Enhancing a Basic Progression with Unusual Arpeggios By Joel Hoekstra Learn how to craft a lead that will fortify and enhance the primary rhythm part without overshadowing it.
A Guide to Basic Jazz-Blues Changes By Jimmy Brown Presenting a more musically sophisticated variation on the standard 12-bar blues.
Paul Gilbert Discusses New Solo Album, 'I Can Destroy' By Andy Aledort With his famously fast fingers and some speedy recording efforts, supershredder Paul Gilbert goes for broke with his latest album, I Can Destroy.
Rich Robinson Talks New Solo Album, the End of the Black Crowes By Alan Paul He’s one of the founding members of the Black Crowes, played alongside Jimmy Page in 1999 and saw his guitars get washed away by Hurricane Sandy, but what Guitar World readers really want to know is…
Nikki Sixx and DJ Ashba Talk New Sixx:A.M. Album, 'Prayers for the Damned Vol. 1' By Richard Bienstock
Using Unusual Tunings to Create Fresh, Unique Riffs By Mark Holcomb A songwriting device I find very useful and inspiring and have explored extensively is to use alternate tunings.
How to Play My Rendition of Martin Taylor’s “One Day” By Tommy Emmanuel This month, I’d like to present my rendition of a beautiful song called “One Day,” which was written by my very dear friend Martin Taylor. (What a perfect name for an acoustic guitarist!)
Review: Ibanez Guitars Prestige Talman TM1702M and TM1730 By Chris Gill When Ibanez introduced the Talman series of electric solidbody guitars in 1994, alternative music was a dominating force.
Ace Frehley and Slash Talk New Covers Album, Tone and Guitars Galore By Steven Rosen Southern California is in the grip of a hellish drought that has gone on for over four years now.
Review: Dunlop JP95 John Petrucci Signature Cry Baby Wah By Paul Riario Last time I counted, Cry Baby makes 12 signature wah pedals for some of the most celebrated guitarists like Buddy Guy, Slash, Joe Bonamassa and Zakk Wylde.
How to Change Your Bass Strings By Matt Scharfglass One of the perks of being a bass player is that our strings enjoy a longer lifespan than guitar strings.
Slide Guitar: Get the Most Out of Open E Tuning By Andy Aledort Slide guitar is one of the most nuanced and expressive techniques available to guitarists for the performance of melodic lines and solos.
Review: EVH 5150 III 15-Watt LBX Head By Chris Gill The term downsizing is usually associated with something bad, but in the case of the EVH 5150 III it’s been quite the opposite.
June 2016 Guitar World Gear and Lesson Videos By Guitar World Staff These videos and audio files are bonus content related to the June2016 issue of Guitar World.
