike Dawes' spellbinding acoustic cover of The 1975's Be My Mistake
- Mateus Asato names three players who he believes to be “the last heroes” of the guitar world
- Radial Engineering drops two "state-of-the-art" re-ampers – one of which doubles as a DI box
- Ernie Ball raises the curtain on the Fall 2022 installment of its Ball Family Reserve collection
- Gibson unveils long-awaited “Greeny” Les Paul Custom Shop replica
September 20
- Watch Steve Lukather jam on Crossroads with Sammy Hagar and Kenny Aronoff
- Steel Panther announce new full-time bassist
- Sweetwater reveals the best-selling effects pedal in its entire history
- W.A.S.P.’s Chris Holmes recalls the time Eddie Van Halen borrowed his Ibanez Destroyer – and made some radical surprise modifications
- The Van Halen Stage officially opened in the Van Halen family’s hometown of Pasadena
- Peter Frampton will perform his final farewell tour shows seated due to his health
- Smashing Pumpkins harness metal chugs and Whammy squeals in first track from upcoming sequel to Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
September 19
- Adam Jones' custom Reverse Silverburst Gibson Flying V was designed with help from Kirk Hammett, Richie Faulkner and Jim Root
- Hear Steve Vai and Vernon Reid trade volcanic, high-wire shred licks in new studio remake of Living Colour's Cult of Personality
- Simon McBride announced as Deep Purple's new permanent guitarist
September 16
- Wolfgang Van Halen announces deluxe edition of debut Mammoth WVH album, reveals imminent plans to begin recording a followup
- Turns out Randy Rhoads did have a nice thing to say about Eddie Van Halen: “Eddie is a great player”
- How Elvis destroyed his session guitarist's acoustic by kicking a gun out of his bodyguard's hand
- Orange pays homage to the '70s with three rebooted retro-inspired effects pedals
- Fender Japan does it again with two striking signature Stratocasters for alt-rock star Ken
- From Ulrich-fueled fuzz riffs to unadulterated raucous rock: here are this week's essential guitar tracks
September 15
- Ozzy Osbourne on Randy Rhoads and Eddie Van Halen feud: “Randy didn't have a nice thing to say about Eddie – they were rivals”
- Fender Custom Shop honors Johnny A. with Artist Signature Stratocaster
- This guitar influencer's debut single is one of the best instrumental shred tracks you'll hear this year
- The world's first vinyl album that's also a guitar pedal has arrived
- Positive Grid celebrates 300K users of the Spark and Spark Mini by slashing prices on amps and software
- Soilwork guitarist David Andersson dies aged 47
- Joe Satriani: “You’re not going to sell out theaters or get a billion streams with finger exercises”
- Did MXR just launch its own take on the Fulltone OCD?
September 14
- Watch Amy Winehouse play I Heard Love Is Blind on her Strat unaccompanied in 2004 Fender promo
- Charvel launches sleek, minimalist new Pro-Mod DK22 SSS 2PT CM Mahogany with Walnut guitar
- Samantha Fish and Jesse Dayton to release collaborative album next year
- Martin partners with pop superstar Shawn Mendes for 000JR-10E Custom Signature Edition acoustic guitar
- Valiant Guitars' Oberig Ukraine charity project showcases guitars designed by artists affected by the war
- British blues rock ace Laurence Jones breaks down his rig, and explains why he's switched to the PRS SE Silver Sky
- D'Angelico taps Josh Turner for its first-ever signature Excel Tammany acoustic model
September 13
- Watch Kenny Wayne Shepherd play Pink Floyd's Comfortably Numb on David Gilmour's Black Strat
- Watch Steve Vai nail Jimi Hendrix and Led Zeppelin tracks with Living Colour during electrifying 2022 Rock In Rio set
- Rick Beato's signature double-cut Gibson Les Paul has finally arrived
- Watch Zakk Wylde and Andrew Watt join forces during Ozzy Osbourne's LA Rams halftime show
- Yngwie Malmsteen gives a guided tour of his current pedalboard
- Boss vows to “unleash your Katana” with improved GA-FC EX Foot Controller
- Here's what Dave Mustaine texted James Hetfield after the Metallica leader felt insecure about his playing
September 12
- Watch Brandon Ellis showcase his sensational chops on Jackson’s new American Series Soloist SL3
- Documentary on the first all-female metal band in the Middle East gets official trailer
- Kirk Hammett launches his latest project – a mysterious online horror story, which he is soundtracking
- It doesn't look like Mark Tremonti's Explorer-style PRS will be getting a full production release
- Watch Wolfgang Van Halen shred Eruption on Eddie's Frankenstein guitar
September 9
- Wren and Cuff aims to create a "Swiss Army knife of fuzz and drive" with new Claudio Sanchez signature Anna pedal
- The first ever Boss CE-1 has reportedly been found, and it's listed on Reverb for $1,000,000
- The Gretsch White Falcon Dave Grohl used in the Foo Fighters' Monkey Wrench video has sold at auction for over $53,000
- Baldacci returns with the “wildly cool” Bighorn ECO, a vintage-inspired electric built with 100-percent American grown lumber
- Tim Henson showcases the dizzying complexity of Polyphia’s new single in ABC riff playthrough
- The metal issue! Slipknot, Lamb of God, Machine Head and more – only in the new Guitar World
- Blackstar adds “the world’s lightest” 2x12 combos to its St. James tube amp family
- Has Darkglass just announced the ultimate overdrive pedal for bass guitarists?
- Catalinbread makes shoegazers’ dreams come true with the FX40 Soft Focus Reverb
- Hear Eric Clapton channel his Cream era with a wah-heavy solo on Ozzy Osbourne’s One of Those Days
September 8
- A new Jimi Hendrix live album, Los Angeles Forum: April 26, 1969, will be released this fall
- Ensure accurate tuning and explore the world of compensated tuning with Cherub’s rechargeable clip-on tuner, the Flow Tune Clip
- Electro-Harmonix adds analog warmth to the digital domain with innovative Big Muff Pi Hardware Plugin
- From wah-drenched jams to Phrygian throwdowns: here are this week's essential guitar tracks
- This insane acoustic fingerstyle cover of Dire Straits' Money For Nothing is the most incredible guitar playing you'll see today
- Manson debuts two new space-age Matt Bellamy signature models, including a more affordable DeLorean replica
- Jackson introduces head-turning new signature models for Northlane's Josh Smith and Death Angel's Rob Cavestany
September 7
- Gibson to auction Paul McCartney-, Slash-played Les Paul guitars for Ukraine relief
- Joanne Shaw Taylor announces new album, Nobody's Fool, featuring Joe Bonamassa, Josh Smith and Carmen Vandenberg
- Steve Vai: His First 30 Years documentary released online for free
- Spite's Alex Tehrani and Lucas Garrigues serve seven-string carnage in this brutal guitar playthrough of The Most Ugly
- Cort introduces high-end Flow Series with flagship Flow-OC acoustic
- Jackson debuts first-ever made-in-Corona guitars with radically revamped American Series Soloist SL3
- Rick Beato debunks claims that Wolfgang Van Halen was playing to a backing track of Eddie at Taylor Hawkins tribute
- Joe Satriani, Nita Strauss, Nuno Bettencourt and Orianthi to appear on new orchestral album
September 6
- Hear the Pixies reference Van Halen (yes, really) on snappy new single, Dregs of the Wine
- Ubisoft's Rocksmith+ subscription-based guitar-learning platform is now finally available on PC
- Fender debuts battle-scarred new Joe Strummer signature Telecaster
- Ruokangas introduces the Valvebucker Mk2 – a tube-equipped pickup that might just be the most expensive ever made
- Watch the moment a Nameless Ghoul trips and disappears into the abyss at a recent Ghost show
- How Robb Flynn discovered his trademark natural harmonics by accident
- Watch Aerosmith return for their first show since the pandemic
- Zakk Wylde shreds for a minute straight on new Ozzy Osbourne single, Nothing Feels Right
- Luís Kalil demonstrates his “door-opening” reverse tapping technique in this exclusive lesson
September 5
- Michael Angelo Batio will join Manowar for their upcoming 2023 anniversary tour
- James Gang perform for the first time in 16 years at Taylor Hawkins tribute event
- Robert Fripp and Toyah take on Pantera's 5 Minutes Alone
- Them Crooked Vultures reunite for the first time in over a decade at Taylor Hawkins tribute show
- Watch Wolfgang Van Halen nail classic Van Halen tracks at Foo Fighters' Taylor Hawkins tribute show
- Watch Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee perform Rush classics with Dave Grohl at Taylor Hawkins tribute show
September 2
- Daredevil Pedals promises optimal tonal definition with germanium and silicon transistor-loaded Aces Hybrid Amplifier pedal
- Solar Guitars expands its roasted maple necks and fanned fret options in latest 11-strong drop
- Lamb of God’s Mark Morton officially signs with Gibson, seemingly ending his partnership with Jackson
- Watch Soundgarden’s Kim Thayil shred with The Pretty Reckless on stage in Seattle
- Fender Japan revives some of the brand’s boldest-looking Stratocasters with the Limited International Color series
- Slipknot's Jim Root hints at future Squier signature models
September 1
- Schecter launches new “minimalistic workhorse” Aaron Marshall signature models
- From Future Metal to the new Seattle sound: here are this week's essential guitar tracks
- Polyphia's upcoming album Remember That You Will Die will feature Steve Vai and Deftones' Chino Moreno
- George Harrison’s Gibson 1958 “ransom” Les Paul – used to rescue his stolen '57 Lucy model – goes up for auction
- Johnny Depp to join Jeff Beck's upcoming North America tour dates
- MXR partners with revered boutique builder Analog Man for the Duke of Tone
- Silvertone’s sought-after Twin Twelve 1484 amp hits the floor with new Jackson Audio pedal collaboration