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Plini
Plini answers the call of the wild in search of instrumental guitar’s new frontier

By Gregory Adams Published

The Australian virtuoso on dream collabs with John Mayer, high-BPM workouts, and what happened when he imagined “a cello player in a huge, empty concert hall playing this difficult arpeggio”

Guitarists
Tom Johnston, Patrick Simmons, and John McFee of The Doobie Brothers perform onstage in 2025.
The Doobie Brothers on their many imitators, their many hits, and what keeps them going

By Joe Bosso Published

Ahead of their tour with Carlos Santana, Doobie Brothers guitarists Tom Johnston, Patrick Simmons, and John McFee revisit their classic tracks and how they came together

Bands
Charlie Star performs live with an acoustic guitar.
Charlie Starr on how to play “Piedmont” fingerstyle guitar

By Charlie Starr Published

The Blackberry Smoke frontman goes unplugged to give us a lesson in the fingerstyle techniques he applies in his day job

Artist Lessons
George Lynch onstage with his custom Haji ESP – and on the cover of GW's November 1990 issue.
George Lynch on his custom ESP that’s too valuable to leave the house

By Andrew Daly Published

Mr Scary on how his heart melts for the 1990 ESP Custom Haji/Wicked Sensation from the cover of Guitar World's November 1990 issue

Guitarists
A black-and-white live shot of Berton Averre playing a Les Paul with the Knack
Berton Averre on writing My Sharona – and why the Knack were never the next Beatles

By Joe Bosso Published

My Sharona was the perfect pop-rock anthem, and as Averre reflects on the life and times of the Knack he admits he knew he had something special back then

Guitarists
Anthony Pirog plays a Jazzmaster onstage with the Messthetics.
Backed by Fugazi’s rhythm section, even guitarist Anthony Pirog can’t signpost the turns in The Messthetics’ avant-jazz sound

By Jim Beaugez Published

On The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis’ latest collab, all bets are off on where Pirog will take his guitar next

Guitarists
Joe Perry plays his red custom Dazzle guitar onstage with Aerosmith.
Joe Perry on the weirder guitars in his collection

By Andrew Daly Published

The Aerosmith guitarist shares the story behind his custom-made Dazzle guitars and his greatest gear modding mistakes

Guitarists
Richard Thompson performs live onstage in the early '80s.
How Richard and Linda Thompson regrouped to record a folk-rock classic after Gerry Rafferty tried to turn them “pop”

By Andrew Daly Published

Is 1982’s Shoot Out the Lights the best album Richard Thompson ever made? Fans think it is. His own opinion might surprise you

Guitarists
Dean DeLeo performs at the 1993 KROQ Weenie Roast with Stone Temple Pilots
When Stone Temple Pilots supported Megadeth and Dave Mustaine defended them from his own fans

By Jonathan Horsley Published

STP’s 1992 debut album, Core, was just out in stores. Sex Type Thing had traction on MTV. But Dean DeLeo recalls those Megadeth support slots as a baptism of fire

Guitarists
Mateus Asato with a mystery Fender
Mateus Asato pictured with mystery Fender offset – could this be his new signature model?

By Jonathan Horsley Published

We all thought that Asato's switch to Fender would bring us a Strat or a Tele. This offet is something else entirely

Guitarists
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