Julian Lage

Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival announces 2026 lineup

By Janelle Borg published 30 March 26

Now in its seventh edition, the festival is set to take place in Austin, Texas – and features Buddy Guy, Joe Bonamassa, and John Mayer, while Trey Anastasio, Tommy Emmanuel, Julian Lage and Pete Townshend are all making their Crossroads debut

Jacob Collier on what happened when he gave his 5-string acoustic to Julian Lag

By Matt Owen published 12 March 26

Collier has ushered in a five-string revolution and a few big names are already on board…

Pat Metheny, Al Di Meola and more of the biggest names in jazz and fusion are playing in London this year

By Guitar World Staff published 4 March 26

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A stacked lineup of blues, jazz and fusion greats will perform across Spring and Summer in the English capital

JHS Pedals says it has just made the ultimate first-stage overdrive pedal

By Jonathan Horsley published 30 January 26

Josh Scott says witnessing a soundcheck gave him the idea of the Morning Glory Clean – which reimagines the world-beating transparent overdrive

Dweezil Zappa has Eddie Van Halen, Brian May and Yngwie Malmsteen on his ambitious instrumental project – but wants to recruit more guitar greats

By Matt Owen published 16 October 25

Albert Lee, Steve Morse and Steve Vai have also recorded for What The Hell Was I Thinking?, which Zappa began work on back in 1989

How a 9-year-old Julian Lage ended up playing with Carlos Santana in front of 20,000 people

By Matt Owen published 31 October 24

While Santana was touring the US with Jeff Beck, Lage turned up unannounced to meet his hero – and was invited onstage for a jam

“We’d hit it against curbs”: Julian Lage radically DIY aged his father’s prized Telecaster

By Matt Owen published 13 August 24

The jazz virtuoso has a close bond with the Telecaster, and one of his earliest experiences with the model involved some drastic relic'ing methods

“This song presents a kind of revisionist history where guitar solos were cool after all in the early noughties”: February 2024 Guitar World editors' picks

By Michael Astley-Brown published 29 February 24

From neoclassical tapping clinics to cosmic, spaghetti western-esque guitar soundscapes, this month has provided an embarrassment of six-string riches

Julian Lage takes an acoustic turn while Ally Venable turns up the heat in this week's essential guitar tracks

By Matt Owen, Michael Astley-Brown, Jackson Maxwell published 9 February 23

Plus! Fresh cuts from John 5, Dying Fetus, Spotlights, Ali Farka Touré and more…

Julian Lage recalls the time Spinal Tap’s Christopher Guest gifted him a 1955 Gibson Les Paul – which was signed by Les Paul himself

By Matt Owen published 1 February 23

The LP was used by Guest – aka Nigel Tufnel – as his main touring guitar in 1984, with Lage describing it as the perfect convergence of his prized Telecaster and Collings signature guitar