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Noel Gallagher and Johnny Marr perform together as a secret surprise at the end of Johnny Marrs show Johnny Marr performs at Brixton Academy on October 23, 2014 in London, England
When Oasis needed a new guitarist, Johnny Marr was ready to fill in alongside Noel Gallagher

By Janelle Borg Published

Marr and the Gallagher brothers go way back, with The Smiths guitarist famously lending Noel one of his prized guitars after an early Oasis gig

Guitarists
Johnny Marr with his guitar on the left and the mesa boogie rig plus fender strat on the right
The custom Fender Strat that helped launch Johnny Marr's post-Smiths career is up for auction

By Janelle Borg Published

The auction also includes Marr's 1980s Mesa/Boogie amplifier rig, which he used during his tenure with English post-punk band The The

Electric Guitars
Johnny Marr – somewhere in North America — with a Gibson Les Paul Custom during the Smiths’ The Queen Is Dead tour, 1986;
“Many people think I was doing it all on the Rickenbacker in the ’80s, but a lot of the clean arpeggio stuff was done on a Les Paul”: Johnny Marr on the most prized guitars in his collection – and why they might not be what you expect

By Andrew Daly Published

From his bonkers nine-pickup Strat to the Les Paul he gifted to Noel Gallagher, The Smiths great has traced his entire career through the prism of his amazing collection of guitars. Why don’t all our guitar heroes do this?

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Noel Gallagher 1978 Gibson Les Paul Custom
“One of my favorite guitars. It carries a lot of history”: Gibson has reproduced the ‘78 Les Paul Custom that Johnny Marr gifted to Noel Gallagher – as heard on The Queen is Dead, (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? and more

By Matt Owen Published

The guitar – gifted to the Oasis icon after the first Les Paul he received from Marr got damaged during an altercation with a stage invader – has been revived in its original format to celebrate the opening of the Gibson Garage UK, and will be sold in support of Teenage Cancer Trust

Electric Guitars
Bryan Haring, Brian Fallon, and Benny Horowitz of The Gaslight Anthem perform at PNC Bank Arts Center on October 08, 2022 in Holmdel, New Jersey.
“Springsteen taught me how to write songs, but Pearl Jam, Dinosaur Jr., Fugazi and Sonic Youth taught me how to play those songs I’d learned to write”: Brian Fallon is breaking out the guitar solos for The Gaslight Anthem’s second coming

By Jim Beaugez Published

Brian Fallon and co. bring the noise – and the solos – on their first album since reforming. And they invited Bruce Springsteen along for the ride

Guitarists
Yasmin Williams playing acoustic guitar, with the Guitar World Essential Guitar Tracks logo overlayed
’90s alt-rock giants unite and blink-182 make a surprisingly heavy return: this week’s essential guitar tracks

By Matt Owen, Michael Astley-Brown, Matt Parker, Jackson Maxwell Published

Tasty new guitar tracks that need to be on your radar from Johnny Marr, Yasmin Williams, Art of Anarchy, The Vaccines, Bleachers, Joanne Shaw Taylor, Chelsea Wolfe and more

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Johnny Marr is publishing gear retrospective book Marr's Guitars
Johnny Marr’s new book documents the guitars he’s loved, lost and given away, including Nile Rodgers’ Strat, Bert Jansch’s acoustic and a Les Paul used by Ed O’Brien

By Matt Parker Published

The Smiths icon says his new tone tome ‘Marr’s Guitars’ has “been a long time coming and is a labour of love”

Books
The 100 greatest guitarists of all time
The 100 greatest guitarists of all time

By Jonathan Horsley Last updated

A comprehensive rundown of the best guitarists of all time, featuring the trailblazers, the early innovators, the best jazz, rock, indie, blues, metal and acoustic players – and the top guitarists around today...

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Joey Santiago, Robert Smith, Johnny Marr and Peter Buck
22 guitar heroes who shaped the sound of '80s indie and alternative rock

By Andrew Daly Last updated

The '80s proved to be a pivotal and eclectic time for the electric guitar – one defined by its role in coaxing new sounds from the instrument. From The Smiths and The Cure to Pixies and R.E.M., here are some of the era’s biggest guitar stars

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Maya Delilah
From psychedelic blues explosions to electrifying all-star collaborations: here are this week's essential guitar tracks

By Michael Astley-Brown, Jackson Maxwell, Matt Owen, Sam Roche Published

The days are getting shorter, unlike our list of top-notch new guitar-led tunes. Hear the best of the best from Maya Delilah, Yo La Tengo, Matt Heafy, Johnny Marr & Noel Gallagher, David Knudson and more

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