Watch Joe Satriani play Surfing with the Alien on a Strat copy at a fan’s home By Jonathan Graham In case you've ever needed more evidence that the majority of a guitar player's sound is in their fingers
Improve your shredding skills by connecting string-skipping patterns By Sammy Boller These patterns are easy to link up with your pentatonic scales, and can be very useful for adding some flash into your riffs and solos
Watch John Lennon, Eric Clapton and Keith Richards play the Beatles' Yer Blues By Damian Fanelli John Lennon embraced his inner rock 'n' roller on his first two non-Beatles live performances
Stevie Ray Vaughan opens up in his first Guitar World interview from 1984 By Bill Milkowski "He doesn't go in for the leather-and-studs macho posturing of popular heavy metal bands and he's not particularly adept at crowd manipulation as many of the top rock bands are"
Sleater-Kinney on how St Vincent challenged and reconfigured their sound for The Center Won’t Hold By Joe Bosso Corin Tucker and Carrie Brownstein discuss gear, songwriting and their new St Vincent-produced album
The secrets behind Adam Jones' tone on Tool's Fear Innoculum: producer Joe Barresi reveals all By David Von Bader Everything you need to know about the guitar gear and recording rig behind the long-awaited album
Guitar's biggest names tell us what really happened at Woodstock By Alan di Perna Carlos Santana, Stephen Stills, Pete Townshend and more recall the trials and tribulations behind their era-defining performances
22 guitarists, producers and gear makers reveal their tone secrets By Guitar World Staff 22 sonic knights share their tips, treatments, and methods. Happy hunting!
A guide to the recording equipment, songs and instruments featured on The Beatles' Abbey Road By Christopher Scapelliti Revisit a masterpiece with Guitar World's complete guide to the creation of Abbey Road
The 25 best metal guitar tones of all time By Jonathan Horsley We chart the rise of heavy guitar tones, from Sabbath to stoner, Swe-death to djent, thrash to doom…
Watch Roy Buchanan perform When a Guitar Plays the Blues By Damian Fanelli A prime example of "the best unknown guitarist in the world" in action
13 of the best guitar tones of all time By Jeff Slate Addictive sounds that will have you crying out for more
Chelsea Wolfe: "Writing while I’m still in the dream world but my eyes are open - that’s always a strange place…" By Amit Sharma The doom-folk mage reveals why she took an acoustic turn for new album Birth Of Violence - without ditching the pedals
Rig tour: Eirik Kråkenes reveals the gear behind Astrosaur’s post-metal onslaught By Michael Astley-Brown Ihsahn and Leprous collaborator branches out with compact yet comprehensive guitar setup
3 in-demand Nashville session guitarists reveal what it takes to land country music's biggest gigs By Joe Bosso How to make it in Music City with session pros Kenny Greenberg, Russ Pahl and Derek Wells
Elliot Easton's guide to The Cars' discography By Richard Bienstock Take a guided tour through the discography of one of the most popular rock bands of the '70s and '80s
Tool's Adam Jones talks everything Fear Inoculum: the agonizing wait, the colossal tones and those signature pull-offs By David Von Bader The prog-metal titan takes you behind the scenes of the long-awaited album
Dave Mustaine lesson: Learn about exotic voicings, major and minor diads and "upside down" chords By Dave Mustaine Learn some more about exotic voicings, plus major and minor diads, from the Megadeth frontman
Steel Panther’s Satchel: “Yngwie Malmsteen is one of the most emotional guitar players of all time” By Michael Astley-Brown Glam-metal six-stringer wades in on the Yngwie debate
Prog legend Alan Parsons tells all: Dark Side Of The Moon, working with The Beatles and the "abandoned" Pink Floyd album By James Wood Iconic producer and songwriter looks back on his career leading up to new album The Secret
