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Billy Corgan points to his new Reverend Billy Corgan Z-One Infinite Sadness signature model
Reverend launches the very sweet Billy Corgan Z-One Infinite Sadness – and there’s a Drop-Z baritone version too

By Jonathan Horsley Published

Who wants that honey? The Billy Corgan Infinite Sadness is released to coincide with the Smashing Pumpkins’ Rats in a Cage Tour, and is limited to 60 instruments

Electric Guitars
Musician Melissa Auf Der Maur performs at Highline Ballroom on March 3, 2011 in New York City
Melissa Auf der Maur lifts the veil on her surprise appearance at Lollapalooza with the Smashing Pumpkins

By Janelle Borg Published

Auf der Maur ascended to the Lollapalooza stage with her former band in a move that harked directly back to the ’90s

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Bassists
Left to right: Collage of Billy Corgan, Melissa Auf Der Maur, Olivia Rodrigo and Yungblud playing their guitars on stage
The Smashing Pumpkins reunite with Melissa Auf der Maur at Lollapalooza

By Janelle Borg Published

Billy Corgan and co. balanced nostalgia with their more recent era at their first Lollapalooza set since 1994

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Concert, Gigs & Tours
(from left) Stevie Ray Vaughan, David Gilmour, Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Beck, and Bonnie Raitt
The 25 Stratocaster players who revolutionized the guitar

By Henry Yates Published

The Fender Stratocaster would just be a glorified carpentry project without the players who danced across its neck and gave it life. Here we celebrate 25 of the best

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Guitarists
Laney Black Country Customs Ironheart and Lionheart Loudpedals on wooden background
How Laney is distilling its mightiest amps into pedal-sized powerhouses

By Guitar World Staff Published

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Unlike your typical modeler and conventional amp tone-in-a-box pedals, Laney has managed to pack 60 watts of real amp power into pedalboard-friendly stompboxes – all without sacrificing dynamics and responsiveness

Guitar Amps
Courtney Love & Hole during The 1998 Billboard Music Awards at MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Courtney Love refused to turn Celebrity Skin into “a grieving widow’s memoir” – but she paid tribute with the gear she played

By Janelle Borg Published

With Celebrity Skin, Love shifted Hole's musical direction and created their final opus, in the midst of great tragedy

Guitarists
Yamaha 60th Anniversary RSP20B and RS02CB Chris Buck
Inside 60 years of Yamaha guitars – how the Japanese firm forged its own six-string path

By Amit Sharma Published

Yamaha’s Yusuke Ota and Shingo Ekuni take a look back at key guitars and artists from the brand’s history – from Carlos Santana and Billy Corgan to the current one-two Revstar punch of Chris Buck and Matteo Mancuso

Guitars
Dave Davies on stage during 'The Kinks' concert at the Fête de l'Humanité, September 7, 1974
How Dave Davies wrote the savage solo for the Kinks' breakthrough hit

By Janelle Borg Published

Davies debunks false claims that the track featured Jimmy Page and reveals how it all came about

Guitarists
Billy Corgan of The Smashing Pumpkins performs onstage during a concert at Gunnersbury Park on August 10, 2025 in London, England
The Smashing Pumpkins reunite with Siamese Dream producer for the first time in 32 years

By Janelle Borg Published

Butch Vig was the man behind the board for Billy Corgan and co's landmark albums, and has been on production duties for their new single

Bands
Brian Carstens poses with his guitar amp builds
How a Smashing Pumpkins superfan made the only amp Billy Corgan has ever truly loved

By Michael Astley-Brown Published

Brian Carstens spent 30 years obsessing over Corgan’s guitar tone. Then he ended up making amps for his hero – not to mention John Fogerty, Tool and Misha Mansoor

Guitar Amps
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