Five Things Your Guitar Builder Might've Gotten Wrong By Joe Kruse Less time worrying about your guitar means more time focusing on what’s important—the music!
Guitar 911: Five Guitar Repair Safety Tips By Joe Becker There are a lot of chemicals used on guitars, and there are safety issues with which to be concerned—for the guitar and the person using it.
Retro Guitar Effects: Meet the Sonovox, Grandfather of the Talk Box By Shane Speal A talk box that predates 'Frampton Comes Alive' by more than 35 years.
Get an Up Close and Personal Look at Jerry Cantrell's Guitar Rig By Jackson Maxwell Cantrell not only details his guitars, pickups, pedalboard and amplifiers, he often tells viewers how and why he started using them.
Ernie Ball Shares Tips on How to Avoid Breaking Guitar Strings By Guitar World Staff A quick read that might ultimately save you a few bucks, or prevent an embarrassing mid-performance string break.
Guitar 911: Matching Hardware by Painting and Heat Treating By Joe Becker Learn about matching hardware by painting and heat treating.
Five Ways a Compressor Pedal Can Change Your Sound By Christopher Scapelliti A compressor pedal can be one of the most valuable tools you can have in your setup.
Guitar 911: How to Make a Pickguard Out of a Tupperware Lid By Joe Becker A rather unconventional option for a pickguard replacement on a vintage guitar.
The Tremoloa: History's Weirdest Slide Guitar By Shane Speal The history of a strange fretless slide guitar... thing.
Four Handy Guitar Pedal Hacks By Christopher Scapelliti Four handy hacks that make working with guitar pedals easier.
Guitar Techs Explore Kurt Cobain's 'In Utero'-Era Fender Mustangs By Damian Fanelli A rare, up-close look at Kurt Cobain's 'In Utero'-Era Fenders.
The Top Five Weirdest Guitars of the Eighties By Damian Fanelli Some of the strangest axes you'll ever see.
Five Things You Might Not Know About Seymour Duncan Pickups By Christopher Scapelliti Five things about Seymour Duncan and its products that you may not know.
Build Your Own Battery-Operated Tweed Amp By Shane Speal Anyone with the most basic soldering and woodworking skills can build one of these.
The Top Five Weirdest Ibanez Guitars—Featuring Guitars of Steve Vai By Christopher Scapelliti Five of Ibanez' most oddball creations.
Meet the First Fender Stratocaster, Serial No. 0100 By Guitar World Staff No, David Gilmour is NOT auctioning off the first ever Strat.
The DIY Musician: How to Build a 2x4 Lap Steel Guitar By Shane Speal This great-playing lap steel only takes an hour to make.
Forgotten Guitar: A Close-up Look at Stevie Ray Vaughan’s “Number One” Strat By Jonathan Graham Get up-close and personal with Stevie Ray Vaughan's “Number One” Strat.
The DIY Musician: Build Your Own One-Tube Amplifier — Vintage Plans from 1954 By Shane Speal An Eisenhower era treasure that you can build yourself.
Steve Vai Shares His Private Guitar Collection By Adam Perlmutter Steve Vai shares some of his private guitar stock with Guitar World.
