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- March 4
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- “The most organic amp tones ever captured”: Kemper rolls out the latest evolution of its Profiling tech – and this update is free
- “He was horrified, saying, ‘Doug, your tone is atrocious!’”: Sideman to the stars Doug Rappoport reveals the classic rock icon who persuaded him to up his gear game
- “I felt like I was being used. I’m not a puppet that you can put your hand up its ass and make do stuff”: The signature gear Josh Homme turned down
- “I would have loved to get together with Wolfgang”: Eddie Van Halen once asked Paul Gilbert to give Wolfgang a guitar lesson – here’s why it never happened
- “To create something from nothing is one of the greatest feelings”: Why Prince turned down a deal with Guitar Hero
- “A collaboration that’s nothing short of extraordinary”: Pat Metheny, Al Di Meola and more of the biggest names in jazz and fusion are playing in London this year
- March 3
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- “A long-term model to support the future of live music”: Marshall pledges to donate a percentage of gear sales to support grassroots venues
- “Don Henley’s looking at me like I’m crazy, and finally I said, ‘What?’ He goes, ‘I thought you were a bluegrasser…’” Vince Gill on the importance of versatility – and how the Eagles enabled him to flex his hidden rock chops
- “It turns out you all really love a wildcard”: The hottest new guitar gear releases of February 2026 – according to Guitar World readers
- “Combining two of my favorite things”: Teemu Mäntysaari shreds Megadeth… while ice skating
- “You never want to pull out cases and have no recollection of when, where or how you acquired it”: Joe Bonamassa is cutting back on his gear collecting habit
- “I gave it away… I thought I didn’t need it any more”: Cult Japanese guitar hero Masayoshi Takanaka gave away his iconic surfboard guitar. Now he’s got it back for his first-ever world tour at 72 years old
- Eric Clapton announces US tour – and he’s bringing another blues guitar hero on the road with him
- March 2
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- “I took the one lesson and left and never went back. I got to learn how to play guitar by myself”: Joan Jett on defying stereotypes and teaching herself guitar by playing along to Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath records
- “That’s why I don’t like old Les Pauls”: The reason Adrian Smith isn’t keen on some vintage Gibsons
- “He is truly one of the best players in the new generation”: Matteo Mancuso names the emerging virtuoso that you need to know about
- “One day, my mom went to Costco and was like, ‘They’ve got these guitars on sale. Let’s get it for your dad’”: Kiki Wong on how a cheap Yamaha and a Metallica classic changed her musical trajectory
- Zakk Wylde leads all-star Ozzy Osbourne tribute at the BRIT Awards – with the help of Robert Trujillo and Robbie Williams
- “Steven grabbed it and wanted to throw it out into the audience. I had to wrestle him for it”: That time Joe Perry had to rescue a broken guitar from Steven Tyler in the middle of an Aerosmith gig
