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Korn bassist Ra Díaz recovers 15 stolen bass guitars with help from the community
By Janelle Borg published
A musician in Henderson, Nevada, spotted some of Díaz's instruments at a local music store

David Allan Coe, the outlaw country legend who played with Dimebag Darrell and gave Warren Haynes his break, has died, aged 86
By Jonathan Horsley published
Coe scored hits with You Never Even Called Me by My Name and The Ride, and stood alongside Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson in the outlaw wing of country music

April 2026 Guitar World Editors’ Picks
By Michael Astley-Brown, Janelle Borg, Jackson Maxwell, Matt Owen, Matt Parker published
Fresh new cuts from all corners of the guitar world courtesy of Muse, Arlo Parks, Jack White, Ed O'Brien, Weezer, Periphery, and more...

Richie Sambora hired a private detective to recover his stolen Gibson
By Matt Owen published
Sambora was recently reunited with his prized 1976 Gibson Explorer, 41 years after it was stolen out of a warehouse

The supernatural experience Jared James Nichols had when he played through Gary Moore's old amp
By Janelle Borg published
Nichols looks back on the moment he and Joe Bonamassa fired up one of Moore’s prized amps – which the Nerdville owner recently acquired for $25,100

Plini is manifesting a collaboration with John Mayer – and has issued an open call to make it happen
By Matt Owen published
The prog metal virtuoso has a wild vision for what their joint single could potentially look like

Larry Carlton on how he ended up playing on a Michael Jackson hit
By Janelle Borg published
Carlton is part of a very select group of guitarists that's ever worked with the King of Pop and his elite team

Heirs of Jimi Hendrix's bandmates lose years-long royalties dispute against the Hendrix Estate and Sony Music
By Janelle Borg published
The judge concluded that, as per the original contract, the musicians signed their rights away, and that “the first owners of the copyrights… were the producers”
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