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May 2026 Guitar World Editors' Picks
From The Rolling Stones to Julian Lage, Tamikrest to the Warning, this month's guitar greatness spanned many generations of players
This week's hottest new guitar gear – featuring Wes Borland's Jackson and a Korn pedal
Jackson and Limp Bizkit's Wes Borland unveil the coolest metal guitar of the year, IK Multimedia go '60s Marshall mad, and someone put Korn's early sound in a pedal
Billy Duffy on the one guitar he wish he never sold
Duffy’s timing could hardly have been worse
Yvette Young on ending up in a Super Bowl commercial she didn't know about – and the realities of going viral
The guitarist lifts the veil on her chance appearance in a 2021 Super Bowl commercial and keeps it real about the trappings of virality
Korn have released another pedal that channels the sound of their genre-defining debut record
The pedal captures the iconic sound of their Indigo Ranch era and will release in limited numbers
Alex Lifeson used TONEX and Fractal to recreate classic Rush tones
Lifeson has become a digital modeling convert in recent years after IK Multimedia cloned his amp collection – and the results blew him away
Why Paul Gilbert started prioritizing quality songwriting over crazy guitar solos
Gilbert may be a master shredder, but even he realizes the importance of practicing restraint
Harley Benton’s refreshed and relaunched ST-Modern HH goes all-in on value
The ST-Modern HH returns in cool metallic finishes offering shred on a budget, and the ST-Modern Plus HSS in Dark Purple Sparkle gets a right-handed release
