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Stephane Wrembel: "When you cut out string noise, you’re left without the physical aspect of what a musician does"

By Joe Bosso

Stephane Wrembel’s annual The Django Experiment albums are mind-blowing odes to the music, legacy and influence of the late, great Django Reinhardt

Nirvana's Krist Novoselic: "I'm never in any bass magazines"

By Bass Player Staff

Back in 2012, we met the bassist turned political activist, commentator and now recipient of his own signature instrument

"He was our spiritual leader": A tribute to the life and career of AC/DC's Malcolm Young

By Alan di Perna

Young's influence and contribution to rock music continue to loom large

Sabaton: "People have told us that they passed their history exams in school because of our songs"

By Jeff Kitts

In-depth with the mighty power-metal band from Sweden who built a thriving career singing about just about all things war

Northlane

Northlane: "There’s definitely a place for alternate picking, but it’s better to try and down-pick everything you can"

By Amit Sharma

Aussie axemen Josh Smith and Jon Deiley go deep on their gear and reveal the secret Kemper trick behind their groundbreaking tech-metal sound

The 20 best guitar albums of the decade

By Jonathan Horsley

From blues to metal, prog to shred, here's what you voted your favorite records of 2010 to 2019

Joanna Connor: "Nobody talks about my rhythm playing, but to me, it’s the best aspect of my guitar playing"

By Alison Richter

The Chicago-based blues guitarist on her love for Gibson and why the future is bright for young female guitar players

Cobi: “I was playing blues in bars until one in the morning as a 13-year-old”

By Matt Parker

We talk Strats, soul and drive with the Minnesota-born, LA-based guitarist and singer

Bad Wolves: "For us, it’s more important to be a powerful rhythm duo than a lead duo"

By Alison Richter

Doc Coyle and Chris Cain give us the lowdown on their live guitar rigs and how to deal with depression and anxiety

Kenny Wayne Shepherd

Kenny Wayne Shepherd: those SRV clone accusations came from a jealous place

By Mark McStea

There aren’t many roads this Strat-wielding blues whiz hasn’t been down, but his new album, The Traveler, still breaks new ground

Zac Brown Band's guitarists on being each other's favorite players and why having a singular leader keeps them together

By John Katic

Coy Bowles and Clay Cook talk The Owl and the joys of live improvisation

Get a private blues lesson from ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons

By Guitar World Staff

Billy Gibbons teaches you the blues tunes that inspired him to play guitar

Guthrie Govan: "I don’t see how it’s possible to have too much technique or knowledge"

By Joe Bosso

He of the mad, mad skills talks dinosaurs, blind alleys and the Aristocrats’ quirky-as-hell new album, You Know What...?

Laura Cox on being a leftie playing right-handed and why she'd take a high-end Epiphone over a cheap Gibson

By Jonathan Horsley

The maverick French hard-rocker talks Burning Bright, chicken pickin’ and why the YouTube comments section is not as terrifying as being onstage for the first time

Jimmy Page’s guitar gear: everything you need to nail the Led Zeppelin legend's sound

By Jonathan Horsley

Looking to emulate that pristine Stairway to Heaven twang? Or perhaps the pounding riff of Immigrant song? We’ve got you covered

Stone Sour's Josh Rand on how he changed from bass to guitar by accident and what's next for the band

By Amit Sharma

The hard-rock guitarist gives GW the lowdown on the group's surprise live album Hello, You Bastards: Live in Reno

Periphery's Misha Mansoor, Jake Bowen, Plini and Jakub Zytecki

Misha Mansoor, Jake Bowen, Plini and Jakub Zytecki go deep on gear, technique and the future of djent

By Amit Sharma

It's a tech-metal round table! The Periphery axemen are joined by two of today's leading virtuosos to wax lyrical on all things tech-metal

Manuel Gardner Fernandes: "I wanted to do something people might not have heard before - and I hope I’ve proved I can play everything live"

By Amit Sharma

The Instagram virtuoso speaks exclusively to GW about those guitar fakery accusations, his gear secrets and how he honed his jaw-dropping technique

Meet Dabin Lee, the DJ pushing boundaries with his genre-splicing guitar playing

By Amit Sharma

The revolutionary EDM producer on how incorporating guitar into his live sets brought a new dimension to his music

Tommy Emmanuel

Tommy Emmanuel: "You don’t have to fill up every millisecond with sound and noises - I let the audience fill in the gaps"

By Jonathan Horsley

The Australian fingerstyle maestro on technique, leaving something to the imagination, and why the story is the most important thing