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Whisper it... Donner's 4.5-star Hush-X travel guitar just dropped by a chunky 20%, bringing quiet practice within reach at home or on vacation

By Daryl Robertson published 25 March 26

In the Amazon Spring Saleyou can bag an electric travel guitar that sounds so good you won't believe it isn't a regular solidbody

I've spent years testing beginner acoustic guitars, and my top-rated model just got a huge 15% price cut in the Amazon Big Spring Sale – plus score 20% off a Squier Paranormal Strat

By Daryl Robertson published 25 March 26

These beginner-friendly savings on Fender and Squier are hard to beat

All the ways the Positive Grid SPARK 2 could level up your practice experience – and get you gig-ready

By Guitar World Staff published 25 March 26

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With smart practice features, Bluetooth connectivity and AI-generated tones, the SPARK 2 offers real-world applications that could improve your practice routine – and level up your chops

Luis Kalil recalls the time he met – and played for – Jason Becker, at the shred icon’s house

By Phil Weller published 24 March 26

The Red Devil Vortex guitarist started uploading Cacophony covers to YouTube in 2014, and soon caught his idol’s attention

Gary Holt once gave himself clinical-grade whiplash because he headbanged to his riffs too hard

By Phil Weller published 24 March 26

The guitarist says he “dodged a bullet” by avoiding surgery

The moment Ritchie Blackmore knew he’d leave Deep Purple

By Phil Weller published 24 March 26

Blackmore looks back on his Deep Purple departure

Mike McCready followed Duff McKagan to LA to make it big – but he nearly missed his shot in Seattle

By Michael Astley-Brown published 24 March 26

Before Pearl Jam, the lead guitarist sought to make a success of his teenage hard-rock outfit, Shadow

Keith Richards shares his response to the Sunset Strip shredders of the 1980s

By Matt Owen published 24 March 26

Richards never had any interest in becoming a lead player – and the early innovators of the shred movement did not change his mind

Greg Chaisson on his gruelling Ozzy Osbourne audition

By Phil Weller published 24 March 26

Chaisson didn’t get the gig, but he did strike up a friendship with Jake E. Lee – which would be rekindled a few years later with Badlands

Misha Mansoor has a ton of amps. But one new design has blown him away

By Michael Astley-Brown published 24 March 26

The Periphery tonesmith uses digital and analog gear in the studio, and one tube head in particular has knocked his socks off