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With Led Zeppelin over, Jimmy Page returned to the Telecaster, and embraced a particular, beloved mod
After a few years slightly adrift, the guitar god found his way back into arenas with the Firm in 1985, and leaned on some new tools along the way
Evolution or revolution? Taylor rolls out its Next Generation Grand Auditorium lineup – potentially its most advanced guitars yet
Taylor's flagship model gets a power-up for 2026, with an all-new pickup, new bracing system, and innovative Action Control Neck joint
Ace Frehley on how Frehley’s Comet sent his post-Kiss career into orbit
In his final interview for Guitar World magazine (conducted in early 2025 and not published until now), Ace Frehley looks back on the 1987 album that brought him back into the limelight
Foam swords, steel riffs – and medieval raga? Meet the queen of fantasy doom metal guitar, Castle Rat’s Riley Pinkerton
Who can stop the irresistible rise of underground heavy metal’s most theatrical troupe? Pinkerton, the self-styled Rat Queen is taking no prisoners
Charlie Starr’s open G slide soloing masterclass
In his latest GW column, the Blackberry Smoke guitarist shows us how open G frees us up from the same tired old note choices
The boutique pedal explosion and what comes next in this golden age of guitar effects
Jamie Stillman of EarthQuaker Devices gives GW a pulse check on the trends affecting what we see on our pedalboards
“It’s got the vibe of a madman”: Ace Frehley’s 6 greatest Kiss guitar moments
You wanted a list and you got a list but, oh boy, was it hard to whittle it down to six
“I put it on a stand at a guitar show, with no strategy. And it changed everything”: How relic’ing conquered the guitar world
The not-so-gentle art of relic’ing has enjoyed a renaissance since its maligned roots in the mid-’90s. We asked scene godfather and Gibson Custom Shop guru Tom Murphy how the tide turned
Nuno Bettencourt on turning down Ozzy, Sabbath’s final show and how Extreme finally got their dues
Having torn up the rulebook and raised the bar once again for lead guitar, Nuno Bettencourt promises no let up – he’s out for blood again
Paul Reed Smith on how he built his brand, secret PRS players – and why the internet is wrong about tonewood
Once the guitar brand for the one percent, the smash-hit success of the SE line took PRS Guitars mainstream, but for Smith, it’s still about trying to raise the bar and find new sounds
