2024 Year in Review

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Fender 70th Anniversary American Professional II Stratocaster
Why 2024 marked a major milestone for Fender – and saw a surprising turnaround for 2025

By Amit Sharma Published

2024 Year in Review: The Stratocaster celebrated 70 years as the world’s most iconic guitar shape this year

Electric Guitars
Beat [L-R]: Tony Levine, Steve Vai, Adrian Belew and Danny Carey
How King Crimson was reborn at the hands of Steve Vai and Adrian Belew

By Amit Sharma Published

2024 Year in Review: The all-star Beat tour brought King Crimson’s music to thousands of eager prog fans

Bands
Gibson Jimmy Page 1969 EDS-1275 Double-Neck Collector's Edition
Gibson launched an epic multi-guitar partnership with Jimmy Page this year – but 2025 could be even bigger

By Amit Sharma Published

2024 Year in Review: The Led Zeppelin icon signed on with Gibson this year, but there are plenty of other stars due a signature model from the firm in 2025

Electric Guitars
Mark Knopfler auction
Mark Knopfler parted ways with his guitar collection this year – but he hopes they all get played

By Amit Sharma Published

2024 Year in Review: The Dire Straits icon raised a huge amount of money for charity selling off 120 prized instruments, including his 1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard

Guitarists
Wolfgang Van Halen
The hottest guitar gear launches of 2024 – from Wolfgang Van Halen’s long-awaited semi-hollow signature to UAFX’s Dumble-in-a-pedal

By Amit Sharma Published

There was an onslaught of new guitar products released over the past 12 months. Here are the ones that had us all talking (and checking our bank balance)

Guitar Gear
Kiki Wong and Billy Corgan of The Smashing Pumpkins perform onstage during The 33rd Annual KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas 2024 at The Kia Forum on December 14, 2024 in Inglewood, California.
“I never thought little ol’ 15-year-old me playing metal guitar in the bedroom would amount to this moment”: After 10,000 applicants, Kiki Wong landed the Smashing Pumpkins guitarist gig

By Amit Sharma Published

2024 Year in Review: Billy Corgan and co hosted the biggest guitarist search of the year – and there could only be one winner

Guitarists
Artist's depiction of Pete Townshend playing a Jackson guitar
“I was playing at three times the speed I normally play at”: When Pete Townshend got his first Jackson guitar… and loved it

By Amit Sharma Published

2024 Year in Review: At 78 years old, The Who icon picked up his first shred machine, and couldn't get enough of it

Guitarists
Primus perform live at Sick New World Festival
When their gear didn’t turn up for a festival performance, Primus played brand-new Fender guitars from Guitar Center – with the tags still on

By Amit Sharma Published

2024 Year in Review: Les Claypool and co proved that tone really is in the fingers when they turned to off-the-shelf guitars for a high-profile festival spot

Bands
Mk.Gee, Gary Clark Jr., Jack White and Emily Roberts
The best guitar albums of 2024

By Jonathan Horsley Published

The guitar albums that had the biggest impact in the guitar world and beyond, as chosen by GW editors and pro players

Music Releases
Corey Feldman playing electric guitar
“He’s playing pretty badly, but he is playing”: When Corey Feldman went full shred and melted faces

By Amit Sharma Published

2024 Year in Review: This year’s most talked-about solo came from the most unlikely of places

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