Continuing Our Look at Moving "Outside" the Tonal Center By Alex Skolnick If you develop a taste for moving "outside" the tonal center, it can provide a very cool expansion of your musical vocabulary.
Applying Four-Note Shapes and Patterns to Arpeggios By Oli Herbert This lesson can really strengthen one’s awareness of intervallic construction, scale recognition across the fretboard and virtually every aspect of one’s playing.
The Final Interview: Allan Holdsworth Talks SynthAxes, Jaw-Dropping Solos and More By Joe Lalaina On April 15, 2017, just days after completing his final interview with Guitar World, Allan Holdsworth—the great jazz-fusion guitarist—passed away. Revisit that interview today, on what would have been his 72nd birthday.
Stephen Carpenter Looks Back on Deftones' Breakthrough Album, 'Around the Fur' By Richard Bienstock When guitar world catches up with Stephen Carpenter, the Deftones guitarist is gearing up for a busy few months.
Warren Haynes Talks New Gov't Mule Album, 'Revolution Come…Revolution Go' By Alan Paul Gov’t Mule was an idea before it was a band and a side project before it was a full-time affair.
Getting Acquainted with Gov't Mule Bassist Jorgen Carlsson By Alan Paul Jorgen Carlsson had never heard of Gov’t Mule in 2008 when a mutual friend recommended him to Warren Haynes to be the band’s new bassist.
Eighteen Visions Reunite and Learn to Cope Without Fallen Bassist Mick Morris By Jon Wiederhorn One of the pioneers of Cali-metalcore, Eighteen Visions formed in 1995 and released five albums before breaking up in 2007.
Megadeth's David Ellefson and Pro Tone Launch Dawn Patrol Chorus Pedal By Edward Lander Megadeth bassist David Ellefson has teamed up with Pro Tone Pedals to launch a chorus box that holds the power across low end notes when the effect is engaged.
Vocalist Mark Slaughter Lets His Guitar Skills Shine on 'Halfway There' By Greg Renoff Mark Slaughter wants you to know that he’s a guitar player.
Former Pantera Bassist Rex Brown is Excited to Show off His GuitarSkills on'Smoke on This' By Gregory Adams For heavy music fans, the name Rex Brown is synonymous with viciously rhythmic, cowboy-from-hell bass playing.
Dan Auerbach Is Having Fun Building His Own Personal Empire in Nashville By Richard Bienstock “The reason I first wanted to play guitar is because my family played bluegrass,” Dan Auerbach says.
Using Double-Stops and Add-2 Arpeggios to Create “French Horn Fifths” By Jimmy Brown The term “French horn fifths” is a partial misnomer, as intervals other than fifths are also used, namely thirds, fourths and sixths.
Review: Mitchell Guitars HD400 and TD400 By Chris Gill Since 1986, Mitchell Guitars has built high-quality acoustic guitars that offer incredible value to beginning and experienced guitarists alike.
July 2017 Guitar World Gear and Lesson Videos By Guitar World Staff These videos and audio files are bonus content related to the July 2017 issue of Guitar World.
